====== Gregg and music ======
//[[oncinema|On Cinema]]// guest [[gregg]] has a complicated relationship to music. Around the forming of [[dekkar]], Gregg began to express a distaste for the medium. He has simultaneously defended and criticized [[oscars]] for its relationship to music, once stating that awards like Best Song had their place but that less time should be dedicated to musical segments.[(cite:oscar1>[[oscar1]])]

===== Instances Gregg has disliked music =====
  * Gregg hated //One Direction: This is Us//, calling the music "terrible" and "awful," and the band "jerks."[(cite:s03e09>[[s03e09]])]
  * Gregg implied that music is an inferior art form compared to film, opining that "they don't make a lot of bad movies," while music has "a lot of bad songs."[(cite:s04e06>[[s04e06]])]
  * Nearly every time Dekkar performs
  * Gregg was disappointed that the 2024 remake of //Mean Girls// was a musical.[(cite:s14e02>[[s14e02]])]
===== Instances Gregg has enjoyed music =====
  * Gregg stated he enjoyed the music to the film //Chariots of Fire//, adding he liked it better than the NBC chime.[(cite:pod3b>[[pod3b]])]
  * Gregg described singer-songwriter Eric Clapton as "great."[(cite:pod6>[[pod6]])]
  * Gregg excitedly asked [[tim]] to edit the song //Born to be Wild// into [[pod18]].
  * Gregg described rock-and-roll as "good stuff" for movies to feature alongside sex and drugs.[(cite:pod18>[[pod18]])]
  * Gregg appears to have a soft spot for the theme songs to the //James Bond// series of films, stating that //For Your Eyes Only// had a great theme song,[(cite:pod20>[[pod20]])] and playing a recording of a live performance of the track during the finale of the //[[oscarour]]//.
  * Gregg praised Bette Midler for having a good singing voice.[(cite:pod26>[[pod26]])]
  * Gregg participated in [[pod29b]], positively discussing the music of //The Three Stooges// (2012), //The Graduate//, and //West Side Story//, and states that for the latter two "the music was as important as the dialogue."
  * Gregg once visited a jazz club in San Francisco with Tim.[(cite:pod38>[[pod38]])]
  * Gregg stated that the score of //Hyde Park on Hudson// was "quite good."[(cite:s01e06>[[s01e06]])]
  * Gregg's comment on //Les Miserables// was "great music."[(cite:s01e07>[[s01e07]])]
  * Gregg fondly recalls Duran Duran performing "The Living Daylights" when discussing //Skyfall// winning Best Sound in 2013.[(cite:oscar1)]
  * Gregg, in his review of //Tammy//, wished that the film featured more music, especially since it featured Dan Aykroyd, an accomplished harmonica player.[(cite:s05e01)>[[s05e01]])]
===== References =====
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