grammy time yay

[Panfan]

Well, the Grammys have some good stuff from last year that they missed out on that they put in this year. Here are some of the major categories (the ones I have opinions on; My picks are in bold):

Record of the Year:
Adele - Chasing Pavements
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Please Read the Letter

Album of the Year:
Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentlemen
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Radiohead - In Rainbows

Song of the Year:
Estelle w/ Kanye West - American Boy
Adele - Chasing Pavements
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Sara Bareilles - Love Song
Coldplay - Viva la Vida

Best New Artist:
Adele
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Female Pop Performance:
Adele - Chasing Pavements
Sara Bareilles - Love Song
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl
P!nk - So What

Best Male Pop Performance:
Kid Rock - All Summer Long
John Mayer - Say
Paul McCartney - That Was Me
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Ne-Yo - Closer
James Taylor - Wichita Lineman

Best Duo/Group Pop Performance:
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Eagles - Waiting in the Weeds
Gnarls Barkley - Going On
Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
OneRepublic - Apologize

Best Pop Album:
Sheryl Crow - Detours
Duffy - Rockferry
Eagles - Long Road out of Eden
Leona Lewis - Spirit
James Taylor - Covers

Best Rock Solo Performance:
John Mayer - Gravity
Paul McCartney - I Saw Her Standing There
Bruce Springsteen - Girls in their Summer Clothes
Eddie Vedder - Rise
Neil Young - No Hidden Path

Best Rock Group Performance:
AC/DC - Rock N Roll Train
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Eagles - Long Road out of Eden
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
Radiohead - House of Cards

Best Hard Rock Performance:
Disturbed - Inside the Fire
Judas Priest - Visions
The Mars Volta - Wax Simulacra
Motley Crue - Saints of Los Angeles
Rob Zombie - Lords of Salem

Best Metal Performance:
Dragonforce - Heroes of our Time
Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Metallica - My Apocalypse
Ministry - Under my Thumb
Slipknot - Psychosocial

Best Instrumental Rock Performance:
David Gilmour - Castellorizon
Metallica - Suicide & Redemption
Nine Inch Nails - 34 Ghosts I-IV
Rush - Hope
Zappa Plays Zappa - Peaches en Regalia

Best Rock Song:
Bruce Springsteen - Girls in their Summer Clothes
Radiohead - House of Cards
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Posess Your Heart
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
Coldplay - Violet Hill

Best Rock Album:
Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Kid Rock - Rock & Roll Jesus
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
Metallica - Death Magnetic
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

Best Alternative Album:
Beck - Modern Guilt
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
Radiohead - In Rainbows

Best Rap Solo Performance:
Jay-Z - Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)...
Lil Wayne - A Milli
Lupe Fiasco - Paris, Tokyo
Nas - N.*.*.*.*.R. (The Slave and the Master)
Snoop Dogg - Sexual Eruption

Best Rap Duo/Group Performance:
Big Boi w/ Raekwon & Andre 3000 - Royal Flush
Jay-Z & T.I. w/ Lil Wayne & Kanye West - Swagga Like Us
Lil Wayne w/ Jay-Z - Mr. Carter
Ludacris w/ T.I. - Wish You Would
Young Jeezy w/ Kanye West - Put On

Best Rap/Sung Collab:
Estelle w/ Kanye West - American Boy
Flo Rida w/ T-Pain - Low
John Legend & Andre 3000 - Green Light
Lil Wayne w/ T-Pain - Got Money
Lupe Fiasco w/ Matthew Santos - Superstar

Best Rap Song:
Lil Wayne w/ Static Major - Lollipop
Flo Rida w/ T-Pain - Low
Snoop Dogg - Sexual Eruption
Lupe Fiasco w/ Matthew Santos - Superstar
Jay-Z & T.I. w/ Lil Wayne & Kanye West - Swagga Like Us

Best Rap Album:
Jay-Z - American Gangster
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Nas - Nas
T.I. - Paper Trail

Best Comedy Album:
Lewis Black - Anticipation
Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
Kathy Griffin - For Your Consideration
George Carlin - It's Bad for Ya
Harry Shearer - Songs of the Bushmen

Best Compilation Soundtrack:
Various - American Gangster
Various - August Rush
Various - Juno
Various - Mamma Mia
Various - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Score Soundtrack:
James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight
John Williams - Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Ramin Djawadi - Iron Man
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Thomas Newman - Wall-E

Best Song for a Soundtrack:
Peter Gabriel - Down to Earth
Carrie Underwood - Ever Ever After
John Mayer - Say
Amy Adams - That's How You Know
John C. Reilly - Walk Hard

Producer of the Year:
Danger Mouse
Nigel Godrich
Johnny K
Rick Rubin
will.i.am

Best Short-Form Music Video:
Erykah Badu - Honey
Gnarls Barkley - Who's Gonna Save My Soul
Alicia Keys & Jack White - Another Way to Die
Radiohead - House of Cards
Weezer - Pork and Beans

In conclusion: I would've liked to see more for Another Way to Die than music video. Radiohead, as much as I want them to win everything, has no categories in the bag for them except for Best Alternative Album, and has a very low chance of taking Album of the Year. I would've liked to see more T.I. in the rap category than "Swagga Like Us." Also, how does M.I.A. get away with only one nomination? She could've made dance categories AND hip-hop categories, but only record of the year? Shame.

These are just my personal opinions. I'm predicting Coldplay to win all of the rock/pop categories and Lil Wayne taking all the hip-hop categories. Album of the year will go to either one.

[Bomby]

1. The Grammies are a joke.
2. No Kala for best album?
3. The Grammies are a joke.

"Roc Boys" should win best rap song and American Gangster best rap album. For the most part, I agree with you. Also, "Royal Flush" for best Rap Duo/Group Performance.

Ew... OneRepublic is terrible.

[Swordmaster Link]

Not that I take the Grammys seriously, but I am pulling for Lupe. Here's to hoping he builds off the grammy win for "Daydreamin"

[CaptHayfever]

Let me make one thing perfectly clear: Duffy does not matter. Not one little bit.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[Brandon2390]

Wow...American Gangster guys? Seriously?

I'll cry if Nas or Lupe wins Album of the year. Pulling for a few Lupe grammy's.

[Swordmaster Link]

I'll have to agree with Brandon. I felt kind of underwhelmed by American Gangster, to be honest.

Good tears or bad tears, Brandon?

[Robotazy]

Where the "Britney Spears comes out of nowhere and wins all the awards like she bribed everyone" choice?

[Panfan]

Kala definitely should've gotten more nominations. American Gangster was a good album, but Paper Trail and The Cool are better, IMO.

[Brandon2390]

Originally Posted by Swordmaster Link

I'll have to agree with Brandon. I felt kind of underwhelmed by American Gangster, to be honest.

Good tears or bad tears, Brandon?

Good. Lupe needs to win a few grammy's..and I'd cry for Nas just because I never see him win awards and he's always deserving of them..less this time but still.

[Eagle Eye]

Royal Flush is nominated? Seriously? I'm extremely happy about that. I didn't think it gained much attention outside of serious hip-hop heads/outKast fans.

[Vapor]

I haven't heard many of the things nominated here, especially the hi-hop ones-- but I'm hoping for Radiohead. And it would be badass if the Mars Volta won. If I see the Jonas Brothers win I will just stand up and flip off my television for a while.

[Brandon2390]

Originally Posted by King Andre

Royal Flush is nominated? Seriously? I'm extremely happy about that. I didn't think it gained much attention outside of serious hip-hop heads/outKast fans.

Yea, I was surprised about it too, grammy nominations always seem so random to me. But yea, I'm hoping it wins its category.

[Bomby]

Originally Posted by Maynard James Keenan

Kala definitely should've gotten more nominations. American Gangster was a good album, but Paper Trail and The Cool are better, IMO.

Paper Trail... better...

Umm... No.

[Laika Come Home]

The Grammys are a waste of time pageant where overpaid artists that have to be told in advance that they won so that they'll show up are awarded not based on their artistic integrity, but on how generic they can be to have any modicum of success on top 40 radio.

That being said, I hope Sex on Fire wins Best Rock Performance.

[Eagle Eye]

I was inclined to believe that until Royal Flush got nominated, that is far from today's mainstream hiphop.

As a matter of fact, it ****s on it.

[Bomby]

The Grammys are, and have always been, a complete and utter joke. The Oscars might be condescendingly American, but at least they generally choose decent nominees for the most part.

[Panfan]

Right you are, Bomby. Katy Perry doesn't deserve to eat with her overproduced **** lyrics garbage, much less get nominated for awards.

[Bomby]

Also, "American Boy" deserves that Rap/Sung collaboration award. I finally realized that's the song I keep hearing that I like a lot.

[Panfan]

Thoughts on the awards. My opinions have changed muchly, so I'll throw those in.

Record of the Year:
Winner: Alison Krauss/Robert Plant - Please Read the Letter
Should've Won: M.I.A. - Paper Planes

Song of the Year:
Winner: Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Should've Won: Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

Album of the Year:
Winner: Alison Krauss/Robert Plant - Raising Sand
Should've Won: Radiohead - In Rainbows

Best New Artist:
Winner (fully agree): Adele

Best Female Pop Performance:
Winner: Adele - Chasing Pavements
Should've Won: Sara Bareilles - Love Song

Best Male Pop Performance:
Winner: John Mayer - Say
Should've Won: Ne-Yo - Closer

Best Duo/Group Pop Performance:
Winner: Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Should've Won: Gnarls Barkley - Going On

Best Dance Recording:
Winner: Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Should've Won: Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor

Best Dance Album:
Winner (fully agree): Daft Punk - Alive 2007

Best Solo Rock Performance:
Winner: John Mayer - Gravity
Should've Won: Bruce Springsteen - Girls in their Summer Clothes

Best Duo/Group Rock Performance:
Winner: Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
Should've Won: Radiohead - House of Cards

Best Rock Performance:
Winner (fully agree): The Mars Volta - Wax Simulacra

Best Metal Performance:
Winner (fully agree): Metallica - My Apocalypse

Best Rock Instrumental Performance:
Winner: Zappa Plays Zappa - Peaches en Regalia
Should've Won: Metallica - Suicide & Redemption

Best Rock Song:
Winner: Bruce Springsteen - Girls in their Summer Clothes
Should've Won: Radiohead - House of Cards

Best Rock Album:
Winner: Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Should've Won: The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

Best Alternative Album:
Winner (fully agree): Radiohead - In Rainbows

Best Rap Solo Performance:
Winner: Lil Wayne - A Milli
Should've Won: Lupe Fiasco - Paris, Tokyo

Best Rap Duo/Group Performance:
Winner: Jay-Z/T.I./Kanye West/Lil Wayne - Swagga Like Us
Should've Won: Lil Wayne/Jay-Z - Mr. Carter

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Winner: Estelle/Kanye West - American Boy
Should've Won: Lupe Fiasco/Matthew Santos - Superstar

Best Rap Song:
Winner: Lil Wayne/Static Major - Lollipop
Should've Won: Lupe Fiasco/Matthew Santos - Superstar

Best Rap Album:
Winner: Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Should've Won: T.I. - Paper Trail

Best Comedy Album:
Winner: George Carlin - It's Bad for Ya
Should've Won: Flight of the Conchords - s/t (well maybe not should've won, George Carlin deserved one more award, I guess I just prefer FotC)

Best Compilation Soundtrack:
Winner (fully agree): Juno

Best Motion Picture Score:
Winner (fully agree): The Dark Knight

Best Soundtrack Song:
Winner (fully agree): Peter Gabriel - Down to Earth

Best Producer:
Winner: Rick Rubin
Should've Won: Tie: Danger Mouse/Nigel Godrich

[Crazyswordsman]

Originally Posted by Bomby

The Grammys are, and have always been, a complete and utter joke. The Oscars might be condescendingly American, but at least they generally choose decent nominees for the most part.

The Oscars are worse. Almost every year, the winner of Best Picture seems to be a love story, an inspiration story, or a combination of both. The only exception I can think of is Gladiator. And there seems to be NO love at all for comedies, despite the theory that comedy is one of the hardest things to act. -CSM