http://207.178.134.200/45grammys/45final.txt Personally, I think the Dixie Chicks are going to roll this year. They've managed to cross over to mainstream pop radio without sounding too "pop-ish" like most new country artists seem to do...Looks like Feb. 22nd will be a good night to surf some internet pRon while the wifey screams every time The Chicks win another statuette... Homer: Oh, why won't anyone give me an award? Lisa: You won a Grammy. Homer: I mean an award that's worth winning.
After looking at that list, I have a feeling Norah Jones is going to be pulling some SERIOUS hardware . . . too bad DMB didn't get more nominations. I'm glad to see Gov't Mule nominated for one of the Rock Instrumental awards, but that album (The Deep End Vol. 1) came out 2 years ago . . . I was surprised not to see Nas' God's Son nominated for anything. I can only hope Avril Lavigne doesn't win anything -- I can't think of a song worse than "sk8er boi" . . . I'd hate to see it encouraged . . .
Could they have picked a worse John Mayer song? "Your body is a wonderland"...WTF? Could you imagine saying that to a girl??? Yeah, I was disappointed by the lack of DMB nominations. Just one, right?
you were talking about mayer lyrics when we went to nick's that night...i was thinking about it the other day listening to his cd...i think that's really the only song he has with flat out goofy lyrics. what was dmb nominated for?? i freaking love norah jones!
Yeah, I really like Mayer, and even like that song...I just laugh at the chorus. I believe they were nominated for "Where are You Going", possibly the worst song on the cd. No surprise.
A recent Q I was reading called John Mayer 'Dave Matthews Band lite'. Make of that what you will. (RM95, if we ever meet in NZ I promise not to be mean about DMB. Really. ) Elvis got three nominations! *My* Elvis thinks he will win because he's going to the Hall of Fame this year and they like to 'reward the old f*ckers' (his words). I personally think he'll be trounced by Bruce Springsteen and Beck.
Bruce Springsteen & Lavigne will clean up. Norah Jones' only shot at winning one of the real awards is in the best new artist category. I have a feeling Jones will suffer India.Arie syndrome.
System of a Down Eminem Those are the two artists on that list who have made original music in the past year. Not that the grammys mean a great deal, considering the number of manufactured bands and "musicians" are on that nomination list.
we were listening to the nominees announced on an alternative radio station this morning. they hated all of them except for system and john mayer and were just sitting there making jokes about the people nominated. but seriously, the nominees really suck this time...
Not to be too much of an old fogie, but I think this shows just how bad popular music is these days: Album of the Year: "Home," Dixie Chicks; "The Eminem Show," Eminem; "Come Away With Me," Norah Jones; "Nellyville," Nelly; "The Rising," Bruce Springsteen. Past Winners: 1967: Sinatra: A Man And His Music - Frank Sinatra, 1968: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles, 1971: Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel, 1974: Innervisions - Stevie Wonder, 1975: Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder, 1977: Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder, 1984: Thriller - Michael Jackson, 1987: Graceland - Paul Simon, 1988: The Joshua Tree - U2 Song of the Year: "Complicated," Avril Lavigne & The Matrix (Avril Lavigne); "Don't Know Why," Jesse Harris (Norah Jones); "The Rising," Bruce Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen); "A Thousand Miles," Vanessa Carlton (Vanessa Carlton); "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson (Alan Jackson). Past Winners: 1967: "Michelle" (John Lennon & Paul McCartney), and ummmm... Record of the Year: "A Thousand Miles," Vanessa Carlton; "Without Me," Eminem; "Don't Know Why," Norah Jones; "Dilemma," Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland; "How You Remind Me," Nickelback. Past Winners: ummmm.... Never mind. The Grammys suck.
The Grammys have *always* sucked. Gee, who's the best new artist of 1977? Would it be Elvis Costello, future Hall of Famer, or.... A Taste of Honey, with their marvellous ode to the disco, 'Boogie Oogie Oogie'? Yeah, Elvis didn't win. P-f*cking-shaw. And don't get me started on Jethro Tull.
Pretty please, do get started on Jethro Tull. You are cracking me up! I didn't think anybody said P-shaw anymore.
Good Call on Tull Dimsie, first and only ever successful use of the flute/woodwind instruments in mainish stream music Tull Rocks
All righty then. Look, I speak as someone who knows the Tull oeuvre intimately, due to an ex-boyfriend who loved them dearly and forced me to see them live. Twice. In New Plymouth. At a biker convention. (I am, needless to say, very glad I married someone with *much*, MUCH better taste in music, because as you all know it is my life.) Now that you have the background, let me say that a) Crest of a Knave is a crappy album even by *their* standards and b) it is *not* hard rock in any way, shape or form. Piffle. Smeg: I think there were a few bands which were relatively successful using that pastoral stuff. Fairport Convention, Strawbs, Steeleye Span... early Floyd, even. I like Nelly. I like 'Hot in Herre'. OK, there, I admitted it.
Eminem is actually very innovative on his new album. His social commentary is somewhat naive but it expresses a lot of the anger felt by young males.
