The Grammys Can Suck It

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Stefen

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Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

MacGuffin

RECORD OF THE YEAR
"We Belong Together," Mariah Carey
"Feel Good Inc.," Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul
"Boulevard Of Broken Dreams," Green Day (Winner)
"Hollaback Girl," Gwen Stefani
"Gold Digger," Kanye West

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
"The Emancipation Of Mimi," Mariah Carey
"Chaos And Creation In The Backyard," Paul McCartney
"Love. Angel. Music. Baby.," Gwen Stefani
"How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb," U2 (Winner)
"Late Registration," Kanye West

SONG OF THE YEAR
"Bless The Broken Road"
Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)

"Devils & Dust"
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

"Ordinary People"
W. Adams & J. Stephens, songwriters (John Legend)

"Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" (Winner)
U2, songwriters (U2)

"We Belong Together"
J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters; (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack, songwriters) (Mariah Carey)

BEST NEW ARTIST
Ciara
Fall Out Boy
Keane
John Legend (Winner)
SugarLand

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
"Speed Of Sound," Coldplay
"Best Of You," Foo Fighters
"Do You Want To," Franz Ferdinand
"All These Things That I've Done," The Killers
"Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own," U2 (Winner)

BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
"Doesn't Remind Me," Audioslave
"The Hand That Feeds," Nine Inch Nails
"Tin Pan Valley," Robert Plant
"Little Sister," Queens Of The Stone Age
"B.Y.O.B.," System Of A Down (Winner)

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
"The Great Satan," Ministry
"Determined," Mudvayne
"Mein Teil," Rammstein
"What Drives The Weak," Shadows Fall
"Before I Forget," Slipknot (Winner)

BEST ROCK SONG
"Best Of You," Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
"Beverly Hills," Rivers Cuomo, songwriter (Weezer)
"City Of Blinding Lights," U2, songwriters (U2) (Winner)
"Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
"Speed Of Sound," Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

BEST ROCK ALBUM
"X&Y," Coldplay
"In Your Honor," Foo Fighters
"A Bigger Bang," The Rolling Stones
"How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb," U2 (Winner)
"Prairie Wind," Neil Young

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
"Funeral," The Arcade Fire
"Guero," Beck
"Plans," Death Cab For Cutie
"You Could Have It So Much Better," Franz Ferdinand
"Get Behind Me Satan," The White Stripes (Winner)

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
"Beyond The Sea," Kevin Spacey
"Napoleon Dynamite," (Various Artists)
"No Direction Home: The Soundtrack - Bootleg Series, Vol. 7," (Bob Dylan)
"Ray," (Ray Charles) (Winner)
"Six Feet Under Volume 2 - Everything Ends," (Various Artists)

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
"The Aviator," Howard Shore, composer
"The Incredibles," Michael Giacchino, composer
"Million Dollar Baby," Clint Eastwood, composer
"Ray," Craig Armstrong, composer (Winner)
"Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith," John Williams, composer

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
"Believe," Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri, songwriters (Josh Groban) (Winner)
Track from: "The Polar Express"

"Cold Wind," The Arcade Fire, songwriters (The Arcade Fire)
Track from: "Six Feet Under Volume 2 - Everything Ends"

"Million Voices," Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra & Wyclef Jean, songwriters (Wyclef Jean)
Track from: "Hotel Rwanda"

"Square One," Tom Petty, songwriter (Tom Petty)
Track from: "Elizabethtown"

"Wonka's Welcome Song," John August & Danny Elfman, songwriters (Danny Elfman)
Track from: "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory"
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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polkablues

"U2: The Grammys Still Think We're Relevant!"
My house, my rules, my coffee

Gold Trumpet

Quote from: polkablues on February 09, 2006, 01:47:45 AM
"U2: The Grammys Still Think We're Relevant!"

I'm glad U2 won. Didn't expect them to grab all of them, but How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was more noteworthy than All That You Can't Leave Behind. Its really their best album since Achtung Baby.

But, I'm also a lifelong U2 fan. A certain bias creeps in.

Pubrick

under the paving stones.

MacGuffin

Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

Irreplaceable
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Knowles, S. Smith & Stargate, producers; Jim Caruana, Jason Goldstein &
Geoff Rice, engineers/mixers
Track from: B'Day

The Pretender
Foo Fighters
Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers

Umbrella
Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
Kuk Harrell & C. "Tricky" Stewart, producers; Kuk Harrell & Manny Marroquin,
engineers/mixers
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad

What Goes Around...Comes Around
Justin Timberlake
Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass &
Timbaland, engineers/mixers

Rehab
Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer
Track from: Back To Black

Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters
Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers; Brian
Gardner, mastering engineer

These Days
Vince Gill
John Anderson, Guy Clarke, Rodney Crowell, Diana Krall & The Del McCoury Band,
featured artists; Vince Gill, John Hobbs & Justin Niebank, producers; Neal
Cappellino & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Adam Ayan, mastering engineer

River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza &
Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik
Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer

Graduation
Kanye West
Dwele, Lil Wayne, Mos Def & T-Pain, featured artists; Warryn "Baby Dubb"
Campbell, Eric Hudson, Brian "Allday" Miller, Nottz, Patrick "Plain Pat"
Reynolds, Gee Roberson, Toomp & Kanye West, producers; Bruce Beuchner, Andrew
Dawson, Mike Dean, Anthony Kilhoffer, Greg Koller, Manny Marroquin, Nottz Raw,
Tony Rey, Seiji Sekine, Paul Sheehy & D. Sloan, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller,
mastering engineer

Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson & Salaamremi, producers; Tom Elmhirst, Gary Noble & Franklin
Socorro, engineers/mixers; Mark Ronson, mastering engineer

Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Before He Cheats
Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Track from: Some Hearts

Hey There Delilah
Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T's)
Track from: Every Second Counts

Like A Star
Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
Track from: Corinne Bailey Rae

Rehab
Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
Track from: Back To Black

Umbrella
Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart,
songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad

Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse

Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Alright, Still...
Lily Allen

Neon Bible
Arcade Fire

Volta
Bjork

Wincing The Night Away
The Shins

Icky Thump
The White Stripes

Best Dance Recording
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

Do It Again
The Chemical Brothers
Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, producers
Track from: We Are The Night

D.A.N.C.E.
Justice
Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay, producers; Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay,
mixers
Track from: †

Love Today
Mika
Jodi Marr, John Merchant, Mika & Greg Wells, producers; Greg Wells, mixer
Track from: Life In Cartoon Motion

Don't Stop The Music
Rihanna
StarGate, producer; Phil Tan, mixer
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad

LoveStoned/I Think She Knows
Justin Timberlake
Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass &
Timbaland, mixers
Track from: FutureSex/LoveSounds

Best Electronic/Dance Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.)

We Are The Night
The Chemical Brothers


Justice

Sound Of Silver
LCD Soundsystem

We Are Pilots
Shiny Toy Guns

Elements Of Life
Tiësto




Entire list:
http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/50th_Show/list.aspx
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


Skeleton FilmWorks

ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ

Looking at this list makes me wish we did a Xixax Grammys.
"As a matter of fact I only work with the feeling of something magical, something seemingly significant. And to keep it magical I don't want to know the story involved, I just want the hypnotic effect of it somehow seeming significant without knowing why." - Len Lye

MacGuffin

#22
The nominees for the 2009 Grammy Awards are:

RECORD OF THE YEAR

"Chasing Pavements," Adele
"Viva La Vida," Coldplay
"Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis
"Paper Planes,"  M.I.A
"Please Read the Letter," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

"Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," Coldplay
"Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne
"Year of the Gentleman," Ne-Yo
"Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
"In Rainbows," Radiohead

BEST NEW ARTIST

Adele
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE

"Chasing Pavements," Adele
"Love Song," Sara Bareilles
"Mercy," Duffy
"Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis
"I Kissed A Girl," Katy Perry
"So What," Pink

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE

"All Summer Long," Kid Rock
"Say," John Mayer
"That Was Me," Paul McCartney
"I'm Yours," Jason Mraz
"Closer," Ne-Yo
"Wichita Lineman," James Taylor

BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS

"Viva La Vida," Coldplay
"Waiting In The Weeds," Eagles
"Going On," Gnarls Barkley
"Won't Go Home Without You," Maroon 5
"Apologize," OneRepublic

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

"Detours," Sheryl Crow
"Rockferry," Duffy
"Long Road Out Of Eden," Eagles
"Spirit," Leona Lewis
"Covers," James Taylor

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Gravity - John Mayer
I Saw Her Standing There - Paul McCartney
Girls In Their Summer Clothes - Bruce Springsteen
Rise - Eddie Vedder
No Hidden Path - Neil Young

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Rock N Roll Train - AC/DC
Violet Hill - Coldplay
Long Road Out Of Eden - Eagles
Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon
House Of Cards - Radiohead

Best Rock Song

Girls In Their Summer Clothes - Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
House Of Cards - Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)
I Will Possess Your Heart - Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr & Christopher Walla, songwriters (Death Cab For Cutie)
Sex On Fire - Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
Violet Hill - Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Best Rock Album

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - Coldplay
Rock N Roll Jesus - Kid Rock
Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon
Death Magnetic - Metallica
Consolers Of The Lonely - The Raconteurs

Best Alternative Music Album

Modern Guilt - Beck
Narrow Stairs - Death Cab For Cutie
The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley
Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket
In Rainbows - Radiohead

Best Short Form Music Video

Honey - Erykah Badu
Who's Gonna Save My Soul - Gnarls Barkley
Another Way To Die - Alicia Keys & Jack White
House Of Cards - Radiohead
Pork And Beans - Weezer

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

The Dark Knight - James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer, composers
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - John Williams, composer
Iron Man - Ramin Djawadi, composer
There Will Be Blood - Jonny Greenwood, composer
Wall-E - Thomas Newman, composer
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ

Am I getting crotchety, or is music sucking more and more each passing year?
"As a matter of fact I only work with the feeling of something magical, something seemingly significant. And to keep it magical I don't want to know the story involved, I just want the hypnotic effect of it somehow seeming significant without knowing why." - Len Lye

Stefen

Grammy nods always suck.

They follow a formula for album of the year every year.

Slot 1 for mainstream, yet safe rap album of the year.
Slot 2 for slot for hipster approved Indie band for credibility's sake.
Slot 3 for safe black R & B artist.
Slot 4 for aging artist(s) making a comeback,
Slot 5 is the wildcard, but is usually reserved for new band/artist on the scene, sometimes they give it to the most popular rock album of the year.

They pick the winner out of a hat.
Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

nix

#25
Formulaic yes, but better than last year. I was happy to see In Rainbows represented. Nas and the Roots made better rap records than Weezy, but at least Greenwood got recognition from someone for twbb.
"Sex relieves stress, love causes it."
-Woddy Allen

Pas

I don't get the Grammys. It's not that I think X or Y choice sucks, it's the whole selection I don't get. The nominees are good and everything, it just seems so low rent. almost worthless. Its like they're a bunch of parents who ask their 14 yo daughter : ''so which singer you like now ?''............. no it's not even that

it's more random than that

MacGuffin



Grammys sign up Lil Wayne, Thom Yorke for new campaign

Lil Wayne, Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Wonder and Rihanna have signed on for a massive Recording Academy ad campaign. Television, print, online and radio spots will try to drum up some excitement for the organization's annual Grammy awards, which suffered a decline in ratings last year.

A television ad with Wonder's "Superstitious" -- and lyrical references to such R&B and soul artists as Ray Charles and Stephanie Mills -- debuted over the weekend on CBS. Ad spots with Rihanna and Yorke will roll out in the days leading up the Feb. 8 telecast.

A Grammy spokeswoman says each artist was asked to give the Recording Academy 10-20 songs that influenced or affected their life and career. The lyrics and song titles are then featured in the print and television ads.

One nicely odd effect is that the advertisements for the industry awards now feature a host of artists and songs that had not been recognized by the Grammys. The Yorke ad is at left, and contains references to such experimental and challenging artists as Scott Walker ("Psoriatic") and the Liars ("The Wrong Coat for You Mt. Heart Attack"). One of the biggest references in Yorke's ad goes to largely unknown electronic act Modeselektor, whose "Kill Bill Vol. 4" is inscribed into the forehead of the Radiohead singer.

The print ads from Lil Wayne and Rihanna come with more popular nods. Lil Wayne's ad pays tribute to Jay-Z's "Can't Knock the Hustle" and Young Buck's "Pocket Full of Paper," for instance. The most notable presence on the Rihanna ad is Destiny's Child's "Say My Name."

The print component will also continue to expand in the run-up to the awards. A Grammy spokeswoman says spots with Coldplay and Kanye West are in development.

The Lil Wayne ad comes with this bit of fine print: "Artist not guaranteed to perform." However, it would be rare for an artist nominated for album of the year -- Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" and Radiohead's "In Rainbows" are both up for the top prize -- to not perform at the Grammy ceremony, which will be held at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

The ads were developed by TBWA\Chiat\Day, and are said to be part of the biggest campaign in the Recording Academy's history, one that cost in the multimillions, according to Billboard. The promotion, dubbed "music makes us," is coming one year after the Grammys suffered their lowest ratings since 1992. More recently, a prime-time Grammy special announcing this year's nominations didn't fare too well in the ratings, finishing in fourth place for its time slot.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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Stefen

"Thom! Darling! Grammy's here. Listen, we have a once in a lifetime opportunity for you. We would like YOU to select some music for this years Grammy advertisement campaign. Just pick some music that inspires you. We respect your artistic credibility and we think the audience we have lost over the years does too. We just need your taste to be reflected by us. Help us out and pick something you enjoy. Something that makes you wanna move. Rihanna picked a FANTASTIC Destiny's Child song. Lil Wayne? Some Jay-Z. We want you to be on board as well. How about it. Are you in?"


"................................................"


"................................"


"Modeselektor. Liars."


"FANTASTIC!! Never heard of them, but if the guy that wrote Creep recommends them, I'm sure they're EXACTLY what we're looking for!"


Approximately 17 minutes later........


"Thom? Yeah, Grammy's here. Listen, about that music you suggested..........."
Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

Pas