Stevie's Grammy Submissions

[PolishStevieFan]

I think she deserves at least one nomination for the Album of the Year. "In Your Dreams" is such a wonderful album and should be praised by academy. Stevie is a legend and the only thing she lacks is of course Grammy Award on her shelf. I don't think that "Secret Love" will get any nomination (yet still I cross my fingers for its success). I wonder why they didn't submit "For What It's Worth"...great song, great video...

[Tango]

I'd like to have seen Anabel Lee submitted. It's a great song, and it would be great to see Edgar and Stevie going up to the stage together to accept an award. He hasn't gotten any awards in a LONG time.

[GoldDustOrphan]

However, I think Song of the Year is awarded to the composer, which for FWIW, would have been Mike Campbell, at least to my understanding. I'm not sure if Stevie would get anything for having written the lyrics.... I might be wrong.

've realised it's because she can't submit anything with a co-credit, isn't it

If "For What it's Worth" were nominated, Stevie and Mike Campbell would share the nomination. Lyrics and music are held in equal esteem as both are "composed." Unfortunately, anyone listed on a song's publishing credits - regardless of how much they actually contributed to the writing of the song - shares the nomination with all those listed. (Billboard Magazine recently detailed the disturbing practice of major entertainers demanding a piece of the publishing/songwriting credit for monetary purposes and to build their credibility as "artist.")

I'm not sure but didn't Coldplay and Red Hot Chilli Peppers release new albums this year?

Red Hot Chilli Peppers album has suffered from disastrous PR since it was the first album specially mastered to optimize digital sound quality for iTunes Store and the general consensus was that the album was overly compressed and distorted on CD and mp4. Coldplay's album was released in October, so it missed the qualifying period. And the plagiarism scandal with the first single release may have hurt its chances for a nomination. (Chris Martin says he was inspired to write it after hearing a song in a club, not realizing that the song he was ripping off was built off of a huge chunk of "I Go to Rio," so the composers of that song were added to the album credits after an avalanche of criticism including feature stories about the band's history of song theft. Coldplay settled with Joe Satriani out of court after they ripped off one of his songs for the Grammy winning Viva La Vida.
Warner should have gone for Best Rock album, even though all the sub genre which used to have their own categories, have been merged into this one.

Stevie has a real great chance of receiving The Best Rock Performance.

Grammy Awards only recognize recorded performances that have been commercially released. That amazing performance, which requires the visual to really impact, would have to be issued as part of compilation or live album or track in order to qualify.

Also, all of the MALE and FEMALE vocal categories have been merged. No more Male Pop Vocal and Female Pop Vocal, just Best Pop Vocal, Best Rock Vocal, etc.

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Why do people put down other genres of music in order to lift up their favs?

I don't know - it's annoying - like the people who say "music isn't good anymore" or "all new music sucks". Sorry folks, Pink Floyd can't record forever.

It's just lack of exposure to decent material; it leads some people to believe that there really must be no good new music, or that all R&B/Rap/Hip-hop sucks, which simply is not true.

What is true is that there is a severe lack of decent radio stations, and decent DJs who know how to enthrall an audience - or who even have the freedom to do so, anymore.

Corporate radio with label incentives is the true downfall of the music industry. Not internet piracy. People cannot buy what they do not know exists. DJs used to introduce us to new artists, new tracks - they used to play deep album cuts - they used to play b-sides.

On topic, there's no way Secret Love is winning anything Grammy related, except possibly for the video because it was well done and visually stimulating. I do however hold out hope that In Your Dreams could win overall as an album.

Regarding Coldplay, I don't believe Chris Martin would rip off anyone intentionally. The man is simply too good hearted and genuinely honest to do something mean spirited - and besides - they are so huge worldwide there's no way it could be done without someone catching on. What I do believe is that his cushy marriage to the beautiful Gwennyth Paltrow has totally destroyed his muse and ruined his ability to write lyrics with any substance or depth. Boredom leads to finding inspiration in the creations of others instead of finding creativity inside of yourself.

[SapphireSister]

"Stevie has a real great chance of receiving The Best Rock Performance."

I can't find the quote to quote this and I don't mean to be snotty but reading that just made me crack up for some reason. I mean really? As much as I would love for that to happen in all likely-hood it will not for many of the reasons people have stated, namely the lack of big commercial success but then again there have been exceptions to this in the past.

[GoldDustOrphan]

Corporate radio with label incentives is the true downfall of the music industry

This is 100% accurate. Instead of diverse playlists with all kinds of artists, Top 40, AC, AAC, etc. have blurred together and they all play the same 40 songs from the same 20 brands, not one of which is over 4o years old (except for the odd 41 year old that sneaks in with songwriting/production chores by of-the-moment studio hit-makers, like Max Martin, etc.

[MacMan]

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

"Stevie has a real great chance of receiving The Best Rock Performance."

I can't find the quote to quote this and I don't mean to be snotty but reading that just made me crack up for some reason. I mean really? As much as I would love for that to happen in all likely-hood it will not for many of the reasons people have stated, namely the lack of big commercial success but then again there have been exceptions to this in the past.

I don't agree entirely that nominations are based a lot on commercial success. Why then would there be a list of of 290 submissions for Best Rock Performance? Looking at the list, there is some really obscure artists on there with music I've never even heard of. If a chunk of the criteria was based on commercial success and an artist knows ahead of time the track wasn't all that successful, why go through the bother of submitting it for consideration.

[SapphireSister]

Originally Posted by MacMan

I don't agree entirely that nominations are based a lot on commercial success. Why then would there be a list of of 290 submissions for Best Rock Performance? Looking at the list, there is some really obscure artists on there with music I've never even heard of. If a chunk of the criteria was based on commercial success and an artist knows ahead of time the track wasn't all that successful, why go through the bother of submitting it for consideration.

O.k. then I was just looking for reasons to disagree with that statement that she has a great chance of winning.

[Aussie W/Heart]

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

O.k. then I was just looking for reasons to disagree with that statement that she has a great chance of winning.

Well that is your entitled opinion, & this is mine= i still believe she has a great chance to win LOL That performance was submitted for good reason or was it not?? I guess i was thrilled that Stevies people/Warner's? chose Soldiers Angel in the first place to be submitted in that category.
Anyway Its all good

[Taurus19]

For What It's Worth or You Could Be the One would have actually had a shot. I wonder if she got pressure from Lindsey. Wish she'd surround herself with better advisors.

[mezzoforte]

Originally Posted by Aussie W/Heart

Well that is your entitled opinion, & this is mine= i still believe she has a great chance to win LOL That performance was nominated for good reason or was it not?? I guess i was thrilled that Stevies people/Warner's? chose Soldiers Angel in the first place to be Nominated in that category.
Anyway Its all good

Not nominated, just submitted. As far as I know, any album that has sold more than 50K units can submit.

[Aussie W/Heart]

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

Not nominated, just submitted. As far as I know, any album that has sold more than 50K units can submit.

i should of wrote submitted & not nominated.. i will change my wording thanks!!
anyway i dont really care if she wins or not!! she is a winner in my books..lol

[Jondalar]

I don't know. But the Secret Love thing is sorta "What were they thinking?" I would not vote for this song or Stevie. I don't get it at all. She's notorious for bad decision making, so this is par for the course.

[StandbackStevie]

my guess if she gets a nomination it would be for best rock/pop vocal female and producer of the year dave stewart for In Your Dreams. I would only guess about 2 nominations for the grammys and hope she wins one but not holding my breathe on it. I don't think Stevie records an record and thinking I am going to get a ton of grammy's but in recent interviews and she has multiple trophys she gets more grammy's every time I read an interview or see an interview clip the last one i saw was she won 23 grammy's?

[jellyman10]

I totally agree that there are stronger songs than Secret Love from IYD that could have been submitted, but I have a hunch that, as much respect and honour as Stevie has for her co-writers, there's a part of her originating ambition or legacy-ego-whatever that just can't countenance being nominated for (never mind winning!) a songwriting Grammy and having to endlessly reference that it's for a song she didn't write all by herself.

There is also the fact that she has said over and over that Soldier's Angel is her most (self-) revered song, and, as much as we're all used to her hyperbole around here, maybe she really means it? Maybe the thought of NOT submitting Soldier's Angel never crossed her mind?