Grammy nominations

[Livia]

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters
These Days, Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock
Graduation, Kanye West
Back To Black, Amy Winehouse


RECORD OF THE YEAR
''Irreplaceable,'' Beyoncé
''The Pretender,'' Foo Fighters
''Umbrella,'' Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
''What Goes Around…Comes Around,'' Justin Timberlake
''Rehab,'' Amy Winehouse


SONG OF THE YEAR
''Before He Cheats,'' Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
''Hey There Delilah,'' Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T's)
''Like A Star,'' Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
''Rehab,'' Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
''Umbrella,'' Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)

NEW ARTIST
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse


POP VOCAL ALBUM
Lost Highway, Bon Jovi
The Reminder, Feist
It Won't Be Soon Before Long, Maroon 5
Memory Almost Full, Paul McCartney
Back To Black, Amy Winehouse

CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM
Konvicted, Akon
Just Like You, Keyshisa Cole
Fantasia, Fantasia
East Side Story, Emily King
Because Of You, Ne-Yo

RAP ALBUM
Finding Forever, Common
Kingdom Come, Jay-Z
Hip Hop Is Dead, Nas
T.I. vs T.I.P., T.I.
Graduation, Kanye West

COUNTRY ALBUM
Long Trip Alone, Dierks Bentley
These Days, Vince Gill
Let It Go, Tim McGraw
5th Gear, Brad Paisley
It Just Comes Natural, George Strait

ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Alright, Still..., Lily Allen
Neon Bible, Arcade Fire
Volta, Björk
Wincing The Night Away, The Shins
Icky Thump, The White Stripes

MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
''Everything,'' Michael Bublé
''Belief,'' John Mayer
''Dance Tonight,'' Paul McCartney
''Amazing,'' Seal
''What Goes Around...Comes Around,'' Justin Timberlake

FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
''Candyman,'' Christina Aguilera
''1234,'' Feist
''Big Girls Don't Cry,'' Fergie
''Say It Right,'' Nelly Furtado
''Rehab,'' Amy Winehouse

POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
''(You Want To) Make A Memory,'' Bon Jovi
''Home,'' Daughtry
''Makes Me Wonder,'' Maroon 5
''Hey There Delilah,'' Plain White T's
''Window In The Skies,'' U2

SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE
''Timebomb,'' Beck
''Only Mama Knows,'' Paul McCartney
''Our Country,'' John Mellencamp
''Radio Nowhere,'' Bruce Springsteen
''Come On,'' Lucinda Williams

ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
''It's Not Over,'' Daughtry
''Working Class Hero,'' Green Day
''If Everyone Cared,'' Nickelback
''Instant Karma,'' U2
''Icky Thump,'' Icky Thump

HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
''Sweet Sacrifice,'' Evanescence
''The Pretender,'' Foo Fighters
''I Don't Wanna Stop,'' Ozzy Osbourne
''Sick, Sick, Sick,'' Queens Of The Stone Age
''The Pot,'' Tool

ROCK SONG
''Come On,'' Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)
''Icky Thump,'' Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)
''It's Not Over,'' Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters
''The Pretender,'' Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
''Radio Nowhere,'' Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
''Just Fine,'' Mary J. Blige
''When I See You,'' Fantasia
''No One,'' Alicia Keys
''If I Have My Way,'' Chrisette Michele
''Hate On Me,'' Jill Scott

MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
''Woman,'' Raheem DeVaughn
''B.U.D.D.Y.,'' Musiq Soulchild
''Because of You,'' Ne-Yo
''Future Baby Mama,'' Prince
''Please Don't Go,'' Tank

R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
''Same Girl,'' R. Kelly Featuring Usher
''Disrespectful,'' Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
''Hate That I Love You,'' Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo
''Baby,'' Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright
''Bartender,'' T-Pain Featuring Akon

R&B SONG
''Beautiful Flower,'' India.Arie ''Hate That I Love You,'' Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo
''No One,'' Alicia Keys
''Teachme,'' Musiq Soulchild
''When I See U,'' Fantasia

RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
''The People,'' Common
''I Get Money,'' 50 Cent
''Show Me What You Got,'' Jay-Z
''Big Things Poppin' (Do It),'' T.I.
''Stronger,'' Kanye West

RAP PEFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP
''Southside,'' Common Featuring Kanye West
''Make It Rain,'' Fat Joe Featuring Lil Wayne
''Party Like A Rockstar,'' Shop Boyz
''Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You),'' UGK Featuring Outkast
''Better Than I've Ever Been,'' Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One

RAP SONG
''Ayo Technology,'' 50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
''Big Things Poppin' (Do It),'' T.I.
''Can't Tell Me Nothing,'' Kanye West
''Crank That (Soulja Boy),'' Soulja Boy Tell'Em
''Good Life,'' Kanye West Featuring T-Pain

FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
''Simple Love,'' Alison Krauss
''Famous In A Small Town,'' Miranda Lambert
''Nothin' Better To Do,'' LeAnn Rimes
''Before He Cheats,'' Carrie Underwood
''Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love,'' Trisha Yearwood

MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
''Long Trip Alone,'' Dierks Bentley
''A Woman's Love,'' Alan Jackson
''If You're Reading This,'' Tim McGraw
''Give It Away,'' George Strait
''Stupid Boy,'' Keith Urban

COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
''Proud Of The House We Built,'' Brooks & Dunn
''How Long,'' Eagles
''Moments,'' Emerson Drive
''Lucky Man,'' Montgomery Gentry
''Sweet Memories,'' The Time Jumpers

COUNTRY SONG
''Before He Cheats,'' Carrie Underwood
''Give It Away,'' George Strait
''I Need You,'' Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
''If You're Reading This,'' Tim McGraw
''Long Trip Alone,'' Dierks Bentley

COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR A MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION, OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
Across The Universe, Various Artists
Dreamgirls, Various Artists
Hairspray, Various Arists
Love, (The Beatles)
Once, Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO
''God's Gonna Cut You Down,'' Johnny Cash
''1234,'' Feist
''Gone Daddy Gone,'' Gnarls Barkley
''D.A.N.C.E,'' Justice
''Typical,'' Mute Math

[rbs3676]

I hope that Amy is alive to get her awards.

rbs

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by rbs3676

I hope that Amy is alive to get her awards.

rbs

That was my first reaction too! Especially after seeing the pic with that mysterious white powder still fresh on her nostrils. :sad: But then again, I also hope she doesn't win the New Artist Grammy- it's cursed!

Does anyone else find it odd that they have consolidated the male/female rock vocal performance into a single category? Or that rock is so dead that Lucinda Williams is the only female rocker to get nominated? These are very sad times...

But I am psyched that Herbie Hancock's "River" got nominated for album of the year. That is probably the most unexpected nominee, EVAH. Sure, Kanye West is going to win , but at least HH and Joni are getting recognized by being nominated.

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by rbs3676

I hope that Amy is alive to get her awards.

rbs

She is def not Grammy worthy. That being said, I find myself not giving 2 sh*ts about the Grammies anymore.

[Livia]

Grammy, Shmammy....meh, I only care about the outfits and who gets bombed. Well, that's not entirely true, I remember being pretty damn ecstatic about the Dixie Chicks' sweep!

[Beachwood Mac]

This category wasn't listed above (probably cause it's not one of the awards televised) but one of my favorites Patty Griffin was nominated as well.

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

The Calling
Mary Chapin Carpenter
[Zoe Records]

My Name Is Buddy
Ry Cooder
[Nonesuch Records Inc./Warner Music Group]

Washington Square Serenade
Steve Earle
[New West Records]

Children Running Through
Patty Griffin
[ATO Records]

Orphans
Tom Waits

[MacMan]

From my favourite blogger... And I tend to agree with him...
http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/


Are The Grammys Irrelevant?

Have you been catching the Universal bashing by Trent Reznor and Josh Homme? Hell, Homme even mentions Jimmy Iovine by NAME!


Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age may not sell millions of records, but one thing they've got is fans. Both acts can tour until their leaders die. The Grammy nominees?


There's a fiction that the Grammy nominated albums are the best of the bunch, the people's choice. The TV show celebrates the major labels and everybody's happy.


But in a world where Top Forty is a ghetto, and MTV plays no music, what makes anyone believe the mainstream is hip?


The biggest hit of the summer, according to mainstream media, is Rihanna's "Umbrella". But most people have never heard it. Because they pay no attention to the spheres within which it is exposed. They've got other choices, and they're taking them.


Same deal with this Grammy mess.


The Grammys were a joke. Late to the party on rock, more specifically, the Beatles and the Stones, they got no respect.


But then something curious happened. The mainstream merged with the hip. In the eighties, when everybody was glued to MTV. And a mercurial southern boy took over NARAS, and turned the Grammy show into a celebration of the single-minded focus of the American public.


Now, there's a steward in charge, and no one but the self-congratulatory pricks cares anymore.


You've got hitsdailydouble dissecting the nominees. You've got multiple articles in the L.A. "Times". Really, does the general public give a ****?


The general public's been tuning out all of this century. The powers-that-be have lost their hold on America's consciousness. It's not about theft, it's about listeners going their own way, into nooks and crannies, to something more satisfying than the mainstream crap foisted upon them by the major labels.


The star model is history. Burned out by not only vapidity, but choice. People do like music, just not what those who used to be in control want them to like.


How does Universal make it with an act that sells 10,000 copies? Never mind one that does 5,000.


But an individual can live quite handsomely on the same number of albums sold. For he gets all the profits, and unlike the big guys, he keeps the costs down. His fans keep his career going, not Volkswagen, "Grey's Anatomy" or Top Forty radio. He's got the tools of production and marketing in his possession, and he's utilizing them.


The Grammys are a mainstream show for a country that no longer is mainstream. And that's why they're irrelevant. The Grammys are about consensus. Whereas arguing with your buds over who's good is now passe, you just ignore what doesn't appeal to you and play in your own backyard, which you created.


I guess what I'm saying here is that not only was Doug Morris unprepared for the future, but network television, newspapers and radio too. We've seen no adjustment by any of them. Just a holding on to what they had before, however little is left.


Real music fans don't watch the Grammys. Why would they? The acts they like aren't on the show. And the production is phonied-up with TV stars and ass-kissing talent. Real music fans believe in their acts. They don't believe in these people on TV.


So please, enough with the Grammy hysteria. The only people who care are the labels looking for a sales bump and the overpaid NARAS team.


How about covering something important?


Oh, that's right, the labels and NARAS don't know what's important. They're out of touch, they've got no idea what teens and twentysomethings think.


There's a generation gap as wide as the one in the sixties. Only this time, it's the boomers who are out of the loop.


There's something happening here and you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?

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Trent Reznor:

While the music industry is doing everything they possibly can to go out of business, can we all make sure to rid ourselves of the Grammys, too? Out of touch old men jacking each other off. _ENOUGH! _Have a nice day.

(posted at nin.com on 12/06/07)

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Josh Homme:

F**k the labels man, they suck. The last thing they're stripping down is their own expense accounts and ****. I mean, Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records takes a private jet or rides first class to tell a band they don't get tour support. You know what I mean? F**k that ****, I'm tired of it. And I'm not gonna be quiet because the American label, not Canada, not Europe, but our American label's f**king us like crazy, so f**k them. Why should I not say anything, what am I afraid of? I'm not afraid of them.

http://www.antiquiet.com/entertainme...the-stone-age/

[GardenStateGirlie]

feist and paramore for best new artist...tough call for me -- paramore is pretty amazing. i'm stoked about the foo fighters noms but i think winehouse will sweep. perhaps i'll actually watch this year.