Comments on: The Grammy Nominations: Let The Vague Sense Of Anticipation Begin!

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:45:03 +0000

haha what Beatles snubs? they won Best New Artist in '64 and Album of the Year for Sgt. Pepper; that's not terrible, considering how old-guard the Grammys were then.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:28:12 +0000

"And he doesn't exactly look like Eminem, if you get my drift."

You mean he dresses better?

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:40:23 +0000

Did Bonnie Raitt release something they can give her her annual Grammy for this year?

@Matos, I was gonna say, but you beat me to it. Didn't Let It Be get something as well?

@joshlanghoff, I dunno but whoever mastered Wino's album should be shot. That sucker may be a good album, but I can't take more than a song or two as it's painful to hear. Another victim of the loudness wars.

By: Trackback

Trackback — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:58:02 +0000

Nine are dead in Omaha, Nebraska today after a man opened fire in a shopping mall, and then shot himself. Police do not have a motive so far. Did you have this conversation this morning? “Sorry, boss, I can’t come in to work today…a terrible cough, I, uh, flu symptoms, definitely — what waves?

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:48:50 +0000

Also, expect lots of Grammy love for the Alison Krauss / Robert Plant collaboration. It's the kind of project Grammy loves -- two big stars come together to do something different -- plus it's Alison Krauss, who is only the all-time winningest female artist in Grammy history...

[en.wikipedia.org]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:46:13 +0000

Now the big question is, who gets nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical? I’ll go with Springsteen, McCartney, Mark Ronson, Little Big Town, and the Lindsey Buckingham from last year. Assuming those last two are in the right date range.

By: dollywould

dollywould — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:57:39 +0000

I think Rihanna and “Umbrella” are going to be all over the song/record categories.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:11:34 +0000

It's Bruce's year with the Recording Academy. Why? He's never won Album of the Year.

Let me reiterate that, with emphasis: Bruce Effin' Springsteen, national treasure, has never won the big Grammy.

Born to Run, you say? Not even nominated, and anyway he would've lost to either Stevie (who owned the mid-'70s) or Paul Simon.

Born in the USA? Sure, that would've made sense, but somehow the Grammy people preferred Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down that year. Again: Lionel Richie.

The Rising? Total Grammy bait, right? Sure, and it was nominated, but you know who's bigger Grammy bait? Norah Jones.

Yes, this is the year NARAS finally pulls a Time Out of Mind (hey, at least that was a good Dylan record) or, more apt, a Two Against Nature and gives Bruce the statue he should've gotten two decades ago.

I know: poor Kanye.

By: tigerpop

tigerpop — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:09:54 +0000

@DHMBIB: There is no doubt in my mind that Feist will be nominated for Best New Artist.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Spoon or Arcade Fire get picked for a "major" category. (They'll almost certainly get nods in the Alternative ghetto.) Otherwise, it's Bruce's year. Everyone else, stay seated.

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:30:37 +0000

I called Amy a lock for a nomination -- and the favorite to win -- in the AOTY category 6 months ago. I still think she'll get the nomination -- she was short-listed for the Nationwide Mercury Prize -- but, alas, I'm afraid her increasingly bizarre and saddening behavior has made her somewhat less than the favo[u]rite to win. I still hold out hope -- after all, the consensus in the British press was that the Klaxons win for the NMP was an "upset".

On a related note, depending on how Amy and certain other artists will be categorized, I'd say Amy faces stiff competition in the R&B categories, possibly from "peers" such as Sharon Jones [whose album is terrific] and/or Joss Stone [whose album is both terrific and her best to date, although it got lost in the media love for Back To Black].

Also, it wouldn't surprise me too much if Amy lost the Best New Artist award to Lily Allen [or possibly even Feist -- NARAS has weird definitions for these things].