You mean he dresses better?

@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.

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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.

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.

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].

Anyway, I’m pissed. With all the media Robin Thicke got earlier this year, it looks like this man will have to sign his soul over to the devil, or Jimmy Iovine, before he earns a Grammy.