Were the Grammys on?

I don’t think Olivia will win that one

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/drake-withdraws-2021-grammy-nominations-1235127358/

how soon before this becomes more and more common?

Apparently Marilyn Manson got withdrawn on a technicality or something?

i'm sure they are trying to find whatever reasons to get him off the list

but more and more it's like what's the upside for drake? he's so dominant in the industry, what does a grammy mean to him?

Jon Batiste- big winner

Also, some folks not happy with SOJA (White & Hispanic reggae band from Virginia suburbs of DC) winning best reggae album over Spice, Sean Paul, Jesse Royal, Gramps Morgan, Etana

https://www.revolt.tv/article/2022-04-03/160919/soja-takes-home-best-reggae-album/

Best rock performance
Making a Fire, Foo Fighters.

Best rock album
Medicine at Midnight, Foo Fighters.

Best rock song
Waiting on a War, Foo Fighters.

Will admit I didn't hear the entire album but are people seriously excited by these?

I mean, look at what they were up against. Was there anything to be excited about here?

Best Rock Performance
"Shot in the Dark," AC/DC
"Know You Better (Live from Capitol Studio A)," Black Pumas
"Nothing Compares 2 U," Chris Cornell
"OHMS," Deftones
"Making a Fire," Foo Fighters *WINNER

Best Rock Song
"All My Favorite Songs," Weezer
"The Bandit," Kings of Leon
"Distance," Mammoth WVH
"Find My Way," Paul McCartney
"Waiting on a War," Foo Fighters *WINNER

Best Rock Album
"Power Up", AC/DC
"Capitol Cuts- Live From Studio A," Black Pumas
"No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1," Chris Cornell
"Medicine at Midnight," Foo Fighters *WINNER
"McCartney III," Paul McCartney

I will say that Making a Fire is one of the least worst Foo Fighters songs I've heard in the past 20 years. Not saying I'd listen to it twice, but it wasn't terrible once.

Who are these dues paying “members of the academy “ that vote for the Grammys. Read elsewhere that there’s 12,000 members.

Will admit I didn't hear the entire album but are people seriously excited by these?

it's the grammys, of course not. this is how it always is

I wasn’t even aware of Jon Batiste until last night. My bad, I guess

Chris Richards in Washington Post in pre-Grammys writeup--

“We Are” wants to be for everyone. Jon Batiste is a familiar face, a crowd-pleaser famous for jazzing up the “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” as well as one of the most prominent pianists in his field. Here, after performing protest concerts against police violence and voter suppression in 2020, he’s siphoned his politics through a big-tent sound that involves the New Orleans jazz he was raised playing, firm gusts of Stevie Wonder-ish melody, lots of hip-hop flash, a little marching band thunder and more. Lyrically and musically, “We Are” delivers its righteous, pro-justice ideals in energetic, frictionless ways. It is power-to-the-people music that the people can listen to at brunch.

Power Up was good!

he is to Stevie what Bruno Mars is to Prince

dude can definitely play though

I do agree that "Making a Fire" is not terrible as these things go btw but "Waiting on a War" has negative value.

Bonnie Raitt "Just Like That" won song of the year. Bonnie was surprised.

Bad Bunny performance of “Despues De La Playa,” with its mambo/merenegue aspects was fun as he had plena percussionists, dancers, and a band too. 50th anniversary of hiphop performance (supposedly curated by Questlove who was on drums) had lots of participants and was also fun but there was no Doug E Fresh, Slick Rick, Nas or Snoop

I am just catching up but I want to send a hopeful tacheon telegram back to the 1980s/90s, because Grammy winners included Bonnie Raitt, Ozzy Osbourne, Willie Nelson, and Aaron Neville.

Collaborations that were nominated or won included Edgar Winter, Nile Rogers, Stewart Copeland, ABBA, Diana Ross, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lyle Lovett, Mel Brooks, Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, Mary J. Blige, Reba McEntire, Steve Gadd, and Dolly Parton, Malcolm Jamal Warner, and Harold Faltermyer, Neil Young.

Pretty good night for the late 20th century, going by that (highly cherry-picked) list.

My teenage self wouldn't know what a doja cat is, or a bad bunny, but he knew most of those names and wouldn't be surprised to find they were active participants in the music scene of 2023.

Bonnie Raitt "Just Like That" won song of the year. Bonnie was surprised.

― curmudgeon

I didn't watch them, but when I saw a couple clips this morning I thought Harry Styles isn't good enough an actor to fake his astonishment.

Unless I missed it, there wasn't a single cutaway to Beyonce after she lost album of the year again. Brutal

Meaningless Grammy Awards

More here

The Grateful Dead won their first ever Grammy in a competitive category (Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package)!

If you count their 2007 Lifetime Achievement Grammy, they are now tied for Grammys with Wet Leg 🥰

Beyoncé won best dance/electronic music album for RENAISSANCE during the 65th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday. The prize gave her 32 Grammys, the most of any artist in the awards' history.

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"unknown blues singer" - great find

Hey, Raitt! I got a news complaint

I remember some believing that AOTY winner Nick of Time benefitted from the other nominees splitting their votes (the Traveling Wilburys album and Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever were favorites, and on top of that you have a Don Henley album that greatly benefitted from some of Petty's Heartbreakers). I guess the same thing happened this time around.

(less similar this time around, but maybe they split the "younger" votes while the middle-aged and above became a rock solid voting bloc)

I just think the 10 nominees thing now means the top winners are more of a crap shoot than ever before

i noticed that gangsta boo didn't make the in memoriam, were there any other notable slights?

According toRS:

it felt particularly egregious to overlook Three 6 Mafia’s Gangsta Boo and Low singer/drummer Mimi Parker — two hugely important, dearly beloved artists who apparently didn’t merit a mention. If that wasn’t bad enough, they also left out Aaron Carter, Procul Harum’s Gary Brooker, Sixties folk singer/songwriter Bobby Neuwirth, singer Lucy Simon, Nazareth frontman Dan McCafferty, and drummer Alan White, who played in both Yes and John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band. The guy played on friggin’ “Imagine.” Like everyone else listed here, he deserved a special Grammy moment.

(I recall Mimi Parker was included in the RRHOF Induction Ceremony's "In Memoriam" segment... so the Grammys apparently didn't even think to at least reference that as a starting point.)

(or, even worse, decided she didn't make the cut)

Anyone pregaming(?)

Most of my favorites are being shut out in the early awards… though I will note that Grammys have gone to ILM faves “Padam Padam”; Tyla (“Water”); and Wet Leg (for remixing a Depeche Mode song)

Ugh, boygenius won Best Rock Song…

Dry Cleaning won best recording package for Stumpwork

Boo, Louis Cole lost his bid in alternative jazz

xxpost Oh no, girls stealing awards from real rock groups like Arctic Monkeys and Foo Fighters

I was rooting for Olivia, but go off. “Not Strong Enuff” is barely a rock song, by any measure

also it sucks

I fondly remember the days when ILM rightly didn't give a shit about this nonsense

When was that, exactly?

Whose over-the-top Grammy performance will make the least sense this year?

So, the Grammy nominations...

I know you are all too damn cool for the 2005 Grammy Awards; but don't you think they deserve a little thread action anyway?

I joined in 2006. Don't remember much Grammy chat before the late 10s.

But idk I'm the Grinch, enjoy your silly awards show

lol Dry Cleaning what?

yeah wait are the Grammies good now lol

the Academy doesn't like good music but they love pubes

Molly Tuttle rightfully won best bluegrass album in a year with a lot of great bluegrass albums.

She might front the best band on the planet right now.

Tracy Chapman looks/sounds great playing “Fast Car” w Luke Combs

Kill Bill performance was pretty cool, but I’ve never gotten into the song

Awesome “Vampire”!