Who is more out of touch...me or the Grammy nominating committee???
-Big Bad Dad looks into his crystal ball...
The monimations have come out and Big Bad Dad makes his predictions:
Record of the Year: "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey; "Feel Good Inc.," Gorillaz featuring De La Soul; "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Green Day; "Hollaback Girl," Gwen Stefani; "Gold Digger," Kanye West.
Who’ll get it: Kanye West. He had the “courage” to speak out against Bush.
Who SHOULD get it: I’d go with Gwen. It’s really just a rip-off of “Mickey” from 1982, but it’s not a bad song. Besides, Gwen is kinda hot.
Album of the Year: "The Emancipation of Mimi," Mariah Carey; "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard," Paul McCartney; "Love. Angel. Music. Baby.," Gwen Stefani; "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," U2; "Late Registration," Kanye West.
Who’ll get it: McCartney. Just a gut instinct. He’s written some of the greatest songs ever (just heard Elenor Rigby last night and still love the song), but the last couple albums I’ve heard by Sir Paul were crap. Haven’t heard this last one. Maybe it’s fabulous. Who knows?
Who SHOULD get it: U2. “Atomic Bomb” is the latest in a long string of good albums. In fact, I can’t think of a bad U2 album.
Song of the Year: "Bless the Broken Road," Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, (Rascal Flatts); "Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen, (Bruce Springsteen); "Ordinary People," W. Adams & J. Stephens, (John Legend); "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2; "We Belong Together," J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack) (Mariah Carey).
Who’ll get it: Springsteen. Another gut instinct.
Who SHOULD get it: U2 (see above for reasons).
New Artist: Ciara, Fall Out Boy, Keane, John Legend, SugarLand.
Who’ll get it: No clue
Who SHOULD get it: Again, no clue. I’ve heard Ciara, so I’ll go with her.
Female Pop Vocal Performance: "It's Like That," Mariah Carey; "Since U Been Gone," Kelly Clarkson; "Good Is Good," Sheryl Crow; "I Will Not Be Broken," Bonnie Raitt; "Hollaback Girl," Gwen Stefani.
Who’ll get it: Sheryl Crow. Despite the fact that her voice is horrible and her music is pure pap, she keeps winning the stupid things.
Who SHOULD get it: Kelly Clarkson. Very good song (as far as pop songs go).
Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing," Jack Johnson; "Fine Line," Paul McCartney; "Walk on By," Seal; "Lonely No More," Rob Thomas; "From the Bottom of My Heart," Stevie Wonder.
Who’ll get it: Stevie Wonder
Who SHOULD get it: No idea. Only song I’m familiar with is “Lonely No More”. It’s OK but far from worthy of award.
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: "Don't Lie," The Black Eyed Peas; "Mr. Brightside," The Killers; "More Than Love," Los Lonely Boys; "This Love," Maroon 5; "My Doorbell," The White Stripes.
Who’ll get it: “Don’t Lie”. Hate to admit it, but I kinda like the Peas. This isn’t my favorite of their songs, but it’s OK.
Who SHOULD get it: “Mr. Brightside”. The Killers are far superior to the Peas, in my opinion.
Pop Vocal Album: "Extraordinary Machine," Fiona Apple; "Breakaway," Kelly Clarkson; "Wildflower," Sheryl Crow; "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard," Paul McCartney; "Love. Angel. Music. Baby.," Gwen Stefani.
Who’ll get it: Sheryl Crow
Who SHOULD get it: Going with Kelly Clarkson over Gwen on this one.
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Revolution," Eric Clapton; "Shine It All Around," Robert Plant; "Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen; "This Is How a Heart Breaks," Rob Thomas; "The Painter," Neil Young.
Who’ll get it: Clapton
Who SHOULD get it: None of them. Rob Thomas should NEVER be classified as Rock. And what do the others have in common? Everyone of them would apply for a Senior Citizen’s discount at IHOP. Call me “ageist”, but Rock should still be a young man’s game. What they’re putting out now would’ve been considered “Rock” in 1975…not today.
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "Speed of Sound," Coldplay; "Best of You," Foo Fighters; "Do You Want To," Franz Ferdinand; "All These Things That I've Done," The Killers; "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2.
Who will win it: Coldplay.
Who SHOULD win it: U2
Question: Who the HELL classifies Coldplay as Rock? The only thing rock and roll about Coldplay is the lead singer’s tendency to give his kid a stupid name. Somewhere, Frank Zappa is asking “Who in their right mind would name his kid “Apple?””
Hard Rock Performance: "Doesn't Remind Me," Audioslave; "The Hand That Feeds," Nine Inch Nails; "Tin Pan Valley," Robert Plant; "Little Sister," Queens of the Stone Age, "B.Y.O.B., System of a Down.
Who’ll win: Robert Plant. Jethro Tull beat out Metallica in this same category many years ago.
Who SHOULD win: System of a Down. As with the Peas, BYOB wouldn’t be my first choice as System’s best song, but it’s alright.
Metal Performance: "The Great Satan," Ministry; "Determined," Mudvayne; "Mein Teil," Rammstein; "What Drives the Weak," Shadows Fall; "Before I Forget," Slipknot.
Who’ll win: Ministry
Who SHOULD win: Ministry. Hate their politics, but, for the sake of nostalgia, I’d root for them.
Rock Song: "Best of You," Foo Fighters, (Foo Fighters); "Beverly Hills," Rivers Cuomo, (Weezer); "City of Blinding Lights, U2, (U2); "Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen, (Bruce Springsteen); "Speed of Sound," Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, (Coldplay).
Who’ll win: Either Foo Fighters or Weezer.
Who SHOULD win: U2
Rock Album: "X&Y," Coldplay; "In Your Honor," Foo Fighters; "A Bigger Bang," The Rolling Stones; "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," U2; "Prairie Wind," Neil Young.
Who’ll win: Stones
Who SHOULD win: Not a damn one of them. I can come up with, off the top of my head, 5 rock albums released in 2005 which are FAR superior to any one of those nominated:
“Octavarium,” Dream Theater
“Chapter V, “Staind
“Ten Thousand Fists,” Disturbed
“Hypnotize” or “Mezmorize,” System of a Down
“Hot Fuss,” The Killers
I guess we’ll see on February 9th how my predictions work out.
The monimations have come out and Big Bad Dad makes his predictions:
Record of the Year: "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey; "Feel Good Inc.," Gorillaz featuring De La Soul; "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Green Day; "Hollaback Girl," Gwen Stefani; "Gold Digger," Kanye West.
Who’ll get it: Kanye West. He had the “courage” to speak out against Bush.
Who SHOULD get it: I’d go with Gwen. It’s really just a rip-off of “Mickey” from 1982, but it’s not a bad song. Besides, Gwen is kinda hot.
Album of the Year: "The Emancipation of Mimi," Mariah Carey; "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard," Paul McCartney; "Love. Angel. Music. Baby.," Gwen Stefani; "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," U2; "Late Registration," Kanye West.
Who’ll get it: McCartney. Just a gut instinct. He’s written some of the greatest songs ever (just heard Elenor Rigby last night and still love the song), but the last couple albums I’ve heard by Sir Paul were crap. Haven’t heard this last one. Maybe it’s fabulous. Who knows?
Who SHOULD get it: U2. “Atomic Bomb” is the latest in a long string of good albums. In fact, I can’t think of a bad U2 album.
Song of the Year: "Bless the Broken Road," Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, (Rascal Flatts); "Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen, (Bruce Springsteen); "Ordinary People," W. Adams & J. Stephens, (John Legend); "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2; "We Belong Together," J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack) (Mariah Carey).
Who’ll get it: Springsteen. Another gut instinct.
Who SHOULD get it: U2 (see above for reasons).
New Artist: Ciara, Fall Out Boy, Keane, John Legend, SugarLand.
Who’ll get it: No clue
Who SHOULD get it: Again, no clue. I’ve heard Ciara, so I’ll go with her.
Female Pop Vocal Performance: "It's Like That," Mariah Carey; "Since U Been Gone," Kelly Clarkson; "Good Is Good," Sheryl Crow; "I Will Not Be Broken," Bonnie Raitt; "Hollaback Girl," Gwen Stefani.
Who’ll get it: Sheryl Crow. Despite the fact that her voice is horrible and her music is pure pap, she keeps winning the stupid things.
Who SHOULD get it: Kelly Clarkson. Very good song (as far as pop songs go).
Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing," Jack Johnson; "Fine Line," Paul McCartney; "Walk on By," Seal; "Lonely No More," Rob Thomas; "From the Bottom of My Heart," Stevie Wonder.
Who’ll get it: Stevie Wonder
Who SHOULD get it: No idea. Only song I’m familiar with is “Lonely No More”. It’s OK but far from worthy of award.
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: "Don't Lie," The Black Eyed Peas; "Mr. Brightside," The Killers; "More Than Love," Los Lonely Boys; "This Love," Maroon 5; "My Doorbell," The White Stripes.
Who’ll get it: “Don’t Lie”. Hate to admit it, but I kinda like the Peas. This isn’t my favorite of their songs, but it’s OK.
Who SHOULD get it: “Mr. Brightside”. The Killers are far superior to the Peas, in my opinion.
Pop Vocal Album: "Extraordinary Machine," Fiona Apple; "Breakaway," Kelly Clarkson; "Wildflower," Sheryl Crow; "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard," Paul McCartney; "Love. Angel. Music. Baby.," Gwen Stefani.
Who’ll get it: Sheryl Crow
Who SHOULD get it: Going with Kelly Clarkson over Gwen on this one.
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Revolution," Eric Clapton; "Shine It All Around," Robert Plant; "Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen; "This Is How a Heart Breaks," Rob Thomas; "The Painter," Neil Young.
Who’ll get it: Clapton
Who SHOULD get it: None of them. Rob Thomas should NEVER be classified as Rock. And what do the others have in common? Everyone of them would apply for a Senior Citizen’s discount at IHOP. Call me “ageist”, but Rock should still be a young man’s game. What they’re putting out now would’ve been considered “Rock” in 1975…not today.
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "Speed of Sound," Coldplay; "Best of You," Foo Fighters; "Do You Want To," Franz Ferdinand; "All These Things That I've Done," The Killers; "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2.
Who will win it: Coldplay.
Who SHOULD win it: U2
Question: Who the HELL classifies Coldplay as Rock? The only thing rock and roll about Coldplay is the lead singer’s tendency to give his kid a stupid name. Somewhere, Frank Zappa is asking “Who in their right mind would name his kid “Apple?””
Hard Rock Performance: "Doesn't Remind Me," Audioslave; "The Hand That Feeds," Nine Inch Nails; "Tin Pan Valley," Robert Plant; "Little Sister," Queens of the Stone Age, "B.Y.O.B., System of a Down.
Who’ll win: Robert Plant. Jethro Tull beat out Metallica in this same category many years ago.
Who SHOULD win: System of a Down. As with the Peas, BYOB wouldn’t be my first choice as System’s best song, but it’s alright.
Metal Performance: "The Great Satan," Ministry; "Determined," Mudvayne; "Mein Teil," Rammstein; "What Drives the Weak," Shadows Fall; "Before I Forget," Slipknot.
Who’ll win: Ministry
Who SHOULD win: Ministry. Hate their politics, but, for the sake of nostalgia, I’d root for them.
Rock Song: "Best of You," Foo Fighters, (Foo Fighters); "Beverly Hills," Rivers Cuomo, (Weezer); "City of Blinding Lights, U2, (U2); "Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen, (Bruce Springsteen); "Speed of Sound," Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, (Coldplay).
Who’ll win: Either Foo Fighters or Weezer.
Who SHOULD win: U2
Rock Album: "X&Y," Coldplay; "In Your Honor," Foo Fighters; "A Bigger Bang," The Rolling Stones; "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," U2; "Prairie Wind," Neil Young.
Who’ll win: Stones
Who SHOULD win: Not a damn one of them. I can come up with, off the top of my head, 5 rock albums released in 2005 which are FAR superior to any one of those nominated:
“Octavarium,” Dream Theater
“Chapter V, “Staind
“Ten Thousand Fists,” Disturbed
“Hypnotize” or “Mezmorize,” System of a Down
“Hot Fuss,” The Killers
I guess we’ll see on February 9th how my predictions work out.
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