As small of a shit I give about the Grammys and their shitty choices, I was a bit ticked off that Blackstar didn't make Best Album, instead making way for THAT SICK BIEBER ALBUM BRO.
Also, I had a bit of a laugh at Best Rock Song having something by Twenty-One Pilots. The keyword here is "rock," nominators.
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
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I've been paying attention to what the Grammys are nominating for about 9 years. Judging from the nominations for the next ceremony, I opt to follow the event much less seriously as I usually did.
In the past 9 years, what have kept me interested for each ceremony is the Album of The Year category (AOTY). I, for one, think it's possibly the only category in the so-called General Field that isn't a complete sell-out.
(After all, some of the recipients of AOTY in the past years were Alison Krauss, Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons and Beck.)
3 out of the 5 nominees for the previous AOTY were Chris Stapleton, Kendrick Lamar and Alabama Shakes. It seemed like the award would go to another underdog. Alas, Taylor Swift was the one who took the award home and that was her second time doing that (the first time was for "Fearless").
Sturgill Simpson's album is nominated for the next AOTY but I doubt it will win. Oh well, at least I enjoyed "Lemonade", even as a former rockist.
Do people still pay attention to the Grammies? I think the Grammies are boring and a waste of time. Just because you have a Grammy doesn't mean that you're a good artist. All the Grammies are gonna do are pick the safest choices ever.
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edited 7th Dec '16 4:27:50 PM by PhysicalStamina
To pity someone is to tell them "I feel bad about being better than you."
Mweheheh
On the plus side, Kendrick only has one opportunity to be robbed this year.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
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The Grammy Awards are fun to talk about for huge pop music fans who care little for other less mainstream genres (which is nothing wrong at all). Everyone and their grandparents have been complaining about how the Grammys lack artistic integrity for decades now note and we know that'll probably not change. It's an elephant in the room that I'm sure the people working for the Grammys have pointed out but refuse to shoo away. So it's not worth pointing that issue out anymore. If narrowed down to certain aspects, there are a lot of interesting discussions regarding the Grammys that can be brought up, such as....
- Is James Corden going to embarass himself with his Carpool Karaoke shtick again?
- Will the Best New Artist award go to either of the four nominees who never had their songs chart above the #30 spot on the Hot 100? Or will it go to the douchey Chainsmokers whose songs were on the Top 10 of the Hot 100 for way too long?
- Will Beyonce lose the Album of The Year award for the second time because of another underdog, this time being Sturgill Simpson?
- Are they going to make us watch a horrendous tribute performance of Prince?
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- Record of the Year goes to Adele's "Hello"
- Album of the Year goes to Adele's "25"
- Song of the Year goes to Adele's "Hello"
- Best New Artist goes to Chance the Rapper
Full list of Grammy winners here
edited 13th Feb '17 8:03:12 PM by tropeslave
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I remember trying to listen to Acid Rap and actually getting pretty far before I got sick of Chance's voice. I should pick up where I left off.
To pity someone is to tell them "I feel bad about being better than you."
I'm glad Lukas Graham didn't win anything. That song is TERRIBLE.
Sturgill Simpson is a great performer, but his music's never done anything for me.
Sturgill should have won tbh. Out of the people nominated, not only would he have caused some actual cool news about an awards show for once, but he had the best album of the five by far. After all, when it comes between a monotonous soul singer, an overproduced same-y pop album, an overhyped R&B album with one of the worst closers I've ever heard, an R&B singer still not completely out of his teen shit days, and a soul-influenced (slightly psychedelic) alt-country singer, it's not too hard to guess which one is best.
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
Mweheheh
Is Views the overproduced same-y pop album?
I don't get Sturgill's appeal. His stuff is either derivative as all hell, or so head trippy that I wonder how anyone can get anything out of it. That song he did was just a clusterfuck of happy feelgood cliches I've already heard a zillion times. And I've had "Turtles All the Way Down" Explained to me about 20 times and I still don't understand what it's about.
Nah, that's 25.
Tbh dude you started an entire thread cause you don't get lyrics.
edited 13th Feb '17 7:53:48 PM by golgothasArisen
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
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Check back my previous post for the link to the full list of Grammy winners.
Mweheheh
Then who's the monotonous soul singer?
Drake.
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
I'm not insane, I'm not… not insane!
Huh… Blackstar is counted as a rock song? I mean, it's awesome, but it seemed more jazz-ish or electro-ish to me…
Flippé de participer à ce grand souper, je veux juste m'occuper de taper mon propre tempo.
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If Drake is a soul singer than Taylor Swift is Death Metal.
To pity someone is to tell them "I feel bad about being better than you."
I have zero hope she'll win, but I would love to see K. Flay win Best Engineered. My gut tells me Bruno Mars will probably win.
I doubt she'll win Best Rock song either, though I'm less certain of who will take that one.
edited 1st Dec '17 2:34:24 AM by ArthurEld
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I heard too little of the music nominated so I'm just going to focus on the nominations in the "General Field" (the top 4 award categories not based on genre)
A little disappointed by the lack of rock-based music (if there's any at all) in the field, which is predictable as that reflects the taste of the masses in the past 12 months. Possibly one of the least rock-based set of nominations in the field in years. It's still nice to see most of the nominated works in the field are by people of color.
I get that this thread isn't popular (I'm guessing because most poeple don't care about the Grammys) but I gotta say that I'm actually really excited for this year. I'm both a huge Bruno and Kendrick fan and the Story of O.J is a pretty good song. I still have yet to listen to 4:44, though. But yeah, I'm also loving the diversity of the nominees. Here's to hoping Kendrick Lamar wins Album of the Year.
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just realised that "Body Like A Back Road" is nominated for two awards in the country genre. Seriously, Grammy voters? Seriously? Considering how successful the song is as a crossover hit, we should count ourselves lucky that the song isn't nominated in the General Field category
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Winners of the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards:
- Record of the Year goes to Bruno Mars' "24K Magic"
- Album of the Year goes to Bruno Mars' "24K Magic"
- Song of the Year goes to Bruno Mars' "That's What I Like"
- Best New Artist goes to Alessia Cara
Check here for the full list of winners.
I've been making a few of these the last couple of years but they never really make it past a couple of pages, I assume there's no harm in just making one big general one (If a mod should disagree then feel free to just change the title to "Grammy Awards 2017" or something to that effect).
But yes, the 2017 Grammy Award Nominees have just been announced, there are some... choices, as always, of course
(Mike Posner, the fuck), but the nominations aren't actually too horrible this time around.And before we begin, the ones snagging the most nominations this time around are Beyoncé with 9, Drake, Rihanna and Kanye with 8, Chance the Rapper with 7, and Adele and David Bowie with 5 each.
So without further ado:
Album Of The Year:
25 — Adele
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Views — Drake
A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson
Record Of The Year:
"Hello" — Adele
"Formation" — Beyoncé
"7 Years" — Lukas Graham
"Work" — Rihanna Featuring Drake
"Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots
Song Of The Year:
"Formation" — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
"Hello" — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
"I Took A Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
"Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
"7 Years" — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)
Best New Artist:
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance The Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak
POP FIELD
Best Pop Vocal Album:
25 — Adele
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande
Confident — Demi Lovato
This Is Acting — Sia
Best Pop Solo Performance:
"Hello" — Adele
"Hold Up" — Beyonce
"Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber
"Piece By Piece (Idol Version)" — Kelly Clarkson
"Dangerous Woman" — Ariana Grande
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
"Closer" — The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
"7 Years" — Lukas Graham
"Work" — Rihanna Featuring Drake
"Cheap Thrills" — Sia Featuring Sean Paul
"Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Cinema — Andrea Bocelli
Fallen Angels — Bob Dylan
Stages Live — Josh Groban
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin — Willie Nelson
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway — Barbra Streisand
DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC FIELD
Best Dance Recording:
"Tearing Me Up" — Bob Moses
"Don't Let Me Down" — The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya
"Never Be Like You" — Flume Featuring Kai
"Rinse & Repeat" — Riton Featuring Kah-Lo
"Drinkee" — Sofi Tukker
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Skin — Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre
Epoch — Tycho
Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future — Underworld
Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII — Louie Vega
ROCK FIELD
Best Rock Performance:
"Joe (Live From Austin City Limits)" — Alabama Shakes
"Don't Hurt Yourself" — Beyoncé Featuring Jack White
"Blackstar" — David Bowie
"The Sound Of Silence" — Disturbed
"Heathens" — Twenty One Pilots
Best Metal Performance:
"Shock Me" — Baroness
"Slivera" — Gojira
"Rotting in Vain" — Korn
"Dystopia" — Megadeth
"The Price Is Wrong" — Periphery
Best Rock Song:
"Blackstar" — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)
"Burn the Witch" —Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)
"Hardwired" — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica
"Heathens" — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
"My Name Is Human" — Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)
Best Rock Album:
California — Blink-182
Tell Me I'm Pretty — Cage The Elephant
Magma — Gojira
Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco
Weezer — Weezer
ALTERNATIVE FIELD
Best Alternative Music Album:
22, A Million — Bon Iver
Blackstar — David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead
R&B FIELD
Best R&B Performance:
"Turnin' Me Up" — BJ The Chicago Kid
"Permission" — Ro James
"I Do" — Musiq Soulchild
"Needed Me" — Rihanna
"Cranes in the Sky" — Solange
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
"The Three Of Me" — William Bell
"Woman's World" — BJ The Chicago Kid
"Sleeping With The One I Love" — Fantasia
"Angel" — Lalah Hathaway
"Can't Wait" — Jill Scott
Best R&B Song:
"Come and See Me" — J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Party Next Door Featuring Drake)
"Exchange" — Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)
"Kiss It Better" — Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna)
"Lake By the Ocean" — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
"Luv" — Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Ology — Gallant
We Are King — KING
Malibu — Anderson .Paak
Anti — Rihanna
Best R&B Album:
In My Mind — BJ The Chicago Kid
Lalah Hathaway Live — Lalah Hathaway
Velvet Portraits — Terrace Martin
Healing Season — Mint Condition
Smoove Jones — Mya
RAP FIELD
Best Rap Performance:
"No Problem" — Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
"Panda" —Desiigner
"Pop Style" — Drake Featuring The Throne
"All The Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
"That Part" — Sc Hoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Performance:
"Freedom" — Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar
"Hotline Bling" — Drake
"Broccoli" — D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty
"Ultralight Beam" — Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
"Famous" — Kanye West Featuring Rihanna
Best Rap Song:
"All The Way Up" — Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared)
"Famous" — Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Rihanna)
"Hotline Bling" — Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
"No Problem" — Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
"Ultralight Beam" — Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico "Donnie Trumpet" Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)
Best Rap Album:
Coloring Book — Chance The Rapper
And the Anonymous Nobody — De La Soul
Major Key — DJ Khaled
Views — Drake
Blank Face LP — Sc Hoolboy Q\\ The Life of Pablo — Kanye West
COUNTRY FIELD
Best Country Solo Performance:
"Love Can Go To Hell" — Brandy Clark
"Vice" — Miranda Lambert
"My Church" — Maren Morris
"Church Bells" — Carrie Underwood
"Blue Ain't Your Color" — Keith Urban
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
"Different for Girls" — Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
"21 Summer" — Brothers Osborne
"Setting The World On Fire" — Kenny Chesney & P!nk
"Jolene" — Pentatonix Featuring Dolly Parton
"Think Of You" — Chris Young With Cassadee Pope
Best Country Song:
"Blue Ain't Your Color" — Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen, songwriters (Keith Urban)
"Die A Happy Man" — Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)
"Humble and Kind" — Lori Mc Kenna, songwriter (Tim Mc Graw)
"My Church" — busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris)
"Vice" — Miranda Lambert, Shane Mc Anally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Best Country Album:
Big Day In A Small Town — Brandy Clark
Full Circle — Loretta Lynn
Hero — Maren Morris
A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson
Ripcord — Keith Urban
NEW AGE FIELD
Best New Age Album:
Orogen — John Burke
Dark Sky Island — Enya
Inner Passion — Peter Kater & Tina Guo
Rosetta — Vangelis
White Sun II — White Sun
PACKAGE FIELD
Best Recording Package:
Anti (Deluxe Edition) — Ciarra Pardo & Robyn Fenty, art directors (Rihanna)
Blackstar — Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)
Human Performance — Andrew Savage, art director (Parquet Courts)
Sunset Motel — Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
22, A Million — Eric Timothy Carlson, art director (Bon Iver)
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA FIELD
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
"Can't Stop The Feeling!" — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: Trolls
"Heathens" — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from: Suicide Squad
"Just Like Fire" — Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk), Track from: Alice Through The Looking Glass
"Purple Lamborghini" — Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross), Track from: Suicide Squad
"Try Everything" — Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira), Track from: Zootopia
"The Veil" — Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel), Track from: Snowden
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM FIELD
Best Music Video:
"Formation" — Beyoncé
"River" — Leon Bridges
"Up & Up" — Coldplay
"Gosh" — Jamie XX
"Upside Down & Inside Out" — OK Go
Best Music Film:
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead — Steve Aoki
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years — (The Beatles)
Lemonade — Beyoncé
The Music Of Strangers — Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry — (Various Artists)
And the rest can be found over here
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edited 6th Dec '16 8:21:12 AM by LE0Night