May I begin by saying: how many different categories can one awards show have? It's like they've orchestrated it so that everyone can win something. For example, what's the difference between "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year"? Cuz a song won for both of those....... Right?
So, a brief rundown, with commentary. (NOTE: This will not include everything. If I don't have an opinion, I won't include it. :D)
Taylor Swift & Beyonce ruled this year.
Tay-Tay: Album of the Year, Country Album, Female Country Vocal Performance (White Horse), Country Song (White Horse)
*I do like Taylor Swift. And I do think White Horse is a good song. However, (Ginger's opinion here), Kanye West was one of the best things that ever happened to her. Honestly. She's enjoyed a somewhat-unreasonable level of popularity since The Incident. You Belong With Me is definitely my go-to elliptical-machine-kick-butt-workout song, but I'm not so sure she deserved to sweep the Grammys. Check out this embarrassing live performance in Sydney. Just food for thought.
Queen B: Song of the Year (Single Ladies), Female Pop Vocal Performance (Halo), Female R&B Vocal Performance (Single Ladies), Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (At Last), R&B Song (Singe Ladies), Contemporary R&B Album (I Am...Sasha Fierce)
*Not the biggest Beyonce fan.... Also, I think it's funny that "Single Ladies" is already pretty much a joke...and it still won Grammys. What does that tell us?
In other news, what is the distinction of "vocal performance"? Really, I'm dying to know.
In the category of ROCK...
Green Day got Album, Kings of Leon got Song & "performance by a duo or group with vocals," Jeff Beck got "instrumental performance." (PS--Kings of Leon also got "Record of the Year"...that elusive distinction.)
Bruce Springsteen (solo rock vocal performance) is considered rock...?
AC/DC (hard rock performance) is still in action...? As in, they're all still alive?
Also, I don't know who Judas Priest is. Heard the name, not the music. But then again, it's "metal" which isn't rock. It just isn't.
Lady Gaga got a few Grammys...in addition to her "most unsurprising outrageous costume" award.
In the DANCE category, she(?) cleaned up, since there are only two awards, and unless you consider the Black Eyed Peas dance music (which we apparently don't, even though it is), Gaga's really the only dance artist around.
I'm not sure what TRADITIONAL, ALTERNATIVE, and WORLD have in common, but they're all combined into one category, under which there are strange titles. The "Album" options include: Alternative Music, Americana, Bluegrass, Traditional Blues, Contemporary Folk, Hawaiian Music, Native American Music, Zydeco or Cajun Music, Reggae, Traditional World Music, Contemporary World Music, New Age. Three things: 1--why is there only an album option for these genres? do they not have any good songs? 2--And why are all these genres smushed together, when many are actually kind of popular? 3--Why is the labelling inconsistent (i.e., why do some awards have "music" explicitly in the title and others do not)?
VISUAL MEDIA
I'll address score awards here, which is ironic because movie score....is instrumental, so audial, not visual. But whatever.
Slumdog Millionaire and Michael Giacchino (Up) and West Side Story. I LOVE the first two, and am not familiar with this latter version of the classic musical that received 2010 awards. But anyway, A.R. Rahman and Michael Giacchino are both awesome, as is, at least, the original West Side Story. :) *Ginger singing* Ma-riiii-a! Ma-riii-a!
GOSPEL
That's not really an accurate term. And Rock/Rap are the same category. I remain in the dark.
OTHER
I love how there's an "other" category. I just do. It's strange, considering all the other accommodations made. Though full of very "other" type awards, so I guess it makes sense. Stephen Colbert won "Comedy Album." Fitting, I suppose. Was that category created for Weird Al?
In conclusion:
Whoever decided on the score awards has good taste in music.
I should probably listen to Kings of Leon.
Taylor Swift is a country singer. With pop appeal. I'm impressed, and Imma let her finish, but I still think Beyonce had the best country album of all time.
Coldplay needs to come out with a new album.
So..do you guys like the grammy's? I'm not really getting that vibe...
ReplyDeleteRecord of the Year and Song of the Year are two different things. Record means album...which means multiple songs...like a CD. Song means song. Singular.
Also, Taylor Swift is getting a lot of heat for being a really awesome entertainer. Sure she might not be a fantastic vocalist but if she has sold out concerts every night and a top selling album (one that contains songs all written by her) why doesn't she deserve some recognition? She is a talented guitar player and her songs make people happy. Let her sweep the Grammy's. Did you have someone better in mind? Lady G perhaps? Gross.
And why is Single Ladies a joke? Pretty sure everyone loves that song. For real.
I have no idea what you are talking about in the conclusion.
Thank you, Roy, for your constructive criticism. In the world of the WWW, we like to refer to that as "trolling."
ReplyDeletePS, as an addendum for everyone--Some careful researching revealed that "Record" is for one song, and goes to the artist, producer, etc, while "Song" is also for one song and goes to the songwriter. ("Album" is for a collection of songs--commonly referred to as "album"--and goes to the artist, producer, etc.) (http://ask.yahoo.com/20020313.html)