Grammy nominees!

[Nate6]

Any thoughts? Here are the major categories:

Record of the Year:
"Crazy in Love," Beyonce featuring Jay-Z
"Where Is the Love?" Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake
"Clocks," Coldplay
"Lose Yourself," Eminem
"Hey Ya!," OutKast.

Album of the Year:
"Under Construction," Missy Elliott
"Fallen," Evanescence
"Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," OutKast
"Justified," Justin Timberlake
"Elephant," The White Stripes.

Song of the Year:
"Beautiful," Linda Perry (Christina Aguilera)
"Dance With My Father," Richard Marx and Luther Vandross (Luther Vandross)
"I'm With You," Avril Lavigne and The Matrix (Avril Lavigne)
"Keep Me in Your Heart," Jorge Calderon and Warren Zevon (Warren Zevon)
"Lose Yourself," J. Bass, M. Mathers and L. Resto (Eminem).

Best New Artist:
Evanescence
50 Cent
Fountains of Wayne
Heather Headley
Sean Paul.

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
"Beautiful," Christina Aguilera
"Miss Independent," Kelly Clarkson
"White Flag," Dido
"I'm With You," Avril Lavigne
"Fallen," Sarah McLachlan

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
"Any Road," George Harrison
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough," Michael McDonald
"Send Your Love," Sting
"Cry Me A River," Justin Timberlake
"Keep Me In Your Heart," Warren Zevon

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal:
"Misunderstood," Bon Jovi
"Hole In The World," Eagles
"Stacy's Mom," Fountains Of Wayne
"Unwell," Matchbox Twenty
"Underneath It All," No Doubt

Best Pop Vocal Album:
"Stripped," Christina Aguilera
"Brainwashed," George Harrison
"Bare," Annie Lennox
"Motown," Michael McDonald
"Justified," Justin Timberlake.

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance:
"Are You Happy Now?," Michelle Branch
"Losing Grip," Avril Lavigne
"Trouble," Pink
"Time Of Our Lives," Bonnie Raitt
"Righteously," Lucinda Williams

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance:
"New Killer Star," David Bowie
"Down In The Flood," Bob Dylan
"If I Could Fall In Love," Lenny Kravitz
"Gravedigger," Dave Matthews
"Return Of Jackie & Judy," Tom Waits

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal:
"Times Like These," Foo Fighters
"There There," Radiohead
"Calling All Angels," Train
"Seven Nation Army," The White Stripes
"Disorder In The House," Warren Zevon & Bruce Springsteen

Best Hard Rock Performance:
"Like A Stone," Audioslave
"Bring Me To Life," Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy
"Straight Out Of Line," Godsmack
"Just Because," Jane's Addiction
"Go With The Flow," Queens Of The Stone Age

Best Metal Performance:
"Did My Time," Korn
"mOBSCENE," Marilyn Manson
"St. Anger," Metallica
"Smothered," Spineshank
"Inhale," Stone Sour

Best Rock Song: (Songwriter's Award)
"Bring Me To Life," David Hodges, Amy Lee & Ben Moody(Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy)
"Calling All Angels," Charlie Colin, Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford & Scott Underwood (Train)
"Disorder In The House," Jorge Calderón & Warren Zevon (Warren Zevon & Bruce Springsteen)
"Seven Nation Army," Jack White (The White Stripes)
"Someday," Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake & Ryan Vikedal (Nickelback)

Best Rock Album:
"Audioslave," Audioslave
"Fallen," Evanescence
"One by One," Foo Fighters
"More Than You Think You Are," Matchbox 20
"The Long Road," Nickelback.

Best Alternative Music Album:
"Fight Test," The Flaming Lips
"Hail To The Thief," Radiohead
"Untitled," Sigur Rós
"Elephant," The White Stripes
"Fever To Tell," Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:
"Rain On Me," Ashanti
"Back In The Day," Erykah Badu
"Dangerously In Love," Beyoncé
"Ooh!," Mary J. Blige
"I Wish I Wasn't," Heather Headley

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Step In The Name Of Love," R. Kelly
"Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda," Brian McKnight
"Superstar," Ruben Studdard
"How You Gonna Act Like That," Tyrese
"Dance With My Father," Luther Vandross

Best R&B Song: (Songwriter's Award)
"Comin' From Where I'm From," Mark Batson & Anthony Hamilton (Anthony Hamilton)
"Crazy In Love," Shawn Carter, Rich Harrison, Beyoncé Knowles & Eugene Record (Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z)
"Dance With My Father," Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (Luther Vandross)
"Danger," Erykah Badu, J. Poyser, B.R. Smith & R.C. Williams (Erykah Badu)
"Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)," A. Douglas, I. Lorenzo & A. Parker(Ashanti)

Best R&B Album:
"Worldwide Underground," Erykah Badu
"Bittersweet," Blu Cantrell
"So Damn Happy," Aretha Franklin
"Body Kiss," The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley aka Mr. Biggs
"Dance With My Father," Luther Vandross

Best Contemporary R&B Album:
"Chapter II," Ashanti
"Dangerously In Love," Beyoncé
"Love & Life," Mary J. Blige
"Comin' From Where I'm From," Anthony Hamilton
"Chocolate Factory," R. Kelly

Best Female Rap Solo Performance:
"Got It Poppin'," Da Brat
"Work It," Missy Elliott
"Came Back For You," Lil' Kim
"Ride Wit Me," MC Lyte
"Go Head," Queen Latifah

Best Male Rap Solo Performance:
"Pump It Up," Joe Budden
"Lose Yourself," Eminem
"In Da Club," 50 Cent
"Stand Up," Ludacris
"Get Busy," Sean Paul

Best Rap Song: (Songwriter's Award)
"Beautiful," Calvin Broadus, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams (Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell & Uncle Charlie Wilson)
"Excuse Me Miss," Shawn Carter, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams, (Jay-Z Featuring Pharrell Williams)
"In Da Club," M. Elizondo, C. Jackson & A. Young (50 Cent)
"Lose Yourself," J. Bass, M. Mathers & L. Resto (Eminem)
"Work It," Missy Elliott & Tim Mosley (Missy Elliott)

Best Rap Album:
"Under Construction," Missy Elliott
"Get Rich or Die Tryin'," 50 Cent
"The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse," Jay-Z
"Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," OutKast
"Phrenology," The Roots.

Best Female Country Vocal Performance:
"Keep On The Sunny Side," June Carter Cash
"On Your Way Home," Patty Loveless
"This One's For The Girls," Martina McBride
"I'm Gone," Dolly Parton
"Forever And For Always," Shania Twain

Best Male Country Vocal Performance:
"Annabelle," Ray Benson
"Next Big Thing," Vince Gill
"My Baby Don't Tolerate," Lyle Lovett
"She's My Kind Of Rain," Tim McGraw
"Brokenheartsville," Joe Nichols
"Three Wooden Crosses," Randy Travis

Best Country Song: (Songwriter's Award)
"Beer For My Horses," Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith (Willie Nelson & Toby Keith)
"Celebrity," Brad Paisley (Brad Paisley)
"Forever And For Always," Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain (Shania Twain)
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins (Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett)
"Wave On Wave," Pat Green, David Neuhauser & Justin Pollard(Pat Green)

Best Country Album:
"Cry," Faith Hill
"My Baby Don't Tolerate," Lyle Lovett
"Run That by Me One More Time," Willie Nelson and Ray Price
"Live and Kickin'," Willie Nelson
"Up!," Shania Twain
"Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers," Various Artists.

[BadCoverVersion]

Bloody awful overall, at a glance...I'd stump for the following,

Record of the Year:
"Hey Ya!," OutKast.

Album of the Year:
"Justified," Justin Timberlake
Or
"Elephant," The White Stripes.

Song of the Year:
"Beautiful," Linda Perry (Christina Aguilera)

Best New Artist:
50 Cent

Pop Vocal Album:
"Stripped," Christina Aguilera
Or
"Justified," Justin Timberlake.

Rock Album:
"One by One," Foo Fighters

Rap Album:
"Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," OutKast

Country Album:
"Live and Kickin'," Willie Nelson

[Jerk Shapiro]

Originally posted by Nate6
Best New Artist:

Fountains of Wayne








To quote Ms. CoverVersion...Christ on a bike. That is shameful.

[Jess]

Album of the Year:
"Fallen," Evanescence

Best New Artist:
Evanescence

Rock Album:
"Fallen," Evanescence

Go Evanescence, it's your birthday!


Also...

Record of the Year:
"Clocks," Coldplay

Woohoo!

The rest suck, though.

[Tom Samborski]

HORRIBLE nominations. Are all the folks at the Grammy commitee 14 years old?

As for Best Album, eh, they'll give it to Missy "no-talent bitch" Elliot. For the second time, Johnny Cash gets screwed again.:(

[bowieee]

:rolleyes:

Who nominates the Grammies? Apparently they pick them straight off of the billboard charts rather than actually listening for interesting breakthrough music.

[A.J. Hakari]

Originally posted by Tom Samborski
Johnny Cash gets screwed again.:(

And the great Warren Zevon just got one. God rest both their souls. :(

[bob]

Originally posted by Nate6
Any thoughts? Here are the major categories:

Record of the Year:
"Hey Ya!," OutKast.

Album of the Year:
"Elephant," The White Stripes.

Song of the Year:
"Keep Me in Your Heart," Jorge Calderon and Warren Zevon (Warren Zevon)


These are my picks in the three categories that have anyone good enough to determine having a winner.

[Dr Martin Luther Loomis]

Fountains of Wayne best new artist? Umm... yeah... is it 1996 or 2003?

[Morgana]

Good lord, is this the MTV awards? I agree with Tom Samborski, this list looks like it was picked by 14yr olds.

Eh, I'd give a Grammy to the White Stripes and Audioslave. That about does it for my list. Although, I'm not even sure about Audioslave...I dig 'em, but am not sure they're Grammy worthy.

And how did Nickelback make it on here? :confused:

[areyoubeingserved]

Snore.

What's the difference between best record and best song?

Hey Ya, for sure.

[sharkstank]

big congrats to outkast, audioslave, evanescence, foo fighters and i thought the same thing about fountains of wayne as best new band. hah. bastards. "new"

and my jaw hit the ground when i saw that spineshank was nominated for best metal. YES!

WWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[daddiefatsacks]

50 cent, sean paul and fountains of wayne have been around for a long time...yet get nominated for new artists??

riiiiight

i hope Outkast sweeps the awards cause they deserve it.

[Avid_Fan]

Record of the Year: "Clocks" by Coldplay
-or-
"Hey Ya!" bye Outkast

everything else I don't care about. . .I just hope Outkast wins a good bit.

[Nate6]

Originally posted by areyoubeingserved
What's the difference between best record and best song?

Best Song is basically which song was best written. It is given to, yes, the writer of the song for their work. Record of the Year takes into account everything, including the singing, the technical aspects, production, etc.

[Grebdron]

The only things worth a shit on the whole list are White Stripes and Eminems song.

I looked at International, and not a mention or nod for the Chieftains.

Ha ha.

If Stacey's Mom wins ANYTHING, I will execute people.

[BakeTheMooCow]

Even if you take into account mainstream artists and songs, Audioslave should have gotten more recognition.

Doesn't make any sense. Rage Against The Machine got barely any nominations or wins and neither did Soundgarden. And now they're screwing the band derived from those two great bands, Audioslave, out of deserved praise.

"Like a Stone" was a beautiful song and it should have been nominated for Record and Song of the Year.

As for the current nominees, Coldplay's Clocks doesn't deserve to be up there. "The Scientist" was much better. The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" should have also been nominated for Song of the Year.

I can see they are nominated for other awards, but it doesn't seem fair to exclude them out of the major ones.

Good to see Outkast in the running. They are one of the few bands in the R&B genre I can stomach.

HATE 50 Cent
HATE Justin Timberlake
HATE Beyonce Knowles
HATE Jay-Z
HATE Missy Elliott
HATE Sean Paul

[SteveSzyk]

What the heck is the time frame of each Grammy awards... Missy Elliot's already released her follow up to Under Construction, and it's just up now? It was out before last year's Grammy's?

Cool to see The White Stripes get lots' of attention...

But enough with Eminem please.

Avril Lavigne has way to many nominations under her belt already.

Ashanti. For best vocal performance blah blah? What vocals?

[electriclite]

Jesus H Christ!!


Here's hoping and wishing the Stripes take album of the year otherwise to HELL with the Grammy's:mad:

[electriclite]

Originally posted by Grebdron


If Stacey's Mom wins ANYTHING, I will execute people.


You need a partner? Cause I'm taking hostages if Justin Tinkerbell wins Album of the year.

[A.J. Hakari]

Glad to see Zevon getting some more recognition. A great collection of songs for his last album, indeed.

[blankpage]

*Stabs his eyes with a sharp knife*

Ah, that's better.


But really, 'Fity' even being mentioned makes me want to chop of my cock.

[Benny]

As usual, the Grammy nominations gamut runs from shitty to shittier... with a few exceptions thankfully. Nice to see the late Warren Zevon recognized, along with Speakerboxx... and Elephant both getting Album of the Year nomnations. But the Record of the Year category is surprisingly strong this year. The only one I don't really dig is Where is the Love. Crazy in Love is extremely catchy (heard it everywhere this summer), Lose Yourself is Eminem's first decent song, Clocks is a beautiful song by Coldplay, and Hey Ya! is so infectious and fun, and the best of the year.

[Lynn Minmei]

That's a ridiculously terrible list...I don't particularly like today's music, but I do go to the clubs and such that our teens inhabit like reproducing bunnies, and even those brainless airheads with dance moves as slick as sandpaper hate those songs. Seriously: An Avril Lavigne song that no one, and I mean NO ONE really cared about?

Then again, the Grammies themselves are a terrible ceremony: Small, worthless awards given out at first, a commercial break, and then an eternity of musical performances form lacklustre bands, and then more pitiful commercials.

It's times like these that I would love to own a blimp, so I could spit on these sad performers heads. It may actually make their "punkish" hair cuts look a bit better.

God, I feel like an old man. Before you know it, I'll be explaining to Timmy why we had to shoot Old Yeller. Because the fucking mutt started lip-synching to some angsty music. He deserved to be shot. Twice.

[idealdiscountdude]

WTF?

Evanesence, Justin Timberlake, and Missy Elliott for album of the year? They are sooooooo NOT deserving of their nomination in this category! Their disc's have exactly 3, 1, and 2 good songs on them respectively.

Along with Outkast and the White Stripes (whom I loate but I admit are unique) the nominees for album should have consisted of 3 of the following:

Luther Vandross "Dance With My Father"
Johnny Cash's last album
The Roots album
Mary J. Blige's latest
Robbie Williams latest
-5 really great albums IMO

Fountains of Wayne for Best New Artist? HUH? They've got 3 albums out! Makes no sense!

Half Dollar and Sean Paul for Best New Artist? Puhleeze! They suck donkey balls....... Lisa Marie Presley, Jason Mraz, Stacie Orrico, Joe Budden, Kelly Clarkson, etc. are all better and more deserving new artists than these two clowns.

The Grammys continue to piss me off.....

[bob]

Why is it always White Stripes vs. Radiohead? I love them both so much....

[Psychocandy]

With the wealth of good NEW TALENT out there I think that this list is both shameful and lacks anything like an imagination. Fountains Of Wayne...best new artists? I'm just as confused as the rest of you. Absolute jobbies!!!

[piglet5]

i vote for dido and outkast. :)

[SykkBoy]

I have to admit that damn Outkast song sticks in my head...

also nice to see Spineshank get a nod for metal performance...

[SubMethod]

Looks like the Best Alternative Album category is the only one thats worth anything.

[bowieee]

I'm sort of shocked The Mars Volta isn't anywhere on that list. The record was big enough of a commerical success to make grammy waves and is utmost deserving of a reward of that caliber..(even if the grammy's suck ass).

[SubMethod]

Originally posted by bowieee
I'm sort of shocked The Mars Volta isn't anywhere on that list. The record was big enough of a commerical success to make grammy waves and is utmost deserving of a reward of that caliber..(even if the grammy's suck ass).

They're probably more likely to get a Latin Grammy nomination, if they get one at all.

[The Other]

Hey, don't you all remember last years appalling nominees? This years noms look like a ray of hope for the Grammy's or something compared to last years.

Coldplay should win Record of the Year though. I really love that song.

[Jess]

Originally posted by idealdiscountdude
WTF?

Evanesence, Justin Timberlake, and Missy Elliott for album of the year? They are sooooooo NOT deserving of their nomination in this category! Their disc's have exactly 3, 1, and 2 good songs on them respectively.

I think that Evanescence deserves it the most. I mean, better them (who actually have good songs, IMO) than "Justified", which has songs about rocking your body and, respectively, "Better have you naked by the end of this song". Yeah, real Grammy-worthy material right there. :rolleyes:

[SubMethod]

Originally posted by Jess
I think that Evanescence deserves it the most. I mean, better them (who actually have good songs, IMO) than "Justified", which has songs about rocking your body and, respectively, "Better have you naked by the end of this song". Yeah, real Grammy-worthy material right there. :rolleyes:

Even as big of a rock music fan I am I would much rather listen to Justin Timberlake than Evanescence. He can make some good pop music.

[Madhatter]

Bob Dylan all the way for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Down in the Flood Rocked!

[BadCoverVersion]

Originally posted by SubMethod
Even as big of a rock music fan I am I would much rather listen to Justin Timberlake than Evanescence. He can make some good pop music.

You and me both.

Besides...ONE good song on Justified!? Surely you jest!?

I realise it's painful for some folks to admit it...but JT has produced the finest POP musak of the year, bar NONE.

Senorita, Rock Your Body, Cry Me a River, Girlfriend and plenty more to boot...all TOP quality jazzy POP tunes. He's one of the few popstrel's with credibility and charisma, I mean C'mon, he's jigged with The Flaming Lips ferchrissake.

Fact is...it's easy to be cheesy, but GOOD quality chart/mainstream lark is like GOLD DUST nowadays.

Kudos to the boy 'Trousersnake'...he's left Brit' looking like a washed-up old hag and he's picked up a few million fans on his travels.

[Jess]

It's obviously hopeless for Evanescence, seeing how the award will be given to the one with "style" as opposed to them, the one with substance.

[BadCoverVersion]

Originally posted by Jess
It's obviously hopeless for Evanescence, seeing how the award will be given to the one with "style" as opposed to them, the one with substance.

Why assume great pop music is ultimately shallow?

I personally find Evanescence's 'sound' both dull AND conventional, they LACK substance as far as I'm concerned and I rank them alongside the vapid Nickelback (and their ilk)...the big ol' angsty empty.

BUT if they bag the award then fair play to them...still, I'd prefer The Stripester's, Outkast or JT to beat them to it.

[Jess]

Originally posted by BadCoverVersion
I rank them alongside the vapid Nickelback

Blasphemy!

I keed, I keed (or do I?)

Conversations such as this are good insight that everyone has their own opinion and that not everyone likes the same type of music.

Now I raise the question: If everyone did enjoy the same kind of music, it'd be quite the boring world, wouldn't it?

Whatever. I like Evanescence, I hope they win even though awards mean nothing to me. Yet if they don't, oh well. Just as long as the highly overrated White Stripes don't win, I'll be satisfied (even with Mr. Rock Your Body).

[BadCoverVersion]

Originally posted by Jess
Now I raise the question: If everyone did enjoy the same kind of music, it'd be quite the boring world, wouldn't it?

Indeed it would.

But did ya have to diss the beauticious Jack & Meg at the end there?

That pains me...truly.

;)