The Music Elitist Chimes In: The Grammys (Feb. 8th)

Let's just break down these 'awards' the way they should be (only 3 weeks away, main categories listed):

Text in Red = Who will win, Text in Blue = who should win, Text in Green = red and blue make green

Album Of The Year:

The Emancipation Of Mimi by Mariah Carey
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard by Paul McCartney
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. by Gwen Stefani
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb by U2
Late Registration by Kanye West

(yikes, this is the best they've got? Gimme U2 back in the 'Joshua Tree' days)

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) and
"Gold Digger" (Kanye West)

Best New Artist:

R&B singer Ciara
Fall Out Boy
Brit popsters Keane
Soul singer John Legend

(I'm sorry, I just don't get John Legend's bag)

Song Of The Year:

Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon for "Bless The Broken Road" (performed by Rascal Flatts)

Bruce Springsteen for "Devils & Dust"

William Adams (Will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas) & J. Stephens, John Legend for "Ordinary People" (performed by John Legend)

U2 for "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"

J. Austin, Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, and Manuel Seal for "We Belong Together" (performed by Mariah Carey)

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:

The Black Eyed Peas & Jack Johnson for "Gone Going"
Foo Fighters featuring Norah Jones for "Virginia Moon"
Gorillaz featuring De La Soul for "Feel Good Inc."
Herbie Hancock featuring Christina Aguilera for "A Song For You"
Stevie Wonder featuring India.Arie for "A Time To Love."


Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:

Jack Johnson ("Sitting, Waiting, Wishing")
Paul McCartney ("Fine Line")
Seal ("Walk On By")
Rob Thomas ("Lonely No More")
Stevie Wonder ("From The Bottom Of My Heart")

(hopefully Seal will bring his hottie wife on stage with)

Best 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)


Best Dance Recording:

The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip for "Galvanize"
Deep Dish for "Say Hello"
Fatboy Slim & Lateef for "Wonderful Night"
LCD Soundsystem for "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House"
Kylie Minogue for "I Believe In You"
New Order for "Guilt Is A Useless Emotion"


Best Electronic/Dance Album:

Push The Button (the Chemical Brothers)
Human After All (Daft Punk)
Palookaville (Fatboy Slim)
Minimum-Maximum (Kraftwerk)
LCD Soundsystem (LCD Soundsystem)


Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal:

Coldplay - "Speed Of Sound"
Foo Fighters - "Best Of You"
U2 - "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"
Franz Ferdinand - "Do You Want To"
The Killers - "All These Things That I've Done"

(I'd go to a Killers show anyday before a Foo show)

Best Rock Song:

Coldplay - "Speed Of Sound"
Foo Fighters - "Best Of You"
U2 - "City Of Blinding Lights"
Rivers Cuomo's "Beverly Hills" (Weezer)
Bruce Springsteen - "Devils & Dust"

(out of these nominations, I'll go with the Foo Fighters, but I haven't heard Springsteen's tune)


Best Rock Album:

X&Y (Coldplay)
In Your Honor (Foo Fighters)
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (U2)
A Bigger Bang (the Rolling Stones)
Prairie Wind (Neil Young)

(I've heard the new Neil Young album is greatness, I'll go with that)


Best Contemporary Jazz Album:

Keystone - Dave Douglas
Soulgrass - Bill Evans
The Way Up - Pat Metheny Group
The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance Of The Infidel - Meshell Ndegeocello
Momentum - Joshua Redman Elastic Band

(The Way Up should win Album of the Year in my opinion...discuss)

(Please feel free to disagree. I'll re-post this Feb. 7th.)