2006-12-10

Eric's 2006 Grammy Picks

49th Grammy Awards Nominees - And my picks to win.
(2005 Pics are here
)

Record of the Year
(awarded to the artist)

[ ] Mary J. Blige - Be Without You
[ ] James Blunt - You're Beautiful
[X] Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice
[ ] Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
[ ] Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On

Who Should Win - David Ford - I Don't Care What You call Me
Who Will Win - Dixie Chicks

Album of the Year

[ ] Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way
[ ] Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
[ ] John Mayer - Continuum
[X] Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
[ ] Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds

Who Should Win - David Ford - I Sincerely Apologize For All The Trouble I've Caused
Who Will Win - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Song of the Year
(awarded to the songwriter)

[ ] Mary J. Blige - Be Without You
[ ] Carrie Underwood - Jesus Take The Wheel
[X] Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice
[ ] Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
[ ] James Blunt - You're Beautiful

Who Should Win - David Ford - I Don't Care What You Call Me
Who Will Win - Dixie Chicks

Best New Artist

[X] James Blunt
[ ] Chris Brown
[ ] Imogen Heap
[ ] Corinne Bailey Rae
[ ] Carrie Underwood

Who Should Win - KT Tunstall, but I'm glad she's not nominated because whoever wins this turns into a one-hit wonder, never to be heard from again (see Starland Vocal Band; Debbie Boone; Christopher Cross; Sheena Easton; Bruce Hornsby; Jodie Watley; Marc Cohn; Arrested Development; Hootie & The Blowfish; Paula Cole [I still miss her]; Shelby Lynne; Maroon 5; et. al.)
Who Will Win - James Blunt, which is, dare I say, Beautiful (because we'll never have to hear from him again).

Female Pop Vocal Performance

[ ] Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man
[ ] Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
[ ] Sheryl Crow - You Can Close Your Eyes
[ ] Pink - Stupid Girl
[X] KT Tunstall - Black Horse And The Cherry Tree

Who Should Win - KT Tunstall
Who Will Win - KT Tunstall

Male Pop Vocal Performance

[ ] James Blunt - You're Beautiful
[ ] John Legend - Save Room
[ ] John Mayer - Waiting On The World To Change
[ ] Paul McCartney - Jenny Wren
[X] Daniel Powter - Bad Day

Who Should Win - John Legend
Who Will Win - Daniel Powter

Pop Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal

[ ] The Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
[ ] Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark
[ ] The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
[ ] Keane - Is It Any Wonder
[X] The Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu

Who Should Win - Keane
Who Will Win - The Pussycat Dolls, even though I have no idea WTF the name of that song is. Speak English.

Pop Vocal Album

[ ] Christian Aguilera - Back To Basics
[ ] James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
[ ] Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River In Reverse
[X] John Mayer - Continuum
[ ] Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds

Who Should Win - Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
Who Will Win - That's Enough, John Mayer

Solo Rock Performance

[ ] Beck - Nausea
[ ] Bob Dylan - Someday Baby
[ ] John Mayer - Route 66
[ ] Tom Petty - Saving Grace
[X] Neil Young - Lookin' For A Leader

Who Should Win - Tom Petty
Who Will Win - Neil Young

Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

[ ] COldplay - Talk
[ ] The Fray - How To Save A Life
[ ] The Racunteurs - Steady, As She Goes
[ ] Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
[X] U2 and Green Day - The Saints Are Coming

Who Should Win - The Fray
Who Will Win - U2 and Green Day

Hard Rock Performance

[ ] Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch
[X] Nine Inch Nails - Every Day Is The Same
[ ] System Of A Down - Lonely Day
[ ] Tool - Vicarious
[ ] Wolfmother - Woman

Who Should Win - Wolfmother
Who Will Win - Nine Inch Nails

Metal Performance

[ ] Lamb of God - Redneck
[ ] Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen
[ ] Ministry - Lies, Lies, Lies
[X] Slayer - Eyes of the Insane
[ ] Stone Sour - 30/30-150

Who Should Win - Slayer. No fuck maybes about it.
Who Will Win - Slayer

Rock Song
(Awarded to the songwriter)

[ ] Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
[ ] Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
[X] Neil Young - Lookin' For A Leader
[ ] Bob Dylan - Someday Baby
[ ] The Killers - When You Were Young

Who Should Win - Snow Patrol
Who Will Win - Neil Young

Rock Album

[ ] John Mayer Trio - Try
[ ] Tom Petty - Highway Companion
[ ] The Raconteurs - Broken Toy Soldiers
[ ] Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
[X] Neil Young - Living With War

Who Should Win - Bullet Jones
Who Will Win - Neil Young

Alternative Music Album

[ ] Artic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
[ ] The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics
[X] Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
[ ] Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
[ ] Thom Yorke - The Eraser

Who Should Win - Thom Yorke
Who Will Win - Gnarls Barkley

For The Record: I don't vote on Country, Instrumental, R&B or Rap because I don't like enough of it to be considered a qualified intelligent voter. Hmmm .... wish more people would act like that, especially around November.

Give Pat Green the country awards, give Prince the R&B awards.

For The Record, Part 2:

I don't vote on Rap and Instrumental awards for these two reasons:
  • Music needs words. There are too many struggling songwriters for there to be awards for not writing lyrics. Writing instrumentals is just being a lazy musician.

  • I say it every year: You can't spell CRAP without RAP.

No comments: