2007-12-17

Eric's Annual Grammy Picks

50th Grammy Awards: My Picks. Cause my music sucks less than this stuff:

(
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.)


Album of the Year:

[X] Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters

[ ] These Days, Vince Gill

[ ] River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock

[ ] Graduation, Kanye West

[ ] Back to Black, Amy Winehouse


Who Should Win:
Foo Fighters
Who Will Win:
Kanye West. Cause his mamma died.


Song of the Year:

[ ] Before He Cheats, Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins (Carrie Underwood)

[X] Hey There Delilah, Tom Higgenson (Plain White T's)
[ ] Like a Star, Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey Rae)

[ ] Rehab, Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse)

[ ] Umbrella, Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius Dream Nash & Christopher Stewart (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)


Who Should Win:
Plain White T's, cause it's hooky and I like it
Who Will Win:
Umbrella. Cause it's stupid


New Artist:

[X] Feist

[ ] Ledisi

[ ] Paramore

[ ] Taylor Swift

[ ] Amy Winehouse


Who Should Win:
Feist.
Who Will Win:
Amy Winehouse ... which is good because it's a kiss of death award (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.) ... and she's gonna die soon. Why not make it memorable?


Female Pop Vocal Performance:

[ ] Christina Aguilera - Candyman

[X] Feist - 1234

[ ] Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry

[ ] Nelly Furtado - Say It Right

[ ] Amy Winehouse - Rehab


Who Should Win:
Feist - Cause it's hooky and I like it. (And she's Canadian)
Who Will Win: Feist


Male Pop Vocal Performance:
[ ] Michael Buble - Everything
[ ] John Mayer - Belief

[ ] Paul McCartney - Dance Tonight

[X] Seal - Amazing

[ ] Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around ... Comes Around


Who Should Win:
Seal, cause he's banging Heidi Klum
Who Will Win:
Paul McCartney cause the academy loves the old dudes


Pop Performance by a Duo/Group:

[ ] Bon Jovi - You Want To Make A Memory

[ ] Daughtry - Home

[ ] Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder

[X] Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah

[ ] U2 - Window in the Skies


Who Should Win:
Plain White T's - cause it's hooky and I like it.
Who Will Win:
U2, cause the academy loves the old dudes


Pop Vocal Album:
[ ] Lost Highway, Bon Jovi
[X] The Reminder, Feist

[ ] It Won't Be Soon Before Long, Maroon 5

[ ] Memory Almost Full, Paul McCartney

[ ] Back to Black, Amy Winehouse


Who Should Win:
Feist. Cause it's a good album
Who Will Win:
Paul McCartney cause the academy loves the old dudes


Solo Rock Vocal Performance:

[ ] Beck - Timebomb

[ ] Paul McCartney - Only Mama Knows

[ ] Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere

[X] Lucinda Williams - Come On


Who Should Win:
Lucinda Williams. Cause she rocks
Who Will Win:
Paul McCartney cause the acadamy loves the old dudes


Rock Performance, Duo/Group:

[ ] Daughtry - It's Not Over

[X] Green Day - Working Class Hero

[ ] Nickleback - If Anyone Cares

[ ] U2 - Instant Karma

[ ] The White Stripes - Icky Thump


Who Should Win:
Green Day, cause the Lennon Tribute is good.
Who Will Win:
U2, cause the acadamy loves the old dudes


Hard Rock Performance

[ ] Evanescence - Sweet Sacrifice

[X] Foo Fighters - The Pretender

[ ] Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Wanna Stop

[ ] Queens of the Stone AGe - Sick, Sick, Sick

[ ] Tool - The Pot


Who Should Win:
Foo Fighters
Who Will Win:
Foo Fighters


Metal Performance:

[ ] As I Lay Dying - Nothing Left

[ ] King Diamond - Never Ending Hill

[ ] Machine Head - Aesthetics of Hate

[ ] Shadows Fail - Redemption

[X] Slayer - Final Six


Who Should Win:
Slayer. Cause you don't vote against Slayer.
Who Will Win:
Who knows with the Grammy's, probably Michael Buble cause he's metal.


Rock Song (Songwriter):

[X] Lucinda Williams - Come On

[ ] The White Stripes - Icky Thump

[ ] Daughtry - It's Not Over

[ ] Foo Fighters - The Pretender

[ ] Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere


Who Should Win:
Lucinda Williams. Cause she writes a mean song.
Who Will Win:
Bruce Springsteen, cause the acadamy loves the old dudes


Rock Album:

[ ] Daughtry, Daughtry

[ ] Revival, John Fogerty

[ ] Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters

[ ] Magic, Bruce Springsteen

[X] Sky Blue Sky, Wilco


Who Should Win:
Wilco, Sky Blue Sky
Who Will Win:
Bruce Springsteen, cause the acadamy loves the old dudes


Alternative Album:

[ ] Lily Allen - Alright, Still ...

[ ] Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

[ ] Bjork - Volta

[X] The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

[ ] The White Stripes - Icky THump


Who Should Win:
The Shins. I like it.
Who Will Win:
The White Stripes. Cause I don't like it.


Contemporary Folk/Americana Album:

[X] Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Calling

[ ] Ry Cooder - My Name is Buddy

[ ] Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade

[ ] Patty Griffin - Children Running Through

[ ] Tom Waits - Orphan


Who Should Win:
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Who Will Win:
Probably Tom Waits. Cause the acadamy loves the old dudes.

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