Who Should Win the Grammys? 2005 Edition
Submitted by lbangs on Thu, 12/08/2005 - 13:49
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- The Best and Toughest Category - Best Alternative Album - The Arcade Fire - Funeral (sorry, White Stripes!)
- Record of the Year - Unusually tough this year - Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl (sorry, Kanye)
- Album of the Year - Kanye West - Late Registration
- Song of the Year - Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
- New Artist - Keane
- Female Pop Performance - Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
- Male Pop Performance - Paul McCartney - Fine Line
- Group Pop Performance - The White Stripes - My Doorbell (easy category)
- Pop Collaboration with Vocals - Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul - Feel Good Inc.
- Pop Vocal Album - Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
- Dance Recording - LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
- Electronic / Dance Album - LCD Soundsystem (Odd, though, that M.I.A.'s is, well, MIA...)
- Solo Rock Performance - Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust (almost went with Plant...)
- Rock Performance by Group - Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To (oddly weak nominees, though)
- Hard Rock Performance - Tough between Plant and Queens of the Stone Age, but I'll go for Robert Plant - Tin Pan Alley
- Rock Song - (remembering this is an award for songwriting, not performance) Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
- Rock Album - The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang (weak noms...)
- Female R&B Vocal Performance - Amerie - 1 Thing
- Best Male R&B Vocal Performance - John Legend - Ordinary People (again, weak noms...)
- Urban / Alternative Performance - Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock (almost went with Gorillaz)
- Rap Solo Performance - Kanye West - Gold Digger
- Rap Performance by Group - The Game featuring 50 Cent - Hate It or Love It
- Rap Song - Kanye West - Diamonds from Sierra Leone
- Rap Album - Kanye West - Late Registration
- Female Country Vocal - Lee Ann Womack - I May Hate Myself in the Morning
- Male Country Vocal - Toby Keith - As Good As I Once Was
- Country Performance by Group - Dixie Chicks - I Hope
- Country Collaboration With Vocals - Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris - Shelter From the Storm
- Country Song - I May Hate Myself in the Morning
- Country Albums - These are our choices? Yeeeeeh...
- Contemporary Folk Album - Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine
- Best Reggae Album - Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
- Compilation Soundtrack Album - Bob Dylan -No Direction Home (Another easy one)
- Score Soundtrack Album - Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
- Song Written for Motion Picture, Television - The Arcade Fire - Cold Wind
- Surround Sound Album - Greg Penny (for Elton John's Honky Chateau)
- Producer of the Year, Non-Classical - Danger Mouse
Author Comments:
Your picks and thoughts?
Hollaback Girl? Yeccch.
I'd love for Funeral to win big, but what do I know? I've never followed the Grammys.
Your other choices:
Mariah Carey - It's Like That
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
Sheryl Crow - Good Is Good
Bonnie Raitt - I Will Not Be Broken
Your pick? :)
Honestly, I am shocked Arcade Fire is at bat. Who'd a thunk it? I assume their chance of winnig is nil, but it wouldn't it be keen?
Let's hope...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Touché. Though I haven't heard "I Will Not Be Broken," I do like a couple other Bonnie Raitt songs, which is more that I can say about Gwen Stefani.
That would be great if Funeral won. What the most likely winner, Guero? What do you think Meg and Jack's chances are?
I bet Jack and Meg have a decent shot. I reckon it'll be the Stripes or Beck, with Franz as an outside chance. Who knows, though? Arcade Fire did receive some other surprise noms, so they obviously have some support, but most likely only in the educated committees, not the voting body at large.
But yeah, a win for Funeral would be terrific...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs