[Album] Grammy Awards 2007

Corinne Bailey Rae is good, but didn't take off like Carrie Underwood did. I had only heard her name before the Grammys; after hearing her perform, I will be hunting down her album. Same with that guy who sang with her (the one that wasn't John Mayer ). I thought it very amusing that the Dixie Chicks won so many awards. I think they deserved it, though; that cd was a good one. Same with Mary J. Blige's wins - she's an amazing artist, and her performances were some of the best of the night. I thought her performance of "Be Without You" was the best Grammy performance in a long time.

I was also very impressed by Justin Timberlake's performances, despite the fact that I don't care for him as an artist. He has a fantastic voice, and I wasn't aware that he did any piano or guitar playing. The duet with the contest winner was also surprisingly good.

All in all, I was impressed by the awards show itself, despite some disagreements on who won what.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

Really? His album sounds way too similar to his earlier works for me.

Amen to that.

It seems like the Grammys factor in both quality of the music and how well they sold. Carrie Underwood's CD was really good, and I think it deserved to at least do well. Now that I'm going to listen to Corrine Bailey Rae my opinion might change on who I thought should win, but that's how things go sometimes. At least now she's hopefully gaining a bit more notoriety. With her voice, she'll win a Grammy soon enough anyway.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I dunno, despite the fact that it 'should be' honoring the best music, factoring in sales is pretty important, in my opinion. You just can't be everywhere and listen to everything, and what everyone is listening to is hopefully an okay indication of what's good.

I don't think James Blunt should have been nominated for anything more than best song or whatever. His cd was lame, and that song was good and catchy, but not among the best of the year. And his live performance left much to be desired.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I'll definitely give you the "look" bias. I think a lot of your gripe is coming more from Grammys overlooking entire genres of music rather than artists and albums. Because a lot of the 'unknown' good music isn't on the charts because it doesn't fit the charts. Grammys has always been geared towards the 'major' genres that the charts keep track of.

I didn't know that, but that was a different era, as well. With some fantastic competition going on. Back in the day of good music. :P It is a travesty, though. Won't disagree. Queen? Man.

How ya doing, buddy?