The Grammys

[lambikins]

It's the 48th Grammy Awards, this Wednesday, the 8th of February at 7:00 CST!!

Sheryl Crow, Linkin Park, Paul McCartney, Jay Z, Madonna, and Kelly Clarkson are just some of the performers!

I plan to be watching the pre-show from 3:00 pm til the bitter end. Anyone else pumped for the Grammy's???

[misskitty]

Hey lambikins Looks like just you and me in here tonight. I'll post my thoughts at the end of tonight's show. See you

[lambikins]

Hey misskitty...is there another Grammy thread somewhere other than in the MUSIC section???!!! I can't believe that with all the music talk here that there are only two people who watched the Grammy's and want to talk about it!

I taped the show, misskitty, so I'm going to watch it this afternoon. IDOL and LOST got my "real time" viewing hours.

[JAFO'S PRINCESS]

I only saw the first 15 min. I thought Kelly Clarkson was SO sweet.

[ArchieComic Fan]

I had to study for a test and the vcr was busy with Lost and Invasion. I did catch bits and pieces. Loved that Kelly Clarkson won a grammy (or two?). I'll have to watch Entertainment Tonight, tonight (ha ha), so that I can see what everyone was wearing. I also caught Madonna's opening - she looks pretty good for 40-something but I didn't like her leotard type outfit.

I like U2 but don't think they were better than some of the groups they beat. I think the Grammys has gotten more political over the years.

I never heard of some of the nominees / winners but was pleasantly surprised that some of the winners are singers / groups that I like.

[ArchieComic Fan]

http://online.tvguide.com/special/gr...6/nominees.asp

Record of the Year
"We Belong Together," Mariah Carey
"Feel Good Inc.," Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Green Day | Winner
"Hollaback Girl," Gwen Stefani
"Gold Digger," Kanye West

Album of the Year
The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, Paul McCartney
Love. Angel. Music. Baby., Gwen Stefani
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2 | Winner
Late Registration, Kanye West

Song of the Year
"Bless the Broken Road," Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna and Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)
"Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
"Ordinary People," W. Adams and J. Stephens, songwriters (John Legend)
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2, songwriters (U2) | Winner
"We Belong Together," J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri and M. Seal, songwriters; (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully and B. Womack, songwriters) (Mariah Carey)

Best New Artist
Ciara
Fall Out Boy
Keane
John Legend | Winner
Sugarland

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"It's Like That," Mariah Carey
"Since U Been Gone," Kelly Clarkson | Winner
"Good Is Good," Sheryl Crow
"I Will Not Be Broken," Bonnie Raitt
"Hollaback Girl," Gwen Stefani

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing," Jack Johnson
"Fine Line," Paul McCartney
"Walk on By," Seal
"Lonely No More," Rob Thomas
"From the Bottom of My Heart," Stevie Wonder | Winner

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Don't Lie," The Black Eyed Peas
"Mr. Brightside," The Killers
"More Than Love," Los Lonely Boys
"This Love," Maroon 5 | Winner
"My Doorbell," The White Stripes

Best Pop Vocal Album
Extraordinary Machine, Fiona Apple
Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson | Winner
Wildflower, Sheryl Crow
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, Paul McCartney
Love. Angel. Music. Baby., Gwen Stefani

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
"Revolution," Eric Clapton
"Shine It All Around," Robert Plant
"Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen | Winner
"This Is How a Heart Breaks," Rob Thomas
"The Painter," Neil Young

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Speed of Sound," Coldplay
"Best of You," Foo Fighters
"Do You Want To," Franz Ferdinand
"All These Things That I've Done," The Killers
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2 | Winner

Best Hard Rock Performance
"Doesn't Remind Me," Audioslave
"The Hand that Feeds," Nine Inch Nails
"Tin Pan Valley," Robert Plant
"Little Sister," Queens of the Stone Age
"B.Y.O.B.," System of a Down | Winner

Best Metal Performance
"The Great Satan," Ministry
"Determined," Mudvayne
"Mein Teil," Rammstein
"What Drives the Weak," Shadows Fall
"Before I Forget," Slipknot | Winner

Best Rock Song
"Best of You," Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
"Beverly Hills," Rivers Cuomo, songwriter (Weezer)
"City of Blinding Lights," U2, songwriters (U2) | Winner
"Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
"Speed of Sound," Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

Best Rock Album
X&Y, Coldplay
In Your Honor, Foo Fighters
A Bigger Bang, The Rolling Stones
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2 | Winner
Prairie Wind, Neil Young

Best Alternative Music Album
Funeral, The Arcade Fire
Guero, Beck
Plans, Death Cab for Cutie
You Could Have It So Much Better, Franz Ferdinand
Get Behind Me Satan, The White Stripes | Winner

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"1 Thing," Amerie
"Wishing on a Star," Beyonce
"We Belong Together," Mariah Carey | Winner
"Free Yourself," Fantasia
"Unbreakable," Alicia Keys

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
"Creepin'," Jamie Foxx
"Ordinary People," John Legend | Winner
"Let Me Love You," Mario
"Superstar," Usher
"So What the Fuss," Stevie Wonder

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
"So Amazing," Beyonce and Stevie Wonder | Winner
"Cater 2 U," Destiny's Child
"If This World Were Mine," Alicia Keys Featuring Jermaine Paul
"So High," John Legend Featuring Lauryn Hill
"How Will I Know," Stevie Wonder Featuring Aisha Morris

Best R&B Album
Illumination, Earth, Wind and Fire
Free Yourself, Fantasia
Unplugged, Alicia Keys
Get Lifted, John Legend | Winner
A Time to Love, Stevie Wonder

Best Rap Solo Performance
"Testify," Common
"Mockingbird," Eminem
"Disco Inferno," 50 Cent
"Number One Spot," Ludacris
"U Don't Know Me," T.I.
"Gold Digger," Kanye West | Winner

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Don't Phunk with My Heart," The Black Eyed Peas | Winner
"The Corner," Common Featuring the Last Poets
"Encore," Eminem Featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent
"Hate It or Love It," The Game Featuring 50 Cent
"Wait (The Whisper Song)," Ying Yang Twins

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"1,2 Step," Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott
"Hey Say," Common Featuring Kanye West and John Legend
"Soldier," Destiny's Child Featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne
"Numb/Encore," Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park | Winner
"Rich Girl," Gwen Stefani Featuring Eve

Best Rap Song
"Candy Shop," Curtis Jackson and Scott Storch, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Olivia)
"Diamonds from Sierra Leone," D. Harris and Kanye West, songwriters; (J. Barry and D. Black, songwriters) (Kanye West) | Winner
"Don't Phunk with My Heart," William Adams, Printz Board, Stacy Ferguson and George Pajon, Jr., songwriters; (Kalyanji Anandji, Full Force and Indeewar, songwriters) (The Black Eyed Peas)
"Hate It or Love It," Curtis Jackson, A. Lyon, Jayceon Taylor and M. Valenzano, songwriters; (Baker, Felder and Harris, songwriters) (The Game Featuring 50 Cent)
"Lose Control," M. Elliott, C. Harris and G. Isaacs III, songwriters; (J. Atkins, R. Davis and C. Hudson, songwriters) (Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop)

Best Rap Album
Be, Common
The Cookbook, Missy Elliott
Encore, Eminem
The Massacre, 50 Cent
Late Registration, Kanye West | Winner

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"The Connection," Emmylou Harris | Winner
"Mississippi Girl," Faith Hill
"All Jacked Up," Gretchen Wilson
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning," Lee Ann Womack
"Georgia Rain," Trisha Yearwood

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"Funny How Time Slips Away," George Jones
"As Good as I Once Was," Toby Keith
"Midnight Communion," Delbert McClinton
"Good Ol' Boys," Willie Nelson
"Alcohol," Brad Paisley
"You'll Think of Me," Keith Urban | Winner

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Comin' to Your City," Big & Rich
"Play Something Country," Brooks & Dunn
"I Hope," Dixie Chicks
"Restless," Alison Krauss and Union Station | Winner
"Bless the Broken Road," Rascal Flatts

Best Country Song
"Alcohol," Brad Paisley, songwriter (Brad Paisley)
"All Jacked Up," Vicky McGehee, John Rich and Gretchen Wilson, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)
"Bless the Broken Road," Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna and Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts) | Winner
"I Hope," Keb Mo, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Robison, songwriters (Dixie)
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning," O. Blackmon, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack)

Best Country Album
Fireflies, Faith Hill
Lonely Runs Both Ways, Alison Krauss and Union Station | Winner
Time Well Wasted, Brad Paisley
All Jacked Up, Gretchen Wilson
Jasper County, Trisha Yearwood

[misskitty]

Thank you ArchieComicFan for pulling the final stats! I had to miss the last part of the show because my NeoCitran kicked in.

I guess that Kelly Clarkson was the surprise winner of the evening . Good for her. Madonna performed well but looks pretty skinny to me. I was surprised that Allison Krause et al won several. I was glad to see Nicole Kidman sitting next to Keith Urban. They made a nice couple. Glad he won one. I was also happy to see Cheryl Crowe attend under speculation that she wouldn't. It's too bad she didn't get to take a grammy home though. I thought all the performances were wonderful. Boy, Paul McCartney can still rock! I wonder what Fantasia Borino was thinking that evening as she saw Kelly win twice! That musta hurt. Whew! Maria Carey almost got shut out last night. I'm not too disappointed. I don't like it when there is a huge sweep of the awards by one person only. Especially her.

Kanye West, of course, fared well with a few wins of his own. But what was with the black gloves? And I was glad to see John Legend win as well. I can't believe that Ludicrus has won a Grammy and yet Neil Young has never won one. That sucks big time. I was never a big Sly and the Family Stone fan so that was a bit boring for me. Boom Shaka-Lakka -Lakka Boom! U2 performed well and I was a bit surprised Bono did not get into a heavy political discussion when he had the opportunity. I like Gwen Stefani so it's too bad she didn't win anything. But the competition was tough in a couple of categories. She looks great though! LAMBaby!

Now, what about that stooopid dress that Desperate Susan was wearing. Yikes. She needs a better stylist IMHO. Pretty woman, non-flattering dress. She was probably the worst fashion victim, but I didn't see them all. Alicia Keys and Beyonce looked amazing! The guys have it easier with tuxes.

It was a well-run show with a great set.

[ArchieComic Fan]

I haven't watched American Idol since the second season and found this interesting: http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/0....ap/index.html

'Idol' crushes Grammys in ratings
Almost twice as many preferred the amateurs

NEW YORK (AP) -- Some humbling news for the pros: By a wide margin, TV viewers prefer the amateurs.

Nearly twice as many people watched "American Idol" than the Grammy Awards Wednesday when the two music programs went head-to-head in prime time, according to preliminary estimates by Nielsen Media Research.

The "Idol" audience on Fox was 28.3 million while the Grammy Awards were being watched by 15.1 million people from 8 to 9 p.m. EST, Nielsen said.

Within that hour, featured performers on "music's biggest night" included Madonna, John Legend, Coldplay and U2. The Irish rockers were the big Grammy winners, earning album of the year and song of the year for "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own."

After "Idol" went off the air, the Grammys picked up a little steam. Overall, from 8 to 11 p.m., the show averaged 17.6 million viewers. The final viewership figure for the show, which lasted until 11:30 p.m., was not immediately available, but was likely to be slightly lower than 17.6 million.

The least-watched Grammy telecast since Nielsen began keeping records was the 17.2 million who watched in 1995. Last year's show was seen by 18.8 million people, with 26.3 million viewers in 2004.

Former "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson won two Grammys, but didn't mention the Fox show in her tearful acceptance speeches.

The music pros can take a little comfort in at least slowing the "American Idol" momentum. It was the first time in seven telecasts this season that "Idol" was seen by fewer than 30 million people.

[lambikins]

Poor Idol, they lost a couple of million viewers!

I finally watched my tape of the Grammy's. Took me hours longer than the telecast because I had to watch Madonna, Paul, and Kanye at least a DOZEN times, each. My God, Madonna....can I have your baby? And Kanye, I kept my video tape from last year because of YOUR performance of the Jesus Walks song.

I love the Grammy's. I like to see the Steve Tyler and Paul and Bonnie and all the people who have ROCKED the music industry for the past 40 years, still rockin' it along. And damn, they look good! Whatever they're doing, continue.

Thanks, ArchieComicFan for posting all of the results. I didn't want to waste my time, reading the Ticker Tape scrawl they had at the bottom of the screen to see who else won.

Can someone explain to me what the difference between "Record" and "Album" of the year is? Aren't 'records' plastic disks that aren't made any longer and housed inside of 'album's. Qboots, where are you to explain this to me!?

[ArchieComic Fan]

I'm just guessing but maybe "record" is a stand-out single from an album and "album" is for the entire album?