Grammy Predictions

[blue_onyx]

The Grammys are on Sunday so here are my predictions. I only predicted the main categories and the categories I was interested in.

Album of the Year
Will win: Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King - Dave Matthews Band
Should win: Lady Gaga - The Fame

Record of the Year
Will Win: Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon
Should Win: Poker Face - Lady Gaga

Song of the Year
Will Win: Use Somebody
Should Win: Poker Face

Best New Artist
Will Win: Zac Brown Band
Should: Don't really have a preference

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Will Win:Hometown Glory - Adele
Should Win: Hot n Cold - Katy Perry

Best Pop Vocal Album
Will Win:The E.N.D. - The Black Eyed Peas
Should Win: All I Ever Wanted - Kelly Clarkson

Best Dance Recording
Will Win: Poker Face - Lady Gaga
Should win: Womanizer - Britney Spears


Anybody else care to make some predictions?

[Zavulon]

1. I'm not knowledgeable enough to play along, but I could swear that

in yesterday's or Wednesday's USA Today where was a headline story in the entertainment section saying there's basically no way Taylor Swift can lose album of the year because she's got the pop and country audiences so firmly entrenched in her camp.

That's just FYI, in case you were interested. Truth be told, I'm betting I haven't heard a single song nominated.

[blue_onyx]

2. The reason I'm not predicting Taylor Swift

is because they don't typically pick albums from newer artists. Here's the winners from the last five years:

2009 Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
2008 River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock
2007 Taking the Long Way - Dixie Chicks
2006 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2
2005 Genius Loves Company - Ray Charles

If Taylor Swift does win, it would be very undeserved, IMO. I don't understand her appeal. Also, I'm not so sure she has pop fans on her side, especially considering that Lady Gaga is also nominated.

[Zavulon]

3. I don't understand the appeal of Swift OR Lady Gaga.

People have tried to explain it to me, and it still doesn't sink in. Neither strike me as overly talented, and Gaga's costumes seem designed to annoy.

[blue_onyx]

8. I really like Lady Gaga

She is overrated but I do like her. Some people, however, act like she the most innovative singer ever. While I love her music, it's nothing that hasn't been done before.

Taylor Swift, on the other hand, I don't like at all. She's a average singer (at best) and her songs annoy me.

[rurallib]

4. I can safely predict I will not watch.

[Zavulon]

5. +1.

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. I can predict all categories with the same description

Should win: Someone who actually writes songs and plays an instrument.
Will win: Some Disney/American idol/Nashville manipulated twit who does neither.

This past decade has been almost completely devoid of actual talent in the music industry, thanks to ever increasing corporate control.

[BlueJazz]

7. My words exactly. I worked for CBS for 8 years and it always surprised me ...

...how the back-up studio singers were (usually) 3X better than the so-called "Star". :)

(I was a lowly Studio Player)