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December 7, 2006

49th Grammy Nominations Get Bliged, Peppered & Blunted

We know you don't give a shit about who actually wins the Grammys. So vote here instead! Cookie Mountain is currently edging out Boys & Girls for Album Of The Year Gummy. Get involved people! And one vote for Yusuf Islam (are they fucking kidding?!). C'mon this is serious stuff!

Oh yeah, the Grammys. Well, here are the noms for some categories you might find interesting. (Full list here.) Mary J. is at the top of the heap with eight nominations, which doesn't bother us 'cause she can work it out. Red Hot Chili Peppers clock in with six, and there's a big pile up of John Mayer, Danger Mouse, Prince, Rick Rubin, Dixie Chicks, James Blunt, will.i.am at five. Don't worry Gnarls fans; they're in there with four. And Thom Yorke for Alternative Music Album, a sign that someone at The Recording Academy still has a pulse! (Or remembers when their grandkid recommended OK Computer.)

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Best Alternative Music Album

  • Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
  • The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics
  • Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
  • Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Record Of The Year
  • Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You"
  • James Blunt - "You're Beautiful"
  • Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready To Make Nice"
  • Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
  • Corinne Bailey Rae - "Put Your Records On"
Album Of The Year
  • Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way
  • Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
  • John Mayer - Continuum
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
  • Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
Song Of The Year
  • Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You"
  • Carrie Underwood - "Jesus, Take The Wheel"
  • Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready To Make Nice"
  • Corinne Bailey Rae - "Put Your Records On"
  • James Blunt - "You're Beautiful"

Best New Artist

  • James Blunt
  • Chris Brown
  • Imogen Heap
  • Corinne Bailey Rae
  • Carrie Underwood
Best Rock Song
  • Snow Patrol - "Chasing Cars"
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Dani California"
  • Neil Young - "Lookin' For A Leader"
  • Bob Dylan - "Someday Baby"
  • The Killers - "When We Were Young"
Best Rock Album
  • John Mayer Trio - Try!
  • Tom Petty - Highway Companion
  • The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
  • Neil Young - Living With War
Can't wait to see whom the people at NARAS old folks' home bequeath the award statues to!

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yup, fanatical islamists just don't catch on like they used to.

Posted by: yomomma at 12/07/06 1:01 PM | Reply
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not as bad as past years, but still weak

Posted by: docbrown at 12/07/06 1:06 PM | Reply
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What about best contemporary folk? Isn't that the category that usually has decent nominees/winners (i.e. Tom Waits).

this is boring as usual.

Posted by: Jeff at 12/07/06 1:16 PM | Reply
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I can't believe I used to take this seriously.

Posted by: Edgewin at 12/07/06 1:30 PM | Reply
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Let's just hope James Blunt wins "Best New Artist" and subsequently disappears.

P.S. Gnarls Barkley is not "alternative" just because they're "indie-endorsed" or whatever.

Posted by: I'll be blunt at 12/07/06 1:38 PM | Reply
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Imogen Heap is a new artist?

That's certainly news to me.

I'd like to see Thom Yorke win, just to see what sort of stunt he'd pull. There's nothing he hates more than popularity.

Posted by: schmod at 12/07/06 1:52 PM | Reply
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Corinne Bailey Rae is top however!

Attention indie snobs, she USED to be in an indie band, so it's okay to fancy her....

Posted by: The Goblin King at 12/07/06 1:56 PM | Reply
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who the fuck is corinne bailey rae? did i miss something?

Posted by: matty ice at 12/07/06 2:05 PM | Reply
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Jethro Tull, snubbed again.

Posted by: El Payo at 12/07/06 2:06 PM | Reply
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I'm just glad Goldfrapp got 2 nods.

Posted by: kibbe at 12/07/06 2:18 PM | Reply
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Wait, is that a photo of James Blunt or John Heder?

Posted by: z bot at 12/07/06 2:26 PM | Reply
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Did you not even see Death Cab "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" nominated for Best POP Vocal by Group or Duo!!!!! Amazing... Gnarls is alternative, and Death Cab is pop. Bravo Grammies. Bravo!

Posted by: annonymous at 12/07/06 2:29 PM | Reply
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can someone explain to me the difference between record of the year and album of the year?

Posted by: ahmadummy at 12/07/06 2:30 PM | Reply
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Wait, is that a photo of James Blunt or John Heder?

Posted by: z bot at 12/07/06 2:30 PM | Reply
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Echoing schmod . . . Carrie Underwood is an artist? At all??

I'm going Boys and Girls all the way!

Posted by: gorjus at 12/07/06 2:40 PM | Reply
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(from grammy.com)
What is the difference between Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year?
The Record Of Year category honors the artist and the producer(s), recording engineer(s) and/or mixer(s) if other than the artist. This category is for a commercially released single, or track from a current year's album. The Song Of The Year category recognizes a songwriter for a single or track that was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year.


Posted by: kibbe at 12/07/06 2:42 PM | Reply
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Seriously, if "Boys and Girls in America" finishes first in the Stereogum poll, I'm fucking through. Off the "Favorites" list it shall go, because that album is a worthless pile of shit. Same goes for Pitchfork.

Posted by: Josh at 12/07/06 2:44 PM | Reply
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Um, Death Cab IS pop... horrible, horrible pop. Maybe alternative is just short for "an alternative to crap"?

Oh, wait. All the alternative albums ARE crap.

Return To Cookie Mountain all the way! But wow, Joanna Newsom seriously wins the award for quickest album backlash ever. I'm a little sad that Ys and Cookie Mountain aren't the ones neck and neck. Whatever you think about her, at least she's more interesting than the fucking Hold Steady.

Posted by: Jaime at 12/07/06 2:50 PM | Reply
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Am I the only one that voted for destoryer for album of the year...

oh yeah fuck the grammies.

Posted by: jon at 12/07/06 3:03 PM | Reply
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whens the post on coldplays new latin american tour gunna show up?

Posted by: Jay at 12/07/06 3:07 PM | Reply
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Am I the only one that voted for destoryer for album of the year...

oh yeah fuck the grammies.

Posted by: jon at 12/07/06 3:26 PM | Reply
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Biggest Grammy snub of the year is a no-brainer:
BECK for BEST RECORDING PACKAGE

Posted by: nate at 12/07/06 3:30 PM | Reply
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Good call Nate, but I'm not sure that album came out in time for this year's Grammy's. That might be next year.

Posted by: seinfeld at 12/07/06 3:33 PM | Reply
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Yea the "Nausea" was released as a single in time. The albums didn't meet the Sept. 30th deadline NEXT YEAR!

Posted by: Vyral at 12/07/06 3:51 PM | Reply
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I'm surprised Dylan's "Modern Times" didn't get a nod for "Album of the Year." That was about the only truly great album that I thought might have a shot.

Posted by: RodStewart at 12/07/06 4:16 PM | Reply
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I love how Death Cab is considered to be pop. Just look who else in nominated in that cateogory...Keane, Black Eyed Peas, Pussycat Dolls. Amazing how they can't live up to their name.

Posted by: Julie at 12/07/06 4:30 PM | Reply
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It sickens me that people can now say, "The Grammy-nominated Pussycat Dolls."

I am also continually perplexed by the Best Rock Instrumental Performance. It's always one of those guitar guys (Satriani, Vai, etc.) and then a bunch of rock bands who happen to have a song without lyrics. What about awesome INSTRUMENTAL BANDS like Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed, etc.?

Posted by: mallory at 12/07/06 4:44 PM | Reply
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Dear God, if anything deserves a Record of the Year nomination, it's any one of the shitstorms Timbaland produced this year. I'm not worried, though; he'll get his due when his collab with Duran Duran hits the block.

Posted by: Mr. E at 12/07/06 5:13 PM | Reply
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To Jon:
Both my dachshund and I voted for "Destroyer's Rubies". My girlfriend is next.

And, again, fuck The Hold Steady.

Posted by: Josh at 12/07/06 5:21 PM | Reply
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To Jon:
Both my dachshund and I voted for "Destroyer's Rubies". My girlfriend is next.

And, again, fuck The Hold Steady.

Posted by: Josh at 12/07/06 5:22 PM | Reply
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If the Chili Peppers win for best rock song, does Tom Petty get to accept the award?

Posted by: Rich at 12/07/06 5:31 PM | Reply
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The Goblin King... have you actually listened to her album though?? it's horrrible.

Posted by: doggie at 12/07/06 5:47 PM | Reply
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ah... thanks for keeping me in check, seinfeld.

I would also like to add that i think the album of the year candidates are all pretty strong this year (in other words, i won't boycott music if one of them wins, unless it's dixie chicks)

Posted by: nate at 12/07/06 6:19 PM | Reply
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uh, what's the difference between record of the year & song of the year?

it's as confusing as the whole hip hop award -vs- rap award.....

this is depressing....

Posted by: maya lucia at 12/07/06 10:30 PM | Reply
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why even care? it's absolute rubbish as always. john mayer could put out a cd of fart sounds and it would get nominated (same goes for Beck).

that flaming lips record is one of the biggest piece of crap i've heard this year....so it is in good company with james blunt and the rest.

Posted by: the loon at 12/08/06 12:04 AM | Reply
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Doggie - i just like to hear that one song ("records") and think about her lovely face.

Posted by: The Goblin King at 12/08/06 6:57 AM | Reply
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"I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell
And I don't have time
To go round and round and round"

Pure genius, I can see how this is among the absolute best material released in the past year...

Posted by: whistle at 12/08/06 8:43 AM | Reply
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Personally, I find it all very dismal! How boring!!! Good luck Thom York.

Posted by: Cindy at 12/08/06 10:52 AM | Reply
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Hey, We'll let you in on a secret. If you just make your hate for Bush known in every interview you do next year, you too can get a Grammy nomination. Worked for us!

Signed,

Dixie Chicks
Neil Young
Green Day
Wayne Coyne

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at 12/08/06 5:25 PM | Reply
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i'm surprised any one still pays any attention to the grammys

Posted by: wayne at 12/09/06 4:24 AM | Reply
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