Album Of The Year, Grammy Stizz
This year's Grammys (Sunday @ 8pm on CBS) are sure to be another major yawn, but I'll watch it anyway. Maybe Gretchen Wilson will have a nip slip.
As I've written before, the only Grammy win I ever remember is Album Of The Year. Here are the current standings at bettwwts.com...
GRAMMY ODDS TO WINI like dead blind dudes as much as the next blogger, but Ray's album is hardly genius. I'd like to see the statue in Green Day's hands, but I won't hold my geek stink breath. In the meantime, check out the comeback trio's grand plans as revealed in last week's Entertainment Weekly:
Alicia Keys Diary Of Alicia Keys +200
Usher Confessions +120
Ray Charles & Various Artists Genius Loves Company -110
Green Day American Idiot +550
Kanye West The College Dropout +1000
BILLIE JOE: Punk sometimes has this defeatist attitude where you can't expand. I look at a band like U2 that started out more or less as a punk band but kept expanding and wound up being one of the biggest bands in the world. And I think it's okay to want that.Green Day, the next U2? Just spare us the giant lemon.
MIKE: We saw the Rolling Stones a year and a half ago ... and it was a fuckin' great show. It was awesome. You could tell they were jelling, it just clicked. When I saw that, I was just like, "That's where I want to be."
TRE: That's how long we wanna take this shit.
Posted at 12:49 PM
Tags: Grammys
The Green Day album proves that the easiest way to get critical acclaim is to put out an album that agrees with the political viewpoint of 99.9 percent of rock critics...
A decade later, all of the singles and even some album tracks from "Dookie" still get airplay. Somehow I doubt that we'll be hearing "American Idiot" on the radio in 2015.
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yeah, was he laughing uncontrollably after he said that U2 was a punk band and the Stones still rock?
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I admit that I can't help but like the songs on American Idiot but most of the songs "borrow" heavily from other songs. While you listen to Green day you find your brain tweaking trying to figure out where you heard that melody line... "Oh yeah!!!! All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople"... things like that (and at least they take from the classics). It happens repeatedly and it may not be a bad thing but almost every song on American Idiot has you thinking how familiar it sounds. And you can argue that familiarity is the hallmark of a great pop song but a lot of the time you just end up wanting to hear the song they borrowed from. Awww, what the hell, almost every lyric and melody has already been written. In the end, Green Day will always write really catchy songs. We will leave the innovation to other artists.
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AMERICAN IDIOT is far from the best album of the year, but Usher's and Alicia's aren't amazing either. I wouldn't be mad if Kanye won. The Grammys are a joke, but you can't deny the sales impact of winning Album Of The Year.
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I just don't get the Grammies. Awards are consistently awarded to mediocre albums. Usher album was GOOD, Kanye's was OK. The rest I never even really listened to. The Grammies should just be real with themselves and change the best album category to the most commercial accessible album category, cause no matter who wins their album cannot be regarded as best. Also I'd like to just say fuck Ray Charles, he's dead and he wore ugly glasses.
http://applesandbanoonoos.blogspot.com/
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All these albums SUCKED they might have had 1 or 2 hits under them. It's so easy I will name them
1.A Keys: you don't know my name and Aint got you
2.Green Day: American Idiot and Blvd of dreams
3.Kanye: Jesus and Through the Wire
4.Usher: YEAH
5.Ray Charles: Georgia
So again they all Suck this is all commerical shit I just want to tune in for The Killers, Franz Ferdaline, and the Scissor Sisters.
P.s. That Ray Charles comment was super Harsh the man was very talented and in case you forgot DUMB FUCK his glasses sucked b/c he was blind. That comment is sure to get you a VIP pass into Hell!!
If anything lets get rid of Jamie Foxx the man swears he is Oh just thinking about it makes me want to BARF. Guess I will be you guest!!
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As a MuchMusic vj once said "You emo kids love the Green Day"... I like Green day, but i cringe of the thought that the could win album of the year.
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you know that the grammies will suck hard when britney wins for a kylie knockoff in toxic.
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missed the grammies ... but i had to post. that photo is hilarious. look how uncomfortable bono looks with that fake smile. kind of like jeter when i tried to get a picture with him in midtown two years ago. ahaha.
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ATTN: Haters.
MEMO: The grammys put on a good show this year. Good performances by U2, Usher/James Brown, The Allman Brothers Jam, Alicia Keys, Franz Ferdinand, and yes, even Green Day. And a show-stopping Kanye. No Britney or Back Street Boys bullshit. Okay, so John Mayer wins for song of the year -- the awards are still crap, but the music was good.
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The Grammys confuse my mind just a little more.. each and every year. It's great. Pop culture.. IS JUST great. But really.. why can't we all just get along (Musically of course).. ohmigod, wait... we did, on the opening of the Grammy's. Duh.
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A dead man vs. real LIVE people? But why.
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Bono looks just like the guy from The Eagles up close.
Seriously, he and Don Henley could be twins.
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In case anyone gives a shit:
http://www.grammy.com/awards/grammy/47winners.aspx
atleast Wilco got some recognition...
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I did some live blogging of the Pro Bowl/Grammys..
mostly Pro bowl in the beg. but more grammys towards the end.
http://www.the700level.com/2005/02/live_blogging_t.html
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i happen to disagree with most of you people - 'american idiot', imho is going to stand alone as one of the best mainstream rock albums of the decade when it comes down to it. it's very hard to make a political album that doesn't have an expiration date, and it was great to see them win ultramainstream accolades from their peers.
ben loves music
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yur, right green day should have won most of those grammys. oh by the way yur band rocks i wish i could get some tickets to see you live but not just regular tickets, back stage tickets. any way you rock and let the whole world to hear it.well it was nice talking to you.bye
love,
jocelyn
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Kayne West is headed into ego overkill with the likes of Pee Diddy, and Gusher..err Usher. Thats all I have to say about that.
Loretta Lynn and Jack White won, and for me that was the highlight!
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after watching the obligatory goodness that is Arrested Development and Carnivale, i had to switch over to the Grammys inna rubbernecking-car accident-kinda-way to see that total abomination of a cover version of Across The Universe.was it just me or did that menagerie of performers look like an episode of the Simpsons?they've all become horrible caricatures of themselves.utter toss.
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what the FUCK happened to jack white?
anyone?
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I cant believe i missed the opening, sounds like it was actually pretty good. I missed alot due to me watching Arrested development ...I got to catch a great performance by U2 though.
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green day, the next u2 spare me the total lemon
oranges to apples, baby
career wise i think GD can do it. Their more solid that half the psuedo trash punk and indie fluff out there. I hope they stick around even till after i'm dead and gone
BWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAHHHH
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I couldn’t believe that was Jack White up there. The complexion, the hair, the suit, the shyness, the mannerisms... it was total Michael Jackson!
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hey I cant beleive that Ray Charles never won it in his lifetime reeks of a set up.No way is it one of those life changing albums. This aint no James Brown, Bob Dylan or Stone Roses. I hated the Nora Jones warbling on it ..it was this album..as far as I remember. Anyway very pedestrian and I guess all those awards are just tokenistic. Did i hear that Rod Stewart has won a gong...get a life...all this looking back to jurrasic park. This is a bit of a ramble but hey U2 the best band no way this is a conspiracy definately
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Lord help us all if Ray Charles keeps cranking out albums like Tupac.
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i dunno how any of u guys can say bad stuff about green day. there music is unbelievable. Not to mention that they are probably one of the best live bands and have the best stage presence of almost any band right now and even ever. Billie Joe is an amazing song writer and YES THEY ARE BETTER THEN U2.
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i dunno how any of u guys can say bad stuff about green day. there music is unbelievable. Not to mention that they are probably one of the best live bands and have the best stage presence of almost any band right now and even ever. Billie Joe is an amazing song writer and YES THEY ARE BETTER THEN U2.
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i dunno how any of u guys can say bad stuff about green day. there music is unbelievable. Not to mention that they are probably one of the best live bands and have the best stage presence of almost any band right now and even ever. Billie Joe is an amazing song writer and yes they ARE the next U2... if they aren't there already.
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I dont see the resemblense of Green Day and U2. For fucks sake, my grandma listens to U2. They arent even in the same league. Bono is overated, and Green Day pretty much sold out a long long long time ago.
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Your grandma must be pretty hip on culture since U2 were from the early/mid 80's, does she like the cure and duran duran also?
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no, but your big ol grandma does!
(i had to interject)
keep people's grandma/pas out of these threads.
good grief
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I'm a huge Green Day fan, I probably like them more than u2 right now. But people's opinions here are so out there if you have knowledge about rock music history.
If you've been reading any Green Day articles, Billy Joe mentions u2 in almost every one nowadays. He said this new album is a cross between "the Sex Pistols and U2." And guess what, it's their strongest record to date.
I'm not saying Green Day fans have to love u2, but respect their music. That chiming guitar from "Blvd. of Broken Dreams?" Yes, the Edge of u2 pioneered that guitar sound. Listen to the drum riff from u2's "Bullet the Blue Sky" and then play "Give me Novacaine". Absolutely Identical!!!
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, cause there isn't. u2 have an original sound but they still borrowed ideas from the Clash and the Who in my opinion. There's nothing wrong with the younger generation doing the same.
Green Day are probably my favorite band, but to say I think they are on u2's level on the grand scheme of things is ridiculous...right now. They still got a long career ahead of them, so who knows? GD is a brilliant live act as well, I've seen them countless times. But I'm sorry, they aren't as strong as u2 and Bono has more stage prescence than Billy Joe.
Maybe I am lucky and see the brilliant in both bands.
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Greenday the next u2 has everyone been smoking something. Whio started this rumour. They dont sound anything alike and listening to some people speak you would swear greenday are some sort of new band.
U2 = original musical genius
Greenday = Unoriginal, everysong is the same old boring crap, simple to play music.
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GD rOcK !!!!!
* Billie joe is hott *
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U2 are fucking legends. Greenday are sorta boring, not bad but nothing special (to me). But neither band is in the same league as FRANZ FERDINAND!
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thank you very much for your help. You guys 74854 rock, thanks again.
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