52nd GRAMMY AWARDS - Televised Award Ceremony

[PDC1987]

Feb 1, 2010 0:11:33 GMT -5 Mic Technique said:

Jan 31, 2010 23:45:31 GMT -5 PDC1987 said:

Or someone with taste.

Am I supposed to believe that Taylor Swift's albums are better pieces of music than the most recent albums from everyone from MGMT to Fleet Foxes to Vampire Weekend and even other mainstream acts like Lady Gaga and Pink simply because they sold more?

Please.

You are this unrelenting shell of a creature, aren't you? AOTY is in its poorest state but Swift's LP is considerably grander than her fellow nominees' submissions. And please stop toting the three marginally left-field acts you know. For the record, Fearless overrides Oracular Spectacular, as well as both Vampire Weekend & Fleet Foxes' respective, eponymous debuts. Enough out of you.

And "the three marginally left field acts I know?"

The VAST majority of what I listen to is alternative, I know them all.

[Mic Technique]

Feb 1, 2010 0:13:21 GMT -5 PDC1987 said:

Mighty articulate. You have an hypocrisy to conduct, get back to it.

[JamaicaFunk²]

Feb 1, 2010 0:14:37 GMT -5 Mic Technique said:

Feb 1, 2010 0:13:21 GMT -5 PDC1987 said:

Mighty articulate. You have an hypocrisy to conduct, get back to it.

lol loves it. And meanwhile, Swift is making space on her mantle for her Album of the Year Grammy.

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Jan 31, 2010 23:30:30 GMT -5 slw84 said:

Jan 31, 2010 23:29:12 GMT -5 @jback said:

What a night! GF got spread around! Pretty much loved the winners(minus a few, but nothings perfect)

Beyonce-6 Grammys
Taylor-4 Grammys

the others

minus a few...like who...just curious.

Like I said, I would have liked Pink or Kelly win pop album, but I love the peas, so it was fine.

I wanted Keri to win BNA, Drake to win Solo Rap, and I would have loved for Miranda to win Country Female, but nothing major..

Here's some tweets from Kevin Frazier(ET Reporter)
If anybody took a pic of her they tripped... Btw she actually fell into a pit onto a mat in that opening number...

8 minutes ago from UberTwitter
Reply Retweet Lady GaGa's security is a little uptight
Was it because she was pissed?

Beyonce is back here and Jay-z is shouting and calling her "6"... he so happy for her... Great shot of her holding all 6 Grammy's

Awww..how cute! I want that pic of her holding all 6 grammy's!


Just intvw'd Jay-Z, he was great. I reached out to touch him to get his attention and his security punched my arm and said do not touch! LOL

Lawls

[tsw2008]

Some people are just bitter that their faves didn't win. Maybe the voters thought GaGa was too much of a gimmick ? or maybe thought Beyonce didn't have enough creative input ? (we all know how much input she had on Halo for example). Just a thought.

[PDC1987]

Feb 1, 2010 0:19:26 GMT -5 tsw2008 said:

Some people are just bitter that their faves didn't win. Maybe the voters thought GaGa was too much of a gimmick ? or maybe thought Beyonce didn't have enough creative input ? (we all know how much input she had on Halo for example). Just a thought.

Or maybe the Grammys are just going for more viewers and pandering to the masses. (And that would be fine if they owned it.)

As if Taylor isn't a gimmick?

[👑 Eloquent ™]

Feb 1, 2010 0:14:37 GMT -5 Mic Technique said:

Feb 1, 2010 0:13:21 GMT -5 PDC1987 said:

Mighty articulate. You have an hypocrisy to conduct, get back to it.

[Mike]

Are there any pics of Bey or GaGa holding their awards?

[Typo]

I don't see how anyone can seriously pose with Gaga, lol:

[extraordinary77]

I'm really sorry for Dave Matthews Band.

<Big Whiskey And GrooGrux King> is the best work in their 20-year-career. Their ensemble is perfect, songs are very well-written. Besides, It would be best way to praise the lagacy that Leroi Moore has left. It should've been their year this time.

[galvanize]

Celine Dion & GaGa - that's made my night.

Full list of winners:


Album of the Year: Fearless, Taylor Swift


Female Pop Vocal Performance: Beyoncé, "Halo"


Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Run This Town," Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West


Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day


Record of the Year: "Use Somebody," Kings of Leon


Comedy Album: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!, Stephen Colbert


New Artist: Zac Brown Band


Country Album: Fearless, Taylor Swift


Song of the Year: "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," Beyoncé


Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: The Black Eyed Peas, "I Gotta Feeling"


Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas


Male Pop Vocal Performance: Jason Mraz, "Make It Mine"


R&B


Female R&B Vocal Performance: Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"


Male R&B Vocal Performance: Maxwell, "Pretty Wings"


R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Jamie Foxx and T-Pain, "Blame It"


Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Beyoncé, "At Last"


R&B Song: "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," Beyoncé


R&B Album: Blacksummers' Night, Maxwell


Contemporary R&B Album: I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé


COUNTRY


Female Country Vocal Performance: Taylor Swift, "White Horse"


Male Country Vocal Performance: Keith Urban, "Sweet Thing"


Country Song: "White Horse," Taylor Swift


Country Collaboration With Vocals: "I Told You So," Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis


Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Lady Antebellum, "I Run to You"


Country Instrumental Performance: "Producer's Medley," Steve Wariner

ROCK


Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Bruce Springsteen, "Working on a Dream"


Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody"


Rock Song: "Use Somebody," Kings of Leon


Hard Rock Performance: AC/DC, "War Machine"


Metal Performance: Judas Priest, "Dissident Aggressor"


Rock Instrumental Performance: Jeff Beck, "A Day in the Life"


POP


Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden, Michael Bublé


Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat, "Lucky"


Pop Instrumental Performance: Bela Fleck, "Throw Down Your Heart"


Pop Instrumental Album: Potato Hole, Booker T. Jones


RAP


Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "Crack a Bottle," Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent


Rap Song: "Run This Town," Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West


Rap Album: Relapse, Eminem


Rap Solo Performance: Jay-Z, "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"


Urban/Alternative Performance: India.Arie and Dobet Gnahore, "Pearls"


DANCE


Dance Recording: "Poker Face," Lady Gaga

Electronic/Dance Album: The Fame, Lady Gaga


TRADITIONAL/ALTERNATIVE/WORLD


Alternative Music Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix


Americana Album: Electric Dirt, Levon Helm


Bluegrass Album: The Crow/New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, Steve Martin


Traditional Blues Album: A Stranger Here, Ramblin' Jack Elliott


Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free, The Derek Trucks Band


Traditional Folk Album: High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, Loudon Wainwright III


Contemporary Folk Album: Townes, Steve Earle


Hawaiian Music Album: Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2, Various Artists


Native American Music Album: Spirit Wind North, Bill Miller


Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: Lay Your Burden Down, Buckwheat Zydeco


Reggae Album: Mind Control—Acoustic, Stephen Marley


Traditional World Music Album: Douga Mansa, Mamadou Diabate


Contemporary World Music Album: Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3—Africa Sessions, Béla Fleck

New Age Album: Prayer for Compassion, David Darling

VISUAL MEDIA

Short Form Music Video: "Boom Boom Pow," The Black Eyed Peas

Long Form Music Video: "The Beatles Love—All Together Now," Various Artists

Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Story Telling): Always Looking Up, Michael J. Fox

Musical Show Album: West Side Story

Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Slumdog Millionaire

Score Soundtrack Album tor Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Up, Michael Giacchino

Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: "Jai Ho" (from Slumdog Millionaire), A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash

Instrumental Composition: Married Life (from Up), Michael Giacchino

Instrumental Arrangement: "West Side Story Medley," Bill Cunliffe

GOSPEL

Gospel Performance: "Wait on the Lord," Donnie McClurkin featuring Karen Clark Sheard

Gospel Song: "God in Me," Mary Mary featuring Kierra "KiKi" Sheard

Rock or Rap Gospel Album: Live Revelations, Third Day

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: The Power of One, Israel Houghton

Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album: Jason Crabb, Jason Crabb

Traditional Gospel Album: Oh Happy Day, Various Artists

Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Audience of One, Heather Headley

LATIN

Latin Pop Album: Sin Frenos, La Quinta Estación

Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album: Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo, Calle 13

Tropical Latin Album: Ciclos, Luis Enrique

Regional Mexican Album: Necesito De Ti, Vicente Fernández

Tejano Album: Borders y Bailes, Los Texmaniacs

Norteño Album: Tu Noche Con...Los Tigres Del Norte, Los Tigres Del Norte

Banda Album: Tu Esclavo y Amo, Lupillo Rivera

JAZZ

Contemporary Jazz Album: 75, Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul Syndicate

Jazz Vocal Album: Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman, Kurt Elling

Improvised Jazz Solo: "Dancin' 4 Chicken," Terence Blanchard, soloist

Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Five Piece Band—Live, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin Five Peace Band

Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Book One, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

Latin Jazz Album: Juntos Para Siempre, Bebo Valdés and Chucho Valdés

CLASSICAL

Engineered Album, Classical: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony

Producer of the Year, Classical: Steven Epstein

Classical Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10

Orchestral Performance: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Opera Recording: Britten: Billy Budd, London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus

Choral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef and Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Symphony Chorus and San Francisco Girls Chorus

Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra): Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, Philharmonia Orchestra

Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra): Journey to the New World, Sharon Isbin

Chamber Music Performance: Intimate Letters, Emerson String Quartet

Small Ensemble Performance: Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion, Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre of Voices

Classical Vocal Performance: Renée Fleming, Verismo Arias

Classical Contemporary Composition: Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto, Jennifer Higdon

Classical Crossover Album: Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace, Yo-Yo Ma

Surround Sound Album: Transmigration, Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses

CHILDREN

Musical Album for Children: Family Time, Ziggy Marley

Spoken Word Album for Children: Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs, Buck Howdy

OTHER

Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "Quiet Nights," Diana Krall

Recording Package: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, David Byrne and Brian Eno

Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963–1972), Neil Young

Album Notes: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946), Louis Armstrong

Historical Album: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967), Little Walter

Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Ellipse, Imogen Heap

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Brendan O'Brien

Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "When Love Takes Over" (Electro Extended Remix), David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland

[Typo]

I don't take any issue with Fearless being album of the year.

But, I do think Taylor should get a vocal coach or something. I mean tonight's performance was just terrible. She was flat and literally all over the place.

[PDC1987]

Trent Reznor Tweet:

# The Grammys = the old guard / old media propping up their puppets trying to convince the outside world (and each other) they're relevant. 7:56 PM Jan 30th

[Deleted]

OMG! Is GaGa "sippin' tea"? Is that some kind of shout out to Ratchet! <3
Can't wait for the interviews tommorow of all the winners!

[jgizzle89]

man, this board HATES rap. the only thing bad about that performance was CBS censoring, and as someone pointed out, they got a standing ovation: something Taylor and Gaga did NOT get.

boom roasted.

[Typo]

I'd say Taylor and BEP had the worst performances.

[tsr]

I actually enjoyed Taylor's first song... but that hoedown version of YBWM was awful.. although I will admit she sounded good at the beginning.

Lady A's was my favorite.

[PDC1987]

Feb 1, 2010 0:45:27 GMT -5 jgizzle89 said:

man, this board HATES rap. the only thing bad about that performance was CBS censoring, and as someone pointed out, they got a standing ovation: something Taylor and Gaga did NOT get.

boom roasted.

Well, in general divas are all Pulse cares about, so that should be expected.

[Oprah]

I don't understand the opposition to Taylor winning AOTY - I despise her, but it was the best reviewed & most commercially successful of the lot. Maybe the nominees as a whole were disappointing, but Fearless was not the worst of the bunch.

I was expecting her to win big so I'm quite pleased she only won three. Beysus is not to be trifled with ;)

[Typo]

Are their any pics with Beyonce and her 6 grammys yet?

[👑 Eloquent ™]

Feb 1, 2010 0:57:39 GMT -5 Oprah said:

I was expecting her to win big so I'm quite pleased she only won three four.

;)

[PDC1987]

They should rename the Grammy Awards the Gramonce Awards or Beyammy Awards and give Bee the award in *every* category next time she drops an album.

[Forever ♥ Young]

Feb 1, 2010 0:59:28 GMT -5 Typo said:

Are their any pics with Beyonce and her 6 grammys yet?

No, Not yet!!

[Myeahhh.]

Feb 1, 2010 1:00:59 GMT -5 PDC1987 said:

They should rename the Grammy Awards the Gramonce Awards or Beyammy Awards and give Bee the award in *every* category next time she drops an album.

Why does she even have to drop an album? Just give her the damn awards....

[Typo]

Carrie looked so good with her Grammy tonight, it matched her dress and everything.

[Oprah]

Feb 1, 2010 1:00:59 GMT -5 PDC1987 said:

They should rename the Grammy Awards the Gramonce Awards or Beyammy Awards and give Bee the award in *every* category next time she drops an album.

Finally you make sense.

[PDC1987]

Feb 1, 2010 1:04:34 GMT -5 Oprah said:

Feb 1, 2010 1:00:59 GMT -5 PDC1987 said:

They should rename the Grammy Awards the Gramonce Awards or Beyammy Awards and give Bee the award in *every* category next time she drops an album.

Finally you make sense.

They should give her the Best Actress Oscar for Obsessed as well.

Sandra who? Meryl Streep? Fat black girl in Precious? Please.

[Love Plastic Love]

I don't get why people are baffled by the winners. They were pretty predictable if you follow the "formula" that the Grammys always follow.

[Typo]

I don't think anyone is really that shocked. Other than, I don't think most were expecting such a Beyonce heavy night.

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Feb 1, 2010 1:08:55 GMT -5 Typo said:

I don't think anyone is really that shocked. Other than, I don't think most were expecting such a Beyonce heavy night.

I always say, never underestimate the Queen Bee!

People always try to dismiss her(her albums, songs, ect ect ect), but she always set everyone straight!