For personal and work reasons I have not had the time to keep up this blog the past three months, but it's a new year, with lots of new music, and I am excited about that..... so I am starting this blog up once again.
This weekend of course is dedicated to the Grammy Awards - tonight live on tv. I will miss the first hour of the show - or rather, I will Tivo it, because I want to see the Police perform during the opening sequence of the program! - because my own band is playing tonight and we won't be home until about 9:30 pm, but there will be plenty left to see in the last half of the broadcast.
Who is going to win? No idea. Who should win? Here are my personal favorites:
Record of the year: Mary J. Blige "Be without you" - I hope that Mary J. Blige will be THE comeback story of the year at the Grammy's. I love how she has reinvented herself, and I love her sound, and I can't wait to see her perform tonight!
Album of the year: John Mayer "Continuum" Because I just LOVE John Mayer. Period.
Best new artist: Carrie Underwood - I think she has proven to be way more than the 2005 American Idol.
Song of the year: "You're beautiful" James Blunt - Maybe it's corny, but this is a great song, and a great breakthrough, and Blunt both co-wrote and performed the song, which is not easy and I have a lot of admiration for.
Best Female Pop Performance: this one is hard for me. A tie between KT Tunstall's "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree", and Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten. I love both songs and artists. Can we give out two first places here? Please?
Best Male Pop Performance: "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter. Yeah, yeah, American Idol ran this one into the ground. But I love the song and it's infectiously funny, I love hearing it, I love singing it. I think Daniel deserves it!
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: The Fray "How to save a life"
Best Rock song: "Chasing cars" Snow Patrol
There will be a lot more rewards handed out tonight, but these are some of the most prestigious ones. We'll see tonight what the judges decide!
2 comments:
Ha Jeanine,
There are some great songs on your list. Also my favorites, like James BLunt, Snow patrol, Kt tunstall etc. It's good to have you back in the blog world !
Hey Mary-Ann,
Very fun to find a comment from another Dutchie at my English blog!
Jeanine
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