As the announcement of the Grammy nominations came out for the 54th Grammy Show on Febuary 12th, 2012 a response that would usually be happy with the nominations has completely changed for me. After seeing a tweet from one of my good friends saying something along the lines as "What the f#&k, the Grammies become more watcher-friendly ever year," it hit me. Being a music connoisseur, the Grammy awards are something I always look forward to, this year is a different story. The Grammy awards have come to the point where they use over-milked popular options to gain attention and really don't focus on the musical value of it.
Instead of ranting this whole blog, I decided I'd mix it up and add my opinions of albums, songs, artists that should have been awarded or the winners of the already nominations:
Record of the year nominatons:
Rolling in the Deep- Adele
Holocene- Bon Iver
Gernade- Bruno Mars
The Cave- Mumford & Sons
Fireworks- Katy Perry
What will win: Rolling in the Deep, Adele's amazing vocals, the amount time spent on the radio charts, and the hype that came with Adele's 21 album will easily put Adele as the winner of this years record of the deal.
What should win: Holocene, Justin Vernon's vocals paired with the relaxed meledous instrumental just makes the song one of the best of the year. Adele's song does come in a close second, but the facetime value that the mainstream adds will give Adele that extra push.
What should be added: Midnight City by M83, is one of the most phenomenal tracks of 2011 and really should replace the annoying, yes freaking annoying (call me Tyler, the Creator) song of Gernade by Bruno Mars. Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People made more noise in the underground and mainstream this year alone and is one of the best tracks of 2011 and should replace Fireworks by Katy Perry.
Album of the year nominations:
21- Adele
Wasting Lights- Foo Fighters
Born This Way- Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans- Bruno Mars
Loud- Rhianna
What will win: In my opinion, I do think that Adele's 21 will take album of the year and there isn't much doubt behind that.
What Should Win: From this list, in my opinion Adele's 21 album should be the clear cut winner. As much as I respect and like both Lady Gaga and Rhianna, I don't feel that either of their albums have the musical elements that make 21 the album of the year. As for the Foo Fighters, I see it as the runner-up in this list, the album was great but pitted up aginst their previous releases this is album isn't too much different. Bruno Mars...Don't get me started.
What should be added: If I could remove this entire list and replace it with different albums in my opinion, I would no doubt about it. Before anything, I just want to include one key album in this list and that would be Foster the People's Torches, in my opinion one of the VERY best albums this year. I'd also recommend Bon Iver's self-titled Bon Iver album as well. Also Florence + The Machine's Ceremonial's album as well. Any of those last three in my last opinion are some of the very best albums of 2011 (and all came out in time to be nominated).
Song of the year nominations:
All of the Lights- Kanye West
The Cave- Mumford & Sons
Grenade- Bruno Mars
Holocene- Bon Iver
Rolling in the Deep- Adele
What will win: Who is going to even argue with Adele's Rolling in the Deep, in my opinion it may not be song of the year but the Grammy's will be Adele's night.
What should win: This is a very reasonable list aside Bruno Mars, (really, I don't see the talent in this guy compared to others). I'd also say that All of the Lights is also out of question because that song was released in 2010 but music awards were still trying to avoid Kanye at that time. In think between The Cave, Holocene, and Rolling in the Deep this could go either way but I still think that Holocene had everything to be song of the year, aside the popularity and should be song of the year.
What should be added: Much like Record of the Year, I believe that Foster the People's Pumped up Kicks and M83's Midnight City should be added into this mix. Want my reasoning? Go up to record of the year.
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