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Item 107: The 1998 Grammys

Entered by krj on Wed Jan 7 05:39:22 1998:

The 1998 Grammy Award nominations are out.  I've only caught a few snippets
on radio news.  In the old-fogie brigade, Dylan Sr. and Paul McCartney
have nominations.  
 
Radiohead's OK COMPUTER, which was getting some favorable notice from 
Grexers in the "favorite CDs on '97," also gets a nomination.
10 responses total.
#1 of 10 by eeyore on Wed Jan 7 06:22:01 1998:

Paula Cole got 7 Nominations, which is cool, since her first album got
absolutely no notice at all, and I know plenty of "fans" that are surprised
to hear that it even exists.\

Babyface got 7 also....I'm of the opion that he's highly overrated, but I
give him a LOT of credit for all of the talent that he has.  Whoops...He
ascutally got 8...it was Puff Dady that got 7.

#2 of 10 by krj on Thu Feb 26 18:41:17 1998:

Well, since the awards show was last night, I'll give this item a kick.
Radiohead got the Alternative Rock award.  I was amused to see Shawn 
Colvin win the "record of the year" award, if only because I remember 
seeing her at the Ark when she was opening for somebody else -- 
Leo Kottke, maybe? -- and didn't have a record contract yet.

#3 of 10 by mcnally on Fri Feb 27 03:29:15 1998:

  Probably that Richard Thompson show we saw a few years ago 
  (unless you saw her somewhere before that..)

  Somehow the Grammys lack even what little credibility the
  Oscars have.  As a result I tend to pay little or no attention.

#4 of 10 by carson on Fri Feb 27 18:48:06 1998:

(MTV has been running a news brief regarding the inequities of Grammy
awarding. the example that immediately comes to mind is that the 
Rolling Stones' first Grammy was awarded in *1994* for _Voodoo Lounge_,
which even the group considers a laughable effort.)

#5 of 10 by krj on Fri Feb 27 20:46:52 1998:

(Mike in #3: no, we saw Shawn Colvin several times before her tour with
Richard Thompson.)
 
I'll have to dig out my history of the Grammy Awards some time.
And find some time.  But it's worth remembering that the Grammys 
originate in a backlash against rock & roll.  Early rock music was 
generally released on small independent labels; the major industry
companies saw little future in it.  But the majors were getting alarmed 
by the sales rock music generated; the Grammys began as an effort to 
hype sales for schmaltzy 50's & 60's pop music.
 
The Beatles were hardly noted at all by the Grammys.  
Bob Dylan was ignored in his most influential period; he won this 
year, since he released an album which has been a commercial smash.

Really, it's only as the baby boom has aged into positions of 
responsibility and power in the music industry that the Grammys have 
taken any note at all of music coming after the rock dividing line.
 
Another Grammy winner noted for mziemba:  the Smithsonian box set
ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC got two awards, for Best Reissue and 
Best Liner Notes.

#6 of 10 by teflon on Sat Feb 28 22:20:38 1998:

They have a Best Liner Notes award?  That's pretty trippy.  I'd like to see
some one win a Pulitzer for "Best Liner Notes" that would just make my day...

#7 of 10 by orinoco on Sat Feb 28 22:47:35 1998:

Hey, don't underestimate the power of good liner notes...

#8 of 10 by tpryan on Mon Mar 2 03:44:22 1998:

        When he's not being Dr. Demento, he writes good liner notes;
recently a lot on Rhino realeases.

#9 of 10 by void on Mon Mar 2 08:50:49 1998:

   and don't forget that jethro tull won a hard rock grammy for "crest
of a knave," which had been released two years before they received
the award.

#10 of 10 by bruin on Mon Mar 2 18:33:54 1998:

And didn't I read in the paper that the "Box Of '60's Soul" box set also won
a Grammy?

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