The 54th Annual Grammy Awards 2012 |OT| Kanye got robbed but kept all of his jewelry

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For the 54th year in a row, we, the viewing public, get to watch as the Grammy voters get a lot things hilariously wrong, but get just enough right to give us the slightest sliver of hope for next year. But aside from the joy of bashing the awards and/or claiming how irrelevant they are, there's plenty to look forward too! First are the performances, among them we've got some chances for greatness (Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sir Paul!), and some train wrecks waiting to happen (Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, the Dance/Electronica segment!). When Kanye inevitably wins Best Rap Album, if he's there, he might deliver the best "Fuck You" acceptance speech since Michael Jordan went into the Basketball Hall of Fame. There's the possibility that Grammy voters will troll everyone by naming Skrillex or Nicki Minaj Best New Artist. If Trey Stone, co-creator of South Park, wins the Grammy he is nominated for, he will be 75% of the way to an EGOT! The 54th Annual Grammy Awards, tonight at 8 PM on America's #1 Network (because your grandfather falls asleep with it on) CBS!


Performers:

Adele, who will be performing for the first time since undergoing vocal-cord surgery last fall
Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson
The Beach Boys, who will be reuniting for their first appearance in two decades, with Foster The People and Maroon 5
Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood
Chris Brown
Glen Campbell with the Band Perry and Blake Shelton
The Civil Wars
Coldplay and Rihanna
Dance/electronica segment featuring Chris Brown, Deadmau5, Foo Fighters, David Guetta, and Lil Wayne
Foo Fighters
Jennifer Hudson, who will pay tribute to the late Whitney Houston
Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt
Diana Krall
Bruno Mars
Paul McCartney
Nicki Minaj
Maceo Parker
Katy Perry
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band
Taylor Swift
Joe Walsh

Presenters:

Dierks Bentley
Jack Black
Drake
Fergie
Miranda Lambert
Gwyneth Paltrow
Ringo Starr
Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson

Nominees:

Record of the Year:

Adele - Rolling in the Deep

Bon Iver - Holocene

Bruno Mars - Grenade

Mumford & Suns - The Cave

Katy Perry - Firework

Song of the Year

Kanye West - All of the Lights

Mumford & Suns - The Cave

Bruno Mars - Grenade

Bon Iver - Holocene

Adele - Rolling in the Deep

Best New Artist

The Band Perry

Bon Iver

J. Cole

Nicki Minaj

Skrillex

Album of the Year

Adele - 21

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Lady GaGa - Born This Way

Bruno Mars - Doo Wops & Hooligans

Rihanna - Loud

Full List of nominees.

P.S. Some one call the police, because the Grammy voters have brutally assaulted Kanye West.

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Kanye is going to get robbed. Real talk.

Adele will win any category she is in.

Nothing to see here.
 
I will watch if only to see if they actually pull off the Whitney tribute on such short notice.

If they do, it will be interesting to see who will be performing.
 
Best new artist: Bon Iver.
All you need to know about the Grammys.
Guess they were too busy listening to shit music in 2008.
 
Who votes for the Grammys?

Based on the nominations, I am going to assume a group of 13 year old girls.

Hope there is a dubstep sequence to cap off the night.
 
I wonder if they can retool fast enough for a quick tribute to Whitney Houston. Maybe have Xtina come out and sing a song. :)

EDIT: So many people beat me to this. :)
 
Still don't understand how Mumford and Sons are still up for something. Little Lion Man got a nom last year and the cave is off the same cd.
 
For the 54th year in a row, we, the viewing public, get to watch as the Grammy voters get a lot things hilariously wrong, but get just enough right to give us the slightest sliver of hope for next year. But aside from the joy of bashing the awards and/or claiming how irrelevant they are, there's plenty to look forward too! First are the performances, among them we've got some chances for greatness (Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sir Paul!), and some train wrecks waiting to happen (Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, the Dance/Electronica segment!). When Kanye inevitably wins Best Rap Album, if he's there, he might deliver the best "Fuck You" acceptance speech since Michael Jordan went into the Basketball Hall of Fame. There's the possibility that Grammy voters will troll everyone by naming Skrillex or Nicki Minaj Best New Artist. If Trey Stone, co-creator of South Park, wins the Grammy he is nominated for, he will be 75% of the way to an EGOT! The 54th Annual Grammy Awards, tonight at 8 PM on America's #1 Network (because your grandfather falls asleep with it on) CBS!
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Agreed with this: I'm Not Okay with Chris Brown Performing at the Grammys and I'm Not Sure Why You Are http://hellogiggles.com/im-not-okay...ng-at-the-grammys-and-im-not-sure-why-you-are

One thing is allowing him to perform - I'd rather not see him again, of course - but the comments from the Grammy producer? Shockingly distasteful.

Danielsan said:
Best new artist: Bon Iver.
All you need to know about the Grammys.
Guess they were too busy listening to shit music in 2008.
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Bon Iver is one of the most annoying public figures in music. His grandstanding speeches about the Grammys annoyed me more than his music, which is only dull and grey and simple and thus easier to take.

Adele is as boring as they come, and will sweep, of course, so let's not bother discussing her anymore. Kanye's album was one of his worst.. but better he get 'song' than those awful Mumford & Sons.
 
Can't wait to see the Adele and Rihanna performances.

About the Whitney tribute by J Hud... The less said about that the better.
 
Peru said:
Bon Iver is one of the most annoying public figures in music. His grandstanding speeches about the Grammys annoyed me more than his music, which is only dull and grey and simple and thus easier to take.
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Bon Iver is not a person. It's a band. And I agree that Justin Vernon's outings about the Grammys tend to be a bit annoying, though I find myself hard pressed to disagree. As for the music being dull. Different strokes for different folks. I consider the self titled album to be one of the top five albums of last year.
 
Yeezy got robbed, hopes he win best rap album.

Rooting for J. Cole for best new artist.

Adele will win most of the categories she's nominated in including album of the year.
 
Oozer3993 said:
Record of the Year:

Adele - Rolling in the Deep

Bon Iver - Holocene

Bruno Mars - Grenade

Mumford & Suns - The Cave

Katy Perry - Firework

Song of the Year

Kanye West - All of the Lights

Mumford & Suns - The Cave

Bruno Mars - Grenade

Bon Iver - Holocene

Adele - Rolling in the Deep
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what's the difference between these two categories?
 
HIDE YOUR FAVES, GLUE THEIR WIGS.

ASTEROIDELE HEADED DIRECTLY TO THE STAPLES CENTER.


my poor Gaga is probably getting clocked in every category ;_;
 
Hey, Taylor's performing.

Please don't fuck up, please don't fuck up. I'm still fucking mad they aren't releasing Enchanted as a single
 
Vect said:
Hey, Taylor's performing.

Please don't fuck up, please don't fuck up. I'm still fucking mad they aren't releasing Enchanted as a single
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I'm begging and hoping beyond hope it's Safe & Sound, since the civil wars are also performing. It sounds so good live http://youtu.be/V2VG21x6R78 (although she always sounds better at actual shows than TV events, so that's no guarantee9
 
The obvious question I have is "why do you give a fuck about the Grammys in relation to quality of music?" It's a numbers game, like every other awards show. "Artists" that sell the most tend to constantly get the most Grammy nominations, give the most Grammy performances, etc. In years past the "album of the year" was almost always a battle amongst an older artist whose best days were long gone, a surprising new-ish artist with a smash hit, an odd pick no one could explain, etc.

Seriously, how else can one explain Rihanna being seriously considered for album of the year? Not even fans of pop would defend that, most likely. But Rihanna fans and haters will tune in for the drama

I'm not going to defend Kanye, but his album was clearly the darling of the music world, and not getting nominated is nothing more than a "fuck you" to him. To make things more hilarious, he constantly claims he doesn't care what critics think yet gets so incensed over slights like this. The man clearly has huge self esteem issues, despite his flamboyant personality.
 
Peru said:
I'm begging and hoping beyond hope it's Safe & Sound, since the civil wars are also performing. It sounds so good live http://youtu.be/V2VG21x6R78 (although she always sounds better at actual shows than TV events, so that's no guarantee9
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Yeah, that live performance was great.

Taylor and the Civil Wars will apparently be performing a Barton Hollow/S&S/Mean medley.

Swift's retooling of Mean "is absolutely delicious," he says. "She's done the song on other shows, but never like this."

A few brief presentations include an Etta James tribute with Bonnie Raitt on guitar and Alicia Keys on keyboard, and a duet of It Had to Be You by Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood. The Civil Wars will introduce Swift with a snippet of Barton Hollow.
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i gave up hope that kanye will get his proper due from the grammy after that herbie hancock bullshit

very interested to see the Whitney tribute though
 
PhoenixDark said:
The obvious question I have is "why do you give a fuck about the Grammys in relation to quality of music?" It's a numbers game, like every other awards show. "Artists" that sell the most tend to constantly get the most Grammy nominations, give the most Grammy performances, etc. In years past the "album of the year" was almost always a battle amongst an older artist whose best days were long gone, a surprising new-ish artist with a smash hit, an odd pick no one could explain, etc.

Seriously, how else can one explain Rihanna being seriously considered for album of the year? Not even fans of pop would defend that, most likely. But Rihanna fans and haters will tune in for the drama

I'm not going to defend Kanye, but his album was clearly the darling of the music world, and not getting nominated is nothing more than a "fuck you" to him. To make things more hilarious, he constantly claims he doesn't care what critics think yet gets so incensed over slights like this. The man clearly has huge self esteem issues, despite his flamboyant personality.
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No one thinks any award is the voice of God telling us what's true, I think, it's about hoping for the good publicity for your faves that an award will give.

Not sure if I get your Rihanna point - I agree, this year she doesn't deserve it (but I prefer it to the other lame nominees) -- Her 'Rated R', though, would've deserved it - that was a cohesive, powerful album chock full of tunes and great vocal performances. Unfortunately the 'quick fix' LOUD got all the sales.
 
I usually don't watch the Grammy's, and this year will be no different. I'll check out some of the performances tomorrow, maybe, if they're online somewhere.
 
The Grammy producers have added a Whitney tribute to the show. It will be performed by Jennifer Hudson.

bud said:
what's the difference between these two categories?
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According to Wikipedia:

Record of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album. This award goes to the performing artist, the producer, recording engineer, and/or mixer for that song. In this sense, "record" means a recording of one song, not the composition or an album of songs.
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Song of the Year is also awarded for a single or individual track, but the recipient of this award is the songwriter who actually created the song in the first place. Thus, "song" in this context means the song as written, not its recording.
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So not much.

Vect said:
Hey, Taylor's performing.

Please don't fuck up, please don't fuck up. I'm still fucking mad they aren't releasing Enchanted as a single
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She's 1.5/2 for Grammy performances. She was fantastic on Fifteen despite Miley trying to kill it, but couldn't really handle Fleetwood Mac. She kinda made up for it by performing the great bluegrass-y Butch Walker version of You Belong With Me with Butch Walker though.

P.S. I am enraged Enchanted is not a single. I LOVE that song.
 
DanteFox said:
What happened with Herbie Hancock?
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Herbie Hancock won Album of the Year for River: The Joni Letters, a tribute album to Joni Mitchell. It was only the 2nd ever Jazz album to win AOTY and the first in 43 years. It was such a huge shock that the AP headline for the story was "Hancock Steals Grammy Album of Year." That article includes this glorious chestnut:

Recording academy president Neil Portnow was asked backstage whether Hancock's win was appropriate given the runaway commercial success of West's "Graduation" and Winehouse's "Back to Black."

"I don't think sales has anything to do with what the academy decides in awarding albums or records. It's about excellence in music," he said. "I think it was a very respectable choice."
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Right, riiiiiiiiiight.
 
Did Kanye West turn down performing or something? Surprised that he is not considering how well his album was received.
 
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