VLM's Yearly Rant About The Grammys (Or Is It?)

Earlier this week The Recording Academy released the nominations for the 2007 Grammys. Now would usually come the part where I rant and rave about how badly they screwed up and who got truly screwed...

...except this year they did a pretty good job. No, seriously, the nominees are pretty much right. Kanye has 8 including Album of the Year. In a showing of pure awesome, the Foo Fighters are up for Album, Song, and Record of the year. Didn't I tell you Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace was amazing? Amy Winehouse is up for six counts of drug posession and being a dumb bitch Grammys for the inexplicably lauded Back to Black and song "Rehab". Other deserving nominees include Paramore for Best New Artist (in a category completely female dominated...coincidence?), Rihanna for Record and Song of the Year (the Grammy voters are clearly still singing "ella, ella, ella"), as well as Daughtry and Bruce Springsteen, who each got for noms in the rock category. All in all, props to the Grammy Association for not fucking this one up. Commentary on who will and should win will come sometime in 08 closer to the actual ceremony.

Meanwhile, I've been keeping tabs on various groups' Best of '07 lists, and two things pop into my mind:

-Who do Dave Grohl, Jim Adkins, and Trent Reznor need to blow in order to get in anyone's Top 25??
-The overwhelming love for LCD Soundsystem's CD Sound of Silver led me to pick up a copy for myself. Is it good? yes. Is it likely to grow on me? Yes. Do I think it belongs as #1 on everyone's list? NO. Full review coming, but my first impression was "Four-and-a-half Inch Nails".

Back later.

==TJ==