Worst Grammy Decisions

[arodfan Joined: Mar 25th, 2020 Topics: 4 Posts: 459 View Predictions]

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Beautiful Day is incredibly basic.

It’s also incredibly effective. Also, I’d say “Kiss from a Rose” winning ROTY in arguably the strongest lineup of the ’90s. In any other year it would have been a fine winner, just not that one.

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[Brayden Fitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 96 Posts: 6119 View Predictions]

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Emmyfan wrote:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR – 1985

Can’t Slow Down – Lionel Richie – WINNER
She’s So Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
Purple Rain – Prince & The Revolution
Born in the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen
Private Dancer – Tina Turner

I can see how Lionel Richie won, but my pick would have been either Tina Turner for the sweep of the big categories or Prince.

Same reason Bruno Mars won in 2018, most commercial successful and safest pick amongst older voters.

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[kenboi99 Joined: Aug 30th, 2019 Topics: 4 Posts: 745 View Predictions]

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Emmyfan wrote:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR – 1985 Can’t Slow Down – Lionel Richie – WINNER She’s So Unusual – Cyndi Lauper Purple Rain – Prince & The Revolution Born in the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen Private Dancer – Tina Turner I can see how Lionel Richie won, but my pick would have been either Tina Turner for the sweep of the big categories or Prince.

Wow this must be the first time the majority not nominee was black

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[Emmyfan Joined: Nov 26th, 2010 Topics: 74 Posts: 4484 View Predictions]

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1981 ROCK DUO OR GROUP

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Against the Wind – WINNER
Blondie – “Call Me”
Queen – “Another One Bites the Dust”
Pink Floyd – The Wall
The Pretenders – “Brass in Pocket”

Yikes at this one!

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[Emmyfan Joined: Nov 26th, 2010 Topics: 74 Posts: 4484 View Predictions]

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2005 ROCK DUO OR GROUP

U2 “Vertigo” – WINNER
Elvis Costello and The Imposters – “Monkey to Man”
Franz Ferdinand – “Take Me Out”
Green Day – “American Idiot”
The Killers – “Somebody Told Me”

I think U2 won awards that they did not deserve

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[thefunkydeltron]

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Gotye over Fiona Apple in Best Alternative Music Album in 2013.

Macklemore over Kendrick Lamar is obvious bullshit.

Steely Dan over Radiohead and Eminem is a crime.

Taylor over Kendrick is just a popularity stuff.

Mumford and Sons and fun. over Frank Ocean is also a crime.

Celine Dion over Beck in 1997.

Adele over Beyonce in 2017.

Golden Hour over Dirty Computer. I don’t care about y’all but Golden Hour is such an overhyped and overrated album. Justice for Janelle.

Bruno over everybody in 2018. I was okay with Jay, Lorde, Gambino and rooting for Kendrick.

 

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[How U Doin' Joined: Dec 1st, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 7742 View Predictions]

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kenboi99 wrote:

Wow this must be the first time the majority not nominee was black

Honey, in 2005, 4/5 of the AOTY nominees were black (Ray Charles, Alicia Keys, Usher, Kanye West).

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[Ghost Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 81 Posts: 9393 View Predictions]

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“Kiss From A Rose” is a beautiful record. It deserved its ROTY and SOTY wins.

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[caleidoscopio Joined: Jun 29th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 435 View Predictions]

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• Dirty Computer missing a Best Urban Contemporary Album nomination in order to give EVERYTHING IS LOVE a Grammy
• Only waiting until 2017 to change the Rap/Sung Collab category to Rap/Sung Performance, after the prime of M.I.A., Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and Kanye West’s careers
• Thinking Out Loud winning SOTY over Alright was an even worse decision than 1989 winning AOTY over To Pimp A Butterfly
• Humble missing a SOTY
• thank u, next missing SOTY
• This is America winning SOTY
• Not doing a major Academy overhaul to expell 80-year-old voters from Wyoming who can’t tell ROTY and SOTY apart after 62 years
• NOT HAVING CREATED A POP COMMITTEE AFTER 62 YEARS
• My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy & Body Talk not receiving AOTY, ROTY and SOTY nominations in 2011-12.

the best decision:

• denying Pop girl access to the Dance field. even though Robyn sadly couldn’t take advantage from that category fraud.

FYC: Everyone black & Fiona Apple

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[M]

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Where do I start?

Gaga not winning AOTY for either The Fame or The Fame Monster
Beyoncé not winning AOTY for either self-titled or Lemonade.
Kendrick not winning for Damn (it was the album that got him both commercial success and critical acclaim, he should’ve won that year)
Bad Guy winning SOTY.
This Is America winning SOTY over Shallow

Best decisions:
Billie Eilish winning AOTY (this win aged so well with me)
Adele sweeping in 2012.

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[Roger Federer Joined: Nov 30th, 2019 Topics: 6 Posts: 2918 View Predictions]

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M wrote:

Where do I start? Gaga not winning AOTY for either The Fame or The Fame Monster Beyoncé not winning AOTY for either self-titled or Lemonade. Kendrick not winning for Damn (it was the album that got him both commercial success and critical acclaim, he should’ve won that year) Bad Guy winning SOTY. This Is America winning SOTY over Shallow Best decisions: Billie Eilish winning AOTY (this win aged so well with me) Adele sweeping in 2012.

Agree except the beyonce part

Beyonce didn’t deserve AOTY for her self titled album. Beck’s album was so beautifully crafted,it shits all over beyonce… However 25 winning over lemonade was disgusting as hell…

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[arodfan Joined: Mar 25th, 2020 Topics: 4 Posts: 459 View Predictions]

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Ghost wrote:

“Kiss From A Rose” is a beautiful record. It deserved its ROTY and SOTY wins.

It’s also nowhere near “Waterfalls”, “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “You Oughta Know”. Face it, dude, those three songs are much better than what won.

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[Ghost Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 81 Posts: 9393 View Predictions]

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arodfan wrote:

It’s also nowhere near “Waterfalls”, “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “You Oughta Know”. Face it, dude, those three songs are much better than what won.

I don’t need to “face” anything. “Kiss from a Rose” deserves its awards and has held up just as well as those other songs. There are “worse Grammy decisions” than KFAR winning ROTY/SOTY, which again, it deserved. And that’s not to take anything away from those records because they would have been deserving as well.

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[arodfan Joined: Mar 25th, 2020 Topics: 4 Posts: 459 View Predictions]

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Ghost wrote:

I don’t need to “face” anything. “Kiss from a Rose” deserves its awards and has held up just as well as those other songs. There are “worse Grammy decisions” than KFAR winning ROTY/SOTY, which again, it deserved. And that’s not to take anything away from those records because they would have been deserving as well.

Okay, then how about some random Dave Matthews Band track winning Best Rock Duo/group instead of the Smashing Pumpkins’ “1979” or Oasis’ “Wonderwall”?

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[Leo Grant Logan Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 73 Posts: 1929 View Predictions]

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Ed Sheeran for Best Pop Solo Performance in 2018 over all his female nominees.

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