And the Grammy goes to … Arcade Fire?
Is it bad that I really don’t want my favorite bands to be nominated for Grammy awards? Neil Young didn’t win a Grammy until this year. Kurt Cobain won after he died. Since 2001, the music industry’s sham awards show has dubbed a best alternative album (won three times each by White Stripes and Radiohead). Arcade Fire is not only up for best “alternative” album but is nominated for best album overall.
To win the very best album, Arcade Fire will have to beat Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. Yikes! To win best alternative LP, the Canadians will have to defeat Band of Horses, Black Keys, Brokens Bells and (drum roll) Vampire Weekend. Double yikes!
I’m sorry, but if someone buys an album because it either won or was nominated for a grammy, then that person is certainly a loser, right? And, to state the obvious, The Suburbs, is hardly Arcade Fire’s best album. As usual, these idiots in charge of nominating are years too late. Is there anything more irrelevant than the Grammys?
