The nominees for the 2008 Grammys were announced yesterday. I have a few thoughts about them.
First and foremost, without a little research, the categories are a complete mystery. You hear "Record of the Year," and you think, "oh, okay, a record, like an album." But no, then there's "Album of the Year." Oh. Okay, so Record of the Year is a single song. So what's "Song of the Year?" Wikipedia says that ROY goes to the performer of the song and SOY goes to the writer/composer. How they determine which to nominate for which, beats the heck out of me. "Umbrella" and "Rehab" got nominated for both, so, yeah. I don't know.
"Hey There Delilah" was also nominated for SOY, even though it was released in 2005.
How, precisesly, does one qualify for Best New Artist? Amy Winehouse had an album out in 2003. Feist put out a much better album in 2004, and was opening for the Tragically Hip in the '90s. I'm not even going to check the other nominees. These people aren't new artists. They's simply newly popular.
My pick for Best Polka Album: Jimmy Sturr. Just you wait.
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