One thing a lot of folks forget when thinking about John Lennon is the fact that the man had a helluva sense of humor. Actually, all the Beatles did (and you thought “Yellow Submarine” was only funny on account of the drugs involved). Through the power of YouTube, I was able to unearth this clip from the 1974 Grammys, back when I was -2 1/2 years old. That’s a minus, folks. Host Andy Williams announced John and Paul Simon to […]
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Award Show Sundays: A Hot Summer Night?
Today, let’s go back in the wayback machine to 1983. Your presenters? The long-winded Quincy Jones (who thankfully, decided not to editorialize while making his presentation) and the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer? The category? Best Pop Vocal Performance by a female. The nominees? My girl Bolivia Neutron-Bomb, Linda Ronstadt (singing a toothpaste commercial), Laura Branigan, Melissa Manchester, and Juice Newton. Random questions: Is Donna that tall or is Q that short? I knew Donna was from New England, but […]
Award Show Sunday: 1981’s Best New Artist
I love award shows. Or should I say, I *used* to love award shows. One thing that age has done is make these things a lot more boring. I’ve been predicting the Grammy winners for 5-6 years now, and the fact that I’m right more often than not speaks more to the predictability of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences than it does to my capabilities as a prognosticator. Anyway an email exchange with my friends Sini and Robert led […]
Chartstalker!: 2/11/2010
This week’s Billboard album charts reflect what people went out and bought (or went into their living rooms and downloaded) during the 7 days that followed the Grammy Awards, and the results are hardly surprising. Just about every artist that performed on the show experienced a jump: Taylor Swift and Zac Brown Band return to the Top Ten, while Beyonce, Pink and Carrie Underwood jump back into the Top 20. There were even gains experienced by artists who appeared on […]