2008 Grammy Nominees Announced
2008 Grammy Nominees Announced
It would appear that personal turmoil equals Grammy nods this year. At least that’s the case for Kanye West and Amy Winehouse. Between his mother dying and her husband being thrown in the slammer, these two were pretty desperate for some good news.
Between the two of them, the “Jesus Walks” rapper and the “Rehab” singer have a total of fourteen nominations (8 for him, 6 for her). And they’re not the only ones with multiple chances to take home an award.
On the next tier down, there were four artists with 5 nominations each: Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, T-Pain, and Foo Fighters. And Akon, Dierks Bentley, Feist, Chris Daughtry, Tim McGraw, Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Bruce Springsteen, and John Newton all have four chances.
Here’s the list of Top Categories:
Album of the Year
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters
These Days, Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock
Graduation, Kanye West
Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
Record of the Year
“Irreplaceable,” Beyoncé
“The Pretender,” Foo Fighters
“Umbrella,” Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z)
“What Goes Around . . . Comes Around,” Justin Timberlake
“Rehab,” Amy Winehouse
Song of the Year
“Before He Cheats,” John Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
“Hey There Delilah,” Tom Higgenson, songwriters (Plain White T’s)
“Like A Star,” Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
“Rehab,” Amy Winehouse
“Umbrella,” Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)
Best New Artist
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse
Pop Vocal Album
Lost Highway, Bon Jovi
The Reminder, Feist
It Won’t Be Soon Before Long, Maroon 5
Memory Almost Full, Paul McCartney
Back To Black, Amy Winehouse
Rap Album
Finding Forever, Common
Kingdom Come, Jay-Z
Hip Hop Is Dead, Nas
T.I. vs T.I.P., T.I.
Graduation, Kanye West
Rock Album
Daughtry, Daughtry
Revival, John Fogerty
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters
Magic, Bruce Springsteen
Sky Blue Sky, Wilco
Country Album
Long Trip Alone, Dierks Bentley
These Days, Vince Gill
Let It Go, Tim McGraw
5th Gear, Brad Paisley
It Just Comes Natural, George Strait
Contemporary R&B Album
Konvicted, Akon
Just Like You, Keyshia Cole
Fantasia, Fantasia
East Side Story, Emily King
Because Of You, Ne-Yo
Bilson and Bell Do Spike TV’s Video Game Awards
Bilson and Bell Do Spike TV’s Video Game Awards
Usually when you think about video games you think about teenage guys sitting around pounding Mountain Dew and going blind from staring at the TV. But Rachel Bilson and Kristen Bell destroyed that stereotype.
The two TV hotties were spotted at the 5th Annual Spike TV Video Game Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
Kristen Bell provided enough eye candy to distract the gamers from their games. She wore a champagne colored strapless sparkly dress with a pair of strappy heels.
And Rachel Bilson was the icing on the cake for the video game lovers. She wore a silver shimmery sleeveless top with black pants and a killer smile.
As for the musical side of things, Foo Fighters and Kid Rock both took the stage to entertain the Spike TV guests.
Foo Fighters - Let It Die Video and Lyrics
Let It Die by Foo Fighters, Music Video and Lyrics
“Let It Die” is the fourth single from Foo Fighters’ Grammy-award winning album, Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace.
The song has entered the Modern Rock Tracks chart in April 2008, reaching #11 thus far.
The music video for the song will be directed by Martin Fougerol in Foo’s ‘off time’ between the Aus tour and the European festivals.
You can listen the song here, here is a high quality video recorded Live at Aberdeen AECC.
Here is a fan made video featuring pictures of the band.
Foo Fighters - Let It Die Lyrics
Heart of gold but it lost its pride
Beautiful veins and bloodshot eyes
I’ve seen your face in another light
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
In too deep and out of time.
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
A simple man and his blushing bride
Intravenous, intertwined
Hearts gone cold your hands were tied
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
In too deep and out of time.
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Do you ever think of me?
You’re so considerate.
Do you ever think of me?
Oh, so considerate.
In too deep and lost in time
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Beautiful veins and bloodshot eyes
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Hearts gone cold and hands were tied.
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Do you ever think of me?
You’re so considerate.
Did you ever think of me?
Oh, so considerate.
In too deep and lost in time
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Beautiful veins and bloodshot eyes
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Hearts gone cold and hands were tied.
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Why’d you have to go and let this die?
Why’d you have to go and let this die?
Why’d you have to go and let this die?
Why’d you have to go and let this die?
Why’d you have to go and let it die?
Foo Fighters - Let It Die Song Information
In addition to the regular band lineup, “Let It Die” also features former Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear making an appearance on guitar.
When “Let It Die” reached top twenty in Modern Rock Tracks, Foo Fighters had three songs in Top 20 of Modern Rock Chart, being one of four acts to reach that.
An EP was released in May 2008 featuring “Let It Die,” an Arcade Fire cover, and two previously released B-sides. It is currently only available through the Canadian iTunes Store.
Released TBA(to be announced) 2008
Format Unknown
Recorded March - June 2007
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:05
Label Roswell/RCA
Producer Gil Norton
source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Die_(song)
Britney Spears’ MTV Performance Is Almost Here
Britney Spears’ MTV Performance Is Almost Here
It seems like it was forever ago when we first learned that Britney Spears was planning a comeback. But the fabled MTV Video Music Awards performance is already upon us.
The troubled singer is poised to pull herself out of musical obscurity with a killer performance at the 2007 VMAs scheduled for this Sunday night. She will perform her new song “Gimme More” with the help of Mindfreak Criss Angel.
Joining Britney as performers on the show are Kanye West, Fall Out Boy, Chris Brown, Foo Fighters, Rihanna, Common, Nelly Furtado, Gym Class Heroes, Akon and Soulja Boy, T-Pain, Cee-Lo, Daniel Merriweather, Lil’ Wayne, Alicia Keys, T.I., Adam Levine, Mastadon, and Serj from System of A Down.
And after the show is all over, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland are scheduled to host a Fantasy Suite party, complete with DJ Mark Ronson and his horn section providing the tunes. All in all, this Sunday could be a big day for a lot of people. Let’s hope Britney brings her A-game.