I didn’t watch the Grammys® this evening. Instead, sprite and I watched the lovely Stardust – how did we miss this one when it was in the theatres?

But I digress.

Although I missed the Grammy stuff, I’ve analyzed the results and have the following reactions:

  • I’m a bit surprised over the gushing that NARAS had over Amy Winehouse. It’s like they were openly rewarding her excesses. So expect to see her drop dead of an overdose in the next few years, as this validation of her ramshackle lifestyle doesn’t help.
  • On the flipside of that, congrats to Mark Ronson, the architect of Winehouse’s sound (her first album, recently released in the States, is shite, which speaks volumes of Ronson’s talent).
  • Perhaps the NARAS voters listen to me, as two of my faves of 2007 upset their more commercially successful competition: Levon Helm (Traditional Folk Album) and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (Pop Collaboration With Vocals).
  • To nobody’s surprise, The Beatles won again, almost 38 years after they broke up (Compilation Soundtrack Album and Surround Sound Album).
  • Obama beat Clinton – both in Maine and at the Grammys (Spoken World Album).
  • NARAS loves them some Harry Potter (Jim Dale won for Spoken World Album for Children) and The Muppets (Musical Album for Children).
  • Nora Guthrie’s years-long restoration of her father’s only complete live recording won accolades from the academy, as well as the folk universe (Historical Recording).
  • I’m dead chuffed that Herbie Hancock won Album Of The Year for his tribute to Joni Mitchell. It’s great to see a true innovator and legend win above more “hip” competition in the big prize of the night.