That’s it. Back to the drawing board. All that effort down the drain. Sad, huh? Well, that’s what happened these 5 times when the Grammy went astray (apparently), which we’ll discuss below. Now, of course, music is a subjective theme, so there’s no claiming that the Grammy should have gone to someone else beyond any reasonable doubt. It’s just about the … feel of the masses, if you will. \u00a0And the surprise that ensued.<\/p>\n
1. Queen Of Pop,\u00a0not invincible<\/h1>\n
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In 2011, Katy Perry had 5 number\u00a01 hits. You might know the person whose record she tied with this performance: his name was Michael Jackson. So, in essence, Katy was seen as indomitable at the 2011 Grammy’s. Except, of course, until she was defeated by Arcade Fire with the album “The Suburbs”.<\/p>\n
2. Jazz vs. Soul<\/h1>\n
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The iconic jazz-man Herbie Hancock won the 2008 Grammy with an album that failed to impress and is considered by many an offering far from the heights of some other legendary outputs of his. But that’s not the kicker. The thing is he won the Grammy with this (for his talent) mediocre album against the then media-buzz, massively popular (at a wide range of ages) Amy Winehouse with her barely second(!) album and simultaneously first international success , “Back to Black”.<\/p>\n
3. \u00a0The 2011 Mystery<\/h1>\n
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How do you explain Esperanza Spalding winning this one considering that: A. it wasn’t a case of the (innacurate and grossly generalizing terms) “mainstream” vs. “niche \/ elitist” usual conundrum, as was the case with Katy Perry and Arcade Fire.\u00a0Because in 2011, the OTHER nominees, apart from Esperanza were: Drake and Justin Bieber on the mainstream\u00a0side and Florence & The Machine and Mumford and Sons on the other side. And B. Esperanza Spalding won the best NEW ARTIST award, despite the fact that her first album was launched in 2006 and no fuss came out of it, nor buzz about her since she wasn’t very popular. The answer? You don’t…<\/p>\n
4. Titan Clash 1985<\/h1>\n
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This one isn’t so much a mystery as just a really though choice. Still, the general opinion is that the winner is probably the least<\/strong> justified choice. Allow me to explain. Lionel Ritchie, with “Can’t Slow Down”<\/em> got the award to the detriment of Prince’s “Purple Rain”<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.”<\/em>, Prince’s “Purple Rain”, Tina Turner’s “Private Dancer”,\u00a0Prince’s “Purple Rain”<\/em> and Cyndi Lauper’s “She’s So Unusual”.\u00a0<\/em>Did I mention\u00a0Prince’s “Purple Rain” was also nominated?<\/p>\n … Steely Dan. Look them up. They’re a 2 member american jazz rock\u00a0band with influences from\u00a0funk, R&B, and\u00a0pop. They’re also notable for having had a pretty big hiatus. Say 12 years of a hiatus (1981 – 1993). So you’re probably thinking “Good for them!” that they won the 2000 Grammy, right? So would I, if there would have been even an ounce of sense in the decision. Along the lines of… you know… not competing with Eminem that year and his now legendary, generation(s) influencing album “The Marshall Mathers LP”! Good thing that Eminem kept his cool and upon being asked how he felt about it he gentlemanly replied: “Who the fuck is Steely Dan?!”.<\/p>\n Image source: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>, 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If the Grammy award had a mind of its own, by now we’d surely suspect him of being a struggling\u00a0alcoholic. Because there were instances in the past when he behaved just as inexplicable as a mean drunk and stumbled his way to the wrong address (at least in the opinion of large numbers of fans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":28235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[7844,7847,7845,7846],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Herbie-Hancock.jpg","yoast_head":"\n5. My name is…<\/h1>\n
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