'Rehab' is the word at Grammys, with Winehouse a smash Joel Selvin, Chronicle Senior Pop Music critic
Monday, February 11, 2008
The irony was not lost on Amy Winehouse as she swept Sunday night's Grammys, including taking home the best song honors for her timely hit \"Rehab.\" Fresh out of rehab herself, and performing on a live video feed from London, she couldn't resist a smirk as she delivered the first chorus of the hit song (\"no, no, no\") and shouted out that she now had 17 days' sobriety.
Winehouse, who won five statues, collapsed into the arms of her background singers after winning Record of the Year, thanking her mother and father and her husband, \"Blake incarcerated,\" who is currently serving time on an obstruction of justice charge in England.
Her second album, \"Back To Black,\" was a bright spot in the bleakest year of the record business' 100-year history and Winehouse was rewarded with a handful of awards including best new artist. With record sales dropping through the floor, the Internet all but swallowing the entire industry and the top-selling album of the year a Christmas album (Josh Groban's \"Noel,\" selling a relatively anemic 3.5 million copies), the record business doesn't have much to celebrate, which left the three-and-a-half hour broadcast of the 50th annual Grammy Awards from the Staples Center in Los Angeles struggling for purchase with an audience at home with other choices on their dial.
A flustered Herbie Hancock dropped his thank-you notes and presenter Quincy Jones, something of an illustrious Grammy figure himself, picked them up and handed them back to Hancock, who read the lengthy list while producers ran background music to hurry him along. Hancock, whose \"Headhunters\" album was the biggest-selling jazz album in history, won album of the year for \"River: The Joni Letters,\" a collection of Joni Mitchell songs, the sort of carriage trade material Grammy voters traditionally love.
Only on the Grammys, where hyperbole holds the day, could an announcer such as actor Jason Bateman call the modestly entertaining Foo Fighters \"the greatest rock band in the world.\" The Beatles, possibly the actual greatest rock band in the world, were saluted by a performance from the Cirque du Soleil's Las Vegas show of Beatles songs, \"Love,\" and Beatles producer George Martin brought Ringo Starr with him to the stage to accept his award for the soundtrack to Julie Taymor's film \"Across the Universe.\" The Beatles, by the way, who won only four Grammys during the band's actual career, have yet to be honored with a lifetime achievement award.
The show opened with a \"duet\" of \"Learning the Blues\" between Alicia Keys, who last night won the 11th Grammy of her nascent career, and Frank Sinatra, who only won 10 in his rather more lengthy and somewhat distinguished career, although Keys had him at a disadvantage since Sinatra has been dead 10 years and sang his portion of the song from an old video.
The producers dragged out a lot of the veterans, those who could still walk, for the Grammy's half-century. Demography-driven matchups brought together such unlikely pairings as septuagenarian Keely Smith with Kid Rock, and Andy Williams, Grammys host the first seven years, with Nelly Furtado.
Throughout the telecast, young performers were pitted against veterans. Beyonce was certainly a good sport, taking a serious upstaging from soul survivor Tina Turner, no matter how short her skirt was. Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) gushed over presenting an award with Cyndi Lauper (\"she's so amazing\"). Hancock played duet piano with classical pianist Lang Lang on Gershwin's \"Rhapsody In Blue,\" a bathroom moment if ever there was one.
Rapper Kanye West, not known for his reticence, seemed to sense that his acceptance speech for best rap album might be his final moment onstage for the evening, so he ignored the cue music to cut his speech short and rambled on about his late mother (he had the word \"Mama\" cut into his hair). \"This is my award,\" he said. He took home four awards on the night.
Country singer Vince Gill, picking up his award for best country album from Ringo, looked in the audience and said: \"I just got a Grammy from a Beatle. Did that ever happen to you, Kanye?\"
作为全世界受关注程度最高的流行音乐盛事，格莱美在今年迎来了它的50岁生日，因此美国唱片工业学院对今年的颁奖礼格外的重视。在此之前，一度闹的沸沸扬扬的美国编剧协会罢工曾威胁到本次颁奖礼，随着罢工风波的逐渐平息，本届格莱美的颁奖礼才得以如期举行。为了这次格莱美五十大寿，美国唱片工业学院着实花了不少心思，在本次颁奖礼中特别设立了向The Beatles(听歌)乐队致敬的环节、1958年首届格莱美奖颁奖实况的回顾环节以及有John Fogerty(听歌)与Little Richard(听歌)和Jerry Lee Lewis(听歌)合作表演的“摇滚基石”环节。
为了增强与观众的互动，格莱美从去年开始特别增设了“我的格莱美时刻”(My Grammy Moment)这个需要观众参与的特别环节。去年，年仅18岁的罗伯因-特洛普(Robyn Troup)成功登台与流行人气小天王Justin Timberlake(听歌)一起演唱。今年是My Grammy Moment活动的第二届，最终幸运胜出的女选手Ann Marie Calhom得到了与Foo Fighters(听歌)乐队以及由Led Zeppelin(听歌)成员John Paul Jones指挥的管弦乐团同台演出的机会。
综合类奖项
毫无疑问，今年格莱美最闪耀的明星非Amy Winehouse莫属，尽管她并不在现场。在四项引人注目的综合类奖项中，Winehouse一人就包揽了三项，若不是格莱美评委有意护老的话，她完全有可能实现大满贯。不过，格莱美永远都有保守的一面，能够给负面新闻不断的Amy Winehouse这么多奖，格莱美的评委们也已经给足她面子了。竞争最为激烈、Amy Winehouse唯一错过的“年度最佳专辑”最终被爵士钢琴大师赫比-汉考克(Herbie Hancock(听歌))的专辑《River: The Joni Letters》获得。在发表获奖感言时，Herbie Hancock还对他当年的良师益友、英年早逝的爵士萨克斯大师约翰-柯川(John Coltrane(听歌))念念不忘。
流行类奖项
在流行类奖项当中，英国灵歌小天后Amy Winehouse凭借她的那首《Rehab》和她广受赞誉的第二张个人专辑《Back To Black》几乎毫无悬念地拿到了“最佳流行女歌手奖”和“最佳流行演唱专辑奖”。而“最佳流行男歌手奖”和“最佳流行乐队/组合奖”分别属于贾斯汀-廷伯雷克(Justin Timberlake)和即将来到中国举办演出的魔力红乐队(Maroon 5(听歌))。
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Joel Selvin, Chronicle Senior Pop Music critic
Monday, February 11, 2008
The irony was not lost on Amy Winehouse as she swept Sunday night's Grammys, including taking home the best song honors for her timely hit \"Rehab.\" Fresh out of rehab herself, and performing on a live video feed from London, she couldn't resist a smirk as she delivered the first chorus of the hit song (\"no, no, no\") and shouted out that she now had 17 days' sobriety.
Winehouse, who won five statues, collapsed into the arms of her background singers after winning Record of the Year, thanking her mother and father and her husband, \"Blake incarcerated,\" who is currently serving time on an obstruction of justice charge in England.
Her second album, \"Back To Black,\" was a bright spot in the bleakest year of the record business' 100-year history and Winehouse was rewarded with a handful of awards including best new artist. With record sales dropping through the floor, the Internet all but swallowing the entire industry and the top-selling album of the year a Christmas album (Josh Groban's \"Noel,\" selling a relatively anemic 3.5 million copies), the record business doesn't have much to celebrate, which left the three-and-a-half hour broadcast of the 50th annual Grammy Awards from the Staples Center in Los Angeles struggling for purchase with an audience at home with other choices on their dial.
A flustered Herbie Hancock dropped his thank-you notes and presenter Quincy Jones, something of an illustrious Grammy figure himself, picked them up and handed them back to Hancock, who read the lengthy list while producers ran background music to hurry him along. Hancock, whose \"Headhunters\" album was the biggest-selling jazz album in history, won album of the year for \"River: The Joni Letters,\" a collection of Joni Mitchell songs, the sort of carriage trade material Grammy voters traditionally love.
Only on the Grammys, where hyperbole holds the day, could an announcer such as actor Jason Bateman call the modestly entertaining Foo Fighters \"the greatest rock band in the world.\" The Beatles, possibly the actual greatest rock band in the world, were saluted by a performance from the Cirque du Soleil's Las Vegas show of Beatles songs, \"Love,\" and Beatles producer George Martin brought Ringo Starr with him to the stage to accept his award for the soundtrack to Julie Taymor's film \"Across the Universe.\" The Beatles, by the way, who won only four Grammys during the band's actual career, have yet to be honored with a lifetime achievement award.
The show opened with a \"duet\" of \"Learning the Blues\" between Alicia Keys, who last night won the 11th Grammy of her nascent career, and Frank Sinatra, who only won 10 in his rather more lengthy and somewhat distinguished career, although Keys had him at a disadvantage since Sinatra has been dead 10 years and sang his portion of the song from an old video.
The producers dragged out a lot of the veterans, those who could still walk, for the Grammy's half-century. Demography-driven matchups brought together such unlikely pairings as septuagenarian Keely Smith with Kid Rock, and Andy Williams, Grammys host the first seven years, with Nelly Furtado.
Throughout the telecast, young performers were pitted against veterans. Beyonce was certainly a good sport, taking a serious upstaging from soul survivor Tina Turner, no matter how short her skirt was. Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) gushed over presenting an award with Cyndi Lauper (\"she's so amazing\"). Hancock played duet piano with classical pianist Lang Lang on Gershwin's \"Rhapsody In Blue,\" a bathroom moment if ever there was one.
Rapper Kanye West, not known for his reticence, seemed to sense that his acceptance speech for best rap album might be his final moment onstage for the evening, so he ignored the cue music to cut his speech short and rambled on about his late mother (he had the word \"Mama\" cut into his hair). \"This is my award,\" he said. He took home four awards on the night.
Country singer Vince Gill, picking up his award for best country album from Ringo, looked in the audience and said: \"I just got a Grammy from a Beatle. Did that ever happen to you, Kanye?\"
E-mail Joel Selvin at jselvin@sfchronicle.com.
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美国当地时间2月10日晚，一年一度的流行音乐盛事、2007年度第50届格莱美奖在美国洛杉矶的斯台普斯中心隆重举行。最近负面新闻频出、因护照和健康问题被迫留在英国而未能亲临格莱美颁奖现场的灵歌小天后艾米-怀恩豪斯(Amy Winehouse(听歌))成为本届格莱美最大的赢家，她在自己所得到的六项提名中一共命中了五项(年度最佳唱片、最佳歌曲、最佳新人、最佳流行女歌手、最佳流行演唱专辑)，追平了去年南方小鸡组合(The Dixie Chicks(听歌))所创造的不俗成绩。
不知道是不是为了安慰千里之外的Amy Winehouse，一贯守旧、后知后觉的格莱美评委们竟给了这位有“毒后”之称的个性歌手五项大奖，这在以往是并不多见的。Amy Winehouse在英国的一家录音室中通过卫星转播为观众演唱了她的代表作《You Know I'm No Good》和《Rehab》。不过，从Amy Winehouse当时的表情和发表获奖感言时的语速来看，她的健康状况目前似乎还没有完全恢复。连她自己都不敢相信这个梦幻般的结果。在Amy Winehouse之后，Hip-Hop巨星坎耶-维斯特(Kanye West(听歌))和蓝领摇滚巨匠布鲁斯-斯普林斯汀(Bruce Springsteen(听歌))分别拿到了四项和三项大奖，此前一直被认为极有希望拿奖的女歌手Feist(听歌)最终令人失望的空手而归。在我国乐迷特别关注的古典类“最佳器乐独奏奖”当中，郎朗最终与大奖失之交臂。
作为全世界受关注程度最高的流行音乐盛事，格莱美在今年迎来了它的50岁生日，因此美国唱片工业学院对今年的颁奖礼格外的重视。在此之前，一度闹的沸沸扬扬的美国编剧协会罢工曾威胁到本次颁奖礼，随着罢工风波的逐渐平息，本届格莱美的颁奖礼才得以如期举行。为了这次格莱美五十大寿，美国唱片工业学院着实花了不少心思，在本次颁奖礼中特别设立了向The Beatles(听歌)乐队致敬的环节、1958年首届格莱美奖颁奖实况的回顾环节以及有John Fogerty(听歌)与Little Richard(听歌)和Jerry Lee Lewis(听歌)合作表演的“摇滚基石”环节。
为了增强与观众的互动，格莱美从去年开始特别增设了“我的格莱美时刻”(My Grammy Moment)这个需要观众参与的特别环节。去年，年仅18岁的罗伯因-特洛普(Robyn Troup)成功登台与流行人气小天王Justin Timberlake(听歌)一起演唱。今年是My Grammy Moment活动的第二届，最终幸运胜出的女选手Ann Marie Calhom得到了与Foo Fighters(听歌)乐队以及由Led Zeppelin(听歌)成员John Paul Jones指挥的管弦乐团同台演出的机会。
综合类奖项
毫无疑问，今年格莱美最闪耀的明星非Amy Winehouse莫属，尽管她并不在现场。在四项引人注目的综合类奖项中，Winehouse一人就包揽了三项，若不是格莱美评委有意护老的话，她完全有可能实现大满贯。不过，格莱美永远都有保守的一面，能够给负面新闻不断的Amy Winehouse这么多奖，格莱美的评委们也已经给足她面子了。竞争最为激烈、Amy Winehouse唯一错过的“年度最佳专辑”最终被爵士钢琴大师赫比-汉考克(Herbie Hancock(听歌))的专辑《River: The Joni Letters》获得。在发表获奖感言时，Herbie Hancock还对他当年的良师益友、英年早逝的爵士萨克斯大师约翰-柯川(John Coltrane(听歌))念念不忘。
流行类奖项
在流行类奖项当中，英国灵歌小天后Amy Winehouse凭借她的那首《Rehab》和她广受赞誉的第二张个人专辑《Back To Black》几乎毫无悬念地拿到了“最佳流行女歌手奖”和“最佳流行演唱专辑奖”。而“最佳流行男歌手奖”和“最佳流行乐队/组合奖”分别属于贾斯汀-廷伯雷克(Justin Timberlake)和即将来到中国举办演出的魔力红乐队(Maroon 5(听歌))。
齐柏林飞艇主唱罗伯特-普兰特(Robert Plant(听歌))与美国兰草女歌手阿丽森-克劳斯(Alison Krauss)这个令人稍感意外的组合去年让大家眼前一亮，最终，在“最佳流行合唱奖的争夺中，这两位的组合战胜了Beyonce(听歌)和Shakira( 听歌)以及Gwen Stefani(听歌)和Akon(听歌)这两对更为年轻的组合。
继保罗-麦卡特尼(Paul McCartney(听歌))之后加盟星巴克娱乐的加拿大民谣女诗人Joni Mitchell(听歌)凭借《One Week Last Summer》荣膺“最佳流行器乐演奏奖”，而野兽男孩乐队(Beastie Boys(听歌))的混音专辑《The Mix-Up》成为本届格莱美评出的“最佳流行器乐演奏专辑”。
在传统流行音乐演唱专辑奖的角逐中，当红流行爵士男歌手麦克尔-巴布尔(Michael Buble(听歌))在巴巴拉-史翠珊(Barbra Streisand(听歌))和詹姆斯-泰勒(James Taylor(听歌))这两位老将的包夹之下胜出。 (编辑 陈敬)