2008 Woodie Awards
Grammy release rocks
Kat Spears
Issue date: 2/15/05 Section: Entertainment
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Where can you find Maroon 5 rubbing elbows with Kanye West? Where would you see Gretchen Wilson sharing a drink with Joss Stone, while Bono and Elvis Costello try to win a bet with Usher? Well, first you would have to shell out half a semesterʼs tuition to pay for a ticket to the Grammys. But if you canʼt find the way to L.A, head down to the mall and pick up the 2005 Grammy Nominees compilation album. This one of a kind, once a year CD is a collection of the biggest hits and most popular songs that happen to be nominated for Grammy awards.
The mix of songs and styles is so diverse and unique that it encapsulates an entire year of music into one hell of a power hour. There is no set order or method to how songs are arranged. Although, deciding to start off with "Letʼs Get It Started" by the Black Eyed Peas was a good move. The transition between songs is random yet oddly effective as weʼre led through a journey of musical genius past and present. This mix leaves no style unexposed, no generation left out and no listener disappointed. The way that the songs are arranged so randomly yet strangely fit together somehow is interesting.
There is no real transition between styles, but just bouncing from genre to genre. At one moment, weʼre listening to Maroon5 muse about the infamous "girl with a broken smile" in their hit "She Will Be Loved" and then around the bend Gretchen Wilson is asking for a big "hell yeah" from all of her fellow "Redneck Women." There is a little something for everyone, everything from rap with "Ch-Check It Out" by the Beastie Boys to a little bit of soul when Norah Jones and the late Ray Charles combine forces on the duet "Here We Go Again." The only real commonality among these hits is just that: they are all hits and are nominated for at least one Grammy. The more popular songs that are nominated for more than one award are the frontrunners on the track list with songs such as Green Dayʼs "American Idiot" and "Heaven" by Los Lonely Boys. However, as the CD progresses along its musical journey, some lesser known gems come out of the woodwork in songs like "Daughters" by John Mayer and Sealʼs "Loveʼs Divine." One of the most intriguing and positive aspects to the album is the way it bridges the generation gap.
Of course the majority of the collection consists of songs from the modern generation of artists, but there are a few legends who just refuse to give up the game like Bono and the boys of U2, Prince and the late Ray Charles himself. Even Elvis Costello and the Imposters get their chance in a new generationʼs spotlight. The 2005 Grammy Nominee collection is one of the most eclectic and fascinating mixes of the year that is sure to take any listener on a journey through musical history that they wonʼt soon forget, at least not until the 2006 collection comes out.
The mix of songs and styles is so diverse and unique that it encapsulates an entire year of music into one hell of a power hour. There is no set order or method to how songs are arranged. Although, deciding to start off with "Letʼs Get It Started" by the Black Eyed Peas was a good move. The transition between songs is random yet oddly effective as weʼre led through a journey of musical genius past and present. This mix leaves no style unexposed, no generation left out and no listener disappointed. The way that the songs are arranged so randomly yet strangely fit together somehow is interesting.
There is no real transition between styles, but just bouncing from genre to genre. At one moment, weʼre listening to Maroon5 muse about the infamous "girl with a broken smile" in their hit "She Will Be Loved" and then around the bend Gretchen Wilson is asking for a big "hell yeah" from all of her fellow "Redneck Women." There is a little something for everyone, everything from rap with "Ch-Check It Out" by the Beastie Boys to a little bit of soul when Norah Jones and the late Ray Charles combine forces on the duet "Here We Go Again." The only real commonality among these hits is just that: they are all hits and are nominated for at least one Grammy. The more popular songs that are nominated for more than one award are the frontrunners on the track list with songs such as Green Dayʼs "American Idiot" and "Heaven" by Los Lonely Boys. However, as the CD progresses along its musical journey, some lesser known gems come out of the woodwork in songs like "Daughters" by John Mayer and Sealʼs "Loveʼs Divine." One of the most intriguing and positive aspects to the album is the way it bridges the generation gap.
Of course the majority of the collection consists of songs from the modern generation of artists, but there are a few legends who just refuse to give up the game like Bono and the boys of U2, Prince and the late Ray Charles himself. Even Elvis Costello and the Imposters get their chance in a new generationʼs spotlight. The 2005 Grammy Nominee collection is one of the most eclectic and fascinating mixes of the year that is sure to take any listener on a journey through musical history that they wonʼt soon forget, at least not until the 2006 collection comes out.
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