The Jethro Tull incident and six other Grammy mistakes
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| brian |
good suggestion, let's try listing the times the grammys actually got it right. however, i'm not sure 3 items counts as a 'list' |
| Ministry |
Only... Jethro Tull *didn't* receive the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1988. The award was for 'hard rock or heavy metal', and Tull's 'Crest Of A Knave' album did qualify as 'hard rock'. The category was split in future years, but people still make the mistake of applying the current name to the old category. I suppose it makes too good a story for people to worry about whether it's true. |
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Agreed, narfish. I had a lot of friends who gave me some super strange looks when I'd throw on the Steely D. |
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Ministry, your point is well taken but Metallica's "...And Justice For All" beats "Crest of a Knave" whether you consider it metal or hard rock. If the median age of NARAS voters that year was under 75, Metallica would have won handily. |
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i heard a story from a girl whose dad received Grammy nominee ballots...she said he'd hand the ballots over to his toddler-aged daughters to be filled out. |
| phlam |
As a committed Steely Dan aficionado, and of an age that dates my appreciation of Donald and Walter from the early seventies, I still think "Two Against Nature" is the best album in the Steely Dan discography. My real surprise at their win consisted entirely of an incomprehension at their inclusion in the Grammy affair in the first place. |
| Megatallica |
the opening intro to And Justice before a song even breaks in pisses all over anything Jethro Tull ever did. what a gong show these awards are. a complete waste of time and resources |
| chrononessgeno44 |
Jethro Tull definately surpasses anything Metallica ever did by lightyears... especially their early 70's stuff, but in my opinion "And Justice For All" was more worthy then "Crest Of A Knave" for that award. Either way though, it's funny seeing Metallica fans constantly complain about it. By the same token though, it is nice to see Tull get some well deserved recognition. |
| Fred |
Jethro Tull is better than Metallica. That's that. I'm not saying Metallica isn't tallented, but shred does not make better music. |
| Jake |
That's not true at all Fred. Shredding is an artwork and there are about a billion people who can back me up. By the way.... Has Jethro Tull gone 22 x Platinum worldwide? |

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As much as Eminem and Radiohead deserved that 2000 Best Album award more than Steely Dan, I did love Two Against Nature, and in any other year would have been satisfied with its winning. Those dudes are under-appreciated by people under 40, especially white people under 40.