Chapter 1090 1090 Proud Head
First "Pulp Fiction" and then "Before Sunrise", Hugo's film career has continued to rise to the top in the past few months, creating a success that everyone has to look at, and this time is also at the awards ceremony. Gathering, Hugo has become the center of countless topics.
Relatively speaking, although "Shape. Of. My. Heart" performed very well on the singles chart, winning the top five weeks before and after, not to mention that the album "Bathing in the Morning" released last August entered the After 1995, the performance has continued unabated, but overall, the exposure of Glory to Death has obviously declined a lot.
However, as the pace of the 37th Grammy Awards Ceremony draws closer, the focus of the news media has once again focused on music.
Obviously, Glory to the Dead, which stood out in the music market in 1994, has become the focus of a new round of heated discussions. With the development of the topic, a topic inevitably surfaced, that is, "Will Glory to the Dead be attended this year?" Grammys?"
As we all know, the honor of winning the nomination for the best newcomer of the year last year was to death, because the Grammy organizing committee had a vague definition of the band's musical attributes and strongly refused to attend the Grammys. The result can be imagined, the Grammys directly ignored the glory to death that turned out to be "almost famous", and let the glory to death repeat the mistakes of their predecessors: the rock band continued to miss the dilemma of the best newcomer of the year.
In Grammy history, only three rock bands have won the Rookie of the Year award: The Beatles in 1965, The Carpenters in 1971, and America in 1973. ). Other than that, there is no other rock band or rock singer that has ever won the Grammys' favor.
The Eagles, Boston, Guns and Roses, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and more, including future Grammy darlings U2, all failed to win the Grammy Rookie of the Year award.
In fact, if you carefully study the years, you can find that the three bands won awards before the 1970s, or more accurately, before 1977. After the fall of the golden age of rock and roll, the status of rock and roll in the Grammys plummeted, and it has not been able to regain its strength until 20 years later. Even if there is a Grammy darling U2 band, as long as they are nominated, they will definitely win, but it is difficult to support them alone, and it is always difficult to support them. Change the whole situation.
So, it's no surprise that Glory to Death is yet another regrettable miss.
Glory to the Dead blatantly refused to go to the Grammys, they weren't the first, and they won't be the last, and it's led to the ambiguity between the Grammys and rock bands, which is a real deal for music lovers. It's a pity, they also hope to see more excellent rock bands appear on the Grammy stage, which can make the Grammy stage more complete.
So what about this year? Is Glory To Death continuing to miss the Grammys? Or will things change?
Everyone knows that after the Grammys announced the nomination list last year, Hugo made it clear in an interview that if the Grammys did not have a way to clearly define the music style of Glory to Death, he would always refuse to attend the Grammy Awards. ceremony. And the teammates who died of glory also expressed their support for Hugo's statement.
In the end, the 36th Grammy defined "Almost Famous" as alternative rock, and won two nominations for Best Newcomer of the Year and Best Alternative Music Album respectively, but did not participate in the competition in the rock department, which is also considered to be given. A tentative answer. But Glory to Death still did not appear at the awards ceremony.
If the Grammys want to die at the awards show this year, the Grammys are bound to need to make a change -- and it's almost impossible to count on rock bands to do so on their own initiative.
Grammys back down? It's not out of the question, otherwise there wouldn't be an obscure award setup for "Best Alternative Album," and the Grammys certainly don't want to miss out on glory.
The two albums "Almost Famous" and "Bathing in the Morning Light" ran through almost the entire music market in 1994. From the point of view of topic heat, popularity, or professional analysis, missing the glory to death is almost equal to missing out year 1994.
Especially after Nirvana announced its disbandment due to the death of Kurt Cobain, Grammys are under great pressure. On the one hand, given the huge influence of Nirvana, Grammys intend to make a tribute at the awards ceremony. , to express condolences to Kurt Cobain; but on the other hand, the Grammy's move was ridiculed by fans as a slapstick, because when Nirvana was alive, Grammys were even stingy with nominations, as if they were guarding Grandet for every silver coin, let alone for Nirvana to win an award.
The fact that the Grammys missed Nirvana was also hailed as one of the biggest regrets in Grammy history, and it was still a huge irony, two decades later, in 2014. Even if the Grammys gave Pearl Jam a lot of nominations, hoping to make up for the lack of grunge in Grammys history, it was too late.
Now, Glory to Death also seems to be standing in this position. Looking back on the music tracks of 1993 and 1994, it is clear that new metal rock has become an integral part of the mainstream music market that cannot be ignored, and after the disbandment of Nirvana Band, the topic of Glory to Death and Nirvana Band has been noisy for a while, which makes it even more so. The band's influence stretches infinitely.
Therefore, it is not difficult for the Grammys to make a decision, and when the nominees for the thirty-seventh Grammys are announced in early January, the transformation of the Grammys can be seen.
Last year's swept album "Bathing in the Morning Light" still continued the "almost famous" style, covering pop, rap, soul, rhythm and blues and other elements in the album, and finally integrated into rock, forming a new kind of unique style. Only, this time, this rock is no longer an indefinable vague concept, and the old school pedants are not arguing again, because it has a new name: new metal rock!
Born in 1991 and completed the transformation from the ugly duckling to the white swan in 1994, new metal rock entered the house and became a member of the huge rock music style. With the support of bands such as the Resistance Machine Band, the new metal rock has begun to take shape, which has launched a violent impact on the entire music market structure.
Therefore, the concept of Grammys is very clear - no more confusion, they believe that the absolute firepower of "bath in the morning" in the market, even overwhelms today's absolute mainstream rhythm and blues, which also makes new metal rock occupy the mainstream market. a place. In the end, the new metal rock was placed in the rock department and did not compete for any other awards.
"Bathing Morning" won five nominations in four categories: Best Rock Band, Best Hard Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Album in the rock department, leading the rock department alone. Glory to the Dead will compete with the likes of Green Day, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Soundgarden and more.
It can be seen from this angle that in the end, in this battle of ideas, the mighty Grammy bowed his head arrogantly to the death of glory. I say this because the Grammys are still ambiguous when it comes to other bands, Green Day was shortlisted for Best Rock Band, Best Hard Rock Performance, but also Best Alternative. Music album nominations - and ironically, Green Day's music style is punk, and punk was born in 1977.
Only glory to death is special.
Some people may say that it's stupid to die with glory. If they don't care too much, they can get one more nomination for the best alternative music album and brush the nomination data. What's wrong. But people who can say such things are obviously rock laymen. Only real rock lovers know that their musical style is not just a name, but a definition, which is the foundation and soul of rock development. , If even the foundation and soul are uncertain, is the rock of this band still necessary?
So, maybe Glory To Death has one less nomination for Best Alternative Music Album, but Grammys gave Glory To Death a correct affirmation. More importantly, hidden behind this battle of ideas, is Grammy's recognition of the status of new metal rock, which has become a new coordinate in the history of rock and roll, and also means that new metal rock has been officially recognized. !
In addition to the four nominations in the rock department, "Bath in the Morning Light" has no doubt joined the competition for the three comprehensive awards of Best Album of the Year, Best Production of the Year, and Best Single of the Year, and finally won eight nominations, alone Leading the Grammy nomination list this time has become the biggest winner of the nomination stage.
From last year's absence from the awards ceremony, but this year's nomination stage, the hero, Glory to Death has completed an unparalleled transformation in just one year, and the American music market has entered a new era after grunge!
It is worth mentioning that the Green Sun Band, which is reputed to be comparable to Nirvana Band and Glory to Death, was born and won the Best Newcomer of the Year nomination as well as three other nominations, which attracted countless attention. It has also become another footnote to the golden age of rock and roll.
The Grammys' nomination list gave Glory to Death with absolute seriousness, and was even called "flattering" by the Chicago Tribune, mocking the Grammys' powerful influence over the past year after seeing "almost fame" and "bathing in the morning" After the effort, I couldn't wait to change my principles.
But no matter how the media interprets the Grammy's behavior, it is undeniable that Glory to the Dead leads the Grammy nomination stage with eight nominations, which also makes it the hottest topic whether Glory to the Dead will attend the Grammy Awards. If under such circumstances, Glory to the Dead still refuses to attend, it would be tantamount to throwing a slap in the face at the Grammys. At the ceremony.
In the face of such enthusiastic pursuit, as the manager of the death of glory, Henry undoubtedly became the focus of attention, which also gave Henry the upper hand in the arduous negotiation with EMI Records again. Therefore, Henry is better than Rick. Said that his childhood was much more relaxed and freehand.
So, is Glory to the Dead actually going to the Grammys?