Chapter 1113 1113 Historical Moment

Many times, when history is created, no one can predict it. Often, at the moment when the right time, place and people are right, history is born with the trend, which is not something that can be controlled or changed by human beings. Only when standing in the long river of time and looking back at that moment will you suddenly understand that this is how history was created, and what is even more surprising is that history was actually created by these people—many times, even the group of people who were completely unexpected. people.

That's what happened at the 37th Grammys.

The awards ceremony continued, and the final winners were found for each award. Except for Babyface's strength in the rhythm and blues department, all other departments showed an even trend, and no one was able to complete the domination in their department. In the final awards ceremony, there are only four comprehensive awards left, which will also be the final climax of the whole party.

The Rookie of the Year Award, which was first awarded, continued the fierce competition and complicated pattern of the previous session. The five groups of newcomers nominated this year are Cher-Crow, Green Day, Ace Base, and Crash. Test. Dummies) and Counting. Crows.

This is reminiscent of last year, when Glory to Death, Blind Melon and Guts, three new metal rock bands were shortlisted for the Best New Artist of the Year competition, but they all lost to rhythm and blues singer Donnie Brighton.

This time, Ace Base is a pop singing group, Cher Crowe is classified under the pop banner, Fool Crash Test and Counting Crows are both new metal rock bands, and Green Day is the representative of new punk - also new metal A part of the rock wave that turned out.

Before the awards ceremony, it was generally believed that Green Day should win the award, which is also an answer that can be perfectly explained from a professional point of view and a strength point of view. But the Grammys finally awarded the Rookie of the Year to Cher Crow, repeating the situation at the previous Grammys.

Whether Cher is a pop category or a rock department, there is still no conclusion, but the Grammys awarded her the Newcomer of the Year Award, which is really intriguing.

Of course, there is no doubt about the excellence of Cher's first album, but... it's just that 1994 should belong to the Green Day band. This time, Green Sun repeated the Cup of Glory to Death.

The subsequent best album of the year award broke out again. After 30 years of debut, Tony. Bennett, who has made countless brilliant achievements and is comparable to Frank Sinatra, actually released a piece of "MTV Unplugged". "The album was an upset win, which really made the audience exclaim.

"MTV Unplugged" is actually a live recording album of that program on MTV. Strictly speaking, this is a type of concert album, not even a regular album, but it is precisely this album that beats the powerful Competitors, won the best album of the year award.

Not that Tony isn't great enough, it's just that there are clearly better albums on the waiting list.

The other four contenders for the Album of the Year award are "The World's Three Tenors in Los Angeles 1994", "From. The. Cradle", "Seal. 1994" and "Seal." Bathe in the morning light".

"The World's Three Tenors Concert in Los Angeles in 1994" Needless to say, Luciano - Pavarotti (Luciano. Pavarotti), Placido - Domingo (Placido. Domingo), Jose - Carre Russ (Jose. Carreras) gold brand, this time they launched a global tour, and the Los Angeles field is undoubtedly one of the most successful, so this is the release of the concert album.

"Infant" is from Eric. Clapton, one of the world's top rock guitarists, who has joined Cream, Blind. Faith ), Derek. And. The. Dominos, etc., is one of the peak figures who first created the rock wave, and his guitar skills have influenced generations of rock bands, which can be called rock music. A legend in history. In this album has the handed down famous song "Tears. In. Heaven", in memory of Eric's four-and-a-half-year-old son who died in an accident.

The album "Seale 1994" is the second album of British rock singer Seale. He is also a pioneer in the new metal rock wave. He combines different styles such as soul, folk, dance music into rock. into a faction. In this album, there is a song that has become an enduring classic, "Kiss. ​​From. A. Rose".

The last is "Bathing in the Morning Light". This album of glory to death is considered to be the band's top work, and it is also a masterpiece of new metal rock that has gone down in history. There are not only ten excellent works in the album, but many songs have appeared successively. The widely circulated classic also includes the classic "Beautiful. Day" in the classics.

It can be said that the competition for the best album of the year is very fierce, and in the end Tony's "MTV Unplugged" won, which is really a huge upset. Or conservative.

However, the unpopularity continues at the Grammys. In the competition for the best single of the year award, the boy-boy group's "I'll Live With You", Bruce Springsteen's "Philadelphia Avenue", Bonnie Ritter (Bonnie Ritter) Raitt's "Love. Sneakin'. Up. On. You", Cher Crowe's "All. I. Wanna. Do", Glory to Death" Have a great day", and the competition is fierce.

Before the awards ceremony, people were most optimistic about the confrontation between the boy-boy group and Glory to the Dead. This seemed to be the hottest confrontation in the second half of 1994. The Glory to Death who had the upper hand and the boy who never got discouraged The men's combination has extended the battlefield to the Grammys, which is really exciting.

But the Grammys disappointed everyone, because Cher, after the best newcomer of the year, once again won the best single of the year award for the song "What I Think", which fell below everyone's glasses and exploded. In addition to being unpopular, he also relied on two comprehensive awards and a Best Pop Female Singer trophy to become the biggest winner tonight.

This is something that no one could have predicted before the awards ceremony, Glory to the Dead, Babyface, Donnie Bryston, Foursome, Boys & Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Green Day ... This series of singers who created countless brilliant lists in 1994 ended up stealing all the limelight by the newcomer Cher, who was born last year, continuing the momentum of Donnie's Grammys last year. This is really... so unexpected.

Now, the only thing left for the 37th Grammy is the Best Production of the Year award, which is also the last suspense, but...people can't hope for more.

The Best Production Award of the Year is usually awarded at the end, because this is the most important Grammy award. Although there are four comprehensive awards, it is different from the general belief that the Best Album of the Year Award will be the most important award. , the best production of the year award is the most competitive.

Not because the production is more important than the album as a whole, but because the production of the year award is the only award in the entire Grammy that is given purely to producers, and it honors the producers behind the scenes, not the singers, who participated Nominees for this award are songwriters and arrangers, not singers.

This award reflects the most essential hard power of the creator itself. From another perspective, whether it is the best newcomer of the year, the best single of the year, or the best album of the year, it is actually produced by the producer behind the scenes. The singer is the performer standing in front of the curtain. Therefore, the best production of the year can be regarded as a comprehensive award, and the competition every year is extremely fierce.

This year's top five finalists are: "What I Want", including Cher Crowe; "Philadelphia Avenue" producer Bruce Springsteen, "Love Tonight" Producers Elton John and Tim Rice (Tim. Rice), "I Swear" producers Gary. Baker and Frank - Mayer (Frank. J. Meyers), "A Beautiful Day" creator Hugo Lancaster.

As you can see from this list, "I Swear" by The Four is a cover, so the Grammy goes to the songwriter, not The Four, or the original singer, John Michael Montgomery. On the other hand, musicians who can sing and compose are always valued. Cher, Bruce, Elton, and Hugo are all creators of their own songs, so they all get more appreciation.

Finally, the movie soundtrack received great attention, "Philadelphia Avenue" from the movie "Philadelphia Story", "Love Tonight" from "The Lion King". Coupled with the "Shape. Of. My. Heart" that has achieved countless successes at the end of the year, we can see the close integration of film and music today. This situation gradually disappeared after entering the 21st century, which is a typical profile of the decline in the quality of North American movies and American music.

Of the five contenders for Best Production of the Year, except for "I Swear", which squeezed out the baby-faced "I'll Be With You" for the award, it was already considered the Little unpopular, the competition of the other four songs can be said to be on a par, especially "Love Tonight" and "Beautiful Day", these two songs are generally considered to be classic masterpieces that can shine throughout the 1990s.

However, the Grammys have had too many surprises tonight, and no one knows what will happen next.

The final presenter, Tony Benneton, tore open the envelope in his hand, glanced at it, then raised his eyebrows in surprise, then smiled and said into the microphone, "The 37th Grammy Awards The winner of the Best Production of the Year award is, 'A Beautiful Day', Hugo Lancaster."

boom! This is how history was born, and no one anticipated the birth of history, and no one wanted to make history, but unlike all envisioned orbits, history was written in this moment: from glory to death shocking stage performance, in grid The Grammys stage set off an unprecedented revolution; to the Grammy debut for grunge by Soundgarden; to Pearl Jam and Soundgarden on the Grammys stage; A trophy!

The revolution of rock and roll has taken the Grammys by storm irresistibly, and even if the Grammys don't want to, they can't stop the pace of history.