The 2003 Grammy Nominations
Published December 05, 2003
-Way to go Coldplay! First you impregnate Gwyneth Paltrow, then you're nominated for Record of the Year, all in one week!
-Among those you thought had retired decades ago who are up for Grammys this year: Barbra Streissand, Kenny G, the Eagles, Steve Vai, Earth, Wind, and Fire (!), The Oak Ridge Boys, and Ludwig von Beethoven (nominated for Best Orchestral Performance).
-Judging by the nominees, Evanescence is currently the best rock band in the world ("Bring Me to Life" is a good song, but no, they're not).
-Fountains of Wayne, who probably deserved a Best Album nod, are up for Best New Artist, even though they've been around for about a decade.
-Best Female Rap Solo Performance has three nominees (Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, and Da Brat) who would've been up for the same award had it been given out in 1989; with Latifah also becoming the first Oscar acting nominee up for a rap Grammy.
-Hillary Clinton is up for her second Grammy, once again for the book-on-tape version of her autobiography (she won for "It Takes a Village" in 1995). Her competitors include Bill Maher, Don Cheadle, and Al Franken.
-The Best Comedy Album category includes "Weird Al" Yankovic, David Cross, Garrison Keillor, George Lopez, and Margaret Cho. It omits the best comedy album of the decades, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog's "Come Poop With Me."
-There is a Best Polka Album category, though Weird Al is not nominated. No, I'm not kidding.
- The 2003 Grammy Nominations
- Published: December 05, 2003
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- Writer: Stephen Silver
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Two Against Nature may have been Steely Dan's weakest album to some ("worst" isn't a term I'd ever use), but it was light years better than anything else out the year it won, and that included Eminem. A weak SD album puts most other artists' output these days to shame, anyway. Yes, I liked it a lot, and I love Steely Dan; it's great to have them back, and it's a shame that the Grammys didn't recognize Everything Must Go in 2003.