53RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS

Yup, it’s music’s biggest night! If you’ve read my Twitter feed, you must have know Lady Antebellum won three Grammys! The Black Keys won too, as well as Arcade Fire, who blurted “what the hell?” when they won Album of the Year. They were so high that they proceeded to perform another song after their win!

Clockwise from top: Lady Antebellum, Kings Of Leon (without Matthew), The Black Keys, Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga and Muse.

Here are selected winners:

Album of the Year
Arcade Fire, The Suburbs

Record of the Year
Song of the Year
Country Performance by a Duo or Group
Best Country Song
Best Country Album
Lady Antebellum, “Need You Now”

Best Rock Album
Muse, The Resistance

Best Pop Vocal Album
Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster

Female Pop Vocal Performance
Best Short Form Video
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”

Male Pop Vocal Performance
Bruno Mars, “Just the Way You Are”

Best Alternative Album
Best Recording Package
the Black Keys, Brothers

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group
the Black Keys, “Tighten Up”

2010: KJ’S REPEAT MODE

Yup, it’s nearing the end of the year!

Personally, I think the last days of December goes by the fastest. First it’s Christmas, then it’s New Year’s Eve! This year has been good, I think. First half is me mugging, second half is me enjoying life. And which year can be complete without music?

If I remember correctly, I listened to a lot of Lady Antebellum and Cheryl Cole during my exam period. I have this strange idea that if I listened to it while revising, and if I played it (in my mind) during the exam, it might help me recall whatever I’ve revised. But I’m not sure if it really works cos I only “play” songs to calm my nerves.

“Anything that’s worth having, is sure enough worth fighting for. Quitting’s out of the question, when it gets tough gotta fight some more.”
– Fight For This Love, Cheryl Cole

Sure, Cheryl Cole was singing about love but it sure served as motivation for me.

Here’s some tracks from the above albums that I adore:

1. Lady Antebellum – I Run To You
2. Muse – Resistance
3. Taylor Swift – Speak Now / Sparks Fly / The Story Of Us
4. Brandon Flowers – Crossfire / Only The Young / Jilted Lovers & Broken Hearts / Swallow It
5. Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love / Parachute
6. LeAnn Rimes – Can’t Fight The Moonlight / The Right Kind Of Wrong + INXS – Need You Tonight
7. Lady Antebellum – Need You Now / Something ‘Bout A Woman / Love This Pain / Our Kind Of Love
8. The Script – Science & Faith / For The First Time / Dead Man Walking
9. Maroon 5 – Misery / Never Gonna Leave This Bed / Runaway / How
10. The Black Keys – Chop And Change
11. Lady GaGa – Alejandro / Monster / Telephone
12. Adam Lambert – Whataya Want From Me?
13. Kings Of Leon – No Money / Pyro / Mary
14. The Black Keys – Tighten Up / Everlasting Light / She’s Long Gone
15. The Script – The Man Who Can’t Be Moved / Breakeven / Before The Worst

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

1. OMD – If You Leave
2. Stephen Duffy – She Loves Me
3. Kenny Loggins – Footloose
4. Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes
5. The Pretty Reckless – Make Me Wanna Die
6. Landon Pigg featuring Turbo Fruits – High Times
7. Daft Punk – Derezzed
8. Chairlift – Bruises
9. Snow Patrol – Just Say Yes
10. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes – Home /40 Day Dream
11. Eminem featuring Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie
12. Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris – Break Your Heart (remix)
13. B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams – Airplanes
14. Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
15. Melee – On The Movie Screen / The Masquerade
16. Carrie Underwood – Cowboy Casanova
17. Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas – Wouldn’t Change A Thing
18. Timbaland featuring Justin Timberlake – Carry Out
19. Justin Bieber – One Time / Baby
20. Tokio Hotel – Automatic

2011 GRAMMY NOMINEES

HELLO? THE 2011 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS ARE OUT!

CBS: 2011 Grammy Nominees

Here’s some selected categories:

RECORD OF THE YEAR
NOTHIN’ ON YOU – B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE – Eminem Featuring Rihanna
F*** YOU – Cee Lo Green
EMPIRE STATE OF MIND – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
NEED YOU NOW – Lady Antebellum

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
THE SUBURBS – Arcade Fire
RECOVERY – Eminem
NEED YOU NOW – Lady Antebellum
THE FAME MONSTER – Lady Gaga
TEENAGE DREAM – Katy Perry

SONG OF THE YEAR
BEG STEAL OR BORROW – Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)
F*** YOU – Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)
THE HOUSE THAT BUILT ME – Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE – Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Rihanna)
NEED YOU NOW – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
KING OF ANYTHING – Sara Bareilles
HALO (LIVE) – Beyoncé
CHASING PIRATES – Norah Jones
BAD ROMANCE – Lady Gaga
TEENAGE DREAM – Katy Perry

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
HAVEN’T MET YOU YET – Michael Bublé
THIS IS IT – Michael Jackson
WHATAYA WANT FROM ME – Adam Lambert
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE – Bruno Mars
HALF OF MY HEART – John Mayer

BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’ (REGIONALS VERSION) – Glee Cast
MISERY – Maroon 5
THE ONLY EXCEPTION – Paramore
BABYFATHER – Sade
HEY, SOUL SISTER (LIVE) – Train

BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
AIRPLANES, PART II – B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
IMAGINE – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
IF IT WASN’T FOR BAD – Elton John & Leon Russell
TELEPHONE – Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
CALIFORNIA GURLS – Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
READY TO START – Arcade Fire
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU – Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
TIGHTEN UP – The Black Keys
RADIOACTIVE – Kings Of Leon
RESISTANCE – Muse

BEST ROCK SONG
ANGRY WORLD – Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
LITTLE LION MAN – Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
RADIOACTIVE – Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
RESISTANCE – Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
TIGHTEN UP – Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)

BEST ROCK ALBUM
EMOTION & COMMOTION – Jeff Beck
THE RESISTANCE – Muse
BACKSPACER – Pearl Jam
MOJO – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
LE NOISE – Neil Young

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
THE SUBURBS – Arcade Fire
INFINITE ARMS – Band Of Horses
BROTHERS – The Black Keys
BROKEN BELLS – Broken Bells
CONTRA – Vampire Weekend

BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
FREE – Zac Brown Band
ELIZABETH – Dailey & Vincent
NEED YOU NOW – Lady Antebellum
LITTLE WHITE CHURCH – Little Big Town
WHERE RAINBOWS NEVER DIE – The SteelDrivers

MUSE – NEUTRON STAR COLLISION (LOVE IS FOREVER)

For those not in the know, The Twilight Sage: Eclipse opens in Singapore on 1st July 2010! I have a strong feeling it will be better than New Moon!

Here’s the fantastic song by Muse for the soundtrack:

(My favourite line is right at the beginning of the song…)
I was searching
You were on a mission
Then our hearts combined like a neutron star collision

I had nothing left to lose
You took your time to choose
Then we told each other with no trace of fear that

Our love would be forever
And if we died, we died together
And I, I said never
Cause our love would be forever

The world is broken
And halo’s fail to glisten
We tried to make a difference but
No one wants to listen
Hail, the preachers fake and proud
Their doctrines will be cloud
Then they’ll dissipate
Like snowflakes in an ocean

Love is forever
And if we’ll died, we’ll died together
And I, I said never
Cause our love would be forever

Now, I’ve got nothing left to lose
You take your time to choose
I can tell you now without a trace of fear
That my love will be forever
And we’ll die, we’ll die together
And I, I will never
Cause our love will be forever