Natalie Maines Is My Hero

Seriously. And the Dixie Chicks are truly one of the best bands in music today. I'm so glad we have them in this world. Why didn't you guys (er, the Americans who had access to it - stupid Weinstein brothers!) go see Shut Up & Sing? I know it shouldn't surprise me that a movie such as An Inconvenient Truth, what with it's sledgehammer subtlety and oh-so-hip social message, should become the left winger's flag waving token (some people wear it as a badge that they saw that movie and act as if they're actually changing the world), and then something like Shut Up & Sing gets pushed aside, which is just as politically and socially important. Someone should rerelease it now that the Chicks have all this attention. That way people can go see it and realise that Natalie Maines should be worshipped (cause, ya know, she's also a kickarse singer and she's married to the flying politician on Heroes).

Natalie, You're my hero. Bless ya! I think I'm gonna purchase Shut Up & Sing on DVD from America considering the only country outside of America that even has a tentative release date is The Netherlands. Ugh.

Here's some more Dixie Chick/Grammy clips for your viewing pleasure. DIXIE CHICKS FOREVER!


Who is that next to Seal? And that weird stage-in-the-audience thing reminds me of the Oscars when they made people accept their award in the aisles.


Owen Wilson? Huh? HA-HA. I love you Natalie.


What's Quentin Tarantino doing with Tony Bennett? LOL. These presenters are so bizarre. Tony's all class though.


And this clip continues to beg the question... why was Scarlett Johansson even at the Grammys let alone presenting the biggest award of the night? And why can't she stand closer to the mic? Crazy. Is she really recording an album? I don't get why all these people were presenting awards.

Congratulations Dixie Chicks! (and some others too)

The Grammys haven't aired here yet, but I'm going to make an effort to watch them when they do because, omg, The Dixie Chicks kicked arse! Way to go girls! Love them. As you may recall, Taking the Long Way was my #2 Album of 2006 (beaten only by Robbie Williams' Rudebox). So glad that the Chicks won Album, Song and Record of the year (the rare trifecta), the latter two for "Not Ready to Make Nice" (my #5 Song of 2006). It was also totally excellent to read that Wolfmother won Best Hard Rock Performance (Single) for the ace "Woman" ("She's a woman / You know what I mean?"). If you like rock music GET THAT ALBUM NOW! And also Madonna won Best Dance Recording (Album) for Confessions on a Dance Floor.

Can someone release Shut Up & Sing down here please?! It's not like they're not popular here. They're quite popular, actually.

In a movie-themed segway, T-Bone Burnett's soundtrack to Walk the Line won for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media beating Brokeback Mountain, Little Miss Sunshine, Cars and the second volume of Grey's Anatomy.

John Williams' Memoirs of a Geisha score beat Harry Gregson-William for Narnia, Hans Zimmer for The DaVinci Code AND Pirates of the Caribbean 2 as well as Williams himself for Munich (the much much better score, I might add).

"Our Town" by Randy Newman and performed by James Taylor won Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media from the film Cars. It's nominated for the Oscar against the Grammy-nominated "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth and three songs from Dreamgirls (which wasn't released in the eligibility period). At the Grammy's they fought against Imogen Heap's Narnia track "Can't Take It In", "There's Nothing Like a Show On Broadway" by Mel Brooks from The Producers and the 2006 Oscar nominee "Travelin' Thru" by Dolly Parton, from Transamerica.

While John Williams' Memoirs score won, the Best Instrumental Composition went to Williams for "A Prayer for Peace" from the, as I said, much better Munich score. The only other film nominated in that category was Williams' Memoirs track "Sayuri's Theme and End Credits".

For you theatrically minded people, the cast recording of Jersey Boys won (surprise, surprise) for Best Musical Show Album beating the cast recordings of The Color Purple, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Pajama Game and Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

I choose to ignore the fact that "My Humps" (one of the worst songs ever created) won a Grammy. I just ignore it. See! *ignores*

I knew the Grammy's winners roster were too good to be true.