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I would be surprised if "Let It Go" wasn't nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media but anything more than that would be surprising to me. Were people really expecting it to break into the General field categories?
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
It is much more popular than the BEAUTY & THE BEAST duet by Celine/Bryson. So, yes, I was expecting it the break into the General Field. That duet, was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo.
It's Disney, folks. The Grammy's are unlikely to embrace a Disney phenom, except via the backdoor.
They have in the past. Including many "backdoor" Grammy wins.
1994 Song of the Year Alan Menken (music by) Tim Rice (lyrics by) Peabo Bryson (performed by) Regina Belle (performed by) For the song "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)".
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Peabo Bryson Regina Belle For the song "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)".
1995 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Elton John For the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Right. But there are several other Disney wins for Best song written specifically for a movie or television. The pop "versions" of the film songs go into the pop category.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
"Let It Go" is also very easily quarantined into a musical-theatre box which those Elton recordings weren't. They were written and recorded by an adored pop star with a decades-long career and a history of Grammys. And they weren't the actual vocal tracks from the musical but the re-recorded pop ballads. And that tradition includes the pop/R&B cover of "A Whole New World" that won, as well as "Somewhere Out There" which won Song of the Year in the 80s from AN AMERICAN TAIL.
These are similar, but not analogous. If Beyoncé covered "Let It Go" on the FROZEN soundtrack and that had radio play, that would be nominated in the General field categories.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.