WTF?...Spamalot grabs Grammy...

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 6:55pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/97841.html

This is making me so mad...

Updated On: 2/8/06 at 06:55 PM

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 6:59pm

I officially despise this show! WTF, are people really that dumb. It should have gone to Piazza.

[Attendthetale331]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:03pm

I think that Spamalot was certainly not the best musical CD. I would say it should have been Piazza or Spelling Bee

[CapnHook]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:07pm

SPELLING BEE should have taken it. Grrr

[BSoBW3]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:07pm

Not surprising.

Look how well it sold!

(But I agree, it doesn't deserve any recognition.)

[XOsweet_dancerOX]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:08pm

it definelty did not deserve it. Even Spelling Bee had a better chance. Piazza should have recieved it.

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:09pm

Nice spoiler.

But remember, the Grammy is for best recording...not best show. There are technical aspects to be taken into account here as well as artistic ones. While I greatly prefer Piazza to Spamalot as a show, I have to admit that the Spamalot recording does sound terrific.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:10pm

More reason for me NOT to go see Spamalot. It's bad enough that it won best musical.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:12pm

Jeez. I thought Ghostlight/ Sh-k-Boom were gonna have their grammy!

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:16pm

Nice spoiler.

How is it a spoiler? Only 11 of the 108 awards are given out during the telecast, and the rest (including this one) are given out during a separate ceremony beforehand.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:16pm

Grrr.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:17pm

Oh Dottie, why would you ever miss out on seeing this? I had to take the opportunity....except it was so that I could fully back up my claims when I told everyone it did NOT deserve the Tony. I saw all the musicals nominated last season, but I had to see Spamalot so I could say it should have lost and the back-up I needed was to see it.

[zippyjen]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:21pm

i agree with emcee- grrr.

[MusicAndPassion]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:24pm

I believe a huge percentage of the reason a cast album wins is due to sales. It sold an incredible amount.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:26pm

I know what you're saying C, but I really have no desire to see Spamalot. Then again, I'm a bitter queen (according to someone on this board), so what do I know?

[Amber_C2003]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:28pm

Grrr...

I too was expecting a Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight win

[CJR]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:28pm

Apparently, Im the only one happy about this......

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:35pm

Although I loved Hair, Spamalot's win is well deserved.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:37pm

Hmm Dottie, you are like the 3rd person I heard called a bitter queen on this board in probably the past month...Actually was that on a wicked post? I believe I may have been there for that one.
Anyway, if this award is for anything then Spamalot deserved it for seeling a lot of albums. It may help us get some more in the future so although its Spamalot, its a fast selling album! Lets value it this time for something

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:53pm

Actually, C, you were called one too in the same thread as I was (hint, see Chita Men at Splash from last night).

Updated On: 2/8/06 at 07:53 PM

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 7:56pm

Nah CJR, I'm glad it won too. =) I happen to love the music from this show, and the show itself.

[Ladyofthe Lake]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 8:00pm

Apparently, Im the only one happy about this......

Nope, CJR, you're not...just one of the few who's brave enough to admit it.

I didn't see Piazza, or hear the OCR for it (or the Hair album), so I'm not in a position to judge on those. But I saw Spamalot, Spelling Bee and DRS. I own the OCRs for Spamalot and DRS. I've played DRS once or twice, but have lost count of the number of times I've played Spamalot. I'm not about to get into a fruitless argument with anyone about its merits...I'll just say that I enjoy the hell out of it. {shrug}

[C is for Company]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 8:37pm

Omg Dottie, lmao I didn't even see that or was counting it before in my tally of times I've heard that one before this month. Edge probably only had a problem with us because we only thought it a tiny bit distasteful having her group of dancers shoving their asses in peoples face to sell tickets to an already sadly dying show.....bitter old queen? Oh well, I guess theres a first time for everything...even though I'm 17 and although I have never been on broadway, I know what its like to receive applause from an audience when performing. And I don't go around in Chita thongs.

[Feathah]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 8:41pm

Sh-K-Boom was robbed!

[Composer9]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 8:47pm

D@MN IT! Piazza is a far superior recording in my opinion...I really thought that it was going to be Piazza just like when Passion took it in '94...DEpressing...