re: Jersey Boys, Sweeney Nominated for Grammy

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:02pm

As per Grammy.com:

Best Musical Show Album
(Award to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51% or more of a new score. (Artist, Lyricist & Composer names appear in parenthesis.))

The Color Purple
Jay David Saks, producer; Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast With LaChanze, Elisabeth Withers-Mendes & Others)
[Angel Records]


The Drowsy Chaperone
Kurt Deutsch, Joel Moss & Phil Reno, producers; Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast With Bob Martin, Sutton Foster, Beth Leavel & Others)
[Ghostlight]


Jersey Boys
Bob Gaudio, producer (Bob Gaudio, composer; Bob Crewe, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, John Lloyd Young & Others)
[Rhino]


The Pajama Game
Harry Connick, Jr. & Tracey Freeman, producers (Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast With Harry Connick, Jr., Kelli O'Hara & Others)
[Columbia]


Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Krasker, producer (Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist) (Broadway Cast With Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris & Others)
[Nonesuch]

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Also Nominated:
There's Nothing Like A Show On Broadway (From The Producers)
Mel Brooks, songwriter (Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick)
[Sony Classical; Publisher: Mel Brooks Music.] - Best Song Written for a motion picture
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Updated On: 12/7/06 at 12:02 PM

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:04pm

Jersey Boys is 51% a new score? News to me.
eta: Nevermind, I get it.

Updated On: 12/7/06 at 12:04 PM

[Pippin]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 1:50pm

Jersey boys is the winner. hands down.

Updated On: 12/7/06 at 01:50 PM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 2:01pm

SWEENEY should be the winner, hands down.
But it will probably go to that rehash JB.
I mean SPAMALOT beat A LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.

[Pippin]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 2:04pm

as is always the case, the they will not vote for the deserving artistic achievement, they will vote for the songs they are familiar with.

[munkustrap178]

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

They vote for whichever show is the "biggest."

JERSEY BOYS will win, hands down.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 2:10pm

That sucks.

Was there a cut-off date?
Was Grey Gardens in the running? Updated On: 12/7/06 at 02:10 PM

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 3:33pm

Nah, I think the Jersey Boys cast album is a well produced album. If it wins, I wouldn't be sad or surprised.

~Steven

[Fosse76]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 3:37pm

It'll go to the Pajama Game. Harry Connick, Jr. is waaay more contemporary than The Four Seasons. I don't believe the Grammy's are nostalgic for the 60s.

[Pippin]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 4:44pm

they were when Smokey Joe's won.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 4:51pm

CPD, you really think SWEENEY's recording is the best? I think the recording is the weakest. The music may be best, but the recording doesn't come off very well. I'm guessing the award will go to JERSEY BOYS or THE COLOR PURPLE.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 5:59pm

JERSEY BOYS will most likely win, I think
I would like SWEENEY TODD or COLOR PURPLE too, but I doubt either of them would win

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 8:35pm

Jersey Boys should win

[lucydee]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 8:41pm

Jersey Boys wins for sure!

[Lori2]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 8:55pm

Jersey Boys definitely!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 12:47am

Well i like Art not schlock.
I bet the JB'S cd is produced quite well
But i would sure rather listen to a Four Seasons Album anyday.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 1:21am

Well the award is for Best Album, not Best Score.

[JB Fan]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 9:15am

CurtainPullDowner wrote:

"Well i like Art not schlock."

Well then, what's the problem with Jersey Boys? It is art. And as for Schlock...that's what I thought "The Drowsy Chaperone" 's score was.

BTW, The Drowsy Chaperone's score is not what made it good.
I laughed all through Chaperone...but I hated the score.

And if you mean Sweeney, again, the beauty of Sweeney was not this version of that score.

The real art here, in terms of a recorded album was what they did with the 4 Seasons songs. It's not like Beatlemania, it's its own thing. And I think John Lloyd Young and company sound amazing. Nothing beats the show itself, and JLY sounds better now than when he recorded it...

It is also one of the most addictive OCRs...and Beggin sounds better than the original (no disrespect for Frankie Valli)

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 9:44am

ART is different things to different people, that what makes it interesting.
Recreating a 60's sound with modern technology may be your idea of ART, it's not mine.
That's all I mean.
And the original 4 Seasons were the Bomb, the new guys are very talented indeed but they are imitating an existing sound.
Just like Beatlemania, by the way.
I know JB'S will probably win anyway.
Darn.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 11:03am

None of the Four Seasons has won a Grammy. Since this is an award to the producer, they're definitely going to give it to Jersey Boys because Bob Gaudio produced it. It may not be "schlock" and it may not be "art," but neither of those matters when it comes to these things anyway.

~Steven

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 11:46am

JERSEY BOYS will win simply because it's THE hot show. It what all the Grammy voters are hearing about, and it's the show that they all want to see (if they are in the position to see a show.) They will not even listen to the recordings. They will vote for JERSEY BOYS because the Four Seasons are icons and because it's the only musical any of them actually know anything about.

I am willing to bet anything on the fact that JERSEY BOYS will win.

[timote316]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 11:59am

Not only is JB the biggest show of that bunch, its the best cast recording of it. It will, and should, win.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 3:10pm

THE DROWSEY CHAPERONE is every bit as good and a lot more clever.

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 3:23pm

I would like to see The Color Purple win. A year after seeing it and I listen to it more than most of OBCR CD's I own.

[pab]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 3:43pm

Of all the shows nominated, IMHO, "The Color Purple" is the least deserving.