Filling a god shaped hole

It’s Grammy time, and Twincities.com’s pop music writer Jim Walsh predicts tomorrow’s headline, looking back at 2001, and the record that became its soundtrack: You wake up every morning somewhere between Caring Deeply and Totally Giving Up. You like pop music, and you love what U2’s Bono said about it (‘Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it’s not OK, but you can change it’), which is one reason why you hope U2’s anti-rat-race, reality-based opus to optimism, ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind,’ wins some of the eight Grammys it’s nominated for tonight.

2 thoughts on “Filling a god shaped hole

  1. The vibe in the U.S. is some of the old farts and new girls are going to upset our favourite 4-some and leave them with only 2 actual awards. I hope not. Dylan was good in his day, but let’s get real? Steely Dan then Dylan? Can you say out of touch? I like Nelly and kinda like Alicia, but they are likely to join Rickie Lee Jones on the heap of “where are they nows”. keep your fingers crossed they get it right this year.

  2. The vibe in the U.S. is some of the old farts and new girls are going to upset our favourite 4-some and leave them with only 2 actual awards. I hope not. Dylan was good in his day, but let’s get real? Steely Dan then Dylan? Can you say out of touch? I like Nelly and kinda like Alicia, but they are likely to join Rickie Lee Jones on the heap of “where are they nows”. keep your fingers crossed they get it right this year.

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