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The Album of the Year Surprise
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
LOS ANGELES - Just in case you were wondering, Herbie Hancock was surprised as well that he beat out the night’s big winner, Amy Winehouse, and Kanye West for album of the year.
“It’s immeasurable how surprised I am,” he conceded backstage. “I didn’t even hear my name…and then I heard the word ‘River’. ”
“It’s a wonderful, amazing album by an amazing artist,” added Neil Portnow, presidenty of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which puts on the Grammys.
“Herbie Hancock’s a better musician than all of us put together,” added country’s Vince Gill.
High praise for an artist who later admitted he had not heard Gill’s “These Days,” also a contender for the album of the year.
As to what went into the big shocker of the night, Hancock said he simply “wanted to make a record with music that was pretty. That was the original idea…to make something that aspired to be beautiful.”
Do you think he succeeded? Have you heard “River”? Was it your pick for the best album of the year?
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By Chris
February 11, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this
My thoughts as I watched the Grammys were “HERBIE HANCOCK?!?!?!?!?” Nothing against him, but I never saw it coming, and I figure millions of viewers didn’t either. I felt secure as the night went on that Amy Winehouse would go six for six. It seems like the Grammys are always good for at least one head-scratching surprise, and they saved the weirdest for last.