Robert Plant & Alison Krauss grabbed five Grammys, including the night’s biggest award, Album of the Year for Raising Sand. “In the old days we would have called this selling out, but it’s a good way to spend a Sunday,” Plant said while accepting the show’s final honor. The Led Zeppelin front-man and bluegrass singer also won Record of the Year for “Please Read the Letter” and Best Pop Collaboration for “Rich Woman,” both tracks from Raising Sand.I haven't heard the album, but the live performance, frankly, was a disappointment... the guitar player-cum-producer guy screwed up more than a few chords... and Plant didn’t show off any of the vocal dynamics that he so used to be known for. Plant also thanked Krauss for "...Teaching me how to sing in straight lines rather than all that twirly stuff...". And this used to be the vocalist that even Sebastian Bach (Vocalist: Skid Row) once found hard to cover!
2. Rockn'Roll!:
Dave Grohl (Vocalist: Foo Fighters, Ex-Drummer: Nirvana) wowed the audience by rocking the drums one more time, and this time behind Sir Paul McCartney on a Beatles' Rockn'Roll track “I Saw Her Standing There” that was an absolute delight!
3. Livin' It Large:
The Jo Bros rocked out with Stevie Wonder… and although they aren’t as mature musicians to pull off such a big live set, and one of them did freeze just for a sec, but all was forgiven by the audience who definitely got one of the fun-nest performances of the night.
4. Vivi-La-Pirate?
4. Vivi-La-Pirate?
Legendary guitarist Joe Satriani filed a lawsuit against Coldplay… before their Grammy win for the Best Rock Album (well… arguable, but still respected in their own right) and Song of the Year… with alleged stealing of parts from his song “If I Could Fly”. Apparently, the hook to “Viva” is almost exactly the same as the guitar lick in “If I Could Fly”.
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What's a guitar lick, dude?
A Guitar Lick is an short arrangement of single musical notes, composed by a guitarist...
In layman terms... the tune that the lead guitarist is playing in the song intro or outro and sometimes throughout the song that catches the listener's attention...
Eg: the Strings' track "Anjanay Kyun" starts with a short guitar tune: "tanana nana nana nanana..." and then the vocalist starts the song with the rhythm playing in the back.
P.S. Rhythm = a repeating pattern played on guitar, bass, drums etc throughout the song.
P.P.S: A Hook is the most notice-able part of the song that grabs the attention of the listener and becomes the selling point for the song... among other things, a hook could also be a Lick.
As in... I'm hooked to this song hehe.
I have listened to the album and i am saddened by the fact that Plant went all poppy. Never thought I would see the day.
And his excuse, that Zeppelin's music was driven by youth and should be left at that, is proven wrong by WhiteSnake's vocalist Coverdale's squeeling vocals at this age...
(Who once did an album: "Page-Coverdale" with Jimmy Page and clearly out-did Plant - who wasn't any short of greatness himself)
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