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On the other side of the coin, you can have situations like in 1989 when Jethro Tull beat Metallica for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance at the Grammy's.
by bio_end_io_t 4y ago
On the other side of the coin, you can have situations like in 1989 when Jethro Tull beat Metallica for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance at the Grammy's.
- kevinventullo 4y agoOr when Macklemore beat… basically anyone else that was nominated. But I’m not sure the Grammy’s represent critical consensus?
- ratww 4y agoThat’s not critics, though. Grammy voters are people who work in the music industry. To qualify you even need creative or technical credits. I bet that critics in 1989 overwhelmingly preferred Metallica’s album to Jethro Tull’s, which at this point was kind of a has-been.
- ascagnel_ 4y agoThe Grammys have notoriously been considered out-of-touch for some time, even when you compare them to the other big awards shows (Tonys, Emmys, Oscars).