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格莱美奖颁出提名者各得其所 Grammy chose the right winners this year

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北京时间2月9日上午，第51届格莱美音乐奖在洛杉矶落下帷幕。现场星光熠熠，乐坛精英聚首一堂，百余个奖项颁出。摇滚与乡村音乐的跨界组合罗伯特•普兰特和阿丽森•克劳斯获得了含金量最重的最佳制作和最佳专辑奖，还包揽了最佳流行合唱和乡村合唱奖，这对跨国组合的5项提名中全部命中，成为本届格莱美奖最大的赢家。年仅20岁的阿黛尔打败了美国本土万人迷乔纳森兄弟，获得了本年度的“最佳新人”。获提名最多的Hip-Hop歌手李尔•韦恩在综合类大奖中一无所获，只在说唱类奖项中拿到了4项大奖，而提名数仅次于李尔•韦恩的酷玩乐队最终捧得了包括“年度最佳单曲”在内的3项大奖。

Robert Plant (left) and Alison Krauss hold their album of the year and best pop collaboration¹ with vocals³ awards backstage at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on February 8.

In the end, Grammy voters came to their senses.

While they zigged in a commercial direction, towards Lil' Wayne, in their nominations⁴, they zagged back to the creativity of Alison Krauss and Robert Plant for the final, top prizes.

True, the starry⁵ pair's album, "Raising Sand," might not have been a career-defining work - for either of them.

But it had daring and a fine mood on its side. Before they twinned their voices for these rare songs, few listeners would have imagined bluegrass chanteuse Krauss and post-Zeppelin yowler Plant in the same city, let alone in the same studio. Yet they found a bracing⁶ mean in their mutual⁷ love of spooky folk.

Going back to such Zep songs as 1971's "Gallow's Pole," Plant showed a keen interest in acoustic⁸ roots music.

Obviously, Krauss has long worked her way around that territory.

Never, though, had she mined the particular, spectral⁹ sound the two forged together, with key help from longtime Americana producer T-Bone Burnette. If "Raising Sand," and its shadowy songs, fully¹⁰ deserved to steal the headlines at last night's show, the precise categories it snagged weren't always on point.

The album cut "Please Read the Letter" won for Record of the Year (a prize awarded for the sound and production of the piece), while Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" took the trinket for Song of the Year (a prize keyed to the composition).

It should have been reversed. "Letter" has greater strength as a piece of songwriting, "Vida" more power as a shimmering¹¹ production. Voters did themselves proud, however, in their choice of Best New Artist.

The pleading vocals of Adele mine more emotion than any of the other candidates, with the possible exception of roiling¹² R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan. Certainly, the one-named British star deserved the nod over the country slickness of Lady Antebellum, the retro-fitted pop of Duffy, and the teen dream goofiness of the Jonas Brothers.

Adele's song "Chasing Pavements" also richly deserved its place in the Best Female Pop Vocal² slot. Another gratifying moment came with the Best Hard Rock Performance nod going to The Mars Volta.

They're guitar-oriented music's most forward thinking band. Satisfying as well was Kings of Leon nabbing the gold in one of the wordiest categories: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

You could quibble that the Kings' album actually rated as last year's best. But that's a minor¹³ carp.

Considering the goofy list of nominations this year (with particular head-scratchers crowding the Song of the Year slot), it looks like, once again, the Grammys dodged¹⁴ their own bullet.

List of key Grammy Award winners

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Please Read The Letter - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

SONG OF THE YEAR

Viva La Vida - Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)

BEST NEW ARTIST

Adele

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Chasing Pavements - Adele

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Say - John Mayer

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

Rockferry - Duffy

BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Gravity - John Mayer

BEST ROCK ALBUM

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - Coldplay

BEST ROCK SONG

Girls In Their Summer Clothes - Bruce Springsteen

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

In Rainbows - Radiohead

R&B ALBUM

Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson

BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM

Growing Pains - Mary J. Blige

BEST RAP ALBUM

Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Troubadour - George Strait

BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM

Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny - James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Woerle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra)

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL

David Frost

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

Rick Rubin

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1 collaboration
n.合作，协作；勾结
参考例句：
The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。 He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

2 vocal
adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目
参考例句：
The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。 Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

3 vocals
（乐曲中的）歌唱部份，声乐部份( vocal的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Also look out for soaring vocals on The Right Man. 另外，也可留意一下《意中人》中的那高亢的唱腔。 Lazy bass line, lazier drums, lush violins, great piano and incomparable vocals. 懒惰的低音线，较懒惰的鼓，饮小提琴，棒的钢琴和无比的声音。

4 nominations
n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。来自《简明英汉词典》 Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。来自辞典例句

5 starry
adj.星光照耀的, 闪亮的
参考例句：
He looked at the starry heavens.他瞧着布满星星的天空。 I like the starry winter sky.我喜欢这满天星斗的冬夜。

6 bracing
adj.令人振奋的
参考例句：
The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。 The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。

7 mutual
adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的
参考例句：
We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。 Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

8 acoustic
adj.听觉的，声音的；(乐器)原声的
参考例句：
The hall has a fine acoustic.这个大厅的传音效果很好。 Animals use a whole rang of acoustic, visual,and chemical signals in their systems of communication.动物利用各种各样的听觉、视觉和化学信号来进行交流。

9 spectral
adj.幽灵的，鬼魂的
参考例句：
At times he seems rather ordinary.At other times ethereal,perhaps even spectral.有时他好像很正常，有时又难以捉摸，甚至像个幽灵。 She is compelling,spectral fascinating,an unforgettably unique performer.她极具吸引力，清幽如鬼魅，令人着迷，令人难忘，是个独具特色的演员。

10 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

11 shimmering
v.闪闪发光，发微光( shimmer的现在分词 )
参考例句：
The sea was shimmering in the sunlight. 阳光下海水波光闪烁。 The colours are delicate and shimmering. 这些颜色柔和且闪烁微光。来自辞典例句

12 roiling
v.搅混（液体）( roil的现在分词 )；使烦恼；使不安；使生气
参考例句：
Now, all that could be seen was the roiling, lead--coloured sea, with its thunderously heaving waves. 狂风挟着暴雨如同弥漫大雾，排挞呼号，在海上恣意奔驶。来自汉英文学 - 现代散文 Rather, it is a roiling, seething cauldron of evanescent particles. 相反，它是一个不断翻滚、剧烈沸腾的大锅，内有逐渐消失的粒子。来自互联网

13 minor
adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修
参考例句：
The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。 I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

14 dodged
v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 )；回避
参考例句：
He dodged cleverly when she threw her sabot at him. 她用木底鞋砸向他时，他机敏地闪开了。来自《简明英汉词典》 He dodged the book that I threw at him. 他躲开了我扔向他的书。来自《简明英汉词典》

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