8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 26, 1997 Cheese or creativity? Do tell, Grammy By Shannon O'Neill For the Daily The 1997 Grammy's: the glitz, the glamour, the schmaltz. So, who will stand at the podium this year, amid the sea of black suits and slicked-back hair of industry bigwigs, and thank mom and god and the muses for such an honor? Will Beck's "Odelay" triumph over the cheesy craftsmanship of Celine Dion's "Falling Into You?" Is this the year that the zany kid in the back of the music industry classroom overthrows the popular and perfectly coifed crowd in the front row? One can dream. In a year of rock-critic-fave nominees like Beck, Smashing Pumpkins, Fugees, R.E.M. and Tracy Chapman, the Grammy voters may have finally acknowledged creativity and talent over big money sales. Of course, the traditional fare, the "safe choice," is still alive and kicking. Whitney Houston, Babyface and Celine Dion will no doubt make a sweep. The song remains the same. Sheryl Crow's "Sheryl Crow," for best rock album? Of course the field itself is::. pretty limited. The low key Dave Matthews Band and the typical nods to Gr Bonnie Raitt and Neil Young with Crazy Horse is as rockin' as this category gets. Could you really see Gwen Stefani of No Doubt bounding up to the stage in full Tigger mode to accept a Grammy? It is still a mystery that No Doubt and Neil Young are considered to be in the same musi- cal stratosphere. Some more surprises: The Journey nomination for best pop performance and Hillary Rodham Clinton for best spoken- word album. Bruce Springsteen has made a leap into Contemporary Folk this year, perhaps only to squelch the p I m aR ,a Man of the year, Beck. chances of newcomer Gillian Welch. Proof positive that the old dinosaurs need to move on to new pastures. Beware children, you are now entering Grammy Land, where half the nominees are over- hyped and over-played candy for -the SE V I E W ears, and the other half are obscure cat- The 1997 egory fillers. Will the dark horse -ide mmy Awards into New York's Madison Sciiare Garden this year? Has "alternative" Tonight at 8 finally risen to the top? Have the me in suits finally seen the light? If the stars are aligned right, Billy Corgan and Beck may be shoving gold trophies into their polyester pantsuit pockets. Garbage's Shirley Manson might kick the sunshine out of cutesy Jewel for Best New Artist, and Mary J. Blige could out-soul the R&B cheese fluff -of Whitney Houston. Or, it could be another year of the super- bland ballad rising to the top. A word to the wise as the pres- sures rise: Remember Milli Vanilli. 1997 Grammy Nominees Record of the Year "Give Me One Reason," Tracy Chapman; "Change the World," Eric Clapton; "Because You Loved Me," Celine Dion; "Ironic," Alanis Morissette; "1979," The Smashing Pumpkins Album of the Year "Odelay," Beck; "Falling Into You," Celine Dion; "The Score," Fugees; "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," the Smashing Pumpkins; "Waiting to Exhale" (Soundtrack), Various Artists . Song of the Year "Because You Loved Me." Diane Warren, songwriter; "Blue," Bill Mack; "Change the World," Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick and Tommy Sims; "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)," Babyface; "Give Me One Reason," Tracy Chapman Best New Artist Garbage; Jewel; No Doubt; The Tony Rich Project; LeAnn Rimes Best Pop Performance, Duo or Group with Vocal "Free as a Bird," the Beatles; "As Long as it Matters," Gin Blossoms; "When You Love a Woman," Journey; "Fire on the Mountain," Neville Brothers; "Peaches," Presidents of the United States of America; "When You Wish Upon a Star," Take 6 Best Rock Album "Sheryl Crow," Sheryl Crow; "Crash," Dave Matthews Band; "Tragic Kingdom," No Doubt; "Road Tested," Bonnie Raitt; "Broken Arrow," Neil Young with Crazy Horse Best Alternative Music Performance "Boys for Pele," Tori Amos; "Odelay," Beck; "The Burdens of Being Upright," Tracy Bonham; "New Adventures in Hi-Fi," R.E.M.; "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," the Smashing Pumpkins I 11 Best Rap Album "Gangsta's Paradise," Coolio; "The Score," Fugees; "Mr. Smith," LL Cool J; "Beats, Rhymes and Life," A Tribe Called Quest; "All Eyez on Me," 2 Pac Best Female R&B Vocal Performance "Not Gon' Cry," Mary J. Blige; "Sittin' Up in My Room," Brandy; "You're Makin' Me High," Toni Braxton; "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)," Whitney Houston; "You Put a Move on My Heart," Tamia Best Country Album "Borderline," Brooks & Dunn; "High Lonesome Sound," Vince Gill; "The Trouble With the Truth," Patty Loveless; "The Road to Ensenada," Lyle Lovett; "Everybody Knows," Trisha Yearwood; "Gone," Dwight Yoakam Best Contemporary Folk Album "Yonder," Jerry Douglas and Peter Rowan; "Braver New World," Jimmie Dale Gilmore; "The Ghost of Tom Joad," Bruce Springsteen; "You, me, us?," Richard Thompson; "Revival," Gillian Welch Best Spoken Word or Non Musical Album "It Takes a Village," Hillary Rodham Clinton; "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Garrison Keillor; "Charles Kuralt's America," Charles Kuralt; "Grow Old Along With Me The Best Is Yet to Be," Edward Asner, Ellen Burstyn, CCH Pounder, and Alfre Woodard; "Harry S. Truman: A Journey to Independence," Lauren Bacall, Martin Landau, Jack Lemmon, and Gregory Peck 11 No Doubt Real-time audio hits the Internetr New product makes online music more accessible By Mark St. John For the Daily Already the Internet has seen tremendous growth in the past few years. More and more within the past few years, new multimedia products have been intro- duced to interact with the World R. Wide Web. Re Many pages now contain audio By) clips and music in Av the form of digital os sound files. However, these files are often very large, even for only a few minutes of sound. Downloading such files can take a long time, especially when using a modem connection. A new product from Progressive Networks, called Real Audionet, .E a Prc ailat >an http://www.audionet.com. Audionet offers a large number of recorded compact discs from more than 30 categories, including alternative, hard-core, rap and country. Although a few of the CDs are V I E W from popular i Audio 3.0 groups such as Tool and Gravity ogressive Networks Kills, most are ble for Windows, Mac from unknown or nd some Unix systems less popular bands. Broadcasts from radio stations throughout the country that play all types of music can also be heard. Sports fans will appreciate all of the live coverage of collegiate, profession- al and even high school sports that are not broadcast on Ann Arbor radio sta- located cast radio playlists. However, it does offer Indie Rock, a category for new and unsigned rock bands. A music site called Imusic offers music news, tour information, an o line store and even 'more Real Aud music-related options. Imusic offers a modern-rock chan- nel, a classic-modern-rock channel and a club-music channel. Beside providing a large amount of music in these categories, all of the Imusic channels have links that can benefit users who have a high-speed Internet connection. 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