Ten songs nominated for a Grammy this year that did not win:
- You Can Close Your Eyes
Sheryl Crow
Track from: Sheryl Crow Artist's Choice Deluxe Edition
[Hear Music/Universal Music] (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
- Route 66
John Mayer
Track from: Cars — Soundtrack (Various Artists)
[Disney] (Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance)
- Everyday (Family Reunion)
Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams & Carl Thomas
Track from: Madea's Family Reunion — Music From The Motion Picture
[Motown Records] (Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals)
- My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count)
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Elvis Costello With The Metropole Orkest)
Track from: My Flame Burns Blue
[Deutsche Grammophon] (Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s))
- Get Together
Madonna
Madonna & Stuart Price, producers; Mark "Spike" Stent, mixer
Track from: Confessions On A Dance Floor
[Warner Bros.] (Best Dance Recording)
- Grillz
Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp
Track from: Sweatsuit
[Universal Records] (Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group )
- Mountain Of God
Brown Bannister & Mac Powell, songwriters (Third Day)
Track from: Wherever You Are
[Essential Records; Publishers: Vandura 2500 Songs, New Spring (Zomba), Banistuci Music.] (Best Gospel Song)
- There's Nothing Like A Show On Broadway (From The Producers)
Mel Brooks, songwriter (Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick)
[Sony Classical; Publisher: Mel Brooks Music.] (Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media)
- Deja Vu (Freemasons Club Mix - No Rap)
Russell Small & James Wiltshire, remixers (Beyoncé)
[Columbia/Sony Urban Music] (Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical)
- Black Sweat
Prince
Track from: 3121
[Universal Records] (Best Male R&B Vocal Performance)
I didn't watch the Grammys, because, well, because it was the Grammys. There were only two awards I was particularly interested in: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, which I was hoping would be won by Sheryl Crow but was actually won by Christina Aguilera for a song that I had never heard before typing this sentence; and Best Short Form Music Video, which was won by the video I hoped would win, OK Go's Here It Goes Again, which I love on many levels. And I've seen enough Grammy ceremonies to know they're usually not worth the time it takes to watch them. I understand the Shakira performance was a sight to behold, but it'll show up on the YouTube before too long, I'm sure. (The Police reunion is already there. Sting has lost confidence in his upper register, I see.)
I see that 
rustydog has declared this to be Music Monday, and who am I to ignore her declarations? So here's the aforementioned Sheryl Crow - You Can Close Your Eyes (MP3, 2.1 Mb). Enjoy.
