39th Annual Grammy Awards by Angela Carlisle The 39th Annual ~ • went to Bruce Springsteen Grammy Awards, live from V for Ghost of Tom Jones Madison Square Garden in (which was performed ear- New York City, were (' lier in the night). That Wednesday February 26th at award was introduced by " 8:00 p.m. hosted by Ellen Pete Seger who also won DeGenerous. Sixteen stel­ an award that night for Best lar performances repre­ Folk Artist of the Year. sented excellence in every Some of the field of recorded music. nights best's to remember The nominees for were Best Rap Solo to LL. Best New Artist were Gar­ Cool J for Hey Lover, and bage, Jewel, No Doubt, The Best Pop Album which, Tony Rich Project, and went to Celine Dion for LeAnn Rimes. The award Falling Into You. The Best went to LeAnn Rimes, the Country Duo or Group first country singer to ever ing Spider Web. Some of Best Rock Album award. was Brooks & Dunn for have the honor to get the the other performances of Smashing Pumpkins won the My Maria. The Best award and also the youngest. the night were Tracy award for Best Hard Rock Metal Performance went Song of the Year was pre­ Chapman, Bruce performance. Past winners to Rage Against the Ma­ sented by Tony Rich and Springsteen, Celiene Dion, have been Pearl Jam and Red chine for Tire Me. And fi­ Gloria Estefan. The award and The Fugees. Hot Chili Peppers. nally, the Best Male Rock went to the producers Up for the Best An award for Best Performance went to Wayne Fitzpatrick, Gordon Rock Female Vocal award Spoken Word or Non Vocal Beck who thanked every­ Kennedy, and Tommy was Joan Osborne, Tracy Al bum went to Hillary one who dug his record. Simms for Change The Chapman, Sheryl Crow, Clinton for It Takes A Vil- There were many World. Tracy Bonham, and Bonnie lage. She gave her special awards given out that night The first per­ Raitt. Decked out in thanks to her husband and at the 39th Annual former of the night was Eric leather, Sheryl Crow ex­ daughter and stated she never Grammy Awards, way to Clapton and Babyface with cepted the award for her thought they gave awards at many to mention. But Change The World. Clapton song If It Makes You the Grammy's to tone deaf congratulations to every­ won the award for the Best Happy, thanking everyone singers. one who won an award or Male Vocal Artist for that she's ever met in her entire The Best Contem- even two or more and also song. The next great per­ life. Crow also won the porary Folk Album award to anyone lucky enough to former was No Doubt sing- be nominated. C.D's cont.from pg. 12 shorn-bald hardcore Sublime is a hyper-fast imi­ and two men), have a fif­ screamer of the Scottish tation of some of the fun­ ties bubble-gum music bands of today that is near band Silverfish, Leslie nier things in life. The sound feel about them while perfection. Rankine, has begun her mu­ of the music verges on The great band of still maintaining a nine­ sical career anew as the si­ reggae, punk, and (uggh) ties edge. Named the late seventies and early ren Ruby. A constant theme ska. It makes you wanna get eighties named Queen has Tuscadero after Joanie that has remained from her out of your seat and jump Cunningham of Happy offered such great songs transformation into Ruby is around wildly while still like "Bohemian Rhap­ Days' teen idol, Pinky power. Whether it is di­ composing your sanity. If Tuscadero, the band's sody" and "Another One rectly sung about in her you want to listen to some Bites The Dust". Freddy fast-paced debut album is jazzy songs, that could prima music, buy yourself a a joyful trip through Mercury and the boys double as wicked nursery Sublime CD and listen to mixed guitar rock with op­ memory lane. rhymes, or implied, Ruby the easy-skankin' sounds The tremendous era to come up with songs seems to have an obsession but, listen carefully, you harmony of the two fe­ ranging from slow, rock with it. Ruby has said that might miss some thing. male lead singers is rein­ ballads to catchy, roller­ she enjoys: "things that are The groovy tunes forced by the skills of rink-type songs. Just beautiful and disturbing," of Tuscadero make me their own guitar-playing gimme fried chicken and a and it shows in her beauti­ think of a high school sock­ ability and by the skill of Queen CD and I'll be set ful but, equally disturbing hops gone awry. Tuscadero, for life. the male drummer and works. a band with an evened-out bassist. The formerly 'I:he happy rock of gender ratio (two women C.D's cont. on pg.8 Friday March 14, 1997 The Quaker Page 13 .