Rock n Roll Trivia Challenge 2012

[Wolter]

What group has won a record 22 Grammy awards?

A) the Beatles
B) U2
C) the Beach Boys

I'm pretty sure I read once that the Beatles won next to no Grammys and this is a horrible universe we live in, so I'll pick U2.

The only Beach Boy to win a Grammy was Brian Wilson's touring replacement, Bruce Johnston. It was for writing "I Write the Songs" for Barry Manilow. This universe blows.

[JennyB]

What group has won a record 22 Grammy awards?

A) the Beatles
B) U2
C) the Beach Boys

I'm pretty sure I read once that the Beatles won next to no Grammys and this is a horrible universe we live in, so I'll pick U2.

The only Beach Boy to win a Grammy was Brian Wilson's touring replacement, Bruce Johnston. It was for writing "I Write the Songs" for Barry Manilow. This universe blows.

The only Grammy the Clash ever won was for Westway.

[drugstabbingmime]

the universe does blow. sometimes at the grammys its just a bad idea to not be a certain person. Take for instance the year Ray Charles won fucking everything. That was the year Joe and Johnny Cash's version of redemption song was up for best male duet or whatever the name was. Both were already dead at the time, would have been nice for them to get the nod...

[Flex]

the universe does blow. sometimes at the grammys its just a bad idea to not be a certain person. Take for instance the year Ray Charles won fucking everything. That was the year Joe and Johnny Cash's version of redemption song was up for best male duet or whatever the name was. Both were already dead at the time, would have been nice for them to get the nod...

In fairness, out of all the egregious shit the Grammys has done, giving Ray Charles some awards (a lot, even) isn't really one of them.

[Wolter]

the universe does blow. sometimes at the grammys its just a bad idea to not be a certain person. Take for instance the year Ray Charles won fucking everything. That was the year Joe and Johnny Cash's version of redemption song was up for best male duet or whatever the name was. Both were already dead at the time, would have been nice for them to get the nod...

In fairness, out of all the egregious shit the Grammys has done, giving Ray Charles some awards (a lot, even) isn't really one of them.

Even a drunk Elvis Costello would probably agree with that...

[matedog]

the universe does blow. sometimes at the grammys its just a bad idea to not be a certain person. Take for instance the year Ray Charles won fucking everything. That was the year Joe and Johnny Cash's version of redemption song was up for best male duet or whatever the name was. Both were already dead at the time, would have been nice for them to get the nod...

In fairness, out of all the egregious shit the Grammys has done, giving Ray Charles some awards (a lot, even) isn't really one of them.

Plus that Redemption Song duet wasn't very good.

[dave202]

the universe does blow. sometimes at the grammys its just a bad idea to not be a certain person. Take for instance the year Ray Charles won fucking everything. That was the year Joe and Johnny Cash's version of redemption song was up for best male duet or whatever the name was. Both were already dead at the time, would have been nice for them to get the nod...

In fairness, out of all the egregious shit the Grammys has done, giving Ray Charles some awards (a lot, even) isn't really one of them.

Plus that Redemption Song duet wasn't very good.

Couldn't agree more. 2 great singers + 1 great song = disappointing result.

[Chuck Mangione]

the universe does blow. sometimes at the grammys its just a bad idea to not be a certain person. Take for instance the year Ray Charles won fucking everything. That was the year Joe and Johnny Cash's version of redemption song was up for best male duet or whatever the name was. Both were already dead at the time, would have been nice for them to get the nod...

In fairness, out of all the egregious shit the Grammys has done, giving Ray Charles some awards (a lot, even) isn't really one of them.

Plus that Redemption Song duet wasn't very good.

Couldn't agree more. 2 great singers + 1 great song = disappointing result.

What's so bad about it? I think they did a pretty good job with it. Might be a little bit too plain sounding, but it's Johnny Cash ferchrissakes. Anyway, the Streetcore version is 10 times better.

[Silent Majority]

the universe does blow. sometimes at the grammys its just a bad idea to not be a certain person. Take for instance the year Ray Charles won fucking everything. That was the year Joe and Johnny Cash's version of redemption song was up for best male duet or whatever the name was. Both were already dead at the time, would have been nice for them to get the nod...

In fairness, out of all the egregious shit the Grammys has done, giving Ray Charles some awards (a lot, even) isn't really one of them.

Plus that Redemption Song duet wasn't very good.

Couldn't agree more. 2 great singers + 1 great song = disappointing result.

What's so bad about it? I think they did a pretty good job with it. Might be a little bit too plain sounding, but it's Johnny Cash ferchrissakes. Anyway, the Streetcore version is 10 times better.

I like it well enough.

[Wolter]

I like it all right. But it sounds less like a duet, and more like two singers singing the song being mixed together.

[Silent Majority]

I like it all right. But it sounds less like a duet, and more like two singers singing the song being mixed together.

Yeah. I don't know if Cash ever did a great duet. Maybe had a good song where there was another artist singing somewhere, but who the hell noticed them?

[Dr. Medulla]

I like it all right. But it sounds less like a duet, and more like two singers singing the song being mixed together.

Yeah. I don't know if Cash ever did a great duet. Maybe had a good song where there was another artist singing somewhere, but who the hell noticed them?

His cover of "Louie Louie" with Morrissey altered the moon's orbit.

[Flex]

Yeah. I don't know if Cash ever did a great duet. Maybe had a good song where there was another artist singing somewhere, but who the hell noticed them?

Ummm... what about his duets with June?

(I picked up that Legend box set when it came out some years back. One of the discs was all duets. I remember a few pretty good ones on it. I'll have to check the track listing and pick out the ones I liked.)

I do agree with the thrust of your point, which is that there aren't exactly a wealth of great duets featuring Johnny Cash.

[Silent Majority]

I like it all right. But it sounds less like a duet, and more like two singers singing the song being mixed together.

Yeah. I don't know if Cash ever did a great duet. Maybe had a good song where there was another artist singing somewhere, but who the hell noticed them?

His cover of "Louie Louie" with Morrissey altered the moon's orbit.

Morrissey's adlibs about how vile reggae is and the subhuman Chinese befuddled the aging Cash, but Johnny's little publicised adoration of the Smiths made him trust the English singer's lyrical instincts.

Ummm... what about his duets with June?

A lot of those songs are neat, and benefited by Cash's obvious respect for June as an artist but I don't especially rate June's voice. Very endearing how much he loved her, though, and that shines through in all of the work he did with his wife.

[Flex]

A lot of those songs are neat, and benefited by Cash's obvious respect for June as an artist but I don't especially rate June's voice. Very endearing how much he loved her, though, and that shines through in all of the work he did with his wife.

I think her voice works well with Johnny's, and as you say the way they felt about each other shines through the work they did together. I'd rate Jackson, If I Were a Carpenter, It Ain't Me Babe, and Darling Companion among the highlights of the Johnny Cash catalog (and plenty of other songs they did together were at least, as you say, neat).

I didn't used to rate June's music chops that highly but picked up a couple solo comps from her over the years and my opinion of her greatly improved (Keep on the Sunny Side and Church in the Wildwood, for those interested).