Best Rock Performance
最佳搖滾演奏
“Gimme Something Good” – Ryan Adams
“Do I Wanna Know?” – Arctic Monkeys
“Blue Moon” – Beck
“Fever” – The Black Keys
“Lazaretto” – Jack White
Note: All these songs, save Arctic Monkeys’, are nominated for Best Rock Song too, so that doesn’t help clarify anything. So is it going to be a BlackKeys or Jack White kind of year?
注:除了北極猴子樂(lè)隊(duì)的歌曲,所有其他的候選歌曲都同時(shí)被提名為最佳搖滾歌曲,所以在此很難判斷。也許今年黑鍵樂(lè)團(tuán)或者杰克·懷特會(huì)贏也說(shuō)不定。
Best Metal Performance
最佳金屬演奏
“Neon Knights” – Anthrax
“High Road” – Mastodon
“Heartbreaker” – Motorhead
“The Negative One” – Slipknot
“The Last in Line” – Tenacious D
Note: Anthrax has been nominated every year since 2007. The winner in 2006? Slipknot. The winner in 2005? Motorhead. Mastodon has been nominated a ton, but has never won. It comes down to Motorhead and Slipknot, and I think the latter is more the academy’s view on metal’s preference.
注:炭疽樂(lè)隊(duì)自2007年以來(lái)每年都會(huì)獲得提名。2006年的贏家是誰(shuí)?Slipknot。2005年的贏家是誰(shuí)?乳齒象樂(lè)隊(duì)無(wú)數(shù)次獲得提名,但是從來(lái)沒有獲獎(jiǎng)過(guò)。那么獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)邞?yīng)該在 Motorhead 和Slipknot兩者之間,我覺得后者更符合評(píng)委會(huì)對(duì)金屬音樂(lè)的眼光和偏好。
Best Rock Song
最佳搖滾歌曲
“Ain’t It Fun” – Paramore
“Blue Moon” – Beck
“Fever” – The Black Keys
“Gimme Something Good” – Ryan Adams
“Lazaretto” – Jack White
Note: Beck being nominated for Album of the Year confuses things more. I’m going to stick with my Jack White clean sweep.
注:Beck也獲得了年度最佳唱片的提名,所以事情就更撲朔難辨了。我還是堅(jiān)持一邊倒的觀點(diǎn),支持杰克·懷特獲勝吧。
Best Rock Album
最佳搖滾專輯
Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Morning Phase – Beck
Turn Blue – The Black Keys
Hypnotic Eye – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Songs of Innocence – U2
Note: Again, logic dictates a Beck win, and that’s what I’m going with, but someone else winning wouldn’t surprise me at all.
注:再一次,按道理beck應(yīng)該會(huì)贏,我就認(rèn)定他會(huì)贏吧。不過(guò)如果贏家另有其人,我也絲毫不會(huì)感到意外。
Best Alternative Music Album
最佳另類音樂(lè)專輯
This Is All Yours – alt-J
Reflektor – Arcade Fire
Melophobia – Cage the Elephant
St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Lazaretto – Jack White
Note: That sneaky Jack White; he entered his rock album in a different category! Sly devil. You earn yourself a win for that!
注:狡猾的杰克·懷特將自己的搖滾專輯歸入了另一個(gè)類別!真是個(gè)滑頭的壞蛋!為了你的小伎倆你也應(yīng)該獲獎(jiǎng)!
Best R&B Performance
最佳R&B歌手
“Drunk in Love” – Beyoncé feat. Jay Z
“New Flame” – Chris Brown feat. Usher & Rick Ross
“It’s Your World” – Jennifer Hudson feat. R Kelly
“Like THis” – Ledisi
“Good Kisser” – Usher
Note: A Jennifer Hudson/R Kelly combo is intriguing, but I think Beyoncé takes this
注:珍妮佛·哈德森與羅伯特·凱利聯(lián)手的陣容非常有誘惑力,不過(guò)我認(rèn)為還是碧昂斯會(huì)獲獎(jiǎng)。
Best R&B Song
最佳R&B歌曲
“Drunk In Love” – Beyoncé feat. Jay Z
“Good Kisser” – Usher
“New Flame” – Chris Brown feat. Usher & Rick Ross
“Options (Wolfjames Version)” – Luke James feat. Rick Ross)
“The Worst” – Jhene Aiko
Note: Fill up that trophy case, Beyoncé!
注:滿載而歸吧,碧昂斯!
Best Rap Performance
最佳說(shuō)唱歌手
“3005” – Childish Gambino
“0 to 100 / The Catch Up” – Drake
“Rap God” – Eminem
“I” – Kendrick Lamar
“All I Need Is You” – Lecrae
Note: By Grammy standards, it’s Eminem versus nobody, so Eminem wins.
注:從格萊美的評(píng)獎(jiǎng)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來(lái)看,這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)阿姆無(wú)人能及,所以阿姆贏定了。
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
最佳說(shuō)唱歌曲合作
“Blak Majik” – Common feat. Jhene Aiko
“The Monster” – Eminem & Rihanna
“Tuesday” – I Love Makonnen feat. Drake
“Studio” – Schoolboy Q feat. BJ the Chicago Kid
“Bound 2″ – Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
Note: Well, at least this one has competition: Eminem’s legacy versus Kanye’s. Eminem gets a step up because of Rihanna’s inclusion, though Bound 2 made the bigger splash via its ridiculous music video.
注:好吧,還好這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)上有點(diǎn)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)性:這是阿姆的權(quán)威性與卡內(nèi)的權(quán)威性之間的較量。阿姆由于蕾哈娜的加盟更勝一籌,雖然Bound 2 滑稽的音樂(lè)視頻得到了更多的關(guān)注。
Best Rap Song
最佳說(shuō)唱歌曲
“Anaconda” – Nicki Minaj
“Bound 2″ – Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
“I” – Kendrick Lamar
“We Dem Boyz” – Wiz Khalifa
“0 to 100 / The Catch Up” – Drake
Note: Here’s the thing: if I don’t know rap, the Grammy’s sure don’t know rap. Wiz Khalifa wins.
注:事實(shí)是這樣的:如果我不了解說(shuō)唱音樂(lè)的話,格萊美獎(jiǎng)就更不了解說(shuō)唱音樂(lè)了。Wiz Khalifa 肯定會(huì)贏。