Winner – Cat Stevens – Who knew? Cat’s son is a big Nirvana noise though I guess Cat hasn’t heard their Unpluggedalbum., he told Rolling Stone: “They made their noise, and they made a great noise/” Hmmm, Cat isn’t a million miles away from Kurt on the latter album. So, Cat is being inducted into the pathetic rock and roll hall of fame and seems vaguely bemused by it: “Anything in the music business that’s not actually music is something else. It’s a competition, a great big competition. And that’s fine. It’s just not the reason I got into music. That’s not the reason I write songs. It is a compliment when people have got nothing else to give you, they give you an award or an honor. In that respect, it’s very much appreciated. But for me, the whole activity of music is its own reward.” I think there is a concert at Barclay’s Center and if Cat is playing I am going…
Winner – Katy Perry – The race is not always to the swift, dude. Katy just went platinum and it might have taken her months but, as I predicted by the way, her third song, “Dark Horse” turned the trick and if she can manage another hit, and add to that her US tour, the album, crappy as it might be, will be viewed as a hit. Well, done.