A History of Whammies at the Grammys - Into It with Sam Sanders

Switched on Pop

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Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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It's Grammys weekend and Sam Sanders, host of Vulture's Into It podcast, is ready for disappointment! Sam is joined by Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding and Reanna Cruz to break down the Grammys' history of tone deafness when it comes to the night's biggest awards. Will Beyoncé lose Album of the Year again... or will the voting body finally give her her due? Subscribe to Into It: https://link.chtbl.com/intoit?sid=stw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Switched On Pop. I'm Sunrider Charlie Harding.
0:02.3	I'm producer Riyanna Cruz.
0:03.8	And I'm Sam Sanders. Big fan of the pod.
0:06.7	Alright, Sam.
0:07.7	Okay, your charge.
0:08.5	Let's go.
0:11.0	Dear listeners, you are listening to Into It from Vulture and New York magazine.
0:16.0	And we are heading into Grammy Weekend,
0:19.0	which means I'm most likely going to be disappointed.
0:24.0	Because more often than not, the Grammys get it wrong.
0:27.0	They give the awards to the wrong people.
0:30.0	So I could think of no better way to talk about the Grammy Awards in advance of this year's Grammys,
0:38.5	other than dragging the Grammys in their bad taste with my two favorite music journalists.
0:43.5	So thank you all for indulging me.
0:46.0	That's high praise. Thank you, Sam.
0:48.0	So we spent some time researching and digging through what the three of us believe
0:52.5	are the worst Grammy snubs of all time.
0:55.5	And we must start with the award for album of the year at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards held in 1985.
1:03.5	Bruce Springsteen was up for born in the USA.
1:10.5	Cindy Lopper was up for she so unusual.
1:16.5	Prince and the Revolution were up for album of the year for Purple Rain.
1:20.5	Tina Turner for Private Dancer.
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