Word: sinead
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...maybe not as embarrassing as Sinead O'Connor, nominated for four gold statuettes, boycotting the Grammy ceremony. She doesn't want to be part of the show, which will be aired live at 8 p.m. EST this Wednesday on CBS, and she won't accept her Grammys if she wins them. Such awards, she informed NARAS president Michael Greene, "respect mostly material gain, since that is the main reason for their existence...
...rockers around, and it is awkward to have someone of her talent and exuberance tell the music business to stuff its highest award. "I don't agree with her rationale," says Joe Smith, president of Capitol-EMI Music, which is affiliated with O'Connor's record label, Chrysalis. "If Sinead doesn't like these shows, then that's her opinion. They get good ratings. This is not the International Red Cross...
...pedestal, represent? A souvenir of a TV extravaganza. A talisman of mainstream commercial success. A bit of show-biz immortality that, since this is show biz, after all, is more tenuous and suspect than other varieties of eternal fame (anyone remember 1980's five-Grammy grand slammer Christopher Cross?). Sinead O'Connor is right: the Grammys probably do "respect mostly material gain." But in the words of a very prominent Grammy wanna-grab, we're living in a material world...
Joining Collins in the competition for record of the year were last year's winner, Bette Midler, for "From A category were Melissa Etheridge, Distance;" Sinead O'Connor for "Nothing Compares 2 U;" M.C. Hammer for "U Can't Touch This;" and Carey for "Vision of Love." Midler won in 1990 for "Wind Beneath My Wings...
...Dave Herlihy and his band, O-Positive, are far from the fringe. After years of playing the local club scene, the band recently released their first album with Epic Records, and this week opened for Sinead O'Connor concerts at Great Woods. Now, with their first video getting airplay on MTV, O-Positive seems on the verge of making the big breakthrough to the elusive Mainstream...