Sunday's Best: Week 13, 2022

H/T to our beloved Metalboy! for linking the article below to me. It's a great New York Times opinion piece about the importance of the guitar solo and how music has evolved without them in modern songs (mostly). The article has special graphics and musical snippets. The piece notes that the nominated songs for the Grammy Awards - airing tonight - do not feature guitar solos.

“It’s easy to dismiss the guitar solo as an outdated, macho institution,” writes @nabilayers. “But the emotional power of the form endures.” https://t.co/3TY2qm90IJ pic.twitter.com/fZSBEDGQ7q

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) April 2, 2022

Sharing one of the best live guitar solos of all time is our Sunday's Best for this week. Here's Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads, "Suicide Solution" from the album Tribute.

We're All Getting Old...

It's been 30 years since the Recording Academy screwed up and gave the best hard rock/metal Grammy to Jethro Tull instead of Metallica. Jethro Tull won for their album Crest of a Knave.

I've never been a Jethro Tull fan. I just don't get them. I went to high school with a guy who was an absolutely rabid Tull fan. His dad was a fan and he passed that love on down I suppose. I remember going to school after the bizarre Grammy win and Aaron being so pumped. We were so incredibly young back then, but I was already obsessed with music and so were a lot of my friends. I'm talking like 4th grade here. We would watch MTV after school and loved all the Glam bands we still talk about here today.

On this day in 1989, the very unheavy Jethro Tull win the first Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, beating out Metallica. pic.twitter.com/M4HODTRBnV

— Monsters Of Rock® (@MonstersOfRock) January 22, 2022

Grammy Awards Postponed

Once again, the Grammy Awards have been postponed because of COVID-19. The awards show didn't happen last year because of the pandemic either. Back then, few folks were vaccinated. This time around, Omicron is basically infecting everyone that goes into public places. The show and awards presentation was scheduled for January 31. The show will go on during a future date this year.

After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, we have postponed the 64th #GRAMMYs. https://t.co/oMzV1U9Tsc

— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) January 5, 2022