In case you missed the Grammy’s last night (as I did), U2 walked away winning each of their nominations for the year.
From U2.com
What a night at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles as U2 take Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Rock Album, sweeping the board in all five categories in which they are nominated.
A year after the band won three awards for Vertigo, the first single from How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, tonight the album itself and the next two singles stole the show.
City of Blinding Lights won Best Rock Song while Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own took Best Vocal Rock Performance.
‘I don’t know what to say,’ said Bono, on one of several trips to the stage. ‘This is really a big, big night for our band.’
Edge said it was ‘amazing’ to be accepting the best rock album award.
‘It means a hell of a lot to us. An even more precious gift than the awards is the gift that you’ve all afforded us to continue to make our music.’
The awards mean U2 have now won twenty one Grammys but this was the first time since 1988 and The Joshua Tree that they have won Album of the Year.
‘If you think this is gonna go to our head – too late,’ Bono joked, after accepting the award for Song of the Year for Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own, which he dedicated to his late father Bob Hewson.
‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb is an odd title for album,’ he mused. ‘We accept that. Actually I was talking about my father Bob. He was the atomic bomb in question. I wanna thank my father Bob for giving me the voice and a bit of attitude to use it …’
Other winners included Maria Carey, Kanye West and John Legend who won three awards each, while Chemical Brothers also bagged a couple.
Adam took the opportunity to thank the producers of ‘Bomb’ and it was appropriate that Steve Lillywhite could join them on stage. Steve also went home with a prize – Producer (nonclassical) of the Year for his work on ‘Bomb’ and Jason Mraz’s ‘Mr. A-Z’
This was only U2’s second album of the year — the first was 1988’s Joshua Tree.
Album of the Year
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2
Also nominated:
The Emancipation of Mimi – Mariah Carey
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard – Paul McCartney
Love.Angel.Music.Baby – Gwen Stefani
Late Registration – Kanye West
Song of the Year
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own – U2
Also nominated:
Bless The Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
Devils & Dust – Bruce Springsteen
Ordinary People – John Legend
We Belong Together – Mariah Carey
Best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal
Sometimes You Can’t Make it on Your Own – U2
Also nominated:
Speed of Sound – Coldplay
Best of You – Foo Fighters
Do You Want To – Franz Ferdinand
All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers
Best rock song
City of Blinding Lights – U2
Also nominated:
Best Of You – Foo Fighters
Beverly Hills – Weezer
Devils & Dust – Bruce Springsteen
Speed of Sound – Coldplay
Best rock album
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2
Also nominated:
X&Y – Coldplay
In Your Honor – Foo Fighters
A Bigger Bang – The Rolling Stones
Prairie Wind – Neil Young
