A belated Happy Hump Day! I’m continuing to be the DJ and bartender for this weekly series while Don Durito is returning from his walkabout. For today’s theme, I’m sharing songs from movies nominated at the Grammy Awards. Yes, I’m a sucker for movie music and awards shows. Today’s category is Best Song Written For Visual Media.
I begin with a song that I predicted would earn a Grammy nomination last May, Kendrick Lamar, SZA – All The Stars from “Black Panther.”
I also predicted that it would earn an Oscar nomination. I’ll have to wait until next month to find out if I’m right, but it did earn a Golden Globe nomination, so that’s a start. In the meantime, I’ll note that “All the Stars” is also nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Rap/Sung Performance.
Also earning nominations at both the Grammy Awards and Golden Globes is “Shallow” by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper from “A Star Is Born.”
Like “All the Stars,” “Shallow” has four Grammy nominations. In addition to Best Song Written For Visual Media, it is also nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
The last song I’m sharing in the diary proper is the Oscar winning “Remember Me” from “Coco,” which I used in a comment to Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 49. Hey, I’m an environmentalist, I recycle.
I’ll post the rest of the nominees for Best Song Written For Visual Media in the comments.
Once again, I’m concluding the diary proper by quoting Don Durito.
For those of you wondering how I and Neon Vincent are circumventing Sucuri to embed videos, here is an example of the embed code we use, so that you can replicate as wanted:
Just remember that each unique 11-digit video code in YouTube needs to be pasted in two separate locations within the embed code in order for your video to show up properly. So easy that I can do it!
With those instructions, feel free to post your favorite music videos in the comments.