Chapter 249： Grammy nomination

Chapter 249 Grammy Nomination

From Thanksgiving on November 25 to before Christmas, major supermarkets across the United States will hold promotions. Some products will be 50% off, and some supermarkets will give away vouchers to the first 300 people.

This period is also the shopping season for Americans. According to the New York Times, the total shopping volume of Americans in this month accounts for 1/4 of the entire year.

The same is true here in New York. On Christmas Eve, you can see long queues in front of major supermarkets and department stores every day before dawn, including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Macy's, Ron Taylor, etc.

There are even many people wearing black masks and going into supermarkets to shop for zero dollars.

Link and Taylor decided to spend the holidays in New York, so they naturally had to prepare some holiday items, including food and drink, newly launched high-tech appliances, etc.

It’s just that they came back too late. There was a three-day Christmas holiday and many shopping malls and stores closed early. It was not easy to buy everything they needed.

After Selena knew that they were going to buy holiday supplies, she took the initiative to help. She also patted her chest and said that Mandy was too busy this year and she had arranged all the holiday supplies for their home. She was right.

Link didn't quite believe it, so he sent a message to ask Mandy. Mandy said that when Selena bought something, the whole family would starve to death, and she asked him to make his own decision when buying things, and not to trust Selina's advice too much.

Link didn’t reveal the truth even after he knew it, so he drove Taylor and Selena around in the center of Manhattan.

After walking around for a while, I discovered that Selena was a road warrior. She looked around for Best Buy supermarkets with her big round eyes, but the Best Buy sign more than ten meters high hit her face, and she didn't even see it. She has a small round face. He is getting redder and redder, and his forehead is still sweating.

When I entered the supermarket, the first thing I did was to buy a turkey. When I went to the shopping area where turkeys were sold, I found that they were all refrigerated turkeys.

This kind of turkey is very cheap, only $16 after discount, but it tastes very bad. What he needs is clean and fresh marinated turkey. The minimum requirement is clean and fresh.

I searched around and couldn’t find it.

Selena said she had a good idea, and took him and Taylor to the live animal area. She pointed to a few live turkeys in the basket and asked him to buy one and kill it.

Link was a little hesitant. The turkey was too big and would be troublesome to handle at home. If he was photographed here and posted online, he would be warned by the Animal Welfare Association.

Link asked her if she dared to kill the chicken?

Selena raised her chin and said of course she dared, claiming to be a descendant of Mexicans. Mexicans are born warriors. In the past, everyone had a pet, which was an anaconda more than ten meters long, which was wrapped around their neck as a scarf every day.

She also said that when she was a child, she also raised an anaconda, which was milky white and seven or eight meters long.

Link casually picked up a rope and quietly put it on her shoulders. Selina screamed, jumped up and down, threw herself into Taylor's arms, and then complained to him with Taylor.

“Link is so bad!”

“Yes, very bad.”

Christmas is here, and the weather forecast from the United States Meteorological Bureau is quite accurate. At noon that day, snowflakes were flying in the sky in New York, adding to the festive atmosphere.

Link and Taylor also put up a Christmas tree in the living room of the apartment that day, decorated with many spherical lights, Swarovski crystals, and little snowman dolls, which was cute and festive.

Link also put on an apron and cooked Christmas dinner for the first time, including a large roast turkey, waffles, macarons, steamed Boston prawns, Mexican barbecue, a large fruit platter, and a plate of Christmas dishes made by Taylor. cake.

It is full of color, flavor and richness.

At six or seven in the evening, Link and Taylor drove to Midtown and met up with Selena and little Annie.

Little Annie is Link's half-sister. She is over three years old. She has a bob haircut, a straight tip of her nose, a tender pink face, and is even cuter than Selina.

The group first went to Times Square to watch the light show, watch an acrobatic performance at Radio City Music Hall, and then skate at the Rockefeller Center Ice Rink.

While skating, Taylor and Selena wanted to see how he moved forward and backward on the ice, so they worked together to push him toward the ice.

It’s a pity that they will be disappointed.

Link is in good physical condition and has a good sense of balance. After sliding on the railing for a while, he can let go and slide slowly on the ice.

Practice for more than ten minutes, and after adapting to the sliding speed of the skates, you can speed up your skating. Occasionally you can also skate backwards, skate on one leg, and do a few fancy moves. You can skate more steadily than Taylor and Selena.

After Link learned it, he took Annie to skate.

Little Annie was very timid. Even though she was wearing a safety helmet and knee and elbow pads, as soon as she let go of her hand, she would be so scared that she would squat on the ground like a carrot.

Link held her hand and skated around the field for more than ten times. After she got used to the speed of skating, she dared to slide forward slowly by herself. While skating, he shouted in a sweet voice, "Please give way, Annie is going to hit me." is you'.

“Annie is so cute.”

Taylor slid over from behind, put his arm on his shoulder and said.

“Of course, it doesn’t matter whose sister it is.”

“What does the cuteness of Anne have to do with you? You are so thick-skinned.”

 Taylor rolled her eyes at him, skated backwards for a few meters on her skates, leaving two obvious marks on the ice, and said, "How about we compare speed? Let's see who skates faster."

“If you don’t come, I will learn that I am not your opponent for the time being.”

“As long as you understand.”

Taylor sped up and slid to Annie's side, holding her little hand and leading her forward.

Taylor is wearing a white down jacket, blue jeans, and a ponytail, like a high school girl. Anne next to her is wearing a pink down jacket and a pink safety helmet with knee pads, like a small bun.

The two hold hands like sisters or mother and daughter.

“Link, get out of the way, I’m going to hit you.”

Selena rushed over from behind, shouting.

Before Link could get out of the way, he bumped into his back with a bang.

It was past ten o'clock when they came out of the Rockefeller Center ice rink. Selena and Taylor were very excited to play and didn't want to go back to bed early. Annie was also so excited that her eyes shone. Link suggested going to the Metropolitan MAX Theater to watch a movie of "Avatar". 》. Selena and Taylor watched a 3D movie for the first time. When they saw the hero and heroine flying in the sky on Icaran, they couldn't help but exclaimed.

Annie couldn't quite understand, so she only lasted for more than ten minutes before crawling into his arms and falling asleep.

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After Christmas, Link and Taylor were busy again.

Taylor continues to record songs in the studio, and Link has a lot to do at the beginning of the year. First of all, the awards season is coming, and there are many award ceremonies that he needs to attend.

For example, the nomination list for the 67th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards was announced on Christmas Eve.

"The Fighter" received seven nominations at this year's Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture in a Drama Series, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress twice, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Movie Song.

Link was nominated for the best film song for the movie theme song "Thefighter".

The 52nd Grammy Awards were also announced before the New Year.

Link has received eight nominations with two best-selling albums and multiple singles.

Including Best Production of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Newcomer, Best Male Pop Vocalist, Best Rock Song, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Song Collaboration.

Taylor also received eight nominations at this year's Grammy Awards, the first three of which overlapped with his.

However, the two are not the ones who have received the most nominations. The one with the most nominations is Beyoncé, who received ten nominations at this year’s Grammy.

In addition, "Boxing Magazine", "Thering Magazine" and the four major boxing organizations will also hold award ceremonies at the beginning of the year to select the best boxer and best boxing promoter in 2009. In addition, the North American Boxing Association is also preparing to give him a Award for best spokesperson.

In addition to these, he also needs to prepare for the Super Bowl halftime show performance.

This year’s Super Bowl has invited two guest singers, Link and the famous British rock band TheWho.

Link has seven minutes to perform, almost the time of two songs.

The organizers hope that he will sing his first album-winning song "Unstoppable" and the American national anthem.

Link was a little confused after listening to it, the American national anthem? How to sing? He doesn't know how to do it at all, and he may not have time to learn it now.

If you sing the wrong lyrics, you will be like what happened to the little queen Christina Aguilera in 2011, and you will be ridiculed by the crowd and your career will fall into a trough.

Even if you sing it correctly, it is very difficult to sing the national anthem that everyone can sing on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

If your performance is too poor, you will be considered to have poor singing skills.

Link thought carefully and came up with a compromise, writing a song that was in line with the spirit of the rugby game and paid tribute to his predecessors.

After all, singing the national anthem is not a mandatory part of the halftime show, but a song that is in line with the spirit of the rugby league will also help the league promote the sport.

After discussion, the organizers agreed, but they needed to hear a demo of the song first, and Link agreed.

Because of this incident, Link had to go into the recording studio just after Christmas to discuss the song soundtrack with Graeme, David Kahn and others, and also discuss the Super Bowl rehearsal with director Kenny Ortega.

“Hi Link, Happy New Year!”

In the morning, Graeme Goodall walked into Link Music Recording Studio, took off his hat and said hello.

“Haha, happy New Year Graeme, I’m sorry to have to take up your New Year’s vacation time.”

Link reached out and hugged him.

“Haha, it doesn’t matter. I should retire in more than ten years. At that time, I would be on vacation every day. It’s scary to think about it.”

Graeme waved his hand, sat down on the sofa opposite, and said with a serious expression, "You said on the phone that you composed a song for the rugby league. Is this true? You have to know that rugby means a lot to all Americans. It is a noble sport. To compose a song for this sport is no less difficult than the Football World Cup. Are you sure you can complete it?"

"This is the music score, what do you think of it?"

Link took out a stack of manuscript paper from his backpack and placed it on his desk.

In fact, when he copied this song, he was not sure whether it was feasible.

This song is high-spirited and impassioned. The main theme of the lyrics is that there is no end to the perfection of skills, and the names of those who work hard will be engraved in history. It is also more suitable for a highly confrontational sport like rugby.

If this one doesn't work, he can think of something else. Anyway, he can't sing the national anthem.

Graeme looked through the music score, his brows getting tighter and his expression getting more and more solemn. If they hadn't seen his face turning red, his fingers trembling, and his breathing becoming short, others would have thought the song was bad if they saw him like this.

Graeme read it once, looked up at him, then looked down again, his breathing getting faster and faster.

“Graeme, how are you?”

Link asked as he blew the tea leaves floating on the tea cup.

“I’m not sure, let’s go to the recording studio, I want to hear the effect.”

"no problem!"

Link put down his tea cup and came to the recording studio to sing a new song.

Graeme listened to it and said that it was not possible. It also needed a soundtrack. Without the soundtrack, the song would not be half as good.

He then called David Kahn, Bruno Mars and other producers from the music studio to come to the studio to participate in the production of the song.

(End of this chapter)