Dude, I got a Grammy nomination

This morning I opened my email to find a note from my friend James LaRosa, congratulating me on my Grammy nomination. I had no idea what he was talking about.

But I went to the Grammy site, and lo and behold, there’s my name. Apparently the announcements were this morning in New York.

The nomination is for “Wonka’s Welcome Song,” the annoying (yet catchy) jingle that the puppets sing at the factory gates. I share lyric credit with Danny Elfman, who also sang it.

There’s other news on other fronts, but nothing trumps unexpected kudos, so I’ll save that for later.

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December 8, 2005 @ 9:47 am | Comments (27)
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27 Responses to “Dude, I got a Grammy nomination”

  1. Fun Joel

    Congrats! You’re on your way to potentially adding another hyphen to your title! ;-)

  2. Chris Wild

    Cool and good luck – if any tune deserves one it’s that – hooked my kids that’s for sure!

  3. Earl Newton

    Now that’s a way to start the day…”Bills…bills…hey, Grammy nomination…bills…”

  4. Joseph

    Congratulations. Good luck when the awards come out.

  5. Sam N.

    If you win, do you get your own little statue, or do you and Danny Elfman have to share? Congrats!

  6. RB Ripley

    Congratulations John.

  7. Theron

    How’s that for a “nomination I never thought I’d receive”?

  8. Konrad West

    Wow, congratulations! So, when does your album come out? ;)

  9. Kevin Arbouet

    John August sings the blues…I like it!

  10. Michael Smith

    Congrats, John! I’ve listened to a couple of the other songs you’re nominated with, and I really don’t see how you can lose. Good luck, though!

  11. Doug

    Congratulations! I presume that came out of left field for you – did you even know that you might be considered for a nomination? Good luck!

  12. Keith Gow

    I’ve listened to a couple of the other songs you’re nominated with, and I really don’t see how you can lose.

    All kudos to John for getting an unexpected nomination, but he’s up against Tom Petty! I think he needs the good luck.

  13. Craig Mazin

    Ha! That’s great!

    You know, John, you’ve always been my Kelly Clarkson.

  14. M&M

    Congratulations. It’s a pleasure reading your website and experiencing your work. You deserve the recognition.

  15. Greg L.

    Congratulations John!

    What a year you had!

  16. Massimo

    Good job old chap. You deserve it. :-]

  17. Tom

    Congrats…

  18. john

    good man, john. good to see scriptwriters being acknowledged for their demented musical genius, aswell :) you could go toe to toe with tom petty anyday. what’s he ever done for music :)

  19. Anna

    Nice! Hope you get a statue!

  20. Che

    I’ve been reading your blog for a while now, haven’t posted a comment yet however. This definately required I do so. Congratulations, you deserve it!

  21. Nervous

    Congratulations John.

    To the inquiry about whether John will share his golden record player should he win–he will not. It’s one per recipient.

  22. Anna

    One per recipient is really cheap. So do they have some kind of an arbitration committee to decide who gets the award-object in cases like this? Or would John August and his co-creator be expected to sort it out themselves? Like by a backstage fistfight or – in a more genteel fashion – by entering into some sort of joint custody agreement?

    Personally I think that if you get an award you should receive an award-object. Statue or something. Heavy enough to be used as a bookend.

  23. Earl Newton

    Personally I think that if you get an award you should receive an award-object. Statue or something. Heavy enough to be used as a bookend.

    Or as a weapon. That would end any debate over who takes it home.

  24. G

    Awesome. Congrats!

  25. taZ

    Nice! You really deserve it!

  26. Alfie

    Congratulations ! I’m happy for you… and for Danny Elfman :D It’s great !

  27. Eric

    John, congratulations. Give ‘em hell on the red carpet. Don’t let Joan and Melissa push you around!

 

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