Out of Touch

Some old guys, Hall and Oates, that are more from my generation musically speaking, would say that I'm out of touch.  I looked at the nominees from the following categories:

Record of the Year
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Best Pop Vocal Album

So now I'll list the artists and put a double asterisk (**) following the ones that I've even HEARD of.  All of the others, well, I'm out of touch!

The Black Keys
Fun
Gotye
Kimbra
Frank Ocean
Taylor Swift **
Mumford and Sons **
Jack White
Ed Sheeran
Miguel
Carly Rae Jepsen
Kelly Clarkson **
Florence and the Machine **
Maroon 5 **
Pink **

Ed, I imagine that with your kids being the ages that they are, you're a little more on top of it than the rest of us.  Admittedly, I don't really ever listen to the radio, I don't keep company with anyone who has their pulse on the current music scene, and most of the music on my iPod is 15+ years old.  The only reason that I don't feel like a total ostrich with my head in the sand is because I happen to be a huge fan of the band that won Best Country Album: Zac Brown Band.

Oh, and I did recognize LL Cool J - at least when they played that old American Bandstand clip!