This past Sunday we laughed, we cried. We even said, "Wow, Amy Winehouse is winning A LOT." The Grammys this year certainly had their fair share of surprises and disappointments (Herbie Hancock? Really?). Let's recap a few of the night's categories and highlights with some raving and ranting (especially about Amy Winehouse).

Best Country Album
Admittedly, I don't know too much about country. It's not really my cup of tea, as some would say. But nevertheless, the competition was rife with names I at least recognized from Brad Paisley to Vanderbilt alum Dierks Bentley. However, Vince Gill (someone I've never heard of) took the award with "These Days." Yeah, I don't really have anything else to say about that.

Best Rap Album
This category was actually pretty competitive this year as Jay-Z brought the pain with his return album, "Kingdom Come." T.I. and Common also made appearances on the list, but in the end Kanye surpassed the competition with his virtuosic third effort, "Graduation." He has definitely graduated from the small time (Yeah, I'm disappointed in myself for that one, too).

Best Alternative Album
So, I don't think anyone really expected Bjork to win this category. But Arcade Fire and The Shins both released ridiculously good albums this past year with loads of critical praise. However, resident music writer Trip Cothren definitely called it when he said The White Stripes' "Icky Thump" was one of the best albums of the year. Hey Trip, the Recording Academy agrees.

Best Rock Album
Wilco made quite an impression with "Sky Blue Sky" - if you don't know them, they're always weird, edgy and brilliant. Even Bruce Springsteen released another album, and it actually won a couple other Grammys but not the coveted Best Rock Album position. I think we all knew the rock gods Foo Fighters were going to take the cake with their inspired, challenging yet masterful "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace."

Best Pop Performance By A Duo or Group
So I know everyone and their dog loves "Hey There Delilah," but honestly I don't get the attraction. It's a good song, but it's nowhere near great. Now, I'm just as guilty as the next person of singing it with sincerity and diligence whenever it happened to come on the radio, but honestly - it's kind of amateur. Not to mention the Plain White T's originally put it on one of their earlier albums but ended up "re-releasing it due to popular demand." However, my boys Maroon 5 took the day in this category with their amazingly funky "Makes Me Wonder." So to all of you Maroon 5 haters, I'd like to say on behalf of the band a very mature and respectable, "Ha! Told you so!"

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Now this was a category to watch this year - every single song could've taken home the Grammy. The crooning Michael Buble faced off against the gifted Seal and the talented John Mayer. Even Paul McCartney was nominated with his incredibly catchy "Dance Tonight" (it was even in an iPod commercial!). But in the end, the *NSync alum Justin Timberlake took home the award for his mega-smash "What Goes Around...Comes Around." See what having a music video with fire, circus performers and Scarlett Johansson can get you? Oh yeah, he got to make out with Scarlett Johansson - I forgot.

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Yet another very close category, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance burgeoned with the likes of Christina Aguilera, Nelly Furtado and Fergie. Personally, I was rooting for the delightfully offbeat Feist for this one. She's just so - charming and different and weird. I love her stuff. But Amy Winehouse took her first Grammy of many with Best Female Pop Vocal Performance with "Rehab." Ugh.

Best New Artist
Seriously? Amy Winehouse again?! Honestly, she's good. Don't get me wrong; I bought her album and crooned "Rehab" at every frat party I attended. It was great, maybe even glorious. But she beat Feist, Paramore and even one of Vanderbilt's most noteworthy members of the class of 2012, Taylor Swift. Honestly, I'm a little disappointed in this one. It's OK Feist, at least you don't do drugs.

Song of the Year
This category had a very diverse cast of characters with everything from Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" to Rihanna's "Umbrella." The neglected Corinne Bailey Rae finally made an appearance at the show with her lyrical "Like A Star." For real, Ms. Rae is very talented, and her album really deserves more attention than it got from the Academy. However, Amy Winehouse took this category - again. Jeeze, get over it, Recording Academy.

Album of the Year
So this may be the one noteworthy category that Amy Winehouse didn't win. Hooray! First, I have to give props to the Recording Academy for that. But before we go too far off the deep end here - we had Kanye's "Graduation" and the Foo Fighters' "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" in this category. Pretty tough competition, right? Oh, wait. Let's give the Grammy to Herbie Hancock. Yes, this actually happened. Not only did this guy come out of nowhere, he won with a tribute album to Joni Mitchell. He won with SOMEONE ELSE'S MATERIAL, nothing original. What the crap? Honestly, if I don't get praised for plagiarism, why should he?

Record of the Year
So, walking into this category - I felt pretty good. Surely they can't give everything to Ms. Winehouse. The competition was stiff this with big acts like the Foo Fighters and Beyonce topping the charts. Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around...Comes Around" was definitely a favorite heading into the competition (especially after just winning Best Male Pop Vocal Performance), and Rihanna's love-affirming opus "Umbrella" was definitely a crowd favorite at the show. However, defying all reason and logic, civilization broke down, and Amy Winehouse picked up her fifth and final Grammy of the night (maybe the Recording Academy read Ben Grimwood's article a few weeks ago since she destroyed all others this past Sunday night). I'm just so mad. Oh well, now I'm going to go jam to "Rehab."