Just Like That

2023 - 2 - 6

Bonnie Raitt

No one was expecting Bonnie Raitt to win Song of the Year, least of ... (CNN)

If her expression was anything to go by, blues singer Bonnie Raitt was not expecting to win Song of the Year at the 65th Grammy Awards on Sunday.

[wins](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/entertainment/grammy-winners-list-2023/index.html), for Best American Roots Song and Song of the Year. “I was so inspired for this song by the incredible story of the love and the grace and the generosity of someone that donates their beloved’s organs to help another person live and this story was so simple and so beautiful for these times,” Raitt explained in her acceptance speech. She snatched the prize for the latter from under the noses of fellow nominees including [Beyoncé](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/entertainment/beyonce-grammys-most-awarded-artist-cec), [Adele](https://cnn.com/2023/02/06/entertainment/adele-the-rock-grammys-intl-scli/index.html), [Taylor Swift](https://cnn.com/2023/01/27/entertainment/taylor-swift-lavender-haze-video-song/index.html) and [Harry Styles](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/entertainment/the-grammy-awards-2023/index.html). Not content with two wins for “Just Like That,” Raitt picked up her third Grammy of the evening – and 13th of her career – for another song, “Made Up Mind,” in the Americana Performance category. Raitt’s winning song, “Just Like That,” is about a woman visited by a man who is only alive because of the heart he received – a heart that had belonged to the woman’s son. “Thank you for honoring me, to all the academy that surrounds me with so much support and appreciates the art of songwriting as I do,” she said.

Why Bonnie Raitt Deserved Song of the Year at the Grammys (TIME)

Bonnie Raitt accepts the Song of the Year award during the 65th GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles, California in January 2023. Timothy Norris/FilmMagic. By Andrew ...

But “Just Like That” matters because it tells a unique story from an oft-ignored perspective—and because it’s a flat-out beautiful song that Adele, Taylor Swift, or Beyoncé would be proud to have written. “As we age, nearly all women notice that they become somewhat invisible in the world, but in the golden era of the women’s film, older women really were expected to fade quietly into the wallpaper,” she wrote. Last week, TIME film critic Stephanie Zacharek wrote a piece pegged to the new film 80 For Brady about how the stories of older women have long mattered little to wider culture. It’s entirely possible that many older voters saw her solo name and picked as a rejoinder to a new era of pop songs written by committee. But all of this analysis ignores the quality of the song itself. A vote for Raitt, then, was a vote not just for the song, but for a generation, as well as a non-digital, highly personal approach to music. It has one-sixtieth the number of Spotify streams as the second-least streamed song in the category, DJ Khaled’s “GOD DID.” To many, its victory was a perfect example of the Grammys being out of touch. Raitt was also likely aided by the fact that her connection with the Grammys is long and deep. She serves as a bridge both to an older generation and a younger one. That critique is partly true: the song absolutely benefited from older Grammy voters who look upon music industry changes with contempt and long for the good old days. Raitt’s victory—which came at the expense of pop titans like Beyoncé, Adele, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles—was one of the more notable upsets in recent Grammys history; even Raitt herself was stunned. “Stop giving random people awards challenge,” [wrote one user](https://twitter.com/hotpinkvegas/status/1622446940565782529).

Meaning of "Just Like That" by Bonnie Raitt: A Closer Look (Distractify)

Bonnie's tenth studio album "Nick of Time," topped out at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and was even chosen ...

And the kindness of the recipient, and what that must feel like for them." Indeed, Bonnie reflects on profound loss in "Just Like That." The lyrics then provide ample description of the moving story that Bonnie was inspired by. The man offered to allow the woman to put her head on his chest so that she could hear her son's heart beat again, and it moved the singer. "I just lost it," Bonnie told the publication "It was the most moving and surprising thing. The segment focused on a woman who donated her deceased child's organs and was about to meet the man who received his heart.

Grammys 2023: Bonnie Raitt wins Song of the Year for 'Just Like That' (Geo News)

This brings up her Grammy wins to a total of 13, alongside whopping 30 nominations. Her latest award is the newest addition to her already impressive collection ...

Just Like That was released as a part of her album by the same name, and it charted on the Billboard Top 200 at number 44. She was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Blues Hall of Fame in 2010. The 73-year-old singer beat out competitors like All Too Well and As It Was to take home the esteemed award.

The Story Behind The Song That Delivered Bonnie Raitt's Surprise ... (Forbes)

Bonnie Raitt attends the 65th Grammy Awards on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles. FilmMagic. There was Lizzo's “About Damn Time.” There was Harry Styles' “As It ...

The Grammys, the association of my peers have been over and over so kind to me. I’m so lucky to do this for a living, and my fans are so loyal and the Academy has been so great to me. Raitt said given the “massively talented, great tunes that represented tremendous excitement of the public” with which “Just Like That” was in the running, she felt particularly proud that her “little record” struck a chord.

The Meaning Behind Bonnie Raitt's Grammy-Winning Song "Just ... (American Songwriter)

On Sunday night (Feb. 5), Bonnie Raitt took home Grammy Awards for Best Americana Performance and Best American Roots Song. There was one award she did not ...

And just like that your life can change, the song comes to a close. And so she set out to write the story song, “Just Like That,” and her subsequent album of the same name. Well I looked real hard and asked him / “What she’s got he’s looking for?” the song’s narrator responds. “Excuse me, ma’am, maybe you can help / The directions weren’t so clear / I’m looking for Olivia Zand / They said I might find her here.” [American Songwriter](https://americansongwriter.com/bonnie-raitt-inspires-on-album-just-like-that/), Raitt explained the inspiration for “Just Like That” came from a human interest piece that had been broadcast on the news. I vowed right then that I wanted to write a song about what that would take.”

Cara Delevingne looks just like baby Cara after new hair colour ... (Yahoo Eurosport UK)

Cara Delevingne has had a nostalgic hair transformation, returning to the colour and style she wore most in her early days as a supermodel.

Bonnie Raitt Song of the Year 'Just Like That' Win Stuns Audience ... (Music Times)

Perhaps one of the biggest shockers at the 2023 Grammy Awards was Bonnie Raitt's Song of the Year "Just Like That" win. Many people have expressed shock ...

Take a bow, Bonnie Raitt," someone Thank you for honoring me, to all the academy that surrounds me with so much support and appreciates the art of songwriting as I do," Raitt said in her I have tweets with more views than that," another "153k views?? "the song of the year is a song i've never heard," a user Perhaps one of the biggest shockers at the 2023 Grammy Awards was Bonnie Raitt's Song of the Year "Just Like That" win.

Kristin Davis wears red while filming scenes for season two of And ... (Daily Mail)

The 57-year-old actress donned an eye-catching 80s-inspired red dress as she filmed scenes with her co-stars Nicole Ari Parker and Evan Handler.

One was released in 2008, and the other in 2010. Acting together for so long is a treat and a rare privilege.' Couple goals: The Holiday in the Wild star donned a red short sleeved dress with a paneled skirt, buttons down the front, and a large bejeweled strawberry at her waist On the go: Kristin Davis was spotted on set of season two of And Just Like That on Monday Two of her co-stars were spotted with her on set, Nicole Ari Parker and Evan Handler. Kristin Davis stands out in a red dress while filming scenes for season two of And Just Like That with Nicole Ari Parker and Evan Handler

Just Like Your Toddler, Ancient Jewish Texts Are Obsessed With ... (Kveller)

The Rabbis who wrote the foundational texts of Judaism. Sacred Jewish texts are full of references to and arguments about bodily waste: a fact that, as a parent ...

Rambam also indicates that one may not recite the Shema near (adult) human feces, “even if they are as dry as a shard.” However, [he stipulates](https://www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Torah%2C_Reading_the_Shema.3.7?ven=Mishneh_Torah,_trans._by_Eliyahu_Touger._Jerusalem,_Moznaim_Pub._c1986-c2007&lang=bi&with=About&lang2=en), “if they were so dry that, if thrown away, they would crumble, one may recite the Shema facing them,” though later Rabbis disagreed over exactly how dry the human poop needed to be to pass Rambam’s text. [If this happens](https://www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.107a.3?ven=William_Davidson_Edition_-_English&lang=bi&with=About&lang2=en), “one may overturn a bowl on top of a child’s feces so that he will not touch it and dirty himself,” without violating the labor restrictions. They are small reminders that these revered Rabbis were just people: people with bodies and families and practical issues just like the rest of us. Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel argued that as long as the chamber pot is behind the bed one may say the Shema, but if it is “before the bed” one must move at least four cubits away before reciting the Shema. Women in particular might want to note Rabbi Aha’s Talmudic advice that women who launder poop out of children’s clothes on Shabbat will die during childbirth. As the Talmud [tells us](https://www.sefaria.org/Pesachim.110a.14?ven=William_Davidson_Edition_-_English&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en), “One who encounters witches should say this incantation: Hot feces in torn date baskets in your mouth, witches; may your hairs fall out because you use them for witchcraft; your crumbs, which you use for witchcraft, should scatter in the wind.” Sick burn, Rabbis. Rambam goes on to define a dizzying array of instructions regarding how close one can or can’t be to human poop when reciting the Shema, with special stipulations for whether it is in front of, behind, or to the side of a person. For instance, one does not need to worry about distancing themselves from poop if it belonged to a child who is “unable to eat the weight of an olive of grain cereal” — a complicated way to define an infant — and you better believe that there have been centuries worth of Rabbinical debate regarding precisely how much cereal that is. Read on to find out what ancient Jewish texts have to say about poop. [trying to potty train her child](https://www.kveller.com/how-i-got-my-toddler-to-poo-in-the-potty/), I find bizarrely fascinating and somehow reassuring. [Megillah](https://www.kveller.com/do-you-know-the-purim-story/) when Haman’s daughter mistakes her father for Mordecai and throws the contents of a chamber pot on his head. It is an unglamourous but inevitable aspect of parenthood that most of us don’t actually talk about very much outside of our homes and doctor’s offices.

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