>>its "Traditional" status was decided at a very late point prior to being nominated for this award.<<

My own theory is that the song probably only became "tradional" after someone had discovered they had printed the lyric book in the first CDs inacurately. The printing on that lyric book is pretty awful anyway and it must have been dead hard to proof read.

That nine people then decided to nominate a song that from its structure was clearly a modern composition for the tradional category is between them and their therapists. Much has been made that they were led astray by what it said on the CD sleeve, but I get the impression that the Gang of Nine aren't the sort who check their facts by researching CD credits.