Yikes!What a long long show it was.We were promised some surprises last night and I suppose we got em.The ratings last year were abismal and it was a big show last year being the 50th and all. Here is a list of your surprises....Gary Sinese,Samual L Jackson,Morgan Freeman,Duane ''The Rock''Johnson,Gweneth Paltrow,Jay Mohr.Actors, wow thanks Grammy writers, just what I want in a music showcase of excellence.
Another supposed surprise was the band Blink 182 on stage presenting an award and announcing that they were getting back together.Back together?Were they apart?None of the thousands in attendance seemed to know that.
The worst stunt of the night though is owned by the Jonas brothers and Stevie Wonder for teaming up for a very sad medley.I dont blame Stevie here because he has 8 kids at home and much like Obama, is forced to say they like these fabricated con artists.The best part of that performance was when the weird lookin one,not the big headed one, the other one was all queued up to sing after Stevie and not only did he forget the first word but his voice cracked as well.Classic Disney pablum.Eat up America!
Some performances on the other hand were noteworthy and stood out.Like Radiohead performing with a marching band and lemme tell ya, those kids in the band were leagues ahead of some of the mediocrity showcased last night.Other hits of the night were numbers by Lil Wayne and shockingly a stripped down performance by Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift going accoustic.At least one of the new batch of the Disney era has some chops.
And now the hit and miss category.Paul McCartney performed a new song last night.Complete miss.U2 did as well, gee wiz it was bad.My friend and industry insider Jason Seifert said it best when he likened their new song to a cheese filled retread of an 80's one hit wonder by the name of Wild Wild West .Almost identical delivery folks, look it up.
But the hit of the night had to go to Neil freakin Diamond and despite having a brand new album out like the two previously mentioned,decided to go old school and hit the crowd with a laid back lounge version of Sweet Caroline.He wins for simply having thousands of fans and peers alike singing along with him and having a blast while doing it.
Now I suppose you wanna know who won what.Well, go to another site for a complete rundown but here's a few.
Lil Wayne Best Rap Album (zero surprise)
Coldplay won a couple
Robert plant & Alison Krauss won a couple including the big one
Adelle won best new artist and Kanye threw a fit.
Rick Rubin wins producer of the year and isnt even shown on screen.
Best acceptance speech Lil Wayne for being succinct and sincere
Worst acceptance speech Robert Plant for acknowledging the fact that he sold out.
All of that crammed into a mere 3 1/2 hours.treating this like a movie I have to give this one a rating of 2 lip syncs out of 5.
Better luck next year suckers.
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I’ll admit from the get go, I DON’T LIKE AWARDS SHOWS, but I was sucked into watching this bloody thing as I wanted to see the Radiohead/USC Marching band performance. It was well done, but it wasn’t Radiohead, it was Thom Yorke karaoking 15 Step with a marching band. Where was the rest of Radiohead? Couldn’t they have found a job for anybody else but Thom and Johnny?
ReplyDeleteWas it completely necessary for MIA to preform? I mean I love her and all but I was convinced we were going to have the first ever “water breakage” at the Grammys.
Speaking of MIA, please explain to me how an album that was released in February 2007, can be up for a Grammy in February 2009?
And yes.. A special shout out to U2... we all love your old stuff, and we even love selected tracks from your stuff in the ‘00's... but please, please STOP!
its all about when the singles are released and or remixed for M.I.A and youre right about her gimmicky performance.at least they let her perform her own sample.
ReplyDeleteGood catch, the single was released February 2008. Which leads to another gripe... there has to be a limit to both how many singles can be released off one album and how long after an album is released that you can still release a single. I swear that Gwen Stafani is still releasing singles off of her 2004 album :)
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