IMHO "The Grammys": A little bit rock-and-roll, a little bit country, a lotta bit lame

After all the buildup - "Whitney makes her comeback" "A whole new Whitney" etc., I was sort of shocked with her shuffling, absentminded turn as a presenter. Lord bless her, but the woman is as whacked out as ever. She looks better though.

I'm just curious, what happens when Joe Satriani proves in court that Coldplay ripped off the melody of "Viva La Vida" from his song "I Just Wanna Fly" (if you've heard both songs, it's quite obvious)? Will the Grammys have to retroactively give Satriani a Grammy as well for Song of the Year? Or will they retract the award and give it to the second place finisher, or nobody?

"Coldplay somehow managed to make the Sgt. Pepper outfits even gayer."

Thanks for the morning laugh. So four straight guys are wearing those outfits. Yeah, riiiiight.

You know an award show is whack when the most exciting news is about someone who didn't even show up (I'm looking at you Chris and Rhianna)!  I will say though the most exciting performance was Katy Perry and she can't sing!  Other than that I was extremely appalled to see that the Grammy's have become Soft Rock Radio and Obscure Artists that I have no interest in (Robert Plant Record of the Year??) Awards.

Yet, perhaps the most disappointing part of my night was wasting all the effort and commitment to jump between The Grammys, The BAFTAs, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.  What does a gay boy have to do to get some good T.V. time!?!

Hopefully Fashion Police will have a two hour special to dish on both awards shows...

I watched the whole show for the first time in 10 years only because one of my favorite singers (Neil Diamond) was going to perform. I'm in the 50+ category and my musical tastes are pretty varied. I like Coldplay, Adelle, Duffy, Sugarland and some of Justin Timberlakes stuff. That being said I'm no fan of rap and still can't understand half of what they say... thats not music to me thats mumbling.

U2's performance was not one of the best, really don't like the new song at all. I thought the best performances of the night were Hudsons, Adelle and Sugarlands, Diamonds (ok as I said I'm biased but how often have you seen the whole damn audiance participate in a song ).

I'd heard of the Plant/Krause album but not heard it. Got to say I was impressed with the songs I heard. I'm going to download it later and listen to it.

Overall I think the grammys do a good job of showcasing all types of music which I believe is a good thing. Just because you don't like a type of music does not mean others won't. I get tired of having the conversation with some younger people who won't even listen to much less acknowledge the artist who's not under 30.

 

Last night's ceremony was a complete disappointment. There was too much focus on performances and mashing up acts that don't belong together(Adele and Sugarland? Seriously?) and too little focus on handing out trophies to represent the broad spectrum of music that's celebrated by the Grammys. It's nice to see rap, R&B, pop, rock and country but why not throw in some awards for reggae, gospel, motion picture music, world music and folk music during the prime time telecast?

But with that being said, there were some parts about this year's Grammys I did enjoy. Unfortunately, most were wins that happened before the CBS telecast. I did love Radiohead's performance and was happy to see them win their third trophy for Best Alternative Music Album. I was also hoping that Radiohead would pull off a huge upset in Album of the Year but of course that did not happen. I was also very happy that Adele won Best New Artist. In addition to having amazing vocal chops she made sure the Jonas Brothers won nothing, which makes me very happy.

I was also ecstatic that Peter Gabriel took home 2 more Grammys for his collection for the work he did on the movie Wall-E. He won Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for "Down to Earth" and he took Best Instrumental Arrangement for the piece "Define Dancing". Hopefully Gabriel will be collecting his first Academy Award in two weeks for the same efforts.

I have to say in Jennifer Hudson's defense: it took a LOT for her to come out, make her speech in acceptance and then do that performance. Frankly, she could have come wearing a burlap sack and nobody would have room to say anything simply b/c she was there! So, let her wear whatever she wants and when you go through a tragedy like that and then have it constantly all over the news, let's see how good you look! You go Girl!!

M.I.A. was fierce! I never watched the show though, just the clip of her online. So crazy that yesterday was her due date.

I didn't know I was supposed to find Coldplay "annoying."  I like them!  My favorite song being "Clocks" from their record "A Rush Of Blood To The Head."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9j_RZDqYc4

. . . to see Girlfriend (Jennifer Hudson) perform and win her Grammy (Best R&B Album) and make sure Adele yanked the Best New Artist Grammy (thank you, God!) away from Donny Osmond's nephews (the Jonas Brothers). . .

This year really was bad wasn't it? Jennifer Hudson winning and performing as well as the set with Sugarland and Adele were the only good parts. Had anyone heard of the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss song before Grammy night? I listened to the album later and it really sounded very mellow and sleep inducing. And I am sorry for those who liked the MIA/Rap act but I just wanted it over. And why are the Jonas Brothers not arrested for singing so badly along with Taylor Swift?