Grammys

Deep Eddy

Deep Eddy

Argle Bargle or Foofaraw?
I'm surprised there isn't a thread about the Grammys already. I know they aren't cool, and I usually never watch, but I ended up watching a lot of it with my daughter. There were a couple of good moments.

Keith Urban, John Mayer and Norah Jones sang "Jolene" in tribute to Dolly Parton.

Cee-Lo Green looked like a cross between a Roman centurion and a peacock singing with puppets. I appreciated that he didn't take himself too seriously. Reminded me of Elton John back in the day.

Still not sure what I think of Arcade Fire.
 
Mumford and sons was pretty interesting. I hadn't heard them nor of them before.
Dylan needed a throat lozenge but it was a fun song.

I gave up during the set with the three younger performers - with the girl that thinks she channels James Brown.
 
That was Janelle Monae. I think she's really talented and gave a great performance. Nice to see someone with real talent (not auto-tune talent) on stage. Plus, there were real guitars being played. :) I can see what you mean about the JB influence, but there are worse things in the world than being influenced by the Godfather of Soul.
 
I didnt watch a lot. My wife switched over to it a couple of times and we saw the tribute to Aretha Franklin. Obviously great singers but I dislike Christina A. more every time I see her. I saw Muse perform which I thought was a good performance. And I saw Gaga come out of her egg. They built that up to be world shaking but I thought it was just another theatrical song performance. Whatever.

I normally dont mind watching these things for the pure entertainment value. Some of these folks are so over the top that it just looks silly even watching them accept an award. The clothes they wear, the personas they take on. It makes me laugh. The Grammy itself has lost it's prestige in my opinion anyway as have most award shows but I go into these shows know that. I am not concerned with who wins, I just like the performances and to make fun of the goofy ones.
 
I didn't watch, but now I'm going to look for vids of the Janelle performance. Anybody know of a clean comprehensive site that lists the winners in each category without tons of spam, pop-us, and glitz? I'd be interested in reading through that.
 
We watched part of it Cee Lo was fun. Rhianna drives me bat shit...I think she's completely over rated. Arcade fire is another band that I don't see what the big deal is about after watching them play two songs. I wish we could have heard more of Dr Dre.


Cheese Grits said:
This woman from CBS in LA nails how I felt about the Grammys:

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You'd know that that is very eloquent and lucid commentary if you've ever watched the news here in LA.
 
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They never televise the categories I actually care about. :embarrassed:

That said, I've always wanted a Grammy. :tongue:
 
cuffdc said:
You're hoping it was more some sort of backstage coke-induced issue, huh?
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I'm thinking that it has something to do with a neuro-toxin contained in airplane chemtrails, absorbed into her brain and triggered by a series of deliberate subliminal messages rolled out slowly via the Bieber backup dancer injury, the Lady Gaga egg hatch, the Cee Lo acid trip, and the snoozefest of Barbra Streisand, Lady Antebellum and Arcade Fire. None of this stuff made any sense, but you can see the effect it had on this young woman. I'd like to know what hard hitting investigative pieces she was working on, because she obviously got too close to something important.
 
I never watch the Grammys, or any other industry propaganda show for that matter (Emmys, Oscars, CMA, etc). The radio show I listen to every morning commented that this was the worst Grammy show in recent memory in his opinion.
 
Cheese Grits said:
I'm thinking that it has something to do with a neuro-toxin contained in airplane chemtrails, absorbed into her brain and triggered by a series of deliberate subliminal messages rolled out slowly via the Bieber backup dancer injury, the Lady Gaga egg hatch, the Cee Lo acid trip, and the snoozefest of Barbra Streisand, Lady Antebellum and Arcade Fire. None of this stuff made any sense, but you can see the effect it had on this young woman. I'd like to know what hard hitting investigative pieces she was working on, because she obviously got too close to something important.
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Now you're making sense.
 
Denverdave said:
I never watch the Grammys, or any other industry propaganda show for that matter (Emmys, Oscars, CMA, etc). The radio show I listen to every morning commented that this was the worst Grammy show in recent memory in his opinion.
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The Grammys usually do suck.
 
I saw Mavis Staples won a Grammy. Didn't one of the guys who was on the webcast play in her band?
 
I was very happy to see Esperanza Spalding win her Grammy. It's rare that someone with a great depth of musical talent and maturity actually wins and award over the typical lowest-common-denominator pop acts.
 
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