# Anyone else here watching the 2024 Grammys? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** talk-variety-show, music\ **Created:** [February 5, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111 "2024-02-05T01:46:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/1 "2024-02-05T01:46:12Z")
My daughter came over and we’re watching, as we do most years. I like seeing the artists, and know about a quarter of the songs. The Tracy Chapman/Luke McComb duet was special. Anyone else here? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/2 "2024-02-05T01:49:18Z")
No. eta: I mean YES! Love that they got Chapman out so the young’uns get to see whose song it was. Billie Eyelash was good, too, in a “match the soundtrack” way… (I’m just watching for Trevor Noah). ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/3 "2024-02-05T01:50:28Z")
I made them consistent! May have screwed up yer post, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/4 "2024-02-05T02:11:34Z")
Seeing Tracy Chapman gave me all kinda happiness. I’m watching in part to see what the kids are listening to these days. SZA? Who? (I actually sorta liked her song and performance). Also tuning in to see Joni. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/5 "2024-02-05T02:17:18Z")
Olivia Rodrigo is so freaking great. ETA I wondered how they would deal with those lyrics… ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/6 "2024-02-05T02:20:15Z")
Miley killed too. My daughter and her friend (both 18) agreed she was great and they aren’t actually fond of Miley. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/7 "2024-02-05T02:36:35Z")
As if I hadn’t already had my fill of Taylor Swift now I get to watch her stand/dance/sing along with each performance, often being the only one in the audience doing so. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/8 "2024-02-05T02:42:05Z")
Posted by me in the Taylor thread: We might be seeing the beginning of a backlash. Her announcement of a new album during her acceptance speech at the Grammys felt both manufactured and disrespectful to the other artists there. To the extent I’m willing to read the camera shots of their reactions, they were generally NOT happy. I am and have been a huge fan of Taylor, but it doesn’t have to be about her ALL THE TIME - especially coming directly after Olivia Rodrigo’s performance. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/9 "2024-02-05T02:44:45Z")
Yeah, same reaction here. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/10 "2024-02-05T02:56:53Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > ETA I wondered how they would deal with those lyrics… It’s the same lyrics as on the radio edit. That’s kinda what I figured they would do. Didn’t even really think about the Swift announcement. I guess I could see how that may have not been the best venue to announce it if I were squinting hard enough. I’m kinda excited now with an album title like “The Tortured Poets Department.” ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/11 "2024-02-05T03:02:11Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It’s the same lyrics as on the radio edit. That’s kinda what I figured they would do. Weirdly I’ve never heard it on the radio, but that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/12 "2024-02-05T03:07:31Z")
Yeah, the radio edit kinda annoys me, but, well, gotta do something to play it on terrestrial radio. They replace “fame fucker” with “dream crusher” and silence the “god” in “god damned vampire.” ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/13 "2024-02-05T03:18:06Z")
I watched the first hour. Mostly I was saddened for poor Trevor, trapped wandering around tables of famous people, having to say how fabulous each and every one of them was, even the empty seats there because the really super famous people come in last and got delayed. “Fast Car” is the last song in the world any white man should be covering. I thought my head would explode when I first heard of the Comb’s cover and it didn’t get better when Chapman and Combs sang the duet. At least someone at the Grammys played an instrument while they sang. /Grumpy Old Man ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/14 "2024-02-05T03:20:00Z")
Cannot believe Vampire didn’t win. Hopefully it wins record of the year instead. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/15 "2024-02-05T03:29:27Z")
Rapper gets 3 awards then arrested and taken out in handcuffs? Was that live? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/16 "2024-02-05T03:29:46Z")
I admit I don’t really enjoy these old moments of reverence. My daughter didn’t know who she is, so I muted the tv and played Big Yellow Tax on the Echo. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/17 "2024-02-05T03:30:41Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Rapper gets 3 awards then arrested and taken out in handcuffs? Was that live? Not live, it was pre-show, but there’s video of it on Xitter. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/18 "2024-02-05T03:32:57Z")
Ooof. Tough category. I’m looking at the competition and, honestly, any one of them can win. I want Olivia to win something today. _Guts_ is my favorite album of last year. That said, I’m not super hot on “Vampire,” so I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t win. It’s a solid tune, but there may be some of the competition I prefer. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/19 "2024-02-05T03:33:07Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I admit I don’t really enjoy these old moments of reverence. I thought Joni Mitchell’s performance was incredibly moving ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111/20 "2024-02-05T03:48:54Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > “Fast Car” is the last song in the world any white man should be covering. I thought my head would explode when I first heard of the Comb’s cover and it didn’t get better when Chapman and Combs sang the duet. Wow. Different perspectives. I thought it was super cool that they sang it as duet. Combs has been about very vocal about how much the song touched him and influenced him. Tracy herself has also been supportive of his cover (obviously) although the financial aspect might influence that, but it did seem like they had some real chemistry during the duet. On other topics, Brandi Carlisle’s fan-girl moment with Joni was awesome - and I love that song. I agree with @FinsToTheLeft, that was moving. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watching-the-2024-grammys/997111.md?page=2)