# General Grammy Awards thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699 "2012-02-13T12:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/1 "2012-02-13T12:40:17Z")
Sorry if I missed one that already exists … 1. Who were the two guitar players with Sir Paul at the beginning of the last number before everyone else joined? 2. Were some of the vocals prerecorded? Specifically Marroon Five and Foster the People with the Beach Boys. 3 Does Taylor Swift really play the banjo or was that more for show? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/2 "2012-02-13T13:01:16Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Sorry if I missed one that already exists … > > 1. Who were the two guitar players with Sir Paul at the beginning of the last number before everyone else joined? I was going to say that Bruce, Joe Walsh, Dave Grohl all came out at the same time…but re-watching it, it’s those two other guys you’re trying to figure out, the ones that were there during the medley. “The Internet” is saying the last two are Brian Rey and Rusty Anderson. Paul’s tour guitarists. ETA, I thought the blond one was a Foo Fighter though. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/3 "2012-02-13T13:08:53Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > 3 Does Taylor Swift really play the banjo or was that more for show? it was a 6-string banjo guitar, which are strung just like a guitar. So, not really. ---
**Author:** ![BeaMyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/4 "2012-02-13T13:15:38Z")
Who’s Adele? Seriously, I am getting just that old \ ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/5 "2012-02-13T13:51:55Z")
> [@BeaMyra](#): > > Who’s Adele? Seriously, I am getting just that old \ Go to youtube and look for Rolling in the Deep. It’s been pretty hard to miss that song over the last year or so. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/6 "2012-02-13T13:56:45Z")
Did anyone else thing something wonky was going on with the Katy Perry show before it happened? At the beginning I noticed there was no spot light on her…which is odd, she’s usually REALLY well lit, she’s not Rhianna, she doesn’t do dark stages. Then she grabbed her ear piece right as the sound went out and I figured “Well, as long as the spotlight guy is asleep, the sound board might as well take a crap too…” I didn’t recognize the second song and just assumed they were going to the next part of that performance and was pretty surprised at how well the band picked back up, until I realized it was her in the cage and a fake Katy that started the show. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/7 "2012-02-13T14:12:17Z")
> [@BeaMyra](#): > > Who’s Adele? Seriously, I am getting just that old \ If you’re not sick of _Rolling in the Deep_ by now, you’re ready for the rocker on the porch. 😉 A very good song, but so overplayed at this point, I can’t listen to it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/8 "2012-02-13T14:48:51Z")
Nobody commented on the train wreck that was Nicki Minaj’s performance? Or did it spawn it’s own thread? Bizarre… but not in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/9 "2012-02-13T14:57:08Z")
I had to go to bed before Nicki Minaj performed; I’ll have to look it up later. The biggest disappointment of the night for me (after Bruno Mars being shut out by Adele) - when Jennifer Hudson hit that clunker towards the end of “I Will Always Love You.” Ouch! And Chris Martin of Coldplay sucks as a singer. And the Foo Fighters would be awesome to see live (even though I don’t much care for their music). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/10 "2012-02-13T15:11:57Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > Nobody commented on the train wreck that was Nicki Minaj’s performance? Or did it spawn it’s own thread? > > Bizarre… but not in a good way. I had heard a lot about her, but had never heard anything by her. I was not impressed. But I don’t really go for that over-the-top flashy stuff. ETA: Chris Martin sounded off key to me. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/11 "2012-02-13T15:17:49Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > Nobody commented on the train wreck that was Nicki Minaj’s performance? Or did it spawn it’s own thread? > > Bizarre… but not in a good way. I didn’t mind it, but then, in small doses I don’t mind Nikki Minaj. The only change I would have made was to use Andy Richter as the priest. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/12 "2012-02-13T15:22:37Z")
Granted it was her most popular song, her “signature song”, but it wasn’t _her_ song. Dolly Parton wrote it and took it to #1 twice. Maybe tribute Houson with a song written specifically for her? And get someone who can sing it better…Parton, perhaps. Hudson may be a fine singer, but this song wasn’t an example of that. Hell, for the way the night went, should have just had Adele sing the damn thing… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/13 "2012-02-13T15:27:35Z")
[Here is Nicki’s performance.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa-96UW6bm0) As a song, it blew; as performance art, WOW! [Jennifer Hudson’s Whitney tribute.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzMsEvUxFc4&feature=g-logo&context=G280df2bFOAAAAAAAAAA) ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/14 "2012-02-13T15:50:04Z")
I missed most of the show, but the highlight for me was Taylor Swifts performance. Well, not the performance actually, but her reaction to the standing ovation when she finished. I caught 3 reaction shots…the first when she turns to the person next to her and says “What?”, the second standing there wide-eyed and mouth agape, and the third disbelief. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/15 "2012-02-13T15:56:45Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Granted it was her most popular song, her “signature song”, but it wasn’t _her_ song. Dolly Parton wrote it and took it to #1 twice. Maybe tribute Houson with a song written specifically for her? And get someone who can sing it better…Parton, perhaps. Hudson may be a fine singer, but this song wasn’t an example of that. Hell, for the way the night went, should have just had Adele sing the damn thing… I was thinking they should have tried to get Dolly to do it as a kind of ‘tribute’ for making the song so popular even though hardly anybody is aware it is a Dolly Parton song. I think she would have done a much better job than Jennifer Hudson. What the hell was with all that weird puffing on the words in the beginning? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/16 "2012-02-13T15:58:30Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Granted it was her most popular song, her “signature song”, but it wasn’t _her_ song. Dolly Parton wrote it and took it to #1 twice. Maybe tribute Houson with a song written specifically for her? And get someone who can sing it better…Parton, perhaps. Hudson may be a fine singer, but this song wasn’t an example of that. Hell, for the way the night went, should have just had Adele sing the damn thing… I have to wonder if the Grammy people were sitting in a room going back and forth trying to decide if they should offer it up to Dolly first of if they should go with someone black. Of course, it might not even be a possibility for her (Dolly). But Dolly would have fit in with a good chunk of the theme of the show. I think she would have been right at home on plenty of those sets. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/17 "2012-02-13T18:12:23Z")
This won’t be popular but… I don’t get the love for Adele. I know this is the minority view as she won six awards last night, but really, she ain’t all that. Minimal range, shouts, monotone. Amy Winehouse had more talent in her little pinky than Adele does in that plus size 14 dress. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/18 "2012-02-13T18:43:07Z")
I’m not even sure the Grammies even count as an award show these days. Maybe six awards get presented on camera, and the winners of the other awards don’t even get a crawl right before commercial like they used to. Plus the awards are so damn preordained. Adele sweeps the awards…right after being interviewed on 60 Minutes and being the sole person on the Grammy print ad. It seems like every year one act wins four-six trophies, and it makes you wonder if the Grammies are prearranged so the ailing record industry can put up a good show. The actual performances? Glenn Campbell stole the show in my opinion. Sounded great, and fantastic stage presence. The whole Taylor Swift/Civil Wars thing was a suprisingly good pairing; I wonder if Taylor will take this as a sign where her music can go next. Beach Boys were weak if well intentioned; considering how many ringers were on the stage I’m not sure if this counts as the “Beach Boys” anyway. Tony Bennett can still bring it, but why have the phony melisma(?) of Carrie Underwood as his duet partner? Macca’s standards performance was sleep inducing, but the close showed why he’s still a great live act. Notice I didn’t note any new acts besides the Civil Wars? I will say this about Niki Minaj; did she just see the “Stonehenge” scence of “Spinal Tap” and not realize it was supposed to be a spoof? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/19 "2012-02-13T19:05:34Z")
What in the WORLD happened to LL Cool J’s face. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699/20 "2012-02-13T19:15:33Z")
A friend of mine was up for a Grammy as part of the best small ensemble. She didn’t win. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-grammy-awards-thread/612699.md?page=2)