Anyone watching tonight?
So far…
Police=Yawn.
Dixie Chicks, wow, they have a great sound and the lead singer can sing but I think they should have done a different song. That one, Not Ready To Make Nice, was just so …expected. I didn’t like that Baez made the little speech about protest songs. They should have just turned DC loose and let the song and the talent stand on it’s own. IMHO.
First “thank you to Jesus” out of the way.
I just reveled in seeing my boys The Police doing “Roxanne.” Hearing them was like taking a time machine back to the 1980s – and I mean that in a good way! They sounded terrific together, as always.
But dayum, does Sting ever age? All that tantric sex must really keep a guy young. Most importantly, he’s still got the pipes for the song, too.
(In other news, Fergie can’t read. Ah, and Mary J. Blige thanks Jesus for her Grammy. Thank goodness God and Jesus are taking time out from looking out for the sparrows and Iraq and Darfur to help boost her album sales!)
Are we witnessing the American Idolification of the Grammys? Text vote to see who gets to sing with Justin Timberlake?
For some reason, I heard that Prince was involved and thought it would be on some sort of performance level. Instead, he gets up and says “One word: Beyonce”?
Why is Justin Timberlake singing into a video camera?
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How were the Police ever remotely cool or edgy to a teen demographic? They’re so Barry Manilow.
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Marry J. Blige can never rise above being the disgusting gangsta btich that she is - even when you try to dress her up in a nice gown, she just oozes ghetto. Cover up those tats!
Apparently so, Biggirl. And just in case there aren’t enough cameras on Justin Timberlake’s troll-ass face, he carries around his own so we can see what’s up his nostrils.
Wow, Jesus is REALLY lookin’ out for his girl Mary J.
Why you gotta badmouth Mary? You don’t like tats? Hip hop? She very graciously thanked EVERYBODY she could think of and didn’t act ‘ghetto’ in any way.
Since when is ghetto synonymous with disgusting gangsta btich (sic)? Sounds like being born poor is a terminal disease that not even a nice gown can cure.
I was at the laundrymat when it started and just got home. There are TVs there but normally they’re tuned to Hispanic soap operas. I was able to talk the attendant into changing the channel, so I got to see the Dixie Chicks, even though the reception was atrocious. I was standing there in the middle of a brightly lit laundrymat, with a sheet that I was folding forgotten in my hands. Tears were in my eyes. That song will live on and on and on. My husband’s recording the show in High Definition, so when it’s all over I’ll be able to go back and watch it in HD on our big screen.
That is the greatest song of their career and one of the greatest songs of all time. They HAD to do it at the Grammys, and Joan Baez HAD to introduce them and say what she said. I’m glad for it.
The song’s already won Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, so good for them!
I liked knowing that Gnarls Barkley won 2 Grammys already tonight, for Best Alternative album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance!
Hey Jesus, is Mary your own personal pet project? I hate that shit.
I can’t cite a statisic but in years of watching the Grammys I always notice one thing; whoever was invited to perform their song on the show is the winner of the award in that category. Since they usually perfrom right before their category, it kind of kills any suspense one might feel, which for me is none at all since I have no real investment in which rich, famous, over-rated, pampered celebrity takes home a little statue over any other.
Ceelo’s teeth are scaring me.
After further consideration I will agree with that much. I like them a lot.
The Police were quite a bit better than I expected. If they’re willing to play around with their material a little bit like they did with “Roxanne”, then the tour might produce something worth listening to rather than just an Eagles-style cash-in.
What I don’t get: Bob Dylan was nominated for Best Rock Song, a songwriter’s award, for “Someday Baby”. (He didn’t win, though the track won for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, which I agree with.) The song is just a barely re-written version of “Trouble No More” by Muddy Waters, most famously done by the Allman Brothers on Eat a Peach. Why is Dylan taking a songwriting credit at all, much less submitting it for a songwriting Grammy?
Holy crap. Christina Aguilara is astonishing.
I agree. I usually hate the silly singing all around the note that she and the American Idol kids always do, but this was a very strong performance. Of course it helps that she was covering the Godfather.
They were on? Not that I care – the Grammys have been a joke for decades – but it would have been nice to catch the Police.
It’s nice to know that you can win 3 Grammys by releasing the same album over and over again until someone pays attention to you.
See:Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The Grammys are irrelevant.
Song of the Year!
Best Country Album!
Record of the Year!
Lookin’ good girls. I’m so proud of them.
So, Carrie Underwood is famous…why? She has a very ordinary voice and totally mangled Bob Wills, who’s probably spinning in his grave. I’ve been completely unimpressed with what I’ve heard tonight anyway. And I felt that way before she won Best New Artist over Imogen Heap (she of the wacky fauna hair, and who released her first, excellent, album about 10 years ago, so I guess Best New Artist is more like the Whenever We Happen To Notice You award, but hey, better late than never).
I hadn’t heard it before, and I hated that song Mary J. Blige sang, all those "baby baby baby"s and that “showstopper” type singing that drives me nuts. However, I do respect that she does have talent and a great story.
I really really REALLY hated those 3 “win a date with Justin Timberlake” finalists. I guess I just hate that style of singing. Enough already!
In the Say what? department, other Grammy winners tonight…
Lewis Black (Best Comedy Album)
Jimmy Carter (Best Spoken Word Album)
Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee (Best Spoken Word Album, it was a tie!)
Joaquin Phoenix & T Bone Burnett (Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for Walk The Line)
OK Go (Best Short Form Music Video for Here It Goes Again)
Peter Frampton (Best Pop Instrumental Album)
Madonna (Best Electronic/Dance Album)
Keeping in mind that I’ve missed chunks of the show, it’s amazing the other icons who won Grammys tonight (in some cases multiple Grammys) in the “They’re Not Important Enough Categories to Show You in Prime Time” realm, including
Bob Dylan (Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance AND Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album)
Bruce Springsten (Best Traditional Folk Album AND Best Long Form Music Video)
Sly and the Family Stone (Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal)
George Benson & Al Jarreau (Best Pop Instrumental Performance AND Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance with Jill Scott)
Enya (Best New Age Album)
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones (Best Contemporary Jazz Album)
Ike Turner (Best Traditional Blues Album)
Irma Thomas (Best Contemporary Blues Album)
Ziggy Marley (Best Reggae Album)
John Williams (Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Randy Newman (Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media)