Grammy Shmammy Part Deux
The Grammy Awards came and went. And I barely noticed.
Thanks to Popdose’s Twitter updates, I was able to catch the highlights without actually tuning in. But I sneaked a peak at YouTube today to catch some of the more anticipated performances.
And I’m still glad I didn’t tune in.
Among the highlights was seeing Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters on Cloud 9 as he probably lived out a childhood dream to play with Paul McCartney. I enjoyed watching Sugarland, although I’m still trying to get used to Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush away from their acoustic coffeehouse roots.
That was about it. Bono was pompous as usual, displaying his silhouette high above the rest of the band, and it fit right in with the god-awful “Get On Your Boots,” or as my coworker calls it, “Get on your crappy boots.” Coldplay thought it would be a good idea to have Jay-Z rap a verse to one of their songs. Not sure why they thought.
Alison Krauss’s beautiful voice was wasted singing harmony with Robert Plant on the tuneless “Rich Woman.” At least she looked good. But the biggest disappointment was hearing Radiohead, or hearing something that Radiohead played. It was “15 Step” from their latest album “In Rainbows,” but I barely heard a word Thom Yorke said.
The winners? It looked like Grammy went straight down the middle of the road again, wanting to offend no one. Given the lack of talent of some of the nominees, that may not have been a bad thing.
February 10th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Hey, I’m glad you enjoyed my tweets on the Grammys, and I’m happy that I was able to save you from actually watching them. Thanks for the mention.
February 12th, 2009 at 2:56 am
The Grammys are really the worst awards show of them all. Even the American Music awards are preferable, and that is dire stuff.
So, Whitney Houston. Was she drunk or high or has she just lost her mind? Probably all three.
Coldplay… just fuck off, and take fucking Bono with you. Wankbuckets the lot of them.
Radiohead: what you said.
Paul McCartney has had a 46-year career. So what does he choose to song? One of the Beatles earliest, crappiest songs. I did like Grohl’s spot-on impression of the Muppets’ drummer though.
The four rapping herberts with the pregnant M.I.A. – well, rap is in its death-throes, if these clowns are the godfathers of hip hop.
Why did Neil Diamond have to sing Sweet Caroline when his Rubin-produced album apparently topped the US album charts? Lowest common denominator stuff.
The woman from Sugarland must have her adenoids checked out. She sounded like bloody Anastacia. Duffy: what a horrible voice she has. Adele pisses all over her (just guaranteed you traffic from porn fiends here).
How did it happen that the ubiquitous and utterly horrible Will.I.Am (or however you punctuate his name) was absent? I would have bet my house on him presenting the whole wreck. Did he also beat up his woman?
Jonas Brothers and Stevie Wonder. An association so obvious I felt stupid for not thinking of it myself.
Kid Rock. Has there ever been a “rock star” more objectionable than that Dubya-fellating tower of shit?
Boyz II Men were nominated for a Motown covers album? Fuck the fucking fuck off!
Nice to see Smokey and his extreme facelift again, and the Duke. But Jamie Foxx and his weedy sidekick ain’t no Four Tops.
No tribute to Ike??? Didn’t know the bass singer of The Spinners had died. R.I.P.
So what was good? Al Green and Justin Timberlake. The man is a fine entertainer, and Timberlake is massively talented too (you’ll disagree, but it’s true)
February 12th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
OMG, if I had been drinking milk it would have come out my nose. I thought I was grumpy! Hilarious.
Note to self: Get AMD to guest post next year’s Grammy review.