Can anyone say tragedy? Because as I sat through all three and a half hours of them (why? I'm not sure.), there were very few times when the look of utter disgust vanished from my face. No matter what your tastes in music include, most of the performances were lacking. Seriously.Now, I'm not ready to slam the entire show. My favorite highlights include: Carrie Underwood's performace (of course) and her kickass lead chick guitarist; Sugarland and Adele's duo performance; John Mayer, BB King, Keith Urban and Buddy Guy together (Heaven.); and lastly, Jamie Fox and Ne-Yo singing Motown. Not all was lost. There were parts that I loved...
HOWEVER.
Can we please talk about the performance of a 9 month's pregnant M.I.A. with Jay-Z, Kanye, Lil Wayne and T.I. ?? Can we say CATASTROPHE? (Note: If anyone finds a picture of this disaster, please post it because I've looked and can't seem to come up with one as of yet) If you didn't see it, you need to. Just to believe it. Also, do the Jonas Brothers know that Stevie Wonder has been blind from birth? Because they danced around him throughout the entire performance like the man could see them ruining one of his most famous songs. And I recognize that there was pre-show drama that left both Chris Brown and Rihanna's performances out of the televised broadcast, but the collaboration of Justin Timberlake, Rev. Al Green, Keith Urban, and 3/4 of Boys II Men that was thrown together to kick off the show made zero sense. And I'm a big fan of all four of those artists... but together? What?
As you can plainly see, as a majority, I was disappointed. Some of the crazy collaborations were fantastic. Others... not so much. And don't get me started on Hannah Montana and Taylor Swift.
Dear God.
If you watched, please let me know your thoughts! Tell me I'm not the only one who enjoyed what our Music Industry now calls "Music" last night! Let me know!
Side Questions: 1) Where was Beyonce?... Not only was this the first year in forever she hasn't performed, but her new husband was up for Rap Album of the Year. Hello? 2) Not really a question, as more of a statement for Island Girl: Kenny's date-- skank.
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There are pictures and a video of MIA's performance here.
http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/02/09/mia-and-baby-rock-the-grammys/#more-30358
Didn't catch the Grammy's, but based on your review I'm kinda glad I missed them!
I agree with your post 110%! There were glimpses of greatness, then they just crashed down again :(
and yea, her = not fair, not fair, not fair! She's younger than US!!! grrr...
i watched them, and while you are right there were some moments of mouth gaping disgust (m.i.a. and the jo-bros + stevie wonder--which is just wrong in all ways) i am a huge coldplay fan and was thrilled to see them play. albeit not as great as upclose and personal. it was nice none the less. i too appreciated sugarland + adele and carrie underwood. but seriously, wtf was she wearing??? she always looks good and the girl has some legs but that get-up was a big no-no.
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