That Cirque du Soleil skit with the Beatles song was great. Of course now I'm on-line looking for tix to one of their shows because SWMBO liked it.
They're really closing ranks behind a crackhead who seems to want to race Sh!tney in a 'who can hit rock bottom fastest' competition. Amy frakkin' Winehouse? SERIOUSLY? Any goodwill she had when Back in Black came out, she just pissed away in the past 4 months or so. She was seen about 6 weeks ago on a video inhaling from a crack pipe. Go Kanye, Go Foo Fighters, Go Rhianna - ABA; Anybody But Amy.
Not a f***ing chance. For 69 years old, she's unbelievable - hell, for 30, she'd be unbelievable. Did you notice how Beyonce was winded at the end of that routine while Tina kept singing? Holy moly, a commercial during the Grammys featuring Art Brut! How'd that happen? That's almost as freaky as Of Montreal pimping Outback Steakhouse.
I'm not going to keep up with the PBP all night, but I just wanted to say that the banter between Andy Williams and Nelly Furtado was maybe the most awkward moment ever at these awards. And there's tons of competition for that honor.
:| Yo Amy, when you perform (or IF?), just keep any and all drug paraphernalia away from camera view, K?
It has to, has to, be recorded. They can't take that chance. Keely Smith and Kid Rock? Please, ghost of Louis Prima, if you have any power in the afterlife, strike Kid Rock dead at this second! This is completely, utterly, totally wrong.
Feist looked pretty nervous. Likely not her normal performance garb. She lost out to Winehouse in three categories.
"I just got an award handed to me by a Beatle. Can you say that, Kanye?" Don't really care who won Country Album, but that was a great line.
This year's "well, he's dead, let's give him an award" award goes to the estate of Michael Brecker. RIP, sax man.
Ah, Gershwin. I know this is the point where 95% of the viewers go to take a piss, but this is what American music is about, even still. ... and Lang Lang throwing down on Herbie Hancock. That's pretty damn cool.