I watched for about 30 minutes and then turned the channel. Junk. The Green Day musical sounded so bad. Why do they always have to opera up the lyrics for a musical? Why? I was hoping it would be more punk rock than musical. Makes me concerned for the Spiderman musical too. Also, they awarded (prior to the show) a lifetime achievement award to Loretta Lynn...I was rather disgusted they did not actually actually recognize her in a meaningful way.
I suppose the fact that I did not even watch most of it makes my opinion moot though. So keep that in mind as I continue to rant.
I will admit I flicked past the Grammy's a couple of times later in the show, call it wishful thinking, and what I did see was a really big disappointment. What was the point of MJ's daughters speech? Why? I wish I could stomach it. It's just such a shit show. ummm....why couldn't Beyonce accept her first award? She was there, how much f'n prep time did she need to get in that skimpy dress?
I guess I just don't get it and that is fine with me. There is such amazing music out there, why this crap is held up by the Grammy's...it is senseless. I am oddly (and secretly) glad U2 did not win. I know it would have "legitimized" their album and helped, blah, blah ,blah...but NLOTH is so above the level of the shite I heard last night. It made me question; Can Taylor Swift even sing? She was flat and tuneless.
What did you think? Did you enjoy it? What was the highlight and lowlight for you?
I was shocked at the amount of viewers (via @sonic1029 on the twitter: 26.6 million watch the Grammys last night - more than any year since 2001). SHOCKED. Apparently, I am the only one who loathed it. I am glad Phoenix was recognized. And Silversun Pickup's should have won even if they are not new. I will say Eminem was....well I am amazed at his talent, it was an amazing performance by him. He just blows Lil Wayne and Lil Drake out of the water.
One final note: Autotune? Are you fucking kidding me? If this is the future of music just shoot me now.
Song Du Jour: Crawl by Kings Of Leon
You Tube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZkIBOAa4VY
