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Ah, last night's Grammys. Yes, Prince opened up the show to a thankless medley of songs (Gothamist would have preferred one whole song) with Beyonce channeling Tina Turner with her dress and hard-working legs. Justin Timberlake apologized for his behavior at the Super Bowl (though making it everyone else's problem that they were offended) and, thank the Lord, he did not rip off Arturo Sandoval's shirt to expose man boob. Christina Aguilera did note during her acceptance speech that she was about to have a Janet moment with her sexy dress, but the audience only laughed nervously. Even though someone will get fired, Gothamist is thankful for the technical difficulties during Celine's singing.
And Sting, Dave Matthews, and Vince Gill were like the bad Beatles cover bad at the crappy bar mitzvah. The best moment was Andre 3000's short and sweet acceptance speech for best rap album.
Gothamist wonders if R. Kelly was trying to try out for the role of "Kato" in The Green Hornet or if it's just to let everyone know things are creepier in his bedroom. But if there's one thing to sum up how the Grammys will be lame, no matter how hard they try: As Sam pointed out, "Everyone knows America's favorite couple is Nick and Jessica - not those old bags Ozzy and Sharon."
Other Grammy information: The winners at Grammy.com (yay, Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy won a Grammy for "A Mighty Wind"!")
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I missed it. What were the technical difficulties during Celine's performance
One of the stagehands forgot to put the muzzle on her before she went on stage, so they freaked out and turned off her mic instead.
re: nick/jessica vs. ozzy/sharon = my husband said the same thing! how funny...
Grammys = lame. The little bits of the telecast I saw were the most contrived, uninspired television I had ever seen. Putting Sean Paul on stage with Sting? What bet did Sting lose, and to whom?! The Grammys need to get over its multi-generational marketing strategy. Putting older and younger musicians on the same stage doesn't play to a wider demographic. It simply ruins what would have been a decent song.
What was up with 50 Cent coming up to the stage for the Best New Artist?
Prince & Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, the White Stripes, these were all committed performances that reminded us that there are still musicians/ artists at the Grammys. They sang, they danced, live, seemed excited to be on stage. Just seeing artists vibrant with passion made last night's grammy worth. Ok, even lil' Justin was cute as he was trying so hard to be a big man.
r kelly looks like bobby digital, only taller. and lamer.
There were technical difficulties during that Canadian hack's performance? How appropriate. We hadn't noticed because we had her on mute anyway.