So...The Grammy's
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shadowkatOkay...the least interesting band and least interesting song, Arcade Fire won Record of the Year - which made no sense to me, because of the five nominated, they were the only one I did not like and gave me a headache. It's basically the same sound for 20 minutes. Also do not understand the appeal of Justin Bieber -- whose voice sounds like nails on a chalk-board and he looks like like a ten year old Shaun Cassidy, except less attractive. Are these pre-teens death and blind? Or just desperate?
Other head-scratching wins included "Lady Antebellum" repeatedly for "Need You Now" - which sounded like numerous songs I'd heard before. I do like them - they have smooth voices. But they aren't interesting.
Emminen's matchup with Rhiannon and Dr. Dre on Recovey, specifically "I Love the Way You Lie" - which I'd never heard before, blew me away. Fascinating song about abusive relationships and gender roles.
It had a lot to say. And it should be noted that I'm really not a rap fan. It won- one or two categories.
Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster won the one up against a lackluster bunch of competitors included the aforementioned Justin Bieber. Although Katy Perry is admittedly fun.
What I found hilarious and highly annoying was when the network kept cutting the sound on numbers that used foul language, specifically the word "Fuck". We need to get past this insane sensitivity to words, folks. It's just silly. I mean, if you can handle someone firing a gun a someone on stage,
beating someone up, or setting things ablaze in a violent manner - you can handle the word Fuck.
People give these words far more power than they deserve. (The two numbers were the Muppets/Gwenyth Paltrow and Ceilo was nominated (can't remember) for the song "Otherwise Called Forget You Now" (Fuck You Now) - its a song that basically makes fun of our problems with words and how words can be used as weapons. Forget You does not nearly have the same violence as Fuck You for example.
Hilariously effective song. The other one was I Love the Way You Lie - which had Emimen's rape firing a barrage of curse words - it's an angry duet filled with passion and longing, and the violent impossibility of desire. The curse words are necessary to it. Some days I just want to smack the PTC and FCC upside the head in the states for being nitwits. Apparently they have no problems letting their kids and adults watch people torture, maim, rape, kill, and beat up each other - but songs expressing anger through words scare them?
(I'm guessing from Jamie Fox's introduction of the Forget You Song - I'm not alone in this sentiment.)
The best performances?
*The Aretha Franklin Homage at the beginning.
*Katy Perry's Valentine songs
*Bruno/Jenette/Uther's Beautiful Girls medley
*Averly Brothers, Mumford, and Bob Dylan's folk medley ending with "I'm Not Gonna Work for Maggie's Farm No More".
* Muse's nominated song
* Emmimen/Dr. Dre/Rhiannon's Love the Way You Lie
*Jagger's salute to Solomon
*Norah Jones/Keith Urbane/John Mayer's salute to Dolly Parton - Joliene (which I liked better than Parton's rendition)
*Gwenyth Paltrow/the guy nominated/the Muppets - Forget You/Fuck You Song (fun)
*Miranda Lambert's The Home We Built - moving, but it did remind me of why I'm not a country music fan generally speaking - can't deal with the raspy nasality of their voices or what is called "twang". Twang...not my thing.
The most boring?
*Barbara Striesand (I'm admittedly not a fan of the song Evergreen - the first twenty times I heard it was fine, now I find it a bit silly. Prefer "The Way We Were" - which I wish she'd done instead.)
*Lady Antebellum's Tribute to Pendergrass (and I actually like Lady Antebellum but they were dull)
*Arcade Fire
*Justin Bieber and Usher (also the most head-ache and cringe inducing, making me very very happy I do not have children and do not work with children. I thought Barney and the Hansons were bad. Bieber makes the Jonas Brothers, the Hansons, and Barney look pretty good in comparison.)
*Lady Gaga's new song (I liked the song but found the performance duller than usual)
Overall, surprisingly entertaining. Although I kept wondering if I missed a performance by Lady Gaga - because they kept showing her singing Bad Romance in a green costume with a mask - which I never saw. Did they have performances that weren't televised?
Here's the video link to I Love the Way You Lie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U
A fascinating song about an abusive relationship from both sides, the man and woman. A painful love song that rips through you.
And here's the one for Muse's Grammy Performance of "Uprising":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p4GZDY9lrI or go here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vk8MK_Zhuk
Others of note:
* Lady Gaga emerging from an egg at the Grammy's - I like the song, but thought the performance sort of dull.
http://www.iviewtube.com/v/177972
Or just try and go here: http://www.youtube.com/user/thegrammys
Other head-scratching wins included "Lady Antebellum" repeatedly for "Need You Now" - which sounded like numerous songs I'd heard before. I do like them - they have smooth voices. But they aren't interesting.
Emminen's matchup with Rhiannon and Dr. Dre on Recovey, specifically "I Love the Way You Lie" - which I'd never heard before, blew me away. Fascinating song about abusive relationships and gender roles.
It had a lot to say. And it should be noted that I'm really not a rap fan. It won- one or two categories.
Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster won the one up against a lackluster bunch of competitors included the aforementioned Justin Bieber. Although Katy Perry is admittedly fun.
What I found hilarious and highly annoying was when the network kept cutting the sound on numbers that used foul language, specifically the word "Fuck". We need to get past this insane sensitivity to words, folks. It's just silly. I mean, if you can handle someone firing a gun a someone on stage,
beating someone up, or setting things ablaze in a violent manner - you can handle the word Fuck.
People give these words far more power than they deserve. (The two numbers were the Muppets/Gwenyth Paltrow and Ceilo was nominated (can't remember) for the song "Otherwise Called Forget You Now" (Fuck You Now) - its a song that basically makes fun of our problems with words and how words can be used as weapons. Forget You does not nearly have the same violence as Fuck You for example.
Hilariously effective song. The other one was I Love the Way You Lie - which had Emimen's rape firing a barrage of curse words - it's an angry duet filled with passion and longing, and the violent impossibility of desire. The curse words are necessary to it. Some days I just want to smack the PTC and FCC upside the head in the states for being nitwits. Apparently they have no problems letting their kids and adults watch people torture, maim, rape, kill, and beat up each other - but songs expressing anger through words scare them?
(I'm guessing from Jamie Fox's introduction of the Forget You Song - I'm not alone in this sentiment.)
The best performances?
*The Aretha Franklin Homage at the beginning.
*Katy Perry's Valentine songs
*Bruno/Jenette/Uther's Beautiful Girls medley
*Averly Brothers, Mumford, and Bob Dylan's folk medley ending with "I'm Not Gonna Work for Maggie's Farm No More".
* Muse's nominated song
* Emmimen/Dr. Dre/Rhiannon's Love the Way You Lie
*Jagger's salute to Solomon
*Norah Jones/Keith Urbane/John Mayer's salute to Dolly Parton - Joliene (which I liked better than Parton's rendition)
*Gwenyth Paltrow/the guy nominated/the Muppets - Forget You/Fuck You Song (fun)
*Miranda Lambert's The Home We Built - moving, but it did remind me of why I'm not a country music fan generally speaking - can't deal with the raspy nasality of their voices or what is called "twang". Twang...not my thing.
The most boring?
*Barbara Striesand (I'm admittedly not a fan of the song Evergreen - the first twenty times I heard it was fine, now I find it a bit silly. Prefer "The Way We Were" - which I wish she'd done instead.)
*Lady Antebellum's Tribute to Pendergrass (and I actually like Lady Antebellum but they were dull)
*Arcade Fire
*Justin Bieber and Usher (also the most head-ache and cringe inducing, making me very very happy I do not have children and do not work with children. I thought Barney and the Hansons were bad. Bieber makes the Jonas Brothers, the Hansons, and Barney look pretty good in comparison.)
*Lady Gaga's new song (I liked the song but found the performance duller than usual)
Overall, surprisingly entertaining. Although I kept wondering if I missed a performance by Lady Gaga - because they kept showing her singing Bad Romance in a green costume with a mask - which I never saw. Did they have performances that weren't televised?
Here's the video link to I Love the Way You Lie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U
A fascinating song about an abusive relationship from both sides, the man and woman. A painful love song that rips through you.
And here's the one for Muse's Grammy Performance of "Uprising":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p4GZDY9lrI or go here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vk8MK_Zhuk
Others of note:
* Lady Gaga emerging from an egg at the Grammy's - I like the song, but thought the performance sort of dull.
http://www.iviewtube.com/v/177972
Or just try and go here: http://www.youtube.com/user/thegrammys
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Date: 2011-02-18 01:50 am (UTC)but the new song is not Lady Gaga's best work (in my opinion).