Obligatory (Late) Grammy Post
Feb. 15th, 2013 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23I can't resist the appeal of the Grammys, which truly does feel like music's biggest night, and although Kanye wasn't there, draws the biggest names (I watched the People's Choice Awards and it was easy to tell who was going to win, because they were the only nominees in attendance).
While I don't feel that anything this year will be deposited longterm in my memory bank; it was still worth a look.
Start the complaining now:
- The thing I thought might be the highlight (and likely was) was the Bob Marley tribute featuring Bruno Mars, Sting, and Damian & Ziggy Marley. The Marley tribute contained some of Bob's biggest songs - "Locked out of Heaven" and "Walking on the Moon". Oh well.
-Elton sang the &^%$ out of that Ed Sheeran song. I guess that's not really an opinion on whether that it was good or bad, but damn, he sang the &^%$ out of it.
-Is there any band that screams 'one hit wonder' than the Lumineers. I don't mind them actually, but they remind me of one of those one-hit bands that flashed when I was a pre-teen.
- The big story, well, it was whether there was going to be sideboob. After that, it was "Who the hell is Al Walser?" Walser made the mistake of being nominated in the dance category with better known acts like Skrillex, Swedish House Mafia, and Calvin Harris.
Although the Grammys are terribly predictable. Someone over at Slate called it "the newest people making the most traditional music", which is spot on. That means Adele is perfect. It means fun. is going to win and Gotye's single will fare well.
Personally, I think an award should go to the best musician of the year. If Neon Piss had the record of the Year (and I could argue they did), then give them the statue I realize the Grammys never go that obscure, and they have a history of getting it wrong (Not honoring the Beatles, Milli Vanilli's wins, and of course, Jethro Tull).
-I would be ok if fun. fell of the face of the Earth.
- "Take five" played by Stanley Clarke and Chick Corea was barely recognized as it was used in a quick introduction to Ryan Seacrest (No one cares about Jazz, So honestly no one really probably gives a damn about Joshua Bell).
-I won't spend much time on it, but Taylor Swift was a country traditionalist a year or two ago. She is never ever going back to that.
-I really wanted to like Justin Timberlake's performance. he surely was trying to do the right thing with black-tie soul, Prince showed him how it was done and symbol-guy didn't even sing a note.
Overall, I wasn't too impressed, there were no performances I'd revisit (I know others may have favorites), but ratings were pretty good, and although I bitch and moan, I still want the Grammys to do well.
While I don't feel that anything this year will be deposited longterm in my memory bank; it was still worth a look.
Start the complaining now:
- The thing I thought might be the highlight (and likely was) was the Bob Marley tribute featuring Bruno Mars, Sting, and Damian & Ziggy Marley. The Marley tribute contained some of Bob's biggest songs - "Locked out of Heaven" and "Walking on the Moon". Oh well.
-Elton sang the &^%$ out of that Ed Sheeran song. I guess that's not really an opinion on whether that it was good or bad, but damn, he sang the &^%$ out of it.
-Is there any band that screams 'one hit wonder' than the Lumineers. I don't mind them actually, but they remind me of one of those one-hit bands that flashed when I was a pre-teen.
- The big story, well, it was whether there was going to be sideboob. After that, it was "Who the hell is Al Walser?" Walser made the mistake of being nominated in the dance category with better known acts like Skrillex, Swedish House Mafia, and Calvin Harris.
Although the Grammys are terribly predictable. Someone over at Slate called it "the newest people making the most traditional music", which is spot on. That means Adele is perfect. It means fun. is going to win and Gotye's single will fare well.
Personally, I think an award should go to the best musician of the year. If Neon Piss had the record of the Year (and I could argue they did), then give them the statue I realize the Grammys never go that obscure, and they have a history of getting it wrong (Not honoring the Beatles, Milli Vanilli's wins, and of course, Jethro Tull).
-I would be ok if fun. fell of the face of the Earth.
- "Take five" played by Stanley Clarke and Chick Corea was barely recognized as it was used in a quick introduction to Ryan Seacrest (No one cares about Jazz, So honestly no one really probably gives a damn about Joshua Bell).
-I won't spend much time on it, but Taylor Swift was a country traditionalist a year or two ago. She is never ever going back to that.
-I really wanted to like Justin Timberlake's performance. he surely was trying to do the right thing with black-tie soul, Prince showed him how it was done and symbol-guy didn't even sing a note.
Overall, I wasn't too impressed, there were no performances I'd revisit (I know others may have favorites), but ratings were pretty good, and although I bitch and moan, I still want the Grammys to do well.
