Grammys' Grammar

M.I.A. avoids water breakage, Swaggers.

For some reason I was really excited to watch the Grammy Awards. It doesn't make much sense considering I already assumed that anyone who I wanted to win would walk away empty handed. Regardless, I wanted to see the clothes, the presenters and the performers. I enjoy some mindless entertainment once in a while.

It was quite entertaining in a "laugh at" rather than a "laugh with" sort of way.

Take Whitney Houston as presenter. For a former crackhead, you'd think she would attempt to get herself together if she plans on making any sort of a comeback. I'm glad she didn't though for my own personal enjoyment. What a mess.

I also am not sure whether I want to give the Grammy writers a high five or punch them in the face. The presenter's speeches were fabulously terrible. For example, Dwayne Johnson a.k.a. The Rock had the greatest speech in television history. It went something like this:

"I like the Grammys. They are really awesome. Sometimes, I wake up and all I can think about is the Grammys. Thanks to the recession, the Recording Academy hired a 10 year old to write this."

So eloquent. anyways...Performance-wise, there were some highs and some lows. I noticed there was a lot of old-new retro style performances which I liked. i.e. the most ego to ever set foot on any stage ever (Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and T.I and a very preggers M.I.A) performing a rat-pack meets hip hop version of "swagger like us" (never thought that "rat pack" and "hip-hop" would appear in the same sentence). It was pretty awesome and they know it.

I am not much of a country fan but I really admire Taylor Swift. As a 19 year old who writes and plays her own music and has a beautiful voice, you have to giver her props. And then she has to do a duet with Miley Cirus. WHY? Cirus's voice seemed far more inferior to Swift's putting poor Miley to shame for the 10000th time this year. She's just being Miley.

My favourite performance of the night was Radiohead with 15 Step. What a beautiful return to television. Equipped with a marching band, they outdid every single performer / nominee at the award show. Bold statement but worthy. On a side note, Thom Yorke is such a funny little man, in the best way possible. He gets so into the music and I hate to associate "cuteness" with Radiohead but come on. Look at him!

Alright, Awards. Coldplay won too much. Give them some cred but there were more deserving winners (i.e. for Best Rock Album...give it to a rock band?).
My favorite little Adele won too which made me happy. She is just fantastic. Even Daft Punk won 2 awards for an album they put out 2 years ago. Mr. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss owned it winning a whopping 5 grammys. Good for Plant...That's quite the comeback.

I will leave you with Katy Perry butchering the song that made her famous. I adore her but oh gosh...