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| From | "*Bill Holmes*" <bholmes_fm@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Grammy thoughts |
| Date | Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:32:44 -0500 |
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3 Highlights:
(1) London Calling - ferocious! Dave Grohl is the rock star of the moment
(boy could he be a swell-headed bastard if he wanted to, but he always seems
to be just a normal guy having fun). Springsteen seemed to be meaning it,
but Elvis Costello was amazing and carried that song. I really wish they
would have done several songs. (BTW - did you notice that in the parade of
"people we lost" images - stolen from the Oscars, of course - they forgot
Maurice Gibb?). This goes down in the all-time great Grammy moments for me.
(2) BeeGees acceptance. Not only was bringing up their nephew a class act,
but who knew Maurice's son could be so humble and funny at the same time?
Major choke up moment for me...although I wish someone else would have done
the medley beforehand. Five boys trying to do the work of three men.
(3) Anytime Norah Jones took to the stage and looked completely human,
humbled, excited and amazed - it must have been a surreal moment and it
showed bigtime. How could you not root for her?
3 Lowlights:
(1) Bad presenters...the academy president with that pompous BS
speech...Erykah Badu with her puff head, hairy armpits and "Am I stoned or
what?" demeanor, singlehandedly slowing down the evening with her inability
to read from a cue card...Fred Durst inventing new words...Aretha Franklin
looking like she was dressed by Stevie Wonder on a dare - was she planning
to get married backstage? Is she the Queen of the planet Soul? Wow...But it
was just like always...people who are not funny trying to be funny and dying
at the podium. ($10 says Bruce Villanch shares the blame - doesn't Pierre
Cosette ever hire anyone else?)
(2) Sheryl Crow slumming with Kid Rock - their harmonies missed so often she
looked visibly flustered and couldn't even nail her solo parts after that.
And although I loved the F-me heels, what was she wearing? Did Earl Schieb
do her makeup?
(3) That incredibly built-up performance where Ashanti sang a simplistic
song about chasing your dream and they wheeled out that kiddie chorus to
drive the obvious point home. This is an earthshattering social comment?
Puhleeze...you want social comment, stick around for London Calling, where
two EStreeters, two NoDoubters, a Foo and the Angry Young Man showed how a
man made the most important social statement of the evening from the grave.
RIP Joe Strummer!
cheers
b
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