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| From | "Christopher Kouzes" <Christopher.Kouzes@btol.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Grammys... |
| Date | Thu, 9 Feb 2006 09:24:53 -0500 |
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I watched most of it and was pleasantly surprised by the highlights.
Jay-Z and Paul nodding to the Grey Album was excellent (even though the
actual performance didn't quite live up to expectations, but Paul's
Helter Skelter was awesome).
Why oh why is Joss Stone at every single performance opportunity
lately??? This week alone was the Super Bowl and Grammys. She's someone
I just don't get. I caught her before the Stones show here in Charlotte
back in October. I heard more wrong notes more than right ones. And
enough of the hippy look. Actually, enough of her altogether. Is she
Starbuck's answer to The Queen of Soul?
And speaking of Stone, could the Grammy's not honor Sly Stone a bit more
than by having Maroon 5, Joss Stone, Fantasia and 1/4 of Black Eyed Peas
hack through his classics? The guys from Aerosmith I kind of understand
and I thought it was cool to have Robert Randolph there. But it's like,
"what can we do to coax Stone out onto the stage with the minimum amount
of effort." I thought it was the equivalent of giving your wife next
week for Valentine's Day a homemade coupon for a "free backrub
redeemable anytime." There's just a trace amount of thought and zero
amount of effort into the gift. I mean c'mon, it's not like Stevie
Wonder wasn't already there (and onstage a bit later). When Sly did
sing, he really didn't sound that bad. I'm sure he's got his share of
"issues" from drugs, but I can't believe that didn't know exactly what
he was doing up there. Like he was pulling one over on us. I loved his
appearance. He must have gotten his onstage keyboard cues from Brian
Wilson.
And speaking of Fantasia, looks like American Idol has produced a bona
fide artist. Kelly Clarkson's album, for what it is, is actually quite
good. Glad to see her pick up some major awards.
Gorillaz and Madonna were boring (but always nice to see De La Soul
again). I would have liked to have seen them do more of a collaboration.
Coldplay? The song isn't that bad, but I thought it was a painful to
watch. Chris Martin just seemed to be doing bad Michael Stipe
impressions.
U2 were 1/2 great. These guys really shine in opportunities like this
(remember the Super Bowl halftime a few years ago- they were brilliant).
Vertigo rocked like a mofo. But the version of One with Mary J Blige was
silly.
Springsteen was excellent. He's moved from "the next Bob Dylan" to "the
person looking most like Bob Dylan." Loved his line at the end about
"bring em home."
Mariah's second song was actually not bad.
Did any pick on the Heineken commercial using Big Star's "I'm in Love
with a Girl?" Excellent.
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Subject: The Grammys...
I didn't have very high expectations for the Grammys, but decided to
watch
anyway. I thoroughly enjoyed 'em! There were people actually SINGING!
There
were songs that had melodies to 'em!
Sugarland kept it together even though there was an open mic somwhere
with all
kinds of noise coming through.
Sir Paul showed the youngsters he can still rock the joint with "Helter
Skelter"
Mariah and Xtina even sang! Okay, Xtina did yodel a little, but at least
it was
live.
Jay-Z, Macca and the Linkin Park dude on "Yesterday"....when I heard the
Linkin
Park guy start riffing on "Yesterday," I thought he was just "givin'
props" or
dissin' Macca in the audience. I didn't think he was actually gonna join
'em.
And Jay wore a Lennon shirt...
I kinda thought Sly looked like the Grinch, with his head hangin' low
and those
droopy jowls. But from what little he did sing, it didn't sound bad.
U2 rocked the crap out of "Vertigo" with what seemed to me to be
augmentation-free.
Only thing I can't figure out is what the green jersey was about that
"Big Ben"
wore...
Madonna/Gorillaz and Kanye/Foxx...to me, just dance routines.
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