Grammys 2009: The live blog
OK folks, we're just a few minutes away from the 2009 Grammy Awards. Settle in front of your TV, grab your laptop and follow the awards right here with me. We can bounce jokes off each other and laugh at how out of touch the awards are.
It'll be fun, I promise. Can't say the same about the awards, though.
8:00 p.m. -- Did they just call the Grammys a once-in-a-lifetime event?
8:02 -- U2 is out to start things off, playing their new single. They've put the words on the screen because you probably don't know them yet. Ohhh, now they're trying to hypnotize us into thinking U2 songs don't get really annoying.
8:04 -- Whitney Houston? She's still alive?
8:06 -- Oh there's the Whitney we know, looking a little glassy eyed and too happy. When she was talking about Clive Davis she was probably thinking to herself, "Smile! Smile! Pretend everybody's a crackpipe."
8:07 -- Jennifer Hudson on best R & B album win: "I don't really know what to say ..." I do! Jennifer Hudson put out an album last year? Al or Raphael should have won.
8:09 -- Paul McCartney + Dave Grohl = The Beatle Fighters according to The Rock. He should be stoned for that one. Way unfunny.
8:11 -- Justin Timberlake is trying to make jokes about general stores now too. Sigh. That really put the exclamation point on a really crappy first 10 minutes.
8:13 -- So did they pull this Al Green, JT, Boyz II Men and Keith Urban thing out of mid-air to replace Chris Brown? If so, that's nice last-minute maneuvering. But ... how come Justin Timberlake is singing more than Al Green? And how come we're not hearing something from Al's Grammy-nominated "Lay It Down" album?
8:15 -- Oh, there's Boyz II Men. What they heck have they done in the last year -- heck, the last five years -- to earn a performing spot at the Grammys? (Unless of course they just got pulled up on stage last minute because Chris Brown might have went "Wall to Wall" with Rihanna)
8:20 -- Early winner alert: Lil Wayne won best rap song for "Lollipop" -- laaaaaaame. He had much better songs on that album.
8:21 -- Simon Baker introduces Coldplay. And the night has been made for Felicia, who loves them both.
8:23 -- HOV!
8:24 -- Oh, OK .... there's the rest of Coldplay. I was thinking the rest of the band must feel like a bunch of schmucks if their Grammy performance got turned into the Chris Martin and Jay-Z show.
8:26 -- For the record: I enjoy these "normal" performances much more than the let's-pack-15-different-names-on-stage-and-make-this-special performances. Sometimes I feel like the Grammys try way tooooooo hard. This was good, though.
8:30 -- And another simple yet effective performance -- unless Katy Perry falls from the rafters in the last few seconds here and lays a smooch on Carrie Underwood's face.
8:34 -- Award for best county performance by duo or group. I'm guessing Sugarland, but it'll probably be Rascal Flatts because they suck and the Grammys like things that suck. Oh, no, wait -- it is Sugarland. Props to me -- and them. Girl from Sugarland (sorry, don't know her name) really likes Paul McCartney. Hey, lady, he's available.
8:37 -- I'll use the first commercial break to shout out CBS47 for letting me watch the Grammys over at their studio. Sadly, Roopam is not here running around in a snuggie.
8:40 -- Duffy + Al Green = Soul and Not So Much. I'll let you figure out which is which.
8:41 -- Song of the year already? That was quick. I picked Adele here, which would be especially funny since Duffy is presenting and they're kinda the same. Well, with the exception of Adele being better.
8:43 -- Kid Rock performs. This is where I would change the channel if I were just regular ol' Joe Viewer.
8:45 -- Me thinks Kid Rock's "Sweet Home Alabama" bite (whatever the heck this crap is called) is just as bad as the way Puff Daddy bastardizes songs.
8:46 -- Wife: "I can't believe he's up for Grammys."
8:47 -- How does Kid Rock get to perform three songs? Isn't that a bit like giving Pam Anderson five minutes to "act" on the Emmys?
8:51 -- LOL at the Chris Brown commercial. Some Doublemint exec somewhere is not very happy.
8:53 -- It's Miley! That's for you, Joel McHale.
8:54 -- ... and Taylor Swift too. Ya know, maybe Miley Cyrus was just doing her Taylor Swift imitation in that photo.
8:55 -- This is what Miley Cyrus sounds like? Why, America, why? Taylor Swift > Miley Cyrus. By a lot. Though neither of them sound that great.
8:57 -- Miley Cyrus sounds like a man who smokes a pack a day.
8:58 -- Award for pop collaboration with vocals -- I'm thinking Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, as a preview to later events in the album of the year category. Yep!
8:59 -- Jennifer Hudson -- Will she be lip syncing?
9:02 -- Good performance by her -- even if I'm not much of a fan. Weekend by weekend, she's winning America over.
9:04 -- Was that a ghost or Nicole Kidman?
9:07 -- Shout out to Airborne Toxic Event on the NCIS Soundtrack. One of the dudes is from Fresno. Anti shout-out to Puff Daddy being on CSI. Well, unless he dies.
9:09 -- More CBS actors? Man, forget these CSI people -- gimme NPH and the How I Met Your Mother peeps.
9:10 -- Stevie Wonder rockin' the vecoder?!? i just died. Stevie Wonder playin' with the Jonas Brothers?!? I just died twice.
9:12 -- Kid, get away from Stevie's mic.
9:13 -- Happening all over America: "Mommy, who's that man singing with the Jonas Brothers?"
9:15 -- AWARD: I'm saying Coldplay in best rock album. I'd call it a lock. Oh, and I'm right. Where's Gwyneth?
9:14 -- Shout out to whoever in the crowd yelled "No" when Blink 182 asked "Isn't it great to see the Jonas Brothers and Stevie Wonder back together again?"
9:17 -- Follow the Grammys on Twitter? That's so current for an award show that lives so far in the past.
9:22 -- OK, Craig Ferguson is here. They better bring out NPH or Sheldon from "Big Bang Theory" before this thing is over. But back to Ferguson: He was funny. He should host next year.
9:24 -- Here's Katy Perry, whose first note didn't sound too good at all and who also appears to be stuck in a banana.
9:26 -- Katy Perry doesn't sound very good at all. I think this is what the "American Idol" people would call "pitchy." Even the Jonas Brothers were looking at her like "Uhhhhhh...."
9:28 -- Kanye's trying to get this Billy Dee Williams on with that haircut. Shout out to Lando Calrissian. Afro-mullets in 09!
9:30 -- Best new artist time, and of course Kanye had to bring up that he got snubbed (which he did). This year I predicted Jonas Brothers, but my heart says Adele all the way. And .... yep! Good for her. You should check out "19" if you haven't.
9:32 -- What was that look when she mentioned Jonas Brothers?
9:36 -- Morgan Freeman is friends with Kenny Chesney?!? Do they hang out at the beach together?!?
9:40 -- Well, Kenny, that was pretty boring.
9:40 -- Herbie Hancock, Diddy and Natalie Cole -- which of these things is not like the other? AWARD: Record of the year already. I predict Coldplay, but I hope M.I.A.
9:41 -- Wow. Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. I mean, I knew they'd win bit tonight, but I didn't think it was going to be this one. So are they locked in for album of the year now?
9:48 -- Dean Martin, then Lil Wayne? *smh*
9:49 -- And THIS is why M.I.A. is pretty awesome -- pregnant bikini on the day she's due. Love it.
9:50 -- May I be the first to say that this "Rap Pack" idea is kinda cool. They should go on tour. Well, ya know, except T.I.
9:52 -- Wanye looks surprisingly alert. T.I. > Jay-Z > Kanye > Lil Wayne, but M.I.A > All
9:54 -- Kate Beckinsale? Quite hot and all, but what's with all these actors/actresses on here tonight? This show needs a host.
9:56 -- Is it only funny to me that they replaced the only other living Beatle for this McCartney performance? Sorry, Ringo.
9:58 -- Trips me out to see McCartney there doing his thing with this hair flying around in the background. Ha!
9:59 -- I feel I still need to give more props to M.I.A. She's my star of the night for sure.
10:06 -- AWARD: Male pop vocal. I'm going McCartney since he was just up there and that's how these things happen a lot of the times. Oh, nope. John Mayer wins.
10:07 -- Jay Mohr sucks.
10:08 -- Less of this, more of Adele please.
10:11 -- Here she is -- I've been trying to tell people about Adele for more than a year now. Glad she's getting some Grammy love. This is a cool arrangement of this song too.
10:19 -- Here's Gwyneth and here's Radiohead -- isn't that your hubby's competition, honey? Who wants to start some rumors?
10:20 -- Radiohead with the marching band is pretty sweet. I imagine if you're in the USC marching band that you're quite stoked about this, huh?
10:22 -- I still think it's funny that Radiohead gets this kind of love from the recording academy when everything they've done lately has pretty much been a thumb in the eye of the industry.
10:26 -- We're close to 100 comments. Awesome! Thanks for reading and commenting everyone.
10:29 -- Samuel L. Jackson shows some "man love" for T.I. and his buddy Justin Timberlake. Seriously is everybody on this show friends? I find it hard to believe that Samuel L. is buddies with Mr. N'Sync. Why can't they just be like "And here's some guy I just met the first time today."
10:31 -- "Gangsta Lean" by DRS is a better dead homies song than this. Just sayin'.
10:33 -- For a guy who hasn't released any music in a couple years, Timberlake is getting A LOT of airtime on the Grammys this year.
10:34 -- And now for my annual tuning out of the head of the recording academy.
10:36 -- Come on, man -- stop it with this "Yes we can" stuff. It's hella cheap. Uhhh, I guess I lied about the "tuning out" thing.
10:39 -- Since we're talking about reaching ... putting Jamie Foxx up there with some Motown greats is a bit of a reach, isn't it?
10:42 -- Anybody else getting tired of this yet? The show I mean, not the blogging.
10:46 -- Oh look, a DTV commercial.
10:47 -- Please let Neil Diamond perform with Lil Wayne. Please.
10:49 -- Neil got some swag! You hear that, Kanye? Get some of that Neil Diamond in your life.
10:53 -- R.I.P. George Carlin, Buddy Miles, the "Batman" guy, Levi Stubbs and many more.
10:56 -- Uhhh, I thought this was supposed to be over at 11? Seems like there's a lot to wrap up still. What's going on, Grammys?
10:59 -- Is "That's what up" the new McDonald's tagline? How about "The Big Mac -- Holla Atcha Boy!"
11:00 -- Please let Robert Plant and Alison Krauss perform with Lil Wayne. Please.
11:04 -- More CSI people? Geez. Go away! Now Lil Wayne is out. No weird guest. Just Robin Thicke. My wife is happy. She'd leave me for him.
11:05 -- This is a good song. Wayne must have wrote it that one day last year he was sober.
11:07 -- OK, I can get with the New Orleans brass band and the dancers.
11:08 -- Lil Wayne takes drugs.
11:09 -- Will.I.Suck and T-Painful? Shoot me. Now.
11:11 -- Best rap album -- Lil Wayne all the way and ... yep! That's it Lil Wayne? I wanted some crazy drugged-out speech! Do over! I demand a do over!
11:13 -- Draaaaaaaaagging. Yo Grammys, wrap it up, B!
11:18 -- Zooey > Katy
11:19 -- OK, Plant/Krauss are totally gonna win album of the year. They wouldn't be performing right now if they weren't.
11:22 -- OK, let's give them the award and get outta here.
11:23 -- Hi Green Day! See above please. Oh, and nice shout out for Rick Rubin.
11:24 -- Big surprise, right?
11:27 -- Ha! Are they really playing off the album of the year winners? Come on, Grammys. Maybe if your show wasn't forever long you wouldn't have this problem. Trim the fat elsewhere and let the winners speak. Geez.
11:29 -- Stevie's playing us out. I swear if I Jonas Brother pops out and tries to get up in his business I'm gonna thaw out Walt Disney myself and give him a piece of my mind.
With that, we're done here. Thanks to all of you for reading, commenting and making this blog post more entertaining than the Grammys themselves. And now I'm going to bed. G'nite all!
Comments:
Well they are off with a bad start...Mike can you explain why U2 are such superstars? That was the worse song Coldplay never wrote
My friend was at the Grammys and she said that Radiohead kills it with the USC marching band!
Go Al Green!
Posted by: Tudor S. at February 8, 2009 8:06 PM
Has Clive Davis done anything other than give birth to Whitney Houston? I only hear his name when Whitney speaketh it.
Hi, Mike Oz. Grammys live-blogging? Why do you hate yourself?
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 8:07 PM
Mike, who's writing this show? So many jokes falling flat so quickly. And who's idea was it to have "The Rock" up on stage? Ugh. At least Mr. Al Green is singing. Finally, a classic and classy presence on this show.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 8:15 PM
When I think music, I immediately think of the Rock, right after the Honky Tonk Man.
Unrelated: Did Chris Brown beat the sh*t out of Rihanna? Is that why she isn't there?
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 8:15 PM
Simon Baker + Coldplay? Somewhere in Fresno, Felicia Matlosz's head just exploded.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 8:22 PM
Heather, TMZ says Brown's been arrested.
Oh, wow, Simon Baker ... Sweet!
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 8:22 PM
Dear Chris Martin,
Less jumping, more singing nicely.
Love, etc.
The World
P.S. Is Keith Urban Australian? How did I not know this?? I'm so proud of my ignorance of country music right now...
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 8:27 PM
Yes! I'm in livin' La Vida! LOVE Coldplay! And, hey, they were way better than that weird U2 song.
Now I can switch the channel to "The Simpsons."
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 8:28 PM
Rats, "The Simpsons" just ended.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 8:31 PM
Roc Boys in da buildin' !!! Jay-z needs to interrupt Carrie Underwood right about now.
Posted by: Mario at February 8, 2009 8:31 PM
Why is Sheryl Crow wearing a satin bed sheet?
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 8:33 PM
OMG! I actually know every song in the "Song of the Year" category!
And, even more amazingly, I like all of them, as well. This Grammys thing might not be a waste of my time after all.
F********ck. Spoke too soon. Hi, Kid Rock. I'm gonna need way more wine for this.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 8:44 PM
Coldplay scores...But, why is Andy Williams at the Grammys? And how much plastic surgery has that guy had?
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 8:46 PM
Screw the wine Heather. I busted out some tequila I got in Mexico last year.
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 8:47 PM
If I'm to believe that teaser, Justin Timberlake gets to sing a second time? Why do the Grammys treat this guy like he's, well, Sir Paul McCartney?
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 8:49 PM
Love the Chris Brown Double-beat your girlfriend commercial right now. Escandalo!
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 8:51 PM
@Felicia: The first JT spot was a fill in for Chris Brown.
Posted by: Mike Oz at February 8, 2009 8:53 PM
Incredibly, this is the first time I've ever heard Taylor Swift and/or Miley Cyrus. Taylor is kinda sweet, but is this the first time Miley has used a microphone? Back the hell up, Big Mouth.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 8:55 PM
I stepped away for a minute to find said bottle of tequila and heard my dog howling. I came back to find the reason on TV. Taylor Swift and Miley (It's Miley!) Cyrus "singing".
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 8:55 PM
Thanks, Mike. I'm missing some details because, I confess, I'm washing dishes and doing other house stuff during this show.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 8:58 PM
Props to Mike Oz and Michael for channeling Joel McHale.
She's gross, but at least Miley Cyrus isn't scared to be on stage. She definitely has confidence.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 8:58 PM
I love the announcer. She dramatically pauses before each name like she's about to introduce Jesus Christ to the stage. Or Paul McCartney.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:01 PM
I'm turning the show on now and it sounds like I will be fast-forwarding the DVR a lot. Great invention! Makes me suffer less.
Posted by: kathy at February 8, 2009 9:02 PM
The sound is so bad, there's no way Jennifer Hudson is lip synching. Uh-oh she's having monitor problems.
Posted by: Mario at February 8, 2009 9:02 PM
Wow, Jennifer Hudson just showed Cyrus what a true star sounds like. And your heart just goes out to her.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 9:03 PM
Crap, Katy Perry is coming up. Tequila ain't gonna be enough for this. I picked the wrong day to give up heroin.
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 9:05 PM
Dude, my brother just texted me that TLC has a show on the "mermaid girl" -- a girl whose legs have fused together.
I have to watch that. Someone text me when JT and/or Paul McCartney & Dave Grohl is on!
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:07 PM
Hey Mike, your "fave" He Who Shall Not Be Named is on "CSI: Miami" tomorrow night. Bet you'll be catching that one!
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 9:08 PM
so... in just looking at the tease, I can feel it. Today is the beginning of talking about Kanye's ridiculous hair.
Posted by: Mario at February 8, 2009 9:08 PM
Wait, when did Stevie Wonder get adopted into the Jonas Brother coven?
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 9:11 PM
How could Stevie Wonder agree to performing with the Jonas Brothers? OMG!
But I bet this means that the Best New Artist Award is next.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 9:11 PM
Vecoder? Is that what that nonsense is called? I know Stevie is blind, but is he mentally challenged, too?
I don't hate the Jonas Brothers. Wait, no -- I hate the one with the flat ironed 'fro. The others are trying. I appreciate that. But I also own a beach towel featuring all five *NSYNC members' faces on it.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:13 PM
I have to admit that one of my guilty pleasure songs last year was a Jonas Bros. song ... but I can't remember the name. Guess it was just a lapse.
Posted by: kathy at February 8, 2009 9:17 PM
Am I the only one excited about Blink 182 reuniting?? First No Doubt now Blink -- I feel like a young girl of 27 again.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:17 PM
Coldplay wins again! I wonder why Chris Martin's wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, isn't there. Maybe she's hanging out with gal pal Madonna somewhere.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 9:17 PM
Gwyneth must be backstage, Felicia. She's supposed to present a Grammy.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:20 PM
the jonas brothers relentlessly saying "c'mon stevie" then proceeding to surround him like gnats to a bug light was really irritating
Posted by: pago at February 8, 2009 9:21 PM
Is Katy Perry British? Why does she sound like there's a giant banana in her mouth?
This is teh suck.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:26 PM
I taste bile. Oh, Ms. I wanna be Zooey Deschanel is singing right now.
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 9:26 PM
Does this chick sing anything else? And what's with the fruit? Oh, I get it. Jonas Bros don't apparently.
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 9:27 PM
8:24 > Cool outfits.. but I was going for American Boy.. Aaah! It's on!
Posted by: shant at February 8, 2009 9:27 PM
WTF???
Estelle doesn't deserve to be announced? What the crap is that about?
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:28 PM
Did you see her get stuck in the big banana?
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 9:29 PM
Word to Adele!
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:31 PM
9:30.. I like the bootleg house version much more. I'm going to the club.
Posted by: shant at February 8, 2009 9:31 PM
haha.. why not? I think she's cool. If anybody doesn't deserve to be announced, it should be the guy that's rapping with her
Posted by: shant at February 8, 2009 9:33 PM
OK, I'll keep watching. Adele wins Best New Artist ... God, she sounds just like Lily Allen. And why does she have to be chomping on a big wad of gum, just like Britney? Still, I'm glad she got it and not the Jonas Brothers.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 9:33 PM
To sport the afro mullet look, we all must.
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 9:35 PM
You got that right, Felicia.
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 9:36 PM
Why does Morgan Freeman only have one glove on like he's Luke Skywalker or something?
Posted by: Mark T at February 8, 2009 9:37 PM
Oh, to be a fly on the wall whenever Morgan Freeman and Kenny Chesney hang out...
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:38 PM
Oh man, my husband just changed the channel to South Park!
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 9:39 PM
Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson I can see...but Chesney? I just don't see it.
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 9:40 PM
I read that MIA is due to give birth today. Kenny Chesney's song would have been 10X more interesting if she had run out on stage and crapped out a baby on his lap.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:43 PM
Hahahahahahahahaha!
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 9:44 PM
Drats, Coldplay loses Record of the Year. I think Mike's right about who's winning Album of the Year.
Oh well, now I can switch back to Channel 18 and catch more of the rerun of PBS' remake of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility."
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 9:47 PM
What did Announcer Chick call Diddy? Sean ___ Combs? Was it just Sean "Diddy" Combs or did she make up a middle name for him?
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:47 PM
Um why is my TV's color MIA?
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 9:50 PM
Rockin the Jerry Curl...
MIA = Maternal Incident Adverted...whew
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 9:52 PM
MIA?! LMAO
Posted by: @katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 9:52 PM
Would Dave Grohl come on already so I can go back to doing nothing in particular?
Posted by: The Fresnan at February 8, 2009 9:52 PM
MIA: Career > Healthy Baby
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 9:55 PM
Wow. Together, the guys from Cold Play could be one of Punky Brewster's outfits.
Posted by: @katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 9:56 PM
Finally, amazing performance!
No one can question mia's dedication!
Posted by: Tudor S. at February 8, 2009 9:56 PM
Somewhere Ringo is going, "But ... but... I'm still alive!"
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 9:57 PM
Ahhhhhh, I love seeing Dave behind a set! Miss it, miss it. (oh, and Paul's cool too)
Posted by: The Fresnan at February 8, 2009 9:57 PM
Dave Grohl looks like Andrew W.K. these days...
Posted by: Tudor S. at February 8, 2009 9:59 PM
Heather Mills: "I know we had our difference and I took a lot of your money, but hey, break a leg."
Sir Paul: "Since you got 'kicked' off Dancing With The Stars, I guess you couldn't dance with another...singing about you."
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 9:59 PM
MIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!AHHHHH!
Posted by: MsJoey at February 8, 2009 10:05 PM
Jay Mohr is really not funny...and balding...I think he sold me insurance once...
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:07 PM
I'm a John Mayer "fan" and I've never heard that song. Props to him for not calling TMZ up onstage with him, though.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 10:08 PM
John Mayer? Um. no. And now what? Yet another country song? I can handle about another 2 minutes of this.
Posted by: @katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 10:08 PM
@katrinaneufeld: I was thinking the Wiggles. Ugh!
Posted by: kathy at February 8, 2009 10:09 PM
Back to Country again??? I wrestled my husband for the remote to watch this? More McCartney!!!
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 10:10 PM
I'm still curious. When do the artist start performing?
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 10:10 PM
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Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:12 PM
I can't hear Adele because I'm singing my heart out in my apartment. Love this song.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 10:12 PM
I checked back and tried listening to Adele. I like her, but what is going on with the sound system? At times, it sounds weak and kind of tinny ... OK, gotta catch the end of "Sense and Sensibility."
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 10:14 PM
Adele swooped in and saved it...the Zzzz's were for the country bumpkins...
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:14 PM
I'm so bitter I got a late start on this live blogging...but I had to have space on the DVR to fast forward through some of those performances...
By the way, I think the original sound guy from The Exit is running the board tonight...it's like the vocalists aren't even mic'ed up, which actually has been a blessing in disguise for most of the night.
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 10:15 PM
Michael...that would be when Neil Diamond starts singing. Daughter: Who's Neil Diamond?
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 10:16 PM
Looks like Neil Diamond has been using Just For Men Touch of Gray®
Posted by: @katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 10:16 PM
Almost caught up ... so much suck on the Grammys. So predictable. So much Cold Play/Plant/Kraus/country that I'm wearing out the remote.
Posted by: kathy at February 8, 2009 10:17 PM
Felicia don't go! I can tell you what happens...it's the same in all Jane Austen...boy meets girl...boy loses girl...boy gets girl...and they live happily ever after with their awesome British accents.
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 10:19 PM
Gweneth is wearing Tampa Bay Buc's pants under her dress...Nice pewter
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:19 PM
Caught up. Now I have to suffer it all live. Finally, something interesting, Radiohead.
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 10:20 PM
Yeah! Finally some talent and creativity: Radiohead.
Posted by: @katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 10:20 PM
Fight On! Fight On! Fight On!
(Sorry, you can take the boy out of SC but you can't take the SC out of the boy. This performance is AWESOME!).
Posted by: DC at February 8, 2009 10:21 PM
Radiohead + USC Band = Nice...
I know I should'a gone to band camp...
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:22 PM
Fleetwood Mac FTW!
I mean, Radiohead. Best performance so far, says I.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 10:22 PM
Yay Radiohead.
Posted by: Robert Schultz at February 8, 2009 10:23 PM
Radiohead is pretty freakin' cool!!!
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 10:23 PM
That performance was even better than the rap summit...
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 10:23 PM
It's no "Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac, but the Radiohead/USC marching band collaboration is pretty tight. I also love the afro-mullet sported by kanye. Can Coldplay and their cub scout uniforms please exit stage right? Yuck!
Posted by: kevikev at February 8, 2009 10:24 PM
I second that motion.
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 10:24 PM
I'm totally being bias here...but that was the best performance of the night...oh there's another hour?
Posted by: Tudor S. at February 8, 2009 10:24 PM
Heather, outstanding reference that probably you, me and one other person on here got. Tusk rules...
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 10:25 PM
Cool, I caught Radiohead. Didn't understand a word that Thom Yorke sang but really enjoyed the performance. LOVED the USC marching band (reminds of the days when Fleetwood Mac used the band on "Tusk"). So far, they and Coldplay are my highlights.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 10:26 PM
Mike: What's the scoop with Rhianna and Chris Brown?
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 10:27 PM
Did I mention that Coldplay is laaaaaaaaaaame?
Posted by: kevikev at February 8, 2009 10:28 PM
OK, I stand corrected Heather, apparently Tusk is way more popular beyond the corner of Figueroa and Jefferson than I thought. I have a feeling all of the performances now are going to be a huge letdown.
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 10:28 PM
Sam Jackson a black Harry Potter??? Nice specs...
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:29 PM
@Kathy: Here's the latest on the Chris Brown saga from the L.A. Times.
Posted by: Mike Oz at February 8, 2009 10:30 PM
I'll say it...I like JT...I liked him on MMC back in the day...
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:31 PM
Anyone else hear Eleanor Rigby (strings) in the TI/Timberlake bit?
Posted by: @katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 10:32 PM
Mike Oz little known fact: he LOVES Justin Timberlake. Don't let him tell you any different.
*NSYNC 4-eva!!!!1!!1!!!
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 10:33 PM
Personally, I would like to see Metallica (surprise), Rush or AC/DC perform, all of which received Best Rock nominations.
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 10:34 PM
Free downloads? Yes we can!
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 10:36 PM
Oh, shut up Grammy dude. We DON'T CARE!
Posted by: kathy at February 8, 2009 10:36 PM
Oh God...only AC/DC could make me yearn for more Jonas Brothers on stage...but I would be OK with Metallica (as long as they play NOTHING off of the new album) or Rush (as long as they play a song that is under 10 minutes. Oh, wait, they don't have any).
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 10:37 PM
I jest heard the mucky muck say, "Yes we can" and "Fight for our right" in the same breath...
Dibs on "Sec of the Arts"...Beehive comments can be my resume...
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:37 PM
I wonder if anyone has been to the Grammy Museum?
Actually I wonder if anyone even cares about it or even knows of it's existence?
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 10:38 PM
Grammy Chair promoting "Secretary of the Arts"...great, bigger government, GREAT idea...
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 10:39 PM
I love the Arts, but a Secretary of the Arts? C'mon...yeah that's what we need to make our government even bigger. Don't even get me started!!!
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 10:39 PM
Smokey Robinson walks out to "Take a good look at my face...my smile looks out of place"...
Smokey + Plastic Surgery = Smile looking out of place!!!
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:39 PM
Jamie Foxx? Better actor or singer?
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 10:40 PM
Oh God. It's a medley.
Posted by: @katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 10:41 PM
Actor.
Specifically on "In Living Color."
Posted by: Mike Oz at February 8, 2009 10:41 PM
So should we expect lots of musicians presenting at the Oscars?
Posted by: Tudor S. at February 8, 2009 10:41 PM
DChild...anything off of Ride the lLghtning!
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 10:42 PM
jaime Foxx better comedian...when he played wanda on in living colour!
Posted by: kevikev at February 8, 2009 10:44 PM
Sometimes, I'm thankful for commercials. If not for this blog, I'd rate this show a D so far.
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 10:44 PM
I also liked Carl "The Tooth" Williams very much.
Posted by: Mike Oz at February 8, 2009 10:46 PM
@Travis: I was thinking the exact same thing.
To the academy president: Don't hold your breath about a cabinet position. The House and Senate can't even agree on how much money to give to the National Endowment for the Arts in that huge stimulus package.
@ Kevikev: Coldplay rules!
@ Kathy: I'm withholding judgment on Foxx until I see him in "The Solist" to see if he's going to take his acting career more seriously.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 10:47 PM
@kevikev: Agreed. The singing thing is so 2004/5.
Neil Diamond rules.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 10:47 PM
How do ya like our DTV PSA? Did you catch all that? Member FDIC...
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 10:47 PM
Oh Yeah, Neil. What a year for Rick Rubin ... Neil and Metallica. Ha!
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 10:48 PM
Neil Dimond is a jewish Johnny Cash...FTW
totally love Dustin's dad...yo, Neil, Screech is pretty cool
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:49 PM
Is it just me or does Josh Groban induce mild nausea?
Posted by: katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 10:49 PM
Mike, Are you ready for the DTV transition?
Posted by: kevikev at February 8, 2009 10:49 PM
In Living Color was certainly awesome, but don't sleep on Jamie Foxx in Collateral - that performance was legit.
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 10:50 PM
Touching me. Touching you.
Love the William Shatner delivery.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 10:50 PM
We need Neil to perform at the next Black Light Poetry night...true spoken word poet...
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:50 PM
There's a transition? I hadn't heard about it.
Posted by: Mike Oz at February 8, 2009 10:50 PM
@Marietta - Ride the Lightning is A-OK by me...
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 10:51 PM
BA! BA! BA!
Posted by: katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 10:52 PM
I wonder how Neil Diamond feels about the dead people tribute being played after him?
Posted by: Tudor S. at February 8, 2009 10:53 PM
Do you think all these dead people are rocking out in heaven (or hell, depending on who it is)?
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 10:55 PM
How many people died this year??
I guess they won't be ready for the digital television transition.
Posted by: kevikev at February 8, 2009 10:55 PM
Seeing the great George Carlin in that clip to honor those who have died in the past year prompted me to laud his posthumous win tonight for Best Comedy Album. He is so missed.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 10:55 PM
How in the world was the lead singer of the Dave Clark 5 NOT named Dave Clark???? The next thing you are going to tell me is that the Doobie Brothers aren't really brothers and that their last name really isn't Doobie...
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 10:56 PM
Trey Tosh: Grammys 2012.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 10:56 PM
@Tudor S. Ironic juxtaposition.
Posted by: katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 10:56 PM
Tudor S, that's pretty funny. So, now...who is John Mayer dating now?
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 10:56 PM
Mike Oz: Grammys camp 2012.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 10:58 PM
@Heather no love for Patrick and the magic Violin? I mean, just cause Yahoo Serious never won, doesn't mean Patrick won't win...
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 10:58 PM
I love that word, juxtaposition. It sounds so academic.
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 10:59 PM
The Grammy's would've really sucked were it not for this blog and Twitter's feed.
Posted by: katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 10:59 PM
@Mike Oz - It says 11:30 on my television. Makes sense, I'm pretty sure that Justin T has two more performances at least...
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 11:01 PM
@DChild Don't even get me started on Lynard Skynard
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 11:01 PM
You would think after 51 tries, the Grammys would be a lot better?
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 11:01 PM
@MkeOz: "That's what's up" is making reference to cholesterol...
McDonald's: FAIL
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 11:03 PM
OMG! Lieutenant Dan!!!
Posted by: katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 11:03 PM
Robin Thicke? Somewhere in Fresno, Missy T's head just exploded.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 11:03 PM
Kill me now! Can we please have Neil back? Please, pretty please?
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 11:04 PM
You know if it wasn't for this blog, I would have turned off this crap after two minutes. Props to Mike Oz for doing this. Hope there's one for the Oscars.
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 11:05 PM
Robin Thicke should stick to writing TV show themes...
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 11:06 PM
First Simon Baker, then Coldplay and now Robin Thicke ... I'm in bliss.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 11:06 PM
@Michael - Agreed...Mike Oz FTW!
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 11:06 PM
Robin Thicke is awesome to makeout too.
Posted by: The Fresnan at February 8, 2009 11:07 PM
The New Orleans segment was prime. Now I know where Lily Allen got that piano riff for "Knock 'Em Out."
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 11:09 PM
This New Orleans tribute is pretty sweet - not as good as Radiohead/USC, but very cool. I wish I could blast on the piano like this guy Alan Toussant.
And I agree Mike Oz, how does Lil Wayne win for Lollipop?? I hate that freaking song...
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 11:09 PM
I almost turned the TV off. That song sucked!
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 11:10 PM
Somewhere Dwight Schrute is topless...missing his mustard yellow shirt
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 11:10 PM
@The Fresnan - to or WITH???? You are French Canadian, so I have to ask...
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 11:11 PM
Um I know as much about rap as Heather knows about country (which I know little of as well), but didn't Jay Z retire? I mean after he returned after his retirement from her return from that other retirement?
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 11:11 PM
@Felicia: You and I can never share play lists. Not even close.
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 11:12 PM
Didn't Lil' Wayne win an oscar for his role in Predator?
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 11:12 PM
I have to ask: What happened to Rock music? It's been downhill ever since Steely Dan won the Grammy and Jethro Tull took the best metal Grammy. Sigh.
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 11:15 PM
hell the only thing good about tonight is that Blink-182 is getting back together! All the small things....
Posted by: kevikev at February 8, 2009 11:16 PM
@Kathy: There's lot of good rock out there -- it's just not on the Grammys or on the radio. I dig Black Keys a lot right now.
Posted by: Mike Oz at February 8, 2009 11:18 PM
When is this sh*t done? It's nearly three and a half hours.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 11:18 PM
@Kathy The problem is - as much as I do respect Coldplay - they nominated the right Rock Album of the Year (Kings of Leon), but it did not win...
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 11:18 PM
@Kathy: Really? You gotta give New Orleans jazz a chance (I should clarify that's what I loved about the NO segment.) But if you're talking Coldplay and Robin Thicke, well, they are permanent fixtures in my iPod.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 11:18 PM
DChild: I dunno. I've only done one. I'll let you figure which.
Posted by: The Fresnan at February 8, 2009 11:18 PM
Billy Corrigan looked cute in that lavender dress...
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 11:19 PM
Just read this: "The Big Mac -- Holla Atcha Boy!" Funny.
Is this the song that's been winning all night? Don't get it.
Posted by: Heather at February 8, 2009 11:20 PM
Kathy is right! Bring back rock. It's getting disrespected like rap used to.
Posted by: The Fresnan at February 8, 2009 11:21 PM
Sheridan...OUT
Posted by: travis sheridan at February 8, 2009 11:25 PM
I'm back. Got sidetracked on my facebook. Jethro Tull...omg! Makes ya wonder how one ends up as a voting member of the Recording Academy.
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 11:25 PM
End!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 11:26 PM
Well at least Robert Plant got some respect ... it took long enough.
Posted by: Kathy at February 8, 2009 11:26 PM
Yeah...I wanna rock!
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 11:27 PM
I'm dazed and confused...
communication breakdown
It's been a long time since I rock and rolled.
Kashmir!
Posted by: kevikev at February 8, 2009 11:27 PM
Robert Plant just said "I'm bewildered." Yeah, me too, but I'm not surprised. Last year, it was Herbie Hancock. Whatever.
Good night, everyone!
Posted by: felicia matlosz at February 8, 2009 11:28 PM
It's been fun. Let's do this again sometime.
Posted by: Marietta at February 8, 2009 11:28 PM
Wow, yeah, I'm SURE that this sleep-inducing bluegrass crap was a better album than Radiohead...
Posted by: DChild at February 8, 2009 11:28 PM
Total coup d'état at the grammys. I'm outta here!! G'night friends.
Posted by: katrinaneufeld at February 8, 2009 11:31 PM
Thank god it's over, I ran out of tequila. Night all.
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2009 11:32 PM
Did I somehow miss the Grammy (and production number) for Best Original Cast Album? Rats.
Posted by: Donald Munro at February 8, 2009 11:37 PM
Oz-Thanks for the shoutout. Alas - you can't run in the Snuggie (too long). There go my dreams of running a snuggilicious marathon.
Posted by: Roopam47 at February 9, 2009 5:35 AM
holy crap thats a lot of comments. (that almost one per grammy award. almost.)
Posted by: will at February 9, 2009 11:38 AM
Yeah, if we can get 7 more, it would be the first 200-comment post ever at The Beehive.
Somebody come hate on the Grammys some more.
Posted by: Mike Oz at February 9, 2009 11:55 AM
Mike, one reader asked if we were going to do a live blog for the Oscars, and my response is: You bet! (We've done it the last two years.) We'll see if we can BREAK that 200-comment milestone.
Posted by: Donald Munro at February 9, 2009 12:11 PM
Bring on the Oscars. I'm ready to dish on the fashions.
Posted by: Kathy at February 9, 2009 4:16 PM
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