Look at that good-looking winner! Now onto my thoughts about the show.
RED CARPET
Why is Paris Hilton there?
Why is she with Birdman? And who
is Birdman, really? Turns out Paris is on Birdman’s
label, which means…she’s singing again.
Sigh. Let’s hope that doesn’t
make it to the radio. Her dress is fully
covered in the front, and almost completely sheer in the back. There’s a solid stripe fabric covering the
middle of her butt all the way down to the floor, but that’s it. It’s pretty but a little trashy. Not indecent though.
Jared Leto is presenting with him Grammy-winning band 30
Seconds to Mars. He is everywhere! Winning all of the movie awards and taking
time out to attend the Grammys too.
Ariana Grande is adorable.
Too bad she didn’t get any nominations this year. Her range is incredible. She really is like a new Mariah Carey (minus
any diva-like qualities, so far. But
she’s young, so we’ll see what unfolds over time.)
Pharell is so cute. Not hot, per se, but truly cute. And ageless!
I can’t believe he’s in his 40’s.
He looks so young.
Ciara is visibly preggers and says she’s performing at the
E! afterparty. I guess she won’t be
doing all of her superbendy, sexy dances with the big bump.
Ugh, Rita Ora is there.
I don’t get the fascination with her.
Or maybe I’m just bitter b/c she had a fling with Bruno a few years
back.
Alicia Keys is wearing a daring plunge neckline. She is beautiful.
It’s still weird—but refreshing—to see Katy Perry looking so
normal all the time. I don’t get why
people think she’s so hot. She’s pretty
enough and all, and I know she’s got big boobs but I don’t get “hot” or
“beautiful,” words used to describe her often.
P!nk in red. She
looks amazing. I <3 her.="" span="" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> She’s the only one who has my blessing to win
over Bruno. I love her that much.
Madonna is wearing a full suit and tie b/c son David wanted
her to dress like him. Aww. Oh, and she’s wearing a grill. In her mouth.
Seriously. She’s also working a
cane b/c she just got off crutches a few days ago. (I know that because I follow her Facebook
posts.) Not sure how she ended up on crutches in the first place though.
Thank goodness Paula Patton (aka Mrs. Robin Thicke) is
wearing something not as atrocious as that huge ruffle dress from the Golden
Globes.
Jamie Foxx’s daughter is so pretty.
Bruno didn’t walk the red carpet. I guess he’s still not ready for live
interviews and such. He’s only done
print interviews (and not many) since his mom passed last summer, just before
his tour. No radio promo stops during
the tour either, which normally would have been routine.
THE AWARDS
Beyonce opens with Jay Z doing “Drunk in Love,” a song from
her new cd that is growing on me. She
looks ridiculously hot. Her body is
insance. Such a teeny tiny waist, such
an hourglass figure. I’d have to hate
her if I didn’t have a girl crush on her and love her music so much. (Though I don’t love this particular
song. It’s slowly growing on me.)
Poor LL Cool J has to remind people he used to make
music. But at least he’s found real
success in his post-music career of acting.
This is his 3rd or 4th time hosting the show (he
started whenever “NCIS:LA” started), and I like him as host. He’s very affable and he genuinely seems
excited about the music being celebrated.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis win Best New Artist. No surprise there. But Mack, how ’bout you let Ryan thank some
people too? Rude. If they win again, I hope he rectifies that. Maybe he’s like Oates from Hall n’ Oates—seen
but never heard. (Update: I don’t think
they won again, at least not onstage, so Ryan remains silenced.)
New
Zealand teen darling Lorde is performing
next. I love her song “Royals,” but I
won’t love her beating Bruno for Song or Record of the Year. And she’s a weird performer live. Twitchy.
I don’t tend to like twitchy. Ask
John Mayer. (Where is he tonight
anyway? His paramour Katy Perry is a big
nominee tonight.)
The Best Pop Duo/Group category is stacked with awesome
songs—Pink, Daft Punk, Robin Thicke, Rihanna & JT (JT being my least fave
of this bunch). And Daft Punk takes it,
but Pharell speaks for them. Don’t they
get hot or just annoyed being in those damn robot helmets all the time? What do they look like anyway? Are they secretly aliens or invisible or
something, and this is their gimmicky way of hiding it?!
Katy Perry’s performance is different for her. Visually dark. She looked awkward doing that one smooth dance
move that went with a distinctly hip-hop beat segment of the song. A dancer she is not. I will concede that she has been sounding
better live since this new album came out.
Still not great, but better.
Some old dude is singing, and I don’t know who he is. But he sounds pretty good. Oh,
it’s Chicago
(with Robin Thicke). That’s why I don’t
know him. Chicago ceased to exist for me after Peter
Cetera left. He was Chicago. Sorry.
And they just segued right into “Blurred Lines.” What a great song. We were jamming to it in step class just last
week. It gets ya goin’!
Sorry Keith Urban, I can’t get down with country. Fast forward.
(Honorable mention to young Hunter Hayes, whom I zipped past earlier in
the broadcast too.)
John Legend performing.
I want to like him, but I just don’t.
He’s a dapper dresser, kinda cute and he went to my alma mater Penn, but
I just can’t. Fast forward.
Paul McCartney just won with Dave Grohl for Best Rock
Song. I guess that’s his new
wife/fiancée/girlfriend with him. He
loves his younger women, and they keep flocking to him.
Ooh, low-key Taylor Swift tonight. Just her and a piano, sounding pretty
good. Perhaps she’s improving. I must remember not to write people off b/c
they do sometimes develop their skills over time. I just wish they’d all do it before they become famous in the first
place.
Okay, Taylor
just lost me with her violent hair flings.
It’s like she was headbanging.
While playing a ballad at a grand piano.
Seriously. And it came across as
very unnatural and stiff. Fast forward.
Bruno introduces P!nk w/ Nate Ruess. He looks so cute (as if he could look any
other way). But what’s up with the bolo
tie, Bru? He posted a twit-pic a month
or so ago with a bunch of bolos, but I didn’t expect to see one show up on the
Grammys. Isn’t that more of a country
thing?
I wasn’t expecting any acrobatics from P!nk tonight, but
apparently she’s doing a bit of “Try” (with acrobatics) before lauching into
her “Just Give Me A Reason” duet.
Yippee! Watching her contort her
body and spin and hang while singing beautifully
live will never, ever get old. Such a
phenomenal performer. And she’s one of
those people who has improved with time.
Young P!nk was not all that when she sang live, but she grew up and
honed her craft. <3 span="">
Onto the duet. Why is
Nate Ruess sporting that ridiculous mustache?
P!nk sounds terrific, per usual.
Nate? He needs to hone his
craft. He’s an inconsistent live
performer. P!nk is perfection.
Lorde just stole one of Bruno’s awards. And so it begins… Now I’m bitter.
Ringo Starr isn’t much of a singer, is he? They were right to keep him in the
background.
Jay-Z and Bey didn’t seem all that amused by Jamie Foxx’s
jokes. Stop taking yourselves so seriously. Lighten up.
Imagine Dragons performing with Kendrick Lamar. I gotta admit this mash-up is working for
me. While I’ve heard of Kendrick, I’ve
never actually heard his stuff. Lorde
looks like she’s feeling the mash-up.
And Taylor
is white-girl dancing like a loon, as she does.
Sit down, Taylor. We get it—you’re very up on all genres of
music and you rock out to them all. (Eye
roll…)
More Beatles.
Mercifully Paul McCartney sounds better than Ringo.
Pharell won Producer of the Year off-camera. Good for him, totally deserved. But why didn’t I notice how hideous that hat
is. No, Pharell, just no.
BRUNO WINS BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM!!! This is his 2nd
Grammy win but his first chance to accept on-air, up on the big stage. I’m so happy for him. And strangely proud. Being a superfan is a weird thing. I want him to be successful so badly though I
get nothing out of it. He dedicated it to
his mama, who died unexpectedly last summer.
So sweet. (And handsome, of
course.)
How old is Willie Nelson?
And was he ever young? I feel
like he was an old man when I was a kid, and he’s still an old man. And Kris Kristofferson doesn’t sound
good.
Bey & Jay-Z seem to really be enjoying “Mamas Don’t Let
Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys.”
Whodathunkit?
This is only Daft Punk’s 2nd live tv performance
ever. Crazy. Unfortunately, Pharell is still wearing that
ugly hat. Daft Punk changed their
outfits. But did they change their
helmets?! Nile Rodgers helped produce
this track too, and they did a little bit of “Le Freak”—true 70s. Stevie Wonder isn’t sounding so good, but
he’s Stevie Wonder, so we give him a pass.
The entire audience is on their feet dancing to Daft Punk,
et al. It’s awesome! There is some seriously questionable
“dancing” going on though. LOL. Paul McCartney is not much for the moves, nor
is Yoko Ono. Steven Tyler busted out a
tried and true disco arm roll move—too funny.
Too bad his hair also looks funny.
(Some little ponytails or something mixed in with this long locks.)
For the record, I love all 3 of the big retro-disco songs
from last summer (Daft Punk “Get Lucky,” Robin Thicke “Blurred Lines,” and of
course Bruno Mars “Treasure.”) All great
dance tracks, and I think they are instant classics.
Cyndi Lauper presents Sara Bareilles and Carole King,
dualing sensitive-singer-songwriters with their tandem pianos. I love Cyndi’s hardcore New Yawk accent. Sara sounds great. Carole not so much. Age is not kind to singers’ voices. “Brave” is a cool song though. Aw, how sweet—Sara is fangirling over
Carole. Fun fact: Prince names Carole
King as a huge musical influence.
Surprising, right?
Ugh, Lorde wins Song of the Year, an award that goes to the
songwriters, over Bruno and his team.
I’m beginning to hate this youngster.
Thank you, Metallica, for not headbanging tonight. This is pretty low key. And it’s giving me some time to catch up on
Facebook and surf the web a little.
Just realized that Justin Timberlake didn’t go up to accept
Rap Duo award with Jay-Z, so he must not be there? But he had a lot of nominations. Did he really not bother showing up?
Crap—Metallica just went all headbanger on me. Lead singer sounds like he’s possessed. Oh how I wish I could fast-forward now. Lemme just turn the volume down at
least. Thank goodness that’s over.
Steven Tyler (presenting with Smokey Robinson) is such a
character. I miss him on American Idol.
Record of the Year goes to Daft Punk. Not Bruno.
Sadness. Great song
but…sadness. Here come the invisible
aliens in helmets and Pharell and his ugly ass hat.
There’s another rock performance coming up. What will I do?!?!
My mouth just dropped when I saw how svelte Queen Latifah
is. (Clearly I don’t watch her talk
show, or I wouldn’t be so surprised, huh.)
I’ve always thought she was so pretty, but now she’s downright hot. Good for her.
I think this is the smallest I’ve ever seen her. She’s probably starving, LOL. But it’s better to look good than to feel
good, right? Hollywood
mantra.
Let’s see what Madonna does with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
(that name is entirely too long). Oh wow, a big mass marriage ceremony. How cool to say you got married at the
Grammys! With Madonna and Queen Latifah
(and Macklemore—not as important) on stage.
Ryan Seacrest really is the hardest working man in
showbiz. He’s got American Idol, I Heart
Radio, his radio show, Dick Clark’s NYE bash, producing shows on E! like
“Kardashians,” hosting red carpet pre-shows and now he’s got his hands in this
Grammy Foundation thing. Wow.
Album of the Year goes to Daft Punk. Maybe I need to hear
some other tracks on this album. Bruno
wasn’t even nominated for this one.
Ridiculous.
Well, that’s it.
Bruno takes home one, and that’s all I really care about. See you March 2nd for the Oscars!
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