The Grammys is the annual celebration of music. despite declining record sales for consecutive 5 yrs or so straight, the ceremony is still an annual highlight and the benchmark for quality (thou recent years see a growing trend towards younger nominees, a move to cater to the largely young comsumers). still, it has something for everyone. From gospel, rap, indie, brit rock, hard rock, country, to comtemporary adult pop, it features the most varied (Alicia keys with a "dead" Frank Sinatra), legendary (Aretha franklin!), best mix of hip-and-classic (beyonce with tina!), contemporary (alicia with john mayer!), and the most elaborate (carrie with a STOMP troup and Aretha with a choir).
I wonder why Channel 5 showed HEROES today instead. i suspect the writers' strike stopped ch5 from purchasing the rights as no one was certain the show wld go on. (The Oscars will go on as reported today)
so being the nosey one, i youtubed the interesting ones while checking out EW's reviews on every performance.
my personal highlights:
- seeing Tina Turner holding up to Beyonce, with her deep growl more thrilling than Beyonce's high notes. and tt proud mary dance!
- aretha, the queen of soul, still as fiery as ever.
- Feist!!! standing on carpet with a very charmin 1234!
-a slimmer John Mayer with better hair, reminisce of Bob Dylan/Elvis!
- carrie underwood turing xtina-ish. erms. still gd vocals.
- FOO FIGHTERS!!!
but NO ONE entertained me more than Ms Amy Winehouse. yes call her an addict or criminal or weird or whatever. she with the reputation of being a disaster or a no-show is a stunner here. of cos those not familiar to her music might find this awfully weird and wondeer why she's got tattoo all over. still i love the beehive. and this performance via UK was so sassy it made me smile just to see her carry out those small antics like pouting her lips, the hands on the waist, the small breakout dances, the arms up in the air, the smirk, the shrug of shoulders. i love how she changed the vocals, the arrangements, the 3 bkground singers/dancers, and the very retro-brit setting. AMY sld have won album of the year.
yes she's been to rehab, but no no no she's still awesome.
and has Britney gone crazy?!?!?! whats up with the regular check-in to hospitals like hotels?!!!?!!? sighhhh.
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