It's sad that this is the best performance so far. But it is. Congrats Bruno. I guess.

2elijah said:

I love that song by Muse. Now that's rock music.

True that. They were awesome. I've never been that big a fan or followed them, but I was impressed.

Cool, she's singing "Cold War"....

728huey said:

silverchild said:

I was thinking about that too. Is the Academy playing some kinda race card?

Not really, R&B sucked this year, so they relegated the awards off air. When OutKast was nominated for Album and Record of the Year a few years back, they had a lot of hip-hop and R&B awards on the main telecast.

It's just a joke!

Yeah I agree, R&B and hip-hop was pretty much in a bad state last year and it'll probably be the same this year. The Academy really cares about the big awards and what will be good for broadcast. Plus, there was alot of other great stuff in the R&B field that was snubbed and overlooked anyway.

JustErin said:

BklynBabe said:

well B.O.B, Bruno Mars, and Janelle are okay.....nothing earth shattering, but not embarrassing.

Please tell me there is no Lil Wayne coonery and buffoonery this year.....

Bruno Mars is singing off key.

Oh God, Janelle as well.

Yikes.

Its alright so far.

Muse was good.

Not digging the current performance

I wanna go after Janelle Monae with Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake's hedge clippers!!!

JustErin said:

JustErin said:

Bruno Mars is singing off key.

Oh God, Janelle as well.

Yikes.

but at least they are singing....which is rare for the "new" generation.

And at least it's not Rihanna, so there!

All of these people are awful. I turned this on to see Aretha, and left it on because the tribute was good, but no more.

ZAC BROWN!!!

BklynBabe said:

JustErin said:

Oh God, Janelle as well.

Yikes.

but at least they are singing....which is rare for the "new" generation.

And at least it's not Rihanna, so there!

Everyone has sung live so far. Even Rihanna sings live now.

I thought Janelle was great!

I like LOVE Janelle and Bruno's performances.

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Why does watching that Janelle child always make me feel like either she's about to have a seizure or I am?

Janelle's performance was the best hands down, even though she was shaky in parts too! Love her!

Bruno...? Off key and unoriginal. Anybody noticed the "Who's Loving You" and MJ nods he was giving?

Overall, these award shows just get stale as the years go by. I've seen enough! *turns the channel*

Janelle and Bruno were awful. Sounded like a dying herd of sheep.

Gaga showed great showmanship singing live and dancing but it was pretty boring compared to her other theatrics.

JustErin said:

BklynBabe said:

but at least they are singing....which is rare for the "new" generation.

And at least it's not Rihanna, so there!

Everyone has sung live so far. Even Rihanna sings live now.

Actually Rihanna has always sung live and has a better voice than people give her credit for. Just tired of seeing her every year performing (well except for that one time....)

The best thing so far is this Diplo commercial.

silverchild said:

Janelle's performance was the best hands down, even though she was shaky in parts too! Love her!

Bruno...? Off key and unoriginal. Anybody noticed the "Who's Loving You" and MJ nods he was giving?

Overall, these award shows just get stale as the years go by. I've seen enough! *turns the channel*

Janelle definitely did that damn thing. I didn't mind Bruno but yeah it was obvious.

trueiopian said:

Janelle and Bruno were awful. Sounded like a dying herd of sheep.

Gaga showed great showmanship singing live and dancing but it was pretty boring compared to her other theatrics.

Gaga was just

JustErin said:

BklynBabe said:

but at least they are singing....which is rare for the "new" generation.

And at least it's not Rihanna, so there!

Everyone has sung live so far. Even Rihanna sings live now.

Ever since the whole Milli Vanilli fiasco, the Grammys try to get everyone performing on the telecast to sing live. However, a few acts have gotten around this (cough..cough..Britney Spears...cough) by performing elaborate dance numbers and using backing tracks.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Hey y'all Bruno and BoB play multiple instruments ... greatness has arrived.

Bruno went from piano and guitar, then B.O.B. got on guitar lol

I love Ms. Monae's energy. Jumping like a PUNK ROCKER! You go girl!

Timmy84 said:

trueiopian said:

Janelle and Bruno were awful. Sounded like a dying herd of sheep.

Gaga showed great showmanship singing live and dancing but it was pretty boring compared to her other theatrics.

Gaga was just

Same here Timmy. Everyone will be talking about her and that damn egg...and how brilliant it was.

Timmy84 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Hey y'all Bruno and BoB play multiple instruments ... greatness has arrived.

Bruno went from piano and guitar, then B.O.B. got on guitar lol

I love Ms. Monae's energy. Jumping like a PUNK ROCKER! You go girl!

Bruno was playing the drums during Janelle's performance, too.

Timmy84 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Hey y'all Bruno and BoB play multiple instruments ... greatness has arrived.

Bruno went from piano and guitar, then B.O.B. got on guitar lol

I love Ms. Monae's energy. Jumping like a PUNK ROCKER! You go girl!

Yes! i mean i thought she sounded fine lord idk what people are whining about lol

Her guitar man even did a solo, she can sing, dance, has Little Richards hair and her backing band is very good.

IDK why people hate on this chick seriously

BklynBabe said:

JustErin said:

Everyone has sung live so far. Even Rihanna sings live now.

Actually Rihanna has always sung live and has a better voice than people give her credit for. Just tired of seeing her every year performing (well except for that one time....)

No, she hasn't...she played a festival a couple of years ago - when I worked there. Straight up 100% recorded vocals.

But I don't think her voice is all that bad.

BEIBER FEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

at Bieber

The fuck is this, story time???