Pop Royalty
Saturday night GRAMMY rehearsals saw a majestic pairing of pop talents as multiple GRAMMY winner Prince was joined onstage by pop princess Beyoncé to work through what is sure to be one of the most eye-catching and musically satisfying performances of GRAMMY night. Prince is a nominee for Best Pop Instrumental Album this year for his N.E.W.S. record, and throughout rehearsals he demonstrated his exceptional guitar chops, wielding his trademark purple glyph guitar and effortlessly reeling off scorching lead lines and tasty fills. He was backed by an expert backup band that featured several of the players from N.E.W.S. as well as legendary sax-man Maceo Parker, and a 14-piece string section filled out the sound during more tender moments. Prince and Beyoncé displayed great chemistry together, trading vocal lines, leaning together for close harmonies, and working out some exuberant dance moves. So what tune did the royal pair play? Well, let's just say that they pack more than one into their performance, and fans of both artists are in for a special GRAMMY treat. (2/7)

I just had to.

NOOO!

i hope that 1 off u orgers will put an review here after the show...so that we(sad ppl from holland/belgium)know what it was like...

Great.

Um...this be fake.

Here's the FULL details of what will happen:

Beyonce starts off with a pathetic cover version of Ronnie Talk To Russia, and no one in the audience is impressed. Boos are heard from a thousand miles away, even from people not watching the Grammys. They can feel the greatest piece of music ever written being butchered in the pit of their very souls. Beyonce runs off the stage crying. No other musician, not even Hulk Hogan, has any right attempting this song.

THEN, Prince strolls out as if nothing had just happened and rips into a WAILING version of RTTR more amazing than any previously heard. The crowd ERUPTS with joy, and several heads in the vicinity explode like melons out of sheer awe. Ronald Regan himself is revived to full health by the power of this performance. He then promptly picks up the phone with incredible vigor, and dials Russia.

"IT'S NOT TOO LATE!" he screams at the top of his lungs. He then plays Candy Land with every last resident of Russia.

Prince, satisfied that the mission of his most important song has been completed, goes into a deep sleep, waiting for the day Ronnie Talk To Russia is once again needed.

The end.
[This message was edited Sat Feb 7 23:41:01 PST 2004 by HobbesLeCute]

HobbesLeCute said:

If you weren't so damned funny, you'd be destined for hell.

http://www.grammy.com/fea..._blog.aspx

Pop Royalty
Saturday night GRAMMY rehearsals saw a majestic pairing of pop talents as multiple GRAMMY winner Prince was joined onstage by pop princess Beyoncé to work through what is sure to be one of the most eye-catching and musically satisfying performances of GRAMMY night. Prince is a nominee for Best Pop Instrumental Album this year for his N.E.W.S. record, and throughout rehearsals he demonstrated his exceptional guitar chops, wielding his trademark purple glyph guitar and effortlessly reeling off scorching lead lines and tasty fills. He was backed by an expert backup band that featured several of the players from N.E.W.S. as well as legendary sax-man Maceo Parker, and a 14-piece string section filled out the sound during more tender moments. Prince and Beyoncé displayed great chemistry together, trading vocal lines, leaning together for close harmonies, and working out some exuberant dance moves. So what tune did the royal pair play? Well, let's just say that they pack more than one into their performance, and fans of both artists are in for a special GRAMMY treat. (2/7)

Still Life With Diva
Some performers at the GRAMMY awards understandably want to hold the stage in a big way, and during this year's show, multiple-nominee Beyoncé looks to be the artist making the biggest use of stagecraft. At Saturday evening rehearsals, the singer unveiled the elaborate stage piece on which she'll perform "Dangerously In Love 2." Beyoncé appeared at the center of a huge faux gilded frame, inside of which a cast of 17 — on a well-dressed, multitiered set — struck poses to create a tableau reminiscent of a 19th century salon. Beyoncé, adding her lead vocals to the song's backing track, at first seemed hesitant to put too much strain on her powerful pipes, but as the rehearsals proceeded and the sound was dialed in, she let loose with all the melismatic gusto of an up-and-coming diva. One surprising nonhuman cast member made a perfectly timed entrance during the song's dramatic close. If that cast member hits its cue equally well on GRAMMY night, it will provide one of the show's most breathtaking moments. (2/7)

But how can they keep him out of the funk jam???

[from grammy.com]
Saints and sinners alike had mutual grooves to move to Friday night at Staples Center as rehearsals got under way for a massive, four-band, all-star tribute to the sound of funk. Bringing together the booty-shaking talents of Earth, Wind & Fire, OutKast’s Big Boi, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, and the legendarily funkified George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, the GRAMMY’s "Funk Is Back" segment will be presented as a kind of "Church of Eternal Funk" revue, giving the old faithful (EW&F), the sinful (OutKast), the new disciples (Randolph) and the church elders (Parliament Funkadelic) a chance to raise the roof for the GRAMMY congregation.

During rehearsals, the funk energy stayed high and mighty, beginning with EW&F’s ripping take on their old favorite, “Shining Star.” The trademark triple vocal attack from Maurice White, Philip Bailey and Ralph Johnson was in fine form, the band’s horn section was as bright and punchy as ever, and longtime member Verdine White added some particularly wild, thumping bass. As the song came to a close, the EW&F horns and vocalists wandered over to stage left, just in time to add some superb backup to Big Boi’s undeniably funky “The Way You Move.” When Big Boi delivered his tune and he and his dancers finished their moves, action jumped to stage right, where pedal steel phenomenon Randolph led his band through a heated rendition of “I Need More Love.” As the band kicked into high gear, Randolph danced around as wildly as his guitar setup would allow, finishing the song with some soaring solo lines. Yet another groove then kicked in, and center stage was taken by pioneering funk architect George Clinton, with a 16-person Funkadelic lineup that included Bootsy Collins and several other original Parliament Funkadelic members. Clinton beamed like a proud funk-daddy as the band pumped through “Give Up The Funk,” and by the end of the tune, all the assembled funksters had joined together for an onstage funk-jam. Ever mindful of keeping the groove properly unrushed, Clinton offered the mega-group one bit of advice between run-throughs: “Not too fast. Let’s put that thing in the stink.”

she should get her boob out.

LIES LIES LIES!

He's gonna play Ronnie Talk To Russia and it's gonna be just like I said! I just know it!

HobbesLeCute said:

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do you think he'll wear his KFC gear to tie in with the new chicken ad's?

Byron said:

Um...I be wrong. :O