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PrintableMilty said: my worst moment: Madonna and Gorillaz. what a lame performance. i can't believe it's available for download for charity.
and the Sly performance....just as lame. backing tracks and everything. What is up with these R&B "divas"? Blige, Ciara, etc? they just can not sing at all. it vexes me to no end. 
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Watching Madonna was like watching your wife or mother getting dressed. Yeah she's in great shape, but put on some clothes woman, your kids are watching!!
Christina is the one that needs to more naked. Damn, she's married. Sorry, but she was rushing thru "A Song For You"; the pauses make all the difference in this song and her histrionics were murderous. Maybe Herbie was playing too much fills behind her. Mary J sounded fine. I just don't care for the pairing with U2. I missed the Springsteen, McCartney and Mariah numbers, but that was really mean to make Paul watch KJay-z fuck up "Yesterday". The Kanye West/Jamie Fox number was cool, only for the FAMU band. I'm quickly coming to despise both those guys. Well I always despised Kanye and everywhere Foxx goes he still thinks he's channelling Ray, he should put the act up on the shelf with his Oscar. I'm kinda into John Legend, but hate his fake surname. The Sly tribute was a fucking disaster, but so was that remix disc. No Larry so damn it all to hell. Of the televised nominees, I own the Hancock, Stevie, Legend and Sly tribute. Did Pat Meteny win for THE WAY UP? That was a big fave of mine. test | |
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Lammastide said: AnckSuNamun said:  I'm sorry. That was uncalled for.   No need to apologize, I thought the same thing.  RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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Why is that IDIOT KANYE WEST copying the MAGNIFICENT Outkast Andre 3000 performance of Hey Ya from the Grammys of 2 years ago?
Ill tell u why cuz he doesn't have a creative bone in his big head!!!!! Luminous beings are we...not this crude matter.
Is this 2morrow or just the END of time? The Funk will always b with u "I've got a face, not just my race, Bang Bang I've got you babe!" | |
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MartyMcFly said: Now tell me Madonna doesn't look utterly ridiculous in this picture... I mean look at dem knees! "Blahblahblah... style icon.... looks amazing for her age.... blahblah"
FUCK OFF... she looks plain embarrassing... and that's that...  grammaw needs to pull down her stockings.  | |
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Kanye and Jamie's performance was hot!!!! It kept my attention, everybody else was boring...except for when Sly came out, mumbled something in the mic's that didnt' seem to work, and then left....still looks high to me....
So damn glad John Legend got his due, guy sure did deserve it....What in the hell happened to Mariah during the "we belong together" performance?? Her ass was way out of tune, she knew she could have done way better than that...she sounded shitty on the MTV awards but a tad better, she did seem to get herself together for that second song though, thought she was gonna pull an Aretha and start shouting or a Patty and kick they heels off while rolling around on the stage.... but my oh my did Common look sexy ass hell!!!! Thats the kind of man I want to marry...suave, intelligent, smooth, calm, and smiling....i love that man  I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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He's so low key... like he doesn't want to be noticed at all 
Didn't watch it... I thought about Tivo'ing it but I think it's more fun reading you guys' comments about it   I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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ok so i haven't watched a whole telecast in about 5 years but i swear.....for the music industry'd biggest night.... the production values are always lacking. there were cameras out of focus all night, bad audio, some guys voice over Sugarland's performance (whoever they lame asses are), U2 got obscurred by smoke, etc etc etc.
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Milty said: U2 got obscurred by smoke...
Yeah, that was extra lame!
And when U2 won with the song "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" they started to play Mariah's "We Belong Together"; that made me crack up!!!  | |
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murph said: Alexandernvrmind said: A couple of things
Mariah was extremly nervous or something because that chick can blow and cleary she was off Mary J Bliege is an average singer at best and doesn't belong on the same stage as some of these artist. Its amazing how that chick just gets over year after year after year...despite the fact that people can hear that she can't sing Its simply amazing Oh yeah Kanye West is a complete asshole and has about as much musical talent as I do and less of an ear. He will be all but forgotten 5 years from now and the biggest difference between he and Prince is that Prince is a Musician not a hustler trying make money in an industry that has completely Whored itself out and is hollow to developing real talent because these fucking hip hop artist can do it so much cheaper [Edited 2/8/06 18:59pm] First Here's the thing about Mary J....sometimes she's on, and sometimes she's off...I remember seeing U2 and Mary J Blige on the Katrina Telethon and she came off rather soulful and in control...This Grammy performace was somewhere in the middle, where she starts off with control but goes fucking crazy and loses her damn mind (LOL); But hey, when you have somebody that sings from the heart like that sometimes it's more about the feeling than actual technique... Second...seeing Sly was fucking surreal...the mohawk man...WOW Third...You can pile on Kanye West for being an asshole all day (hey, i do it sometimes...) But to say that the man is a talentless whore is a a little off base....AND....CAN WE PLEASE STOP LUMPING ALL HIP-HOP ARTISTS IN THE SAME BOX...If you can't see the artistic merit in the likes of Common, Kanye, Nas, Jay-Z(when he's inspired), OutKast, and Rakim then go back to your nursing home (LOL...just jokes, but I'm saying...) Prince is my favorite artist and will always be ranked among the immortals...But shitting on newer artists to boost up our boy is pointless and silly....Let the current artists like Kanye enjoy their success... Fourth-- It was cool to see Paul MAC do his thing with Jay Z...very interesting, and weird...but in a cool way... Same here!! I'm really surprised that so many people here don't like HipHop/R&B!! As a music lover I love all kinds of music;Van Halen or George micheal, Jamiroquai or Jay-Z,if it's good it's good! I grew up on rock,funk,pop and early hiphop,nobody can't denie Rapper's [i]Delight ain't a classic in music history! Jay-Z,Snoop,2Pac are great in their genre,no use compairing them 2 some bluess guitarist or singer songwriter. Pharrel,Dre,Timbaland and Puffy(YES!) are great producers. And I love Kanye West's Goldigger,great stuff!! Free your mind! Love4oneanother | |
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some very random thoughts:
SLY: well, god damn. there he was. and there he went. that minute or two of television was like watching the ark of the covenant open up or something. it was revelatory and it spoke volumes to questions we've had for years, no matter how much it seemed to be wrapped up in production values and spectacle. no, sly is not a well man. yes, he damn well knows who he is. the end. COLDPLAY: damn, i hate this band. sometimes i feel as if i should de-snob myself and try to appreciate them, but every time i see chris martin i want to shake him by the shoulders and tell him he will never be bono or thom yorke, so knock it the fuck off. what was up with his general look last night, anyway? was it a tribute to joe cocker? KANYE AND JAMIE: i was hooked for the first thirty seconds, and after that i started to feel as if i were watching the hip-hop version of "hee haw". the marching band idea was really cute, but in execution it was like one of those high school senior talent show skits where the kids are so impressed with themselves for having a cool idea, they forget that they have to actually PERFORM WELL to pull it off. kanye and jamie seemed very excited. how lovely for them. MOORIAH: i don't even like her and i was impressed. she was one of the very few performers last night who actually knew how to perform. i could have done without the dude narrating bad poetry between her songs, but whatever. U2 AND MARY: U2 was good as U2 always is. meanwhile, uh, mary? bono wants you to go sit on that lemon over there and be quiet. BRUCE: you've got to hand it to those clever spitting image puppet people, they did a good job of morphing bruce into bob dylan. very cute....wait...that was real?! good gawd.
MADGE AND THE MONKEYS: gorillaz were completely superfluous. de la went completely over everyone's heads. the synthesis between madge and gorillaz was lost. gorillaz should have done like they did on tour and performed behind a scrim, and when their bit was done, the scrim could have been brought up to reveal madonna and her gaggle waiting to do their thing. the gorillaz holograms aren't cutting it, or at least they didn't last night. and madonna? well, she sang better than mary j. blige. the dance bit didn't seem very inspired. why was her performance crammed into a little corner of the stage? it's freakin' MADONNA - build a full-scale roller rink for her ass and plop it center stage, sheesh. KELLY DAMN CLARKSON: i really. do NOT. get it. i'm guessing she's the newest julia roberts/mary lou retton figure in pop culture now: the walmart cashier gone gold. whoop de doo. she's got musical theatre chops at best, and at worst, she's a one-trick pony whose only virtue is her ability to make sounds like an air raid siren. miss gurl has no range other than LOUD. even mariah knows how to balance the diva histrionics with the quieter, lower stuff, and she knows that it all has to sound good. but kelly clarkson is miss dorothy gayle, and we must never underestimate the power of cute. 
THE SLY TRIBUTE: someone please give joss stone a nice, cushy desk job or something. i truly loathe her and her fruit stripes dress. maroon 5 was the best part of that whole thing, and i'm not just saying that because the lead singer is hot (though that's most of the reason). fantasia was fun with her little oompa loompa self. the aerosmith boys weren't necessary - they got swallowed up by the spectacle, even when steven tyler was introducing sly. who was that woman singing with maroon 5? is she okay? JOHN LEGEND: wow. i was really impressed. of everything i saw last night, i'd say this was the breakthrough performance. very simple and elegant, with emphasis on the talent and not on a big production concept. he could sing and he could play. we like that. ALL THE COUNTRY PEOPLE: meh. wake me up when country sounds like country again. THE DOCUMENTARY/INTERVIEW CRAP: i hate this whole trend of trying to make awards shows look like something other than live, spontaneous events. MTV with their "filmed" look on the VMAs, and now this whole "multimedia" approach on the grammys with little interview segments introducing the performances. don't they know? we LOVE the awkward banter of the presenters. we LOVE the horrible teleprompter dialog! we LOVE it when things mess up! give us our rough edges back NOW, dammit! SIR PAUL: god bless 'im. loved ellen's intro. 'fine time' sounded better than 'helter skelter' (who'da thunk?), but both were great rock performances. THE OTHER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: hey, grammy producers: it's just robert johnson, david bowie and merle haggard. don't feel like you have to bust a giblet to honor them or anything.  wtf?!
TERI HATCHER: unnecessary. cover that stuff up, please. | |
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meltwithu said: ...things barely perked up when Mary J. Blige joined the Irish band during "One." The hip-hop soul queen's wailing was flat and off-key, and Bono sounded lost toward the end.
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Cheek said: meltwithu said: ...things barely perked up when Mary J. Blige joined the Irish band during "One." The hip-hop soul queen's wailing was flat and off-key, and Bono sounded lost toward the end.
i thought bono was singing off-key around the end just to be nice to mary j. | |
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Anx said: i thought bono was singing off-key around the end just to be nice to mary j.
I think they all got lost at the end of the song because of Mary's howling...  | |
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Anx said: some very random thoughts:
SLY: well, god damn. there he was. and there he went. that minute or two of television was like watching the ark of the covenant open up or something. it was revelatory and it spoke volumes to questions we've had for years, no matter how much it seemed to be wrapped up in production values and spectacle. no, sly is not a well man. yes, he damn well knows who he is. the end. COLDPLAY: damn, i hate this band. sometimes i feel as if i should de-snob myself and try to appreciate them, but every time i see chris martin i want to shake him by the shoulders and tell him he will never be bono or thom yorke, so knock it the fuck off. what was up with his general look last night, anyway? was it a tribute to joe cocker? KANYE AND JAMIE: i was hooked for the first thirty seconds, and after that i started to feel as if i were watching the hip-hop version of "hee haw". the marching band idea was really cute, but in execution it was like one of those high school senior talent show skits where the kids are so impressed with themselves for having a cool idea, they forget that they have to actually PERFORM WELL to pull it off. kanye and jamie seemed very excited. how lovely for them. MOORIAH: i don't even like her and i was impressed. she was one of the very few performers last night who actually knew how to perform. i could have done without the dude narrating bad poetry between her songs, but whatever. U2 AND MARY: U2 was good as U2 always is. meanwhile, uh, mary? bono wants you to go sit on that lemon over there and be quiet. BRUCE: you've got to hand it to those clever spitting image puppet people, they did a good job of morphing bruce into bob dylan. very cute....wait...that was real?! good gawd.
MADGE AND THE MONKEYS: gorillaz were completely superfluous. de la went completely over everyone's heads. the synthesis between madge and gorillaz was lost. gorillaz should have done like they did on tour and performed behind a scrim, and when their bit was done, the scrim could have been brought up to reveal madonna and her gaggle waiting to do their thing. the gorillaz holograms aren't cutting it, or at least they didn't last night. and madonna? well, she sang better than mary j. blige. the dance bit didn't seem very inspired. why was her performance crammed into a little corner of the stage? it's freakin' MADONNA - build a full-scale roller rink for her ass and plop it center stage, sheesh. KELLY DAMN CLARKSON: i really. do NOT. get it. i'm guessing she's the newest julia roberts/mary lou retton figure in pop culture now: the walmart cashier gone gold. whoop de doo. she's got musical theatre chops at best, and at worst, she's a one-trick pony whose only virtue is her ability to make sounds like an air raid siren. miss gurl has no range other than LOUD. even mariah knows how to balance the diva histrionics with the quieter, lower stuff, and she knows that it all has to sound good. but kelly clarkson is miss dorothy gayle, and we must never underestimate the power of cute.
THE SLY TRIBUTE: someone please give joss stone a nice, cushy desk job or something. i truly loathe her and her fruit stripes dress. maroon 5 was the best part of that whole thing, and i'm not just saying that because the lead singer is hot (though that's most of the reason). fantasia was fun with her little oompa loompa self. the aerosmith boys weren't necessary - they got swallowed up by the spectacle, even when steven tyler was introducing sly. who was that woman singing with maroon 5? is she okay? JOHN LEGEND: wow. i was really impressed. of everything i saw last night, i'd say this was the breakthrough performance. very simple and elegant, with emphasis on the talent and not on a big production concept. he could sing and he could play. we like that. ALL THE COUNTRY PEOPLE: meh. wake me up when country sounds like country again. THE DOCUMENTARY/INTERVIEW CRAP: i hate this whole trend of trying to make awards shows look like something other than live, spontaneous events. MTV with their "filmed" look on the VMAs, and now this whole "multimedia" approach on the grammys with little interview segments introducing the performances. don't they know? we LOVE the awkward banter of the presenters. we LOVE the horrible teleprompter dialog! we LOVE it when things mess up! give us our rough edges back NOW, dammit! SIR PAUL: god bless 'im. loved ellen's intro. 'fine time' sounded better than 'helter skelter' (who'da thunk?), but both were great rock performances. THE OTHER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: hey, grammy producers: it's just robert johnson, david bowie and merle haggard. don't feel like you have to bust a giblet to honor them or anything. wtf?!
TERI HATCHER: unnecessary. cover that stuff up, please. hahahahahah true tho | |
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Oh, and the David Bowie lifetime achievement thing...
"...he was ahead of his time...blah blah blah... ...and the nominees for best rap album..."
Just ultra lame...
Bowie didn't even show up - that tells me everything...  | |
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Sounds like I didn't miss much. | |
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AnckSuNamun said: 728huey said: 
  I thought Mariah looked pretty I didn't even watch it yet, so I can't comment yet, but look! Mariah actually has a full outfit on it seems!
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OdysseyMiles said: Sounds like I didn't miss much.
if you can catch the sly stone sasquatch sighting on youtube or something, you pretty much have all the must-see stuff. | |
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I found some red-carpet photos on CNN, and what the hell is this about?! 
Musician Donni Rai poses for photographers as she arrives for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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Anx said: OdysseyMiles said: Sounds like I didn't miss much.
if you can catch the sly stone sasquatch sighting on youtube or something, you pretty much have all the must-see stuff. Sounds about right. | |
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minneapolisgenius said: I found some red-carpet photos on CNN, and what the hell is this about?!
Musician Donni Rai poses for photographers as she arrives for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. when you gotta go, you gotta go! | |
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Anx said: minneapolisgenius said: I found some red-carpet photos on CNN, and what the hell is this about?!
Musician Donni Rai poses for photographers as she arrives for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. when you gotta go, you gotta go! Yeah, it looks as though her dress was made for just that. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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I coudlnt get into the Paul McCartney / Jay Z / Linkin Park thing. The song was sped up too much and Paul as fumbling through the lyrics to keep up, then Jay Z kept interjecting a bunch of obnoxious grunts and "yeah"s and "I believe!"s. The other guy from Linkin Park has the voice of a 12 year old boy. The whole thing felt like a gimick, and it did nothing for the song itself. | |
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Tom said: I coudlnt get into the Paul McCartney / Jay Z / Linkin Park thing. The song was sped up too much and Paul as fumbling through the lyrics to keep up, then Jay Z kept interjecting a bunch of obnoxious grunts and "yeah"s and "I believe!"s. The other guy from Linkin Park has the voice of a 12 year old boy. The whole thing felt like a gimick, and it did nothing for the song itself.
Just seeing McCartney's name in the same sentence as Jay Z and  Linkin Park makes me shudder."I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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minneapolisgenius said: Musician Donni Rai poses for photographers as she arrives for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. Musician??? She's a rapper who's album features songs like Clap Dat Ass, The Pimp Got Popped, Freak Me and Gangsta Bitches. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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minneapolisgenius said: I found some red-carpet photos on CNN, and what the hell is this about?!
Musician Donni Rai poses for photographers as she arrives for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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Tom said: I coudlnt get into the Paul McCartney / Jay Z / Linkin Park thing. The song was sped up too much and Paul as fumbling through the lyrics to keep up, then Jay Z kept interjecting a bunch of obnoxious grunts and "yeah"s and "I believe!"s. The other guy from Linkin Park has the voice of a 12 year old boy. The whole thing felt like a gimick, and it did nothing for the song itself.
jay z bores the crap out of me and don't even get me started on linkin park. i've always thought they looked and sounded like a bunch of choir boys who decided to go all metal-rap because otherwise they'd be the backstreet boys with septum piercings. why did paul bother? and yes, a little hint to jay z: when a fucking BEATLE is singing YESTERDAY, you don't go "UH! UH! UH!" over him!!!  | |
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JackieBlue said: minneapolisgenius said: Musician Donni Rai poses for photographers as she arrives for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. Musician??? She's a rapper who's album features songs like Clap Dat Ass, The Pimp Got Popped, Freak Me and Gangsta Bitches. 
Really? Now that photo makes more sense though. Well, that's the caption that CNN gave her. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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JackieBlue said: minneapolisgenius said: Musician Donni Rai poses for photographers as she arrives for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. Musician??? She's a rapper who's album features songs like Clap Dat Ass, The Pimp Got Popped, Freak Me and Gangsta Bitches. so she's like the hip-hop version of natalie merchant then? | |
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