Monday, February 14, 2011

Grammy Highlights

First of all, I am completely appalled that Arcade Fire took home the biggest award of the evening for Album of the Year.  They beat out artists such as Lady Gaga, Eminem, Lady Antebellum and Katie Perry and as a result I was totally shocked. I haven't even heard of them before (not that that means much), but even their performance right before receiving the award gave me a head ache. Terrible.

Moving on.  Some of the better performances of the evening have to be handed to artists like Eminem and Rhianna, Justin Beiber and Usher, Lady Antebellum and Mick Jagger.  All of these artist's put on a great show and captured the audience's attention (at least I wasn't changing the channel during their stage time).  As for Lady Gaga's performance, it was her typical "Little Monster" number with her new song "Born This Way" added to the mix. I like the new song, but I think it has a little too much of Madonna's "Express Yourself" intertwined, but that is a separate conversation.

As for the worst performances, I think we have to hand it to Bob Dylan, Cee Lo Green and of course Grammy Winner Arcade Fire.  I thought the sound crew was having issues during Bob Dylan's performance, but after I heard his voice for a few seconds, I quickly determined that they most likely turned down the microphone while he was singing. Cee Lo Green equals muppet land. That's all you need to know about that.  Arcade Fire we already discussed and I refuse to waste more words on that group.

Finally, how could we have a full recap without highlighting the best and worst dressed.  I have to applaud Jewel and Miranda Lambert for their classy and appropriate attire for the award show.  There were many wardrobe shockers throughout the night (including Nicki Minaj as shown below), but I think Cee Lo Green should take home the Grammy for worst dressed/costume or whatever you want to call it.