Posted on 02/12/2012 7:34:13 PM PST by navysealdad
Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" won record and song of the year. Rolling in the Deep" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her second studio album, 21. The song was written by Paul Epworth and Adele, who described it as a "dark blues-y gospel disco tune. It is considered to be a crossover hit, the biggest in the United States from the past 25 years, gaining airplay from many different radio formats. It was first released on 29 November 2010 as the lead single of the album. The lyrics describe the emotions of a scorned lover.
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“I thought Bonnie Raitt sounded the best of any performer tonight.”
Sorry I missed that. I’ll have to see if I can find her performance somewhere.
Found this Etta James tribute. It’s short. Is that all Bonnie sang?
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2012/02/12/alicia-keys-etta-james-grammys-tribute-with-bonnie-raitt/
Over Christmas, my daughter was blasting her music while baking cookies and such, and she played a album’s worth of songs by Adele. I actually enjoyed it. Adele has kind of a Carole King thing going on. I like that. Though “Rolling in the Deep” starts out pure Bonnie Raitt... but of course, I like that even more. Good stuff.
LOL!
“Speaking of, WHAT was that blasphemous crap song with the priest and altar boys?”
I caught the last hour of the Grammys. I saw that too.
Disgusting in so many ways.
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