Grammy Awards, Live Thread! Let the parade of fools begin.

2-23-03

[Partisan Hack]

BB King was just asked about political comments during the war and he said "I think that there are going to be alot of things said tonight that I don't agree with."

Way to go B.B!

[Cogadh na Sith]

I thought the anti-punk was Michael J. Fox... oh wait... he is the anti-Elvis.

I see your punk credentials are in order....

[smith288]

Ermmm...she's a an amateur, a decent one, but there's a rather large gulf between someone like that and a professional.

Condi could be just as polished as the next professional pianist. I never said she could be Nora Jones with singing? I was saying Condi knows music, can go up on a stage and impress a large musically knowledgable crowd...now reverse that with Sheryl Crowe with her vast knowledge in geopolitics. She would get laughed out of a war room.

[RobFromGa]

re: sounds of silence, see my #277

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

It looks like since they don't want the artists to protest the war, they're making a statement by protesting being entertaining tonight.

[ewing]

I think the orders went down that all protest were of to be non speechmaking type of mentions and that Durst was the only one who didnt play ball.

[eddie willers]

I like Miracles simply because it marked the return of Marty Balin and changed the Starship back into an Airplane. (sorta)

[killjoy]

The Clash's SANDINISTA... also, an embarassment considering how the vaunted Sandinista turned out...

Considering Sandinista was recorded almost completely ad-hoc in the studio as a massive jam session, it is pretty impressive.

[jhofmann]

Yeah, Charley don't surf... how original...

[WarSlut]

I just realized... I haven't watch the Grammys since Natalie Cole swept every category for playing kareoke with her deadfather.

When was that? 1992? For a child of the pop culture generation, I've got quite a streak going here (patting self on back)...

[bootless]

That was one of the highlights for me was Yo-Yo doing 'Rockabye Sweet Baby James'

Just getting here - when was Yo-Yo Ma's performance? I'm on the west coast, and IIRC, we get the delayed rerun. I think. I LOVE Yo-Yo Ma. First time I heard him was in Immortal Beloved, his performance was dubbed into the soundtrack, opening measures of "Ode to Joy." Sublime.

[weegee]

Did you notice they clap for anyone who is black or looks gay? Sort of obligatory, I guess, though no one knows who they are.

Lionel Hampton got little applause and there was NO applause for the guy from the Coasters.

[RummyChick]

so far I have seen Sheryl with her guitar strap and limp diskit with his comment , BOnnie rait with her peace comment, and possibly coldplay with something we weren't able to detect

I am pretty shocked over the lack of rebellion

[mom4kittys]

Was Josh Groban up for anything tonight? I was at a company Mardi Gras party and missed the Grammy's.

[Antoninus]

Please. Both your points about the song being anti-American & p!ssing on the flag are highly inaccurate.

Hey, all you have to do is read the lyrics to "Born in the USA" to realize it's Anti-American. I had the mental acuity to do so when I was 16. Admittedly, the album cover thing is purely speculative.

If you wanna see some real p!ssing check out the Who's "Who's Next" 1971 album cover.

Hey, I own that one too. Honestly, it was finding out that people like Bruce Stringbean was lefty and that Pete Townsend was a homo-pedophile that made me swear off the whole rock music industry. Too many freaks and creeps to be supporting them with my hard-earned $$. I haven't bought a pop-music CD in years.

[ewing]

Man, Clapton's leftovers suddenly dont look so good..

[Mo1]

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ... NORA JONES!!!

[smokeyjon]

It looks like since they don't want the artists to protest the war, they're making a statement by protesting being entertaining tonight.

Now, that's just entirely untrue. Most of them have been protesting being entertaining for a LOT longer than just tonight.

[jhofmann]

Springsteen was alright until he met that Marxist flabass Dave Marsh.

[weegee]

White Rabbit and Someone To Love. Grace stole the songs when she jumped ship to Jefferson Airplane. Many people assume that the "Slick" songwriting credit is Grace, not Darby.

[RummyChick]

maybe that is why he looked so scared
if those were the orders his career may have just went down the toilet
bonnie rait has a little more backing and power than limp diskit I would think