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February 09, 2006
The Grammys Sucks itself from Relevance.
They Love Mash-ups
Too bad the Grammy producers didn't realize that the majority of mash-ups are terrible.
I thought last year’s Grammys were very good. Even so, I was not expecting much brilliance this year. I was still disappointed when 2006’s edition failed to meet even the lowest expectations.
Some headlines:
Gorillaz opened as themselves – on a 2D screen, and were joined by collaborators De La Soul before mashing into a Madonna led 70s discoteque.
Coldplay sucked. Chris Martin looked like a manic ecstasy kid fiending for action as he ran around the venue. The antics disguised the terrible sound mix though, mostly because he didn’t sing when he ran around the Los Angeles Staples Center.
The White Stripes won best Alternative Music Album and LCD Soundsystem lost to Chemical Brothers for Best Dance Album. This is learned by the Grammy crawl.
Sound problems got so bad that feedback and mics cutting out marred a country singer's performance. Control room voices bled into the mix on two occasions. How production mistakes can happen on an event as big as this is just mind boggling. She was a trooper though, trudging through her set.
U2 played their new single Vertigo, and joined with Mary J Blige, played the rare b-side “One.” The pairing was not only odd but did not work on any level. This piss poor combo would later be outdone in magnificent fashion. Doesn’t it seem that one U2 album is allowed to cover two years worth of Grammy awards? I know everyone loves them but is that allowed?
The announcement that David Bowie is getting a lifetime achievement award was announced by Ludacris and Matt Dillon, seconds later Kanye won Best Rap album.
That guy that plays the young Clap Your Hands Say Yeah fan on The Office Ben Rothlisberger introduced Kelly Clarkson.
Paul McCartney started sucky but was immediately forgiven when followed by a stellar Helter Skelter. Will.I.Am of Black Eyed Peas cannot stop talking about himself. Teri Hatcher looked hot. Awkward is not strong enough a word for the Linkin Park, Jay Z and Paul McCartney grouping. A play on the Grey Album? No way are they that clever. Music's greatest night honors...Richard Pryor?
Kanye and Jaime Foxx kicked off the marching band arrangement of "Gold Digger". This and "Helter Skelter" were the few highlights.
The rest was a runaway trainwreck, sort of oxymoronic, but nothing about these Grammys made sense. The Sly Stone tribute was the icing on the horrendous artist orgies that dominated the evenings live performances. It sounded bad, it looked bad, it was bad. The Howard Hughes of Funk, recluse Sly Stone appeared Mohawk’d, bandaged and looking as banged up as the Sly and the Family Stone medley sounded. He muttered some lyrics, before leaving the stage abruptly prior to the end of the show. He was just ‘over it’ I guess. I really want to punch the Black Eyed Peas Will.I.Am. in the face at this point.
I have lost hours of my life that I will never regain.
And Kanye was robbed.
He shouldn't care though. How can awards by a so-called institution that is in such miserable shape be taken seriously anyway?
Tags: Grammys, Kanye West, U2, Trainwrecks. Terrible Productions
Posted by Merry Swankster at February 9, 2006 12:32 AM
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