Lady Gaga was a major upset of the evening only pulling in 2 awards for Best Dance/Electronic Album, and Best Dance Recording both of which were not aired during the telecast. However, the show opened with possibly the best performance of the evening with one Lady Gaga and Sir Elton John singing a slight medley of Gaga and John's music while each performer sat at back to back pianos; truly a highlight of the evening and a fantastic way to kick it off. Gaga also did not disappoint with her eccentric costume choices and changes through out the evening.
In quite the most annoying turn of the evening, was Taylor Swift's win of Album of the year. Am I the only person who doesn't get it? Oh wait, no, no one really does. Sure she's sweet, cute and wholesome, and most of the grammy voters probably hope their own daughters turn out to be more like Swift than someone like Gaga, I think they have all overlooked the true talent of people like Beyonce and Lady Gaga. Swift did look gorgeous in her blue sparkled Kaufman Franco gown, but that didn't help her pull off a duet with Stevie Nicks. Probably one of the worst performances of the evening, Nicks and Swift both sounded slightly tone deaf, and Taylor acted as though Nicks was granted a huge honor of singing with her. All in all, Swift picked up 4 awards, each more annoying than the first. Especially watching her act surprised each time her name was called. However, if anyone caught it, when Beyonce beat her for song of the year, she looked super angry. Perhaps Miss Sweet and Innocent isn't so nice after all?
Another notable performance was given by Pink. Artistic, beautiful, and one that got everyone wet, literally. After she stripped to basically nothing, She was hosted up in a silk, then dipped in water and spun over the audience. In a word, it was breathtaking. She is such a gifted and talented woman, and sadly, not a single grammy won for what is possibly her best album to date. Yet, I have to wonder, if it's ok for Pink to be basically naked at the grammy's and spreading her legs, yes, we saw it all, why is it not ok for Adam Lambert to kiss another guy at the AMA's?
Green day also delivered a wonderful number with the cast of American Idiot: the musical. Singing "21 Guns," they brought the audience to their feet. Later they took home an award for Best Rock Album.
Did anyone see when Kathy Griffin lost for best comedy album? I"m slightly disappointed that she didn't run up on stage, tackle Stephen Colbert, steal his grammy, then beat him with it and delivery a speech ranking with her "Suck it, Jesus," speech. However, though she didn't win, she most likely has grade A fodder for her next stand up show.
Btw, what was up with the Black Eyed Peas? Why did their dances look like robots and then some of them looked like they had giant lips around their heads. According to Mario Cantone, they looked like vagina's. yup, at the grammy's, vaginas. For real? What were they thinking? I don't like them much anyways, they don't sing live very well and they are just plain weird.
And in the final upset, for me, anyways, was hearing that Jamie Foxx won a grammy. I spent the whole show wondering why he was even there in the first place, then I found out that not only was he nominated, but he was nominated THREE times!!! What? What world have I found myself in where someone from Booty Call would not only win an oscar, but also a Grammy? What? I am done. Between Kanye West at the AMA's, Taylor Swift and Jamie foxx winning so much, I am done. There are no longer people with taste in the world. HAHA.
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