Adam's Grammy Review

So I was pleasantly surprised at a lot of the results last night. Plus I was surprised at which performances I liked and which ones I was thankful for Ti-Vo so could fast forward through the boring stuff (like acceptance speeches, honorary awards). I also fast forwarded through the hill billy country parts since that stuff is not of interest to me.

Awards
I thought that U2's Album "How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" was not their best work, but still an enjoyable album. But I was shocked to see them take home so many awards for it including Album of the Year. I also found it amazing that two different songs from that album were awarded. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own for Song of the Year and City of Blinding Lights for Best Rock Song.

I was also surprised to see Green Day take home the award for Record of the Year when Boulevard of Broken Dreams is so not the punk style from the rest of the album that already won so many awards last year.

Anyone but Mariah Carey and Coldplay..... Sorry Kahn, your favorite song Hollaback Girl didn't win any awards either of major recognition. You can still sing that in Kareoke if you want.


Performances
Kanye West/Jamie Fox - This was one of my favorites of the night for no other reason than the originality. I'm honestly tired of hearing Golddigger but when someone comes out with a high stepping Southern Style Marching Band and Drumline.... that's pretty dang cool!

U2/Mary J Blige - The first part was ok. Stage like that always looks so small for the biggest rock band in the world. But when they brought Mary J Blige out.... THAT WAS HORRIBLE!!! I don't care how many records she sells on her own, she will always be known to me as the Girl that Ruined One. No other way to describe it other than the face that she didn't even sing the right song. Randy Jackson might have called it "making it her own" but I thought that required singing the melody at least.

Sir Paul McCartney - Another awesome performance. While I don't know any of Sir Paul's newer stuff, I enjoyed his performance of Helter Skelter as much as any other moment in the evening. I find it amazing that a 60 some year old rock legend above all other legends can find these 20something musicians for his back up band and they don't feel the least bit intimidated. Proved that he still does have it in him even though he holds his bass backwards. Try that sometime Troy!

Gorillaz / Madonna - An awesome way to open the show! Very Enjoyable!

Kelly Clarkson - She continues to surprise me with her abilities to sing and rock at the same time. She also looked very amazing by the way.

Bruce Springsteen - Never been a big fan of The Boss and last night didn't change anything for me.

Looks
Kelly Clarkson - I thought she looked very cute and performed so well. Only problem I have with her is every time they interview her or give her a chance to talk, it's like she's 16 again. I've never been impressed with listening to her speak and thankfully she doesn't have to do that too often.

Madonna - she's looking pretty old. I'm beginning to wonder how much money she spends constantly on plastic surgery, etc. because she looks different every time I see her. She still isn't as bad as Michael Jackson's freak show, but I wonder if she's not getting closer as she gets older. She can still rock, I agree!

Alison Krauss - another one that usually looks very cute and attractive..... except for last night.

Teri Hatcher - looked like a doped up $20 whore. She's usually a more beautiful older woman but not last night.

Jennifer Love Hewitt - Took the crown for looking amazing last night in my mind. Although I can't tell you any movies that she's done over the past two years (since Garfield basically....) but she still has a nice way of coming out into public looking amazing!

Other

And for those that are wondering, Jimmy Stuff and His Orchestra took home the award for Best Polka Album!

Song of the Day - so many to choose from, but what's on my iTunes now is the award winning City of Blinding Lights by U2 of course! Great song to start out their last tour and emerge from the stage from with confetti everywhere!!!

Video of the Day - For those of you that miss the days when MTV showed music videos, I use Yahoo! to view videos and keep up on my hip hop and stuff..... It's free if you have a Yahoo! ID....

Webpage of the Day - Thanks to Nori for getting me hooked on one of the wierder webpages out there.... Making Fiends is definitely strange, but somehow it's so addicting! I've watched all the episodes already and no, they continue to not make sense. If you're curious, start with the first episode to understand who everyone is. I watched the 21st (and final) episode first and that didn't make things any better!

Have a great Thursday!! If you want some fun entertainment, stop by the bowling alley tonight to watch Mr. Fink and I go head to head for lowest average in bowling league title! Colonial Lanes... pre-bowl starts at 4pm. Bowling starts at 5 till about 7ish. Call my cell phone to find out where post-bowl is!