The Grammy awards were watched here
Why write about this? Here it is notable because the entire 3 and a half hour program was watched. It is doubtful whether even an hour of the Grammy awards has ever been watched here. I don't do award shows well, the Oscars, the Golden Globes, I take breaks or lose interest knowing that the results can always be found online and in the morning newspaper.
Last year I watched the beginning of the Grammy awards and saw the opening act by Bruno Mars. It was probably the best thing that I saw on television in 2012. He was one of the acts this year so I settled in with no expection that it would be, to me, such a spectacular show. There were of course a few duds but the highlights were true highlights and there were many of them.
Start with the New Orleans tribute with the Black Keys, the Preservation Hall band and Dr. John and his hoodoo hat. Go to the Bob Marley tribute led by Bruno and with Sting, Rihanna, two of the young Marleys, plus a bunch of others. Even all, that's all, of the music celebrities in the front rows were standing, clapping, singing along, and some were just wide-eyed agog. Then there was the Levon Helm tribute with another great cast of musicians, many of which I am barely, if that, familiar with including Mumford and sons, Zac Brown, and led by Mavis Staples. These were all special.
Rihanna gave an amazing solo performance of a song called "Stay". No dancing, no showing off her beauty, just singing with intense emotion. Here it was stirring. I had no idea that she could do that. Alicia Keyes and Kelly Clarkson also had exceptional solo roles, and Jack White did two amazing songs. I had forgotten how uniquely talented he is. Mumford and sons did an energetic song that had the complexity and energy of the finest bluegrass, although I have been away from bluegrass for so long that may not be a credible statement.
There were other performances that were notable, but it's time to cook dinner and in fact I don't even know the names of some of the performers. There were two performances that I just don't get, don't know how they belong in this group of talent. One is Justin Timberlake, certainly a charming personality but I have no idea what is so special about his music and never have. The second is a group called "Fun" that was nominated for many awards and won one or two. They certainly seemed congenial but their music was more boring and bland than fun, from this perspective of course. Each to their own.
One other thing about these Grammys - many of the advertisements were obviously made especially for this program, featured music, and many were not boring, and had never been seen before. It was like a Super Bowl concept of advertising except much better and certainly much cheaper for the advertisers.
Discovering a surprise like this show was special. I had always been put off by the amount of rap, the amount of bland Nashville "talent", and the fact that I was already familiar with many of the artists. That is true no more, and Nashville and any harsh rap were barely present.
Now to the kitchen.
Last year I watched the beginning of the Grammy awards and saw the opening act by Bruno Mars. It was probably the best thing that I saw on television in 2012. He was one of the acts this year so I settled in with no expection that it would be, to me, such a spectacular show. There were of course a few duds but the highlights were true highlights and there were many of them.
Start with the New Orleans tribute with the Black Keys, the Preservation Hall band and Dr. John and his hoodoo hat. Go to the Bob Marley tribute led by Bruno and with Sting, Rihanna, two of the young Marleys, plus a bunch of others. Even all, that's all, of the music celebrities in the front rows were standing, clapping, singing along, and some were just wide-eyed agog. Then there was the Levon Helm tribute with another great cast of musicians, many of which I am barely, if that, familiar with including Mumford and sons, Zac Brown, and led by Mavis Staples. These were all special.
Rihanna gave an amazing solo performance of a song called "Stay". No dancing, no showing off her beauty, just singing with intense emotion. Here it was stirring. I had no idea that she could do that. Alicia Keyes and Kelly Clarkson also had exceptional solo roles, and Jack White did two amazing songs. I had forgotten how uniquely talented he is. Mumford and sons did an energetic song that had the complexity and energy of the finest bluegrass, although I have been away from bluegrass for so long that may not be a credible statement.
There were other performances that were notable, but it's time to cook dinner and in fact I don't even know the names of some of the performers. There were two performances that I just don't get, don't know how they belong in this group of talent. One is Justin Timberlake, certainly a charming personality but I have no idea what is so special about his music and never have. The second is a group called "Fun" that was nominated for many awards and won one or two. They certainly seemed congenial but their music was more boring and bland than fun, from this perspective of course. Each to their own.
One other thing about these Grammys - many of the advertisements were obviously made especially for this program, featured music, and many were not boring, and had never been seen before. It was like a Super Bowl concept of advertising except much better and certainly much cheaper for the advertisers.
Discovering a surprise like this show was special. I had always been put off by the amount of rap, the amount of bland Nashville "talent", and the fact that I was already familiar with many of the artists. That is true no more, and Nashville and any harsh rap were barely present.
Now to the kitchen.
posted by John Borden at 5:54 PM
1 Comments:
Please don't be offended by this, but maybe the fact that you watched the entire Grammy show for the first time ever reflects your age more than the quality of the program. It was ok, but it missed some good stuff. To its credit, it missed Justin Bieber. To its discredit, Mumford and sons had no real credible claim to album of the year, they are very good but very narrow.
Post a Comment
<< Home