Brian L
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I can't belive that there were no Grammy posts this morning.
All-righty them, I will start...
For me, the best performance was the Janis Joplin tribute with Joss Stone and Melissa Ethridge. It was shocking to see Melissa walk on stage completely bald, but given that the women is fighting cancer, that was the ballsiest performance on the show, bar none. And the band kicked ass as well, although the only player I recognized was Kenney Aranoff (sorry about the spelling) long time John Mellencamp drummer (among others).
I thought U2 was a bit flat, but that was probably because I was hoping for an up-tempo track like Vertigo or All Because of You.
Greenday? Well, as much as I like American Idiot, I have heard the title track enough times that I don't need to hear it again, and the performance was no big deal.
The Southern Rock tribute w/Skynyrd? Well, I am a big fan of the genre, but that whole segment sucked, IMHO. Unless my eyes deceive my, the only two original members of Skynyrd are Billy Powell and Gary Rossington? Come on guys, cash it in, its nothing but a tribute band.
And while it was great to see Dicky Betts and Elvin Bishop share a stage, the performance was pretty rough.
Last comment from me would be the All Star "Across the Universe" performance. I didn't know they were going to do that in advance, and I would say that Velvet Revolver was a pretty interesting choice for the back-up band, but all things considered, it went off OK.
And seeing Slash right next to Alison Kraus (complete with here fiddle) was priceless.
Those were the highlights for me....someone else can comment on the R&B and Rap stuff, although I will say that Usher did the best Michael Jackson impersonation I have ever seen (by that I mean dancing, not the other thing he is known for...).
OK....talk amongst yourselves......
BGL
All-righty them, I will start...
For me, the best performance was the Janis Joplin tribute with Joss Stone and Melissa Ethridge. It was shocking to see Melissa walk on stage completely bald, but given that the women is fighting cancer, that was the ballsiest performance on the show, bar none. And the band kicked ass as well, although the only player I recognized was Kenney Aranoff (sorry about the spelling) long time John Mellencamp drummer (among others).
I thought U2 was a bit flat, but that was probably because I was hoping for an up-tempo track like Vertigo or All Because of You.
Greenday? Well, as much as I like American Idiot, I have heard the title track enough times that I don't need to hear it again, and the performance was no big deal.
The Southern Rock tribute w/Skynyrd? Well, I am a big fan of the genre, but that whole segment sucked, IMHO. Unless my eyes deceive my, the only two original members of Skynyrd are Billy Powell and Gary Rossington? Come on guys, cash it in, its nothing but a tribute band.
And while it was great to see Dicky Betts and Elvin Bishop share a stage, the performance was pretty rough.
Last comment from me would be the All Star "Across the Universe" performance. I didn't know they were going to do that in advance, and I would say that Velvet Revolver was a pretty interesting choice for the back-up band, but all things considered, it went off OK.
And seeing Slash right next to Alison Kraus (complete with here fiddle) was priceless.
Those were the highlights for me....someone else can comment on the R&B and Rap stuff, although I will say that Usher did the best Michael Jackson impersonation I have ever seen (by that I mean dancing, not the other thing he is known for...).
OK....talk amongst yourselves......
BGL