Grammy Thread '09
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Before I forget, Radiohead (2 of 'em + marching band) where awesome too.
Pervis Jackson RIP!
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atquinn
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Actually, yes, Radiohead was awesome (although, its seemed to just be Thom and Johnny). My problem is, I didn't watch the whole thing and when I first turned to it, they were doing a "tribute" to Dean Martin that appeared to featured Kanye West, Jay Z, Lil Wayne, some pregnant lady, and another rapper whose name escapes me /emoticons/default_biggrin.png That kind of negatively biased me to everything else I saw (which was admittedly, not much).
-Austin
elduave
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Scratch that. She spoke the 3rd time they went up. Their performance was...
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I just caught the last bit after McCartney, I found the sound was sooo bad it was distracting. Way too much "room noise" and some wierd almost chorus effect on most of the vocals, some of it sounded lip sync-ish. It was hard to watch, I kept turning my head to try and hear the tv better.
But on the bright side, thank goodness I missed coldplay...I just don't get it...
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Mark.
But on the bright side, thank goodness I missed coldplay...I just don't get it...
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Mark.
Woo-hoo! I'm so pleased that Alison Krauss and Robert Plant swept all 5 awards they were nominated for!
I first saw Alison Krauss at the Lowell Folk Festival in 1989 (I think...it could have been '88 or '90). She was only 18 and a co-worker told me about her. We saw a few other acts and then the whole festival was brought to a halt by a 20 minute torrential downpour. We then went over to see Krauss' scheduled performance (it wasn't even on the main stage, just one of the smaller side venues), but the rain had dispersed most of the crowd and had knocked out the sound system. So Alison invited the 50 or so of us waiting to hear her to crowd around the front of the stage, where she and the band perched themselves on the edge and gave a wonderful, intimate un-amplified performance. Her fiddle playing just knocked me out, and of course even back then her voice was angelic. Alison Brown was playing banjo in that band...really great!
I was hooked, and have seen her several times since, each time in successively larger venues. She was always shy, and it the first time I saw her in a 500+ person venue she was clearly nervous (but still put on a great show). The last time was in Concord NH about eight years ago with Union Station, where Jerry Douglass' dobro playing just floored me. My only disappointment is that over the years her fabulous fiddle playing has been increasingly overshadowed.
Who'd a thunk that we were watching a future superstar at that soggy stage!
Oh, and that Plant guy can sing too! /emoticons/default_tongue.png
-Jonathan
I first saw Alison Krauss at the Lowell Folk Festival in 1989 (I think...it could have been '88 or '90). She was only 18 and a co-worker told me about her. We saw a few other acts and then the whole festival was brought to a halt by a 20 minute torrential downpour. We then went over to see Krauss' scheduled performance (it wasn't even on the main stage, just one of the smaller side venues), but the rain had dispersed most of the crowd and had knocked out the sound system. So Alison invited the 50 or so of us waiting to hear her to crowd around the front of the stage, where she and the band perched themselves on the edge and gave a wonderful, intimate un-amplified performance. Her fiddle playing just knocked me out, and of course even back then her voice was angelic. Alison Brown was playing banjo in that band...really great!
I was hooked, and have seen her several times since, each time in successively larger venues. She was always shy, and it the first time I saw her in a 500+ person venue she was clearly nervous (but still put on a great show). The last time was in Concord NH about eight years ago with Union Station, where Jerry Douglass' dobro playing just floored me. My only disappointment is that over the years her fabulous fiddle playing has been increasingly overshadowed.
Who'd a thunk that we were watching a future superstar at that soggy stage!
Oh, and that Plant guy can sing too! /emoticons/default_tongue.png
-Jonathan
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DavidE
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Or for Allison....
"You say it best, when you say nothing at all."
I missed the show. I was watching my son play Charles Mingus tunes with the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra and then watched the Columbus Jazz Orchestra play with Ballet Met of Columbus. The dancing did nothing for me except reduce the performance of a great jazz band.
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I thought Robert Plant was just hogging the mic but I could be wrong.
Dave Grohl is awesome.
That was T.I. who currently is doing a reality show because he was up on federal gun charges for machine guns and silencers.
Anyway, you get 4 guys with huge egos like that together and they try to outdo each other. End result=crap.
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I turned it off the second Kanye West came on the screen. He's beyond worthless in my book.
Watched "Flight of the Conchords" instead - guess I missed some stuff later, but I'll YouTube it...
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elduave
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It was fine. Haters hate, y'know. I thought that SNL skit "I'm Gonna Bang Your Wife" was funny.
Kid Rock was really good on the Grammies as well.
Grohl played drums with Paul McCartney, Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray. They did "I Saw Her Standing There" It rocked silly.