GRAMMYS SHOW MUSINGS
This year’s Grammys Awards show was the most boring in memory. I usually torture Mr. X by going back repeatedly because I missed a word or two, and I’m always riveted to the set. But this time, I kept begging to skip ahead because it was all pretty awful. I’ve recently become a Beyonce fan, but even her set had me yawning.
What happened to good old-fashioned singing? Why does everyone have to do something they think is spectacular, but always falls short? How is it special to see Elton John and Lady Gaga performing with dirty faces? What is that???? Just friggin’ sing! If you can, that is.
I mean, Taylor Swift does seem like a lovely girl, and her own ditties are somewhat interesting, but can she sing? I think not. I’ve always noticed that she’s not a singer, but can warble her own tunes, as even one-note I can do with mine. (Maybe I’ll put my big hit, Vomit Green, on YouTube one day. But don’t hold your breath.) But she’s incapable of duets, especially with the formidable Stevie Nicks. That was just plain brutal. Insulting to Stevie.
Mary J. Blige is another who can’t team-up with another. In the future, when the Grammys committee geniuses put the show together, here’s an idea for them–in the immortal words of the Brooklyn chick character from My Cousin Vinny: “Blend!” At least make sure that that’s what the voices do when you pair these disparate singers!
And just when did they let the at-home audience know to get 3-D glasses for the Michael Jackson tribute? I watch CBS enough that I would have seen it in commercials, and we check-out several entertainment sites, and never heard/read one word about it! So, now I’m wasting all the space on my already over-loaded VCR until I have time to shop around for some of those, so Mr. X and I can see if it all was all worth it.
I didn’t even know that I was going to write any of this about the show itself, so I’ll just post my “Red Carpet Review” tomorrow, instead of making this one super-long. But I do have to wonder here about the in-desperate-need-of-attention Lady Gaga.
I thought the point of getting dressed-up to appear on TV was to look as gorgeous as possible–many of these chicks didn’t get the memo. And she’s #1 on that list. She looked like a sour-ass fool. Nothing says your not there for the fun and excitement of the evening like an outfit that screams “look at me.”
More on her and the rest of the Red Carpet-ers in tomorrow’s posting. So, there’s something to look forward to!
