2009 Grammy's Thread.

I know you're watching it. Let's discuss it.

This Chris Brown/Rihanna situation is very curious... neither of them will be showing up tonight. DRAMA.

Also, unfortunately it seems like Jazmine Sullivan is being snubbed this year. :( Still holing out hope for Best New Artist though she's 0/4 currently....

J. Hud looks stunning

omg it's on??

wtf is wrong with me

just the red carpet, the show starts at 8

UPDATE: Grammy officials have just announced that Rihanna will neither perform on the show tonight -- as scheduled -- nor walk the red carpet for the event.

yeah this is suspect

girl's disturbed

paris looks spectacular

that dress!

she looks cute but why is she there

I mean, she's soooooooooooooooooo 2006.

i dunno she's working on an album i think (why is she anywhere?)

(why is she anywhere?)

good question

Awww pregnant M.I.A.

lol at you two

wow MIA's dress

what's the schedule? who is opening

This might explain the CBreezy situation: http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/08/chris-brown-being-investigating-for-assault/

I'm only watching this for Radiohead, to be honest.

why does coldplay guy look so cute?

I'm only watching this for Radiohead, to be honest.

― youcangoyourownway, Monday, February 9, 2009 12:45 AM (57 seconds ago)

LOL

ya

Coldplay guy as in Chris Martin or Coldplay Guy as in Guy Berryman? Because the latter is hot and the former is not.

they're both gross

the one with the amazing blue jacket

Wow, haters in the house.

Is seacrest drunk?

who's the host chick? she's kinda fun if strange

U2? eugh

I hate the Grammys

U2 is now The Escape Club

What's wrong with Bono's mic? It's not amplifying his ego loud enough.

zzzzzzzzzzzz. Now I know why I don't watch this shit. I seriously thought Radiohead was starting.

WHITNEYYYYYY

YESSSSSSSSSS

GORGEOUSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

The BADDEST BITCH! I love mama Whitney

LEGENDARY U2 PERFORMANCE

holy shit -- I thought it was Patti LaBelle for a second.

LOL!

she looks good but, boy, she's aged.

lol is she drunk

Is she speaking English?

ok whitney's high right

Okay, the years of coke are now showing.

that u2 song was aight acutally

did she just stop opening the envelope to thank Clive Davis?

YAAAAAAY JENNY

aww she looks amazing, but high

15 step needs bass

Justin's voice sounds terrific.

by Justin's standards I guess...

This is a solid performance.

ha f u xp

anyway, that was good... Clifford looks sexy as usual

ok pee break.

Justin could outsing yr 'Jazzy' any day of the week

In other news, Chris Brown supposedly just turned himself in to the LAPD.

http://theybf.com/index.php/2009/02/08/grammy-drama-chris-brown-investigated-in-domestic-violence-felony-battery-charges/

lol

I know you don't actually believe that

hahah oh nice.

ooh Ne-Yo and Jamie Foxx

http://sidesalad.net/archives/DebbieDownerRachaelDratch.jpg

I know you don't actually believe that

― Pregnant M.I.A. (The Brainwasher), Sunday, February 8, 2009 10:36 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

Also reported on TMZ. Make of that what you will.

no I was talking to Tape Store

shatner-esque timing by neil

No Ron Asheton in the deceased tributes... :-(

Grammys clueless as always

they couldn't find any pictures of him without nazi paraphernalia

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/08/chris.brown/index.html

Ok, here’s the low down we got from an extremely credible PR source on the ground at the Grammys. Said source tells TheYBF.com that the “car accident” story is false and is being used to throw everyone off. Rihanna is DEFINITELY the victim of domestic violence and is now pressing charges against her boyfriend Chris Brown as we speak. Early this morning while leaving Clive Davis’ party, the two got into a physical altercation in their limo and he punched Rihanna in the face. We’re told that’s when he/the limo dropped her at Hancock Park in L.A., and she ran and called 911. He left the scene and hasn’t been found since. We’re told Chris has until midnight tonight to turn himself in to LAPD. Otherwise, he will be arrested as soon as he’s spotted by an LAPD officer. We’re told Rihanna is definitely in the hospital recovering as we speak.

dumb, annoying actor introduces dumb, annoying rapper

this is all because she gave him herpes (allegedly)

i always imagine wayne and robin thicke hanging out really awkwardly.

how credible is theybf.com? xxxp

very but when things are rushed like this i wouldn't trust anyone until things cool down.

why must will.i.am always talk about obama

argh i hate will.i.am so much glad we turned the grammys off

hahahahha t-pain's real voice is hilarious!

because 'that's the joint, that's the jam' was like 10 years ago. xxxp

lmao @ Rihanna being #1 on iTunes now

tbone looks like peter sellers in strangelove

lmao @ Rihanna being #1 on iTunes now

where?

Herbie Hancock wan best album last year so this year has to be...Robert Plant

thanks rev, that was sick.

Robert Plant
Herbie Hancock
Ray Charles
Steely Dan
U2
Santana
the Depression

xp np!

feet don't fail me now...Dirty Dozen with Lil Wayne was nice

^need to see this

tonight thom yorke looked like russell brand doing an impression of thom yorke

anyone find video of "tie my hands"

you just know thom yorke was spazzing out to swagger like us backstage.

I'm now going to make an absurdly long post of my entire live blog of the Grammys, minus the intro). Feel free to scan or skip.

The actual winners and nominees are mostly bullshit, so let's focus on the performances.

U2: Booo-ring! I was cooking in the other room.

Al Green: Let's Stay Together is really one of the greatest songs ever, and it sounds like the Rev's still got it. Justin Timberlake doesn't really add anything, but his singing is pretty good. With Keith Urban on guitar? And Boyz 2 Men on background vocals??? They're still together? I hadn't even noticed their vocals until JT pointed them out.

Coldplay: Chris Martin opens it solo on piano, then joined by Jay-Z who provides a decent verse, then the whole band appears and segues into Viva la Vida. The song has had diminishing returns for me, but this was a good performance. I dug the unusual drum kit and full-band harmonies at the end. Why in the name of all that is holy have Coldplay started dressing like that though? I described it to a friend as "Sgt. Pepper attacked by wild dogs" and then while accepting an award, Chris Martin himself refers to their look as a blatant rip-off of Sgt. Peppers.

Jonas Brothers: I had never actually heard these guys' music before. I hold an obvious bias because of promise rings and Disney, but this was really enjoyable. Oh it could be because they had STEVIE WONDER playing keys and singing with a TALKBOX. That was just for their own song, before they started playing SUPERSTITION! Screw it, these guys are awesome. Not to mention dreamy.

Mylee Cyrus and Taylor Swift: Another teen superstar I had never actually heard sing. I wasn't as impressed with her, is the country accent an affectation or does she really talk like that? Taylor Swift (only 19 herself) wrote the song, apparently. It's pretty good for what it is - I just can't get into country music. I hate the idea of holding genre-wide prejudices, but even "good" country just bugs me. Maybe I'm just racist against white people. Hence leaving out all the other country performances of this review. Ditto for American Idol-type crap like Jennifer Hudson.

Kid Rock: His hit song is pretty enjoyable, but I think it comes solely from the ripped off parts from Sweet Home Alabama and Werewolves of London. The other stuff is pretty bland. I don't really feel strongly about it one way or the other.

Blink-182 announces they've decided to get back together! I'm not too embarrassed to admit they were my favorite band when I was 15, but I'll probably never hear any new stuff they put out.

Katy Perry: This song is so obnoxious (especially with Craig Ferguson introducing it by reminding us how AWESOME lesbians are, brah) Having said that, I would smaaash!

There's a McDonald's commercial with little kids playing soccer that uses an Os Mutantes song. Weeeird.

Kanye West and Estelle: I got so hyped. I fucking love this jam, even though it was a truncated version. I expected them to go into one of Yeezy's solo joints. What's with his quasi-mullet? And her dress is bizarre, still think she's kinda hot though.

Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I.: I like Swagger Like Us more than most and this was an awesome live performance, with a good live band (prominent lead guitar especially stood out) and a hugely pregnant M.I.A. singing the chorus of Paper Planes that was sampled for this song. It's pretty awesome and unbelievable that she was nominated for Record of the Year (She didn't win, of course), but I would have liked to have seen her sing more than just "swagger like us/swagger swagger like us."

Sir Paul McCartney: How can you go wrong with Beatles classics like I Saw Her Standing There? Wait, that's it? I assumed this would be a medley. It was great, but kind of a random choice of one song to play. At least he didn't go for something maudlin like "Yesterday"...

Adele: My first time hearing this Chasing Pavement song. The girl can sing, but this kind of stuff really doesn't do anything for me.

Radiohead! With the USC marching band! Just like Fleetwood Mac's Tusk! 15 Step was a good choice for this setup, but there was something anticlimactic about it. They need to give these bands more time; all the songs are cut down to like 2 minutes. And was it just Thom and Johnny there? Surely the other guys could have done something. Still, it's nice to see the actual best album of last year -that'd be In Rainbows- nominated for Album of the Year.

T.I. and Justin Timberlake: These guys both get to perform twice, huh? I like this song, not much to say about it. It's no My Love.

The legendary Smokey Robinson introduces the Four Tops, who are down to only 1 or 2 Tops with the passing of lead vocalist Levi Stubbs, then joins them onstage along with Jamie Foxx and Ne-Yo. Even Paul McCartney is impressed.

Lil Wayne: going the serious route (sans his Serious Glasses) and doing his subdued N'awlans tribute Tie My Hands with Robin Thicke. Thank God he dodn't do one of his new "rock" songs. At the end of the song an old guy busted out a piano solo and a horn section came marching out. Then Tha Carter III won best album and Weezy's family including his "daddy" Baby piled on stage. Oh, Weezy.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: I think this is the song Plant said he wrote with Jimmy Page post-Zeppelin. I like the arrangement: just stripped down drums, upright bass, an acoustic-electric and an electric. Song of the Year might be pushing it. Wow, they won Album too.

And Stevie comes back to play us out. Welp, see ya later.

Anybody knows if theres any video or audio of radiohead performing Tusk for soundcheck at the commercial break? I cant find it anywhere :(

i think will iam said the thing about obama as a retort to what sounded like lil wayne calling obama a token

lil wayne and robin thicke tore it up damn. allen toussaint, terence blanchard n.o. suite was hot too. swagga like us was kind of underwhelming, great stage effects though. i didn't know carrie underwood could sing that good, she sounded like a sista. she had impressed me on snl last year but i haven't heard much from her. the rap grammys nominee list was more than respectable. those are all great albums. nas, carter III, american gangster, paper trail...

katy perry's was the worst televised "musical" performance I've ever seen. ever. awesome in its awfulness.

This one might be worse, or a ton better, not sure:

is the country accent an affectation or does she really talk like that?

if i remember correctly she does. lost it cause she figured it would be an obstacle. on the contrary: disney asked her to "include" it in her repertoire again.