ok Grammys 2013, why not

Yep

Weird Facebook message from the time making a post about playing with prince

And they just listed him as someone who showed up so

Al Walser didn't win his rightfully earned Grammy, what's the point in continuing.

Tiny kitty face in wonderland to start the feativities

all she needs is John Malkovich.

taylor should host

Actually I guess that was a circus? I can't tell my goth touchstones apart anymore

ed sharon

Is that a tiny guitar or is this dude a giant

tiny guitar too

My instincts say tiny guitar but dude has a huge melon so maybe not

man Elton has an honorary membership

Gonna be pissed if I sit through this whole thing and the prince thing is bullshit

They should outlaw tweet reactions on awards shows

this whole show should just be tweets

HOW IS ADELE STILL ALLOWED TO WIN

^^

So dd they just sit around brainstorming ways to give Adele awards then

i'm guessing "skyfall" got like 20 noms

is this song abt the hobbit or s.thing

thought NPT was introducting one direction and it's this shit =(

burt wonderstanton the movie

He makes a lot more sense as a prolonged ilx viral movie campaign tbh

fun. just rocked the Grammys bring them back out #grammys

god remember when Bonnie Raitt stole the Grammys last year?

wanna punch that bassist

Did they already announce the classical Grammys? Rooting for my currently locked out mn orchestra for the win.

That is also maybe not the best dress silhouette for Miranda lambert

did the ilx poll get miguel on this

Best performance so far, even if abbreviated

this fucking guy

Never mind, mn orchestra didn't win, was hoping for some strike leverage

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCyY1u7CMAAfctr.jpg

hahaha

did the ilx poll get miguel on this

― johnny crunch, Sunday, February 10, 2013 8:41 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

miguel's pretty big man

Grammys in Norway are way better...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwr4qf8j1Rs

yea i truly had no idea 'adorn' was like nommed, etc; good job usa

Holy shit this is some of the worst singing in Grammy history

this isnt what the decembrists are now issit? ive not kept up

at least now they'll stop playing this fucking song before every commercial break thus guaranteeing it's in my head for the past hour

nvm now it's "payphone"

Halestorm is an American rock band from Red Lion, Pennsylvania.[1] The group's self-titled debut album was released on April 28, 2009 through Atlantic Records. Their second album The Strange Case Of... was released on April 10, 2012. The song "Love Bites (And So Do I)" from that album won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance on Feb. 10, 2013.

They announce the inferior group of awards beforehand now?

also who the fuck are Halestorm?

I can tell you but you won't be happy about it

do they sound like Paramore covering Disturbed?
Because if so, I dont wanna know.

Hahahaha

Uh

Maybe?

actually I don't think I've ever heard Halestorm

Here you go:

http://youtu.be/3QXiJt9N8pA

"Enjoy"

http://i.imgur.com/btRM6dr.jpg

Since a certain ILK poster asked me on my FB, I shall repeat it here:

Actually Halestorm are from not far from here, about 90 miles into central Pennsylvania, the area that Obama said clings to their guns and religion but that also loves them some hair metal still (it's the region that birthed Poison into existence). As such, they have got a lot of love from the local rock stations for some time now. And I *like* Halestorm! They sound like Skid Row with a chick singer. I'm okay with that, really. They do it quite well.

They're on their second release. I liked this song off their debut quite a bit for the lyrical surprise and killer riff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVYgoejO3ac

Haven't got the album from last year yet, though it is on my Amazon wish list...

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/984199/thumbs/o-ELLEN-DEGENERES-KATY-PERRY-570.jpg?6

that picture was posted here and on my facebook courtesy of this thread HOURS ago. please new grammy boobage thanks.

who's photobombing the first pic of ellen and gal?

i feel like it should be obvious

Clarkson

Patricia Clarkson

frank ocean killed it, haters can suck a d

s/o to JT's dance crew btw

I can see why frank wanted to do Forrest gump. If bad religion on Fallon was his big breakout tv moment, why not do the other same-sex song and look brave in front of an industry audience? Prob is, the song is not great, and he sounded terrible. I don't like to play frank against Miguel. Both albums were among my favorites of 2012, and I might've even liked frank's better. But last night, Miguel's perf was much more impressive.

I watched this show, btw, with my mom and stepdad. Their thoughts:

Taylor Swift: Performance doesn't match the sentiment of the song. Song too overproduced, anyway.
Fun: Do they realize they're being rained on?
Maroon 5/Alicia Keys: Both Keys and Levine are incredibly talented. Love the chorus of Girl on Fire. Best perf of night, probably.
Rihanna: Song is slow and boring. Very pretty tho.
Black Keys: What a story. Saw them on 60 Minutes, apparently no one knew about the band for years and years and now suddenly they're famous. Just a couple guys from Ohio. Who is that guy with the weird costume playing keyboard, tho?
Kelly Clarkson: So talented. What a great voice. Tennessee Waltz! She definitely deserves to win something.
Bruno Mars: Young guy, has so much energy. I'd like to hear more from him.
Jack White: How famous is he, exactly? Like, does he play arenas? [NB: I'm still not sure what was behind this question.]
Neil Patrick Harris: What a phony. So smug. Does anyone actually like him?
The-Dream: Who is this guy? What's up with the hat and the chains? Not classy.

Frank Ocean killed it if you don't actually want your musical performances to be musical

Neil Patrick Harris: What a phony. So smug. Does anyone actually like him?

He's no phony. He's legitimately smug.

Bruno Mars: Young guy, has so much energy. I'd like to hear more from him.

i love this comment for some reason

i love all of those comments for so many reason. jaymc and fam need to liveblog next year.

Love the chorus of Girl on Fire. Best perf of night, probably.

― jaymc, Monday, February 11, 2013 7:04 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Parents not otm

Sorry people but I am so baffled by anyone not realizing that the frank ocean thing was terrible, like this is not an opinion thing. It's still ok to like him! You don't need to pretend that performance wasn't horseshit to do so.

Black Keys: What a story. Saw them on 60 Minutes, apparently no one knew about the band for years and years and now suddenly they're famous. Just a couple guys from Ohio. Who is that guy with the weird costume playing keyboard, tho?

oh god

Who is that guy with the weird costume playing keyboard, tho?

Frank Ocean

It wasn't the worst perf of the night because Mumford dude sounded like he had smoked a 2 liter full of plastic bags, but Jesus dude, it was no good.

the frank performance was the kind of thing i can see fans of his thinking was fine and defending, but i doubt it won him any new fans. he definitely didn't nail it or anything. and the whistling definitely sucked

non-professional family reactions to popular music are pretty much the only music crit i want to read at this point

The whistling was better than the singing!

the singing was flat and kind of uninspired but not actively bad, i didn't think

I thought it was flat, kind of uninspired AND actively bad

the singing was flat and kind of uninspired but not actively bad, i didn't think

― manti 乒乓 (k3vin k.), Monday, February 11, 2013 10:02 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the fine lines we draw

I thought it was flat, kind of uninspired AND actively bad

― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Monday, February 11, 2013 10:04 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/63/dftllogo.jpg

sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6OVa_cM5i8

I thought the Frank performance was just ok. Somewhere in the middle when stacked up against everything else last night.

hahaha really? It was far and away the worst thing I saw (granted I didn't see everything)

lest we forget, the Lumineers and Mumford performed

... and I didn't see either of them! (also missed Taylor and Carrie)

actually I saw Mumford during the Band tribute but Mavis Staples and Britanny Howard so stole that whole segment that I didn't really care

yeah that performance ruled but not cos of them

also missed Taylor

well

don't worry, my wife assured me that she was her usual pathetically terrible self

the frank ocean perf didn't sound that off from what's on the album, and I thought it was really heartwarming to see how sort of nervous but also into it he was. there have been way worse televised taylor performances from the early part of her career than what frank sang

Yeah I dont think its the travesty its being made out to be. The running thing was kinda weird/distracting but I still thought it was way more intriguing than the Carrie Underwood dress gimmick.

it was just kinda awkward i think. like even the camera angle. sometimes i think people can never look okay while they are pivoting their head backwards to look at someone, like it's just such an awkward pose to have turned your neck 120 degrees, be trying to maintaining eye contact while straining your muscles. & last night the camera was just always a little above him, so he was having to look up under a furrowed brow while he was probably concentrating on piano keys. it felt like he was throwing in some of the prettier oohs to take the edge off the notes he was hitting/missing singing (i figured he probably just couldn't really hear himself?, idk). he always seems very purposefully collected & still & last night he seemed a lil crumpled.

Just seems like that's his schtick though kinda.

i heard a rumour that he broke his finger & so sent james gandolfini to perform in his place, idk if it's true though

forrest schlump, you run my mind boy

kevinbrueck 45 minutes ago
I thought Chris Brown wore a white suit to the Grammy's.

also missed Taylor

well

― 乒乓, mardi 12 février 2013 03:47 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

don't worry, my wife assured me that she was her usual pathetically terrible self

― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), mardi 12 février 2013 03:48 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes but at least she did sing a couple of notes on key. I'm sorry I sound like a hater cause I'm not, but there's just no defending FB's singing in that performance. I too thought maybe he couldn't hear himself or his keyboard or something.
And I thought how confusing it must've been for all those people that heard so much praise about him, but had never actually heard him. Definitely a missed opportunity.

FB should be FO (wrong Frank).

frank black probably would've sung it worse imo

i think it's cause his rise has been from non-r&b fans who don't expect the conventional vocal chops. frank ocean's appeal is his lyrics and some of his song-writing / production choices, not his singing. i think "sweet life" or "sweet life" would have been better grammy songs. "forrest gump" is good but maybe too half-baked of a song idea for a grammy performance.

and by my second sweet life, i mean super rich kids

i heard several folks talking positively ("he is hot and wow can he sing") about Miguel today who i wouldn't have expected (a) to watch the Grammys, and (b) to even be paying enough attention to process his name and short performance. what i am trying to say is: he made the most of it.

I'm not sure that dude has given enough consideration to writing songs with the limitations of his voice in mind. A lot of his songs operate towards the bottom of his register and while that's perfectly workable in the studio, he inevitably ends up flat when projecting live.

Also I wouldn't put too much emphasis on the importance of conventional vocal chops. It's easy enough to feign with the right histrionic inflections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qykeDey6Oxw
see also: Ne/Yo, Keri Hilson, Trey Songz etc.