Liveblogging The 2009 Grammys
GABRIEL BOUYS/GETTYWelcome to the Grammys 2009, which promises to be a very special night in which Radiohead will perform with the USC marching band (proof!) and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss will win all the awards. Of course with all the promised performances there will be barely any time to hand out tiny gramophones. So far No Age missed their chance to be the first Smell band to win a Grammy (losing best packaging to Metallica's terrifying vagina) and Rick Rubin beat Danger Mouse for Best Beard in Music Production. We figure nothing can be as bad as will.i.am last year, but he's here again this year, so we can't make any promises. Judging from the pre-event arrivals, M.I.A. might make good on her promise to give birth during her performance of "Paper Planes," so let's hurry up and get to this. This year's special treat: We've got Gabe and Lindsay from Videogum over to make with the funny, and we'll have EXCLUSIVE CONTENT on Twitter. You can't stop this. This Grammys is REAL:
8:00 And we're off with ... U2's "Sexy Boots."
8:04: Well that happened. Not as interesting as Paul McCartney's dye job.
8:05: Whitney Houston gets a standing ovation for not showing up with cocaine on her face!
8:08: Jennifer Hudson gets Best R&B award. Boyz II Men didn't get the statue but they're just excited to have a roof over their heads for a night. Everybody wins!
8:10: Damn. The Rock smells like shit.
8:10 Justin Timberlake and Al Green doing "Let's Stay Together" featuring Keith Urban's surprisingly tasty licks. The Reverend still has flow. No jokes there.
8:21 Damn, Coldplay didn't send the puppets. This song is called "Lost." Chris Martin's outfit is called whaaaaa?
8:23: On SNAP make that "Lost+" because Jigga is onstage! Introducing the first time Jay-Z's ever received a golf clap.
8:24: "Viva La Vida." Man, that string section is CRUSHING IT. Wait, there's no string section? Right.
8:30: Nice guitar solo, Lita Ford.
8:32: Best Country Performance goes to Sugarland. Yay I guess? You know, country and stuff. Face it, "Stay" is a great song, although Sugarland definitely took some liberties with that Lisa Loeb cover.
8:41: Song Of The Year goes to "Viva La Vida," written by Joe Satriani (Feat. Creaky Boards).
8:45: At least Coldplay aren't wearing the same outfits they always do, this time they are a slightly modified hue of ridiculous.
8:46: "Guilty of being white." Kid Rock just made a Minor Threat reference! Not really, but we're trying to see the good. Trying and also failing.
8:54: Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift dueting! We saw their red carpet interview with Ryan Seacrest and they totally don't hate each other, so just relax guys. You can stop caring so much about this.
8:57: Pop Collaboration With Vocals goes to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, their first win of ALL THE AWARDS.
9:03: Jennifer Hudson gets a standing ovation, which is an appropriate response.
9:09: Can't wait for that Sully (Feat. T-Pain) joint. More (Feat.) jokes!
9:10: If Stevie could only see all the misery he's creating.
9:16: Coldplay beats Radiohead for Best Rock Album. I mean obviously, right guys?
9:21: Oh sorry, we blinked and then Blink 182's reunion was over. Everybody's back to hating Tom DeLonge again. Travis is much better looking post-helicopter crash than we are ever, so there's that.
9:23: Katy Perry hits the screen, the keyboards in the Gum liveblog room go crazy.
9:24: Kanye follows the fruit and cleavage show with Estelle and "American Boy." Everybody's like who is that girl, we are like Estelle looks like pretty fly in that Hershey Kiss outfit.
9:30: Adele is the latest in a long line of British people taking all our awards tonight what up with that.
9:37: Morgan Freeman summons every last shred of his prowess as an actor in declaring his friendship with Kenny Chesny. Still not buying.
9:40: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss win Record Of The Year, their next in the series of winning ALL THE AWARDS, and depriving all of us of seeing a nine-month pregnant Sri Lankan from walking through the crowd. Now THAT'S (a lost chance at) entertainment.
9:43: Poor Alison never gets to say anything.
9:48: M.I.A.! "Paper Planes" for a second! PRO TIP: Black and white makes you look less pregnant.
9:51: Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Kanye, and T.I.! The new brat pack! Or something! Admit it, even with carrying a human in her belly Maya's got better moves than you.
9:56: Sir Paul doing "Saw Her Standing There" with Dave Grohl. Coachella ticket sales go up, Ringo's spirits stay down.
10:05 Jack Black and jazz-bass great Charlie Haden give the Best Male Pop Vocal to John Mayer, beating Ne-Yo and Macca The cameraman registers his discontent by momentariliy disconnecting the live feed.
10:19: Gweyneth Paltrow, sans faux-British accent, introduces Radiohead. This to make up for all the times her husband bit their shit.
10:20: RADIOHEAD! "15 STEPS!" USC MARCHING BAND. This is the part where we stop typing for a minute and actually watch.
10:21: Between the USC marching band jamming with Radiohead, and the Vassar Orkestar playing with Beirut at BAM this weekend, college band geeks are having the best week ever.
10:22: On Thom Yorke: Now that's how you dance, bitches. That is also how you grow out your hair.
10:24: Well shit that was good. You guys are right, we should really check out this Radiohead band sometime.
10:29: Justin Timberlake joines T.I. on "Dead And Gone." This is actually pretty tight. Radiohead you can have your glossy marching band, JT and T.I. will take their rhythms bucket-ghettocore style, thanks.
10:36: Oh nice, the president of Recording of the World. I know this speech is somehow directed at me because he said "downloading," but this speech also is somehow STOP TALKING YOU ARE GOING TO PUT AMERICA TO SLEEP.
10:38: Smokey Robinson looking good! You can't see the tracks of his tears because the plastic on his face is water-repellent.
10:47: You know what? Fuck Sully.
10:48: OK gather the kids 'round the TV. Neil Diamond on "Sweet Caroline." This guy is about to show you bitches how it's done.
10:49: And it's done by morphing into William Shatner.
10:53: Dead people montage. Lux Interior better be in this.
10:55: Keith Urban, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and John Mayer trade solos in tribute to Bo Diddley. A couple people up there are mangling the blues, but B.B. still is doing great with diabetes, btw.
11:02: Thicke and Weezy. Lil Wayne is doing it right, Robin is straight groaning pains. (Zing.)
11:10: Lil Wayne wins Best Rap Album for Tha Carter III. But the surprise is how not-insane he is in accepting the award. He dropped the D, Miss Katie.
11:17 T-Bone, Krauss, Plant. aka the winners of ALL THE AWARDS.
11:18: OK you guys. Alison and Robert totally did it. Right?
11:24: And Album Of The Year goes to....
11:25: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss aka the winners of (you get it by now).
11:26: From the wisdom of Mr. Goldenfiddle: "Grammy Tip: If you ever find yourself already waiting backstage when your award is being announced, YOU WIN."
11:27: God bless you too T-Bone. And you, Green Day. And you, Stevie Wonder. And you guys for making it through the longest Grammys in Grammy history (unverified fact).
This year the Grammys made overtures to hipness, and relevance, and in the end it still was obvious who was going to win ALL THE AWARDS. Hope you had fun with us. We'll sign off by noting that NARAS has rather incredibly made Stevie Wonder into Grammy sponsor soundtrack AND the 4th Jonas Brother in the same night. That about says it all. See you tomorrow.
Posted at 7:58 PM
Tags: Alison Krauss | Coldplay | Dave Grohl | Death Cab For Cutie | Foo Fighters | Grammys | Jay-Z | Justin Timberlake | Kanye West | Kid Rock | Lil Wayne | M.I.A. | Paul McCartney | Radiohead | Rihanna | Robert Plant | T.I. | U2
ew I don't dig new U2
Bono should go back to saving the world
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uggh I need a more pretentious music award show
Score = 7
Wow. That U2 Song was bad.
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Whitney Houston: proof crack never really leaves the system.
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rumor mill: chris brown beat the shit out of rhianna
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Is there a host? And I hope it isn't The Rock.
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Paul McCartney and Dave Grohle. Or as I call them, the BEATLES FIGHTERS!
(Crickets.)
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someone should tell jennifer hudson she forgot to put her napkin away.
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why did jennifer hudson decide to wear the place setting on the front of her dress?
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They have the worst writers ever. Now I remember why I stopped watching this show years ago...
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jennifer hudson's dress is so expensive she refuses to take the protective paper towel off of it even when accepting awards.
Score = 5
This is awful.
Duane Johnson? Puke city.
I'm against everything U2 does.
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Wow, the U2 performance was the equivalent of a parent playing Rock Band.
Also, Did you see Kate Perry's pained expression when Dwayne Johnson was reading out the words to her terrible song?
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FUCK METALLICA
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Wow, the U2 performance was the equivalent of a parent playing Rock Band.
Also, Did you see Kate Perry's pained expression when Dwayne Johnson was reading out the words to her terrible song?
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Yes, but I only saw it once.
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JT's General Store joke was weak. Like his suit.
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Hey guys guess what! the general store..is pretty general. .. i bet JT felt pretty retarded when no one laughed at that "joke" or what ever it was.
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Is just me, or is this all kinda awkward?
Stupid jokes with no laughs etc?
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10 minutes in, God gets his first shout-out
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Al Green is so the man! Who the F is Keith Urban????
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That Miley Cyrus/Taylor Swift duet is going to be painful to watch.
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i will fap to it
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It's fitting that The Rock was (is?) a wrestler, because every time I see him I want to punch him in the face.
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cocaine joke, guys? f'real?
I really enjoy that new U2 track.
also, that Justin/Al performance was really entertaining and well done. besides the flailing jokes from presenters, this looks like it might be a fun show.
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Great
Recording
Artists
Making
Music
Yes!
thank you Dwayne Johnson
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LOL at "General Store". Not a single laugh. Good performance though.
No, not you Duane. not good performance. Almost made me shut off my justin.tv livestream, you douche. Beatle Fighters?
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my girlfriend suggested Footles. Way better.
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get FUCKED coldplay
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Jay Z is in love with Coldplay. It is beyond official.
I like his Brutus rhyme.
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Coldplay? How about Chris Martin feat. Jigga?
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Also, why so out of breath?
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is coldplay the most boring band around? and there is absolutely nothing good about this collaboration with Jay Z.
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Coldplay = cancer.
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Coldplay looks like they are wearing their backup jackets. Downgrade.
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Jay-Z was entirely unnecessary during the Coldplay performance. And Chris Martin looks like he's tired of singing Viva La Vida, and is Will 's mic on?
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This Coldplay song is so ubiquitous I can't remember a time before it existed. And its still better than the crap U2 dumped out earlier.
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Coldplay look like they're wearing the Sgt. Pepper's loungewear line.
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Coldplay is making my brain hurt. What the hell are they wearing? And doesnt Chris seem too old/out of place to be prancing around?
Will Radiohead & The USC Marching Band just perform so I can go do something else?
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Martin went into Gwenie's closet for that shirt. yeeesh. But I love them though.
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I'd feel better apologizing for Coldplay if they would just ditch the gay colonial war outfits.
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carrie looks like she stole her shirt from mamma cass
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I'm ashamed to come from the same state as Carrie Underwood, seriously can't she just disappear like the rest of those AI hasbeens.
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are radiohead and mia still performing? havent heard them mentioned once.
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Man, Carrie has a great voice.
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and some pretty nice stems as well. also, that guitarist had some chops.
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I really wish the blog comments weren't so negative. We get it. You only like indie music. Sorry Animal Collective aren't fucking playing. Get over yourselves.
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I wish the show was any good by now. So far I just have a headache.
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I WISH Animal Collective were playing!
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From Jesus take the wheel to one nighters. Carrie underwood is a role model to all.
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carrie underwood is way too hot to dissapear
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The sound on these performances is awful.
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and all this time I thought that SugarLand was the new installation at Hershey Park...
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Thanks to the Grammy producer for highlighting how awful the lyrics of Get On Your Boots are!
Was it just me or did Whitney Houston seemed a bit... off?
Also, could someone please start a fund to buy Coldplay some clothes? Chris Martin's clothes was a size too small. And please, Mr. Martin, people already saw Bono opened the show, we didn't need a redux.
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Kabuki Mask Code Red!!!! Nicole Kidman is in attendance!
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over/under on how long it takes for somebody to actually mention radiohead?
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Oh man, Coldplay are biting Arcade Fire so hard with that "Viva La Vida" song
(That's probably why it's the first Coldplay song I actually like.)
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these comments are at the same intelligence level of gawker's, and that's no compliment.
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I wonder how much intelligence it takes to insult people who are commenting. Seriously, the point of that is? To show how condescending you are? Shoo, please.
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The Coldplay performance wasn't so bad. OK, better than the shrill Underwood performance, if that means anything.
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i find the commercials more riveting than these crap performances so far!
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Coldplay has been wearing that retarded Les Mis crap since they started promoting the album
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Those jackets are too gay for Elton John. Touche Coldplay touche
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Is Joe Satriani picking up the award after the show?
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It was cool that the drummer kind of made fun of their outfits. +1 for Coldplay.
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whitney was a bit off...don't know if substances were involved.
general store? c'mon
so far Radiohead is MIA..
pun intended.
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Kid Rock = Bathroom break.
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oh gawd!!! kid rock! wtf! pee time!!!
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I love how Duffy just fucking monopolizes the presentation with Al Green. I knew she was worthless, but it's nice to see her further proving me right.
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If it wasn't for the Grammy's I never would have heard this Kid Rock song. This song could solve the crisis in the Middle East. Are you listening Obama?
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Kid Rock is preforming, shouldn't he busing tables at a Denny's somewhere?
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*be busing tables,
damn education.
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Kid Rock wears his sunglasses at night
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I don't think Coldplay's Viva La Vida was live, didn't seemed like it. And YES, they admitted to the Sgt. Pepper's thing. Let's give it a rest... can't believe they didn't change into real clothes.
Gee, why is Kid Rock still around.. and singing gospel-like music nonetheless!
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its a kid rock redneck medley
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kid rock made me change the channel to tune into the pregnant man documentary on TLC.
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50 minutes in and they finally mention radiohead
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Justin Timberlake: "Did I mention I'm from Memphis? That's where negro music is from! Does this make me black yet? Please say it does!"
I can't wait to see Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift perform together. For the first time! Like, ever! Woah!
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Will Chris Brown be performing the "Doublemint Gum" jingle live tonight?
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This feels like a SNL skit about the Grammy's.
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I have a boner
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BAAHAHAAHHA did anyone else dig the static that blasted in on Miley and Taylor?!
Cus I loved it.
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Good thing for Hannah Montana that this duet isn't a competition.
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Taylor Swift and Miley Cirus = ratings just went up +10 million teenagers.
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Dear Miley Cyrus,
Closing you eyes when you sing does not make you sound better, It also doesn't make you cool. Only cocaine does that, try some now. Nice fake twang BTW.
Yours truly, The World
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I can't believe they finally performed together. Finally.
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And did you hear?! They're BEST FRIENDS! I knew it!
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miley sounded terrible. taylor sounded great.
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I thought the same thing.
Shit, I just realised I'm missing big love. No mormons for me tonight.
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i think i felt a love spark between those two!
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Fifteen by Taylor Swift is such a good song. Take away Miley Cyrus and you've got a classy performance. I know it'll be knew to alot of stereogum readers. I didn't know Taylor Swift music, but I'm dating a girl from South Carolina.
Score = -7
I read this post and went cross-eyed.
I honestly don't know where to start, but if you see your brain synapses anytime soon, tell them to stop firing randomly.
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Plant & Krauss will win Album. Calling it now.
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What a surprise the (awse) old people win!!! That never happens.
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they finally started winning all the awards!
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Watching Mr. Robert Plant reminded me that someone should build a site reminding aging rock stars that just because you stuck to a certain look while you were popular, does not mean you have to wear it the rest of your life.
He doesn't look too bad, but think of The Cure's Robert Smith for a second.
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Jennifer Hudson is one classy lady.
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"Don't worry Allison, you don't have to speak now, were giving you 12 more Grammys tonight."
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Do you think when Plant and Krauss were making that album (which is a damned good piece of work, AOR though it may be), they were sitting around in the downtime between takes, and Plant is like, "So we're in this hotel room, right? And we've got this shark..."
Taylor was a'ight. Miley was scrunchy.
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YES!!, I literally jumped out of my bed when Robert Plant & Alisson Krauss won..
I turned on my computer and started writing here.
I'm still more excited than even they are!
Still, I want Radiohead to win album of the year. Is this too much to ask?!
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who is sully sullenberger performing with?
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More boring band than Coldplay: Death Cab.
Now watch the boho hordes descend upon me.
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Oh Hell yes! Jonas Brothers Time! the highlight of the grammy's for sure.
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"9:03: Jennifer Hudson gets a standing ovation, which is an appropriate response."
Pretty much everyone gets a standing ovation at the Grammys! That's what they are all about: self-indulgence.
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I think he was referring to the fact that she went through a big family/murder crisis (I dont know the details) about a month ago. Heavy shit, man.
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Oh Stevie Wonder, yoooooou're not a Jonas Brother.
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WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
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how embarrasing would it be to be in the horn section for the JoBro's? Not to mention how Stevie Wonder is feeling right now...."COME ON STEVIE!!"
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This Jonas Brothers/Wonder performance is something tweens, pedophiles, and blind black people can all agree is awesome!
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Stevie Wonder USING AUTOTUNE?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I absolutely HATE the Jonas Brothers. CORPORATE FILTH!!!!
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Its called a talk box.
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That one Jonas Brother next to Wevie Stonder tried to turn into a werewolf or something.
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Everything Else > Hanson > Jonas Brothers
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808s & Sexually Confused Teenagers
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Every time they yell "STEVIE!" a lolcat cries
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Is it common knowledge that one Jonas Bro. seems to be missing a chromosome or two?
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WHY STEVIE? WHY????????????
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did one of the Jonas Brothers just move Stevie Wonder's microphone? That's effed.
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I like the Night at the Roxbury grinding around Stevie to complete the rape metaphor
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Superstition by Stevie Wonder = aceee.
Too bad he had to share the stage with The Jonas Brothers. Right now there are a lot of confused, but understanding teenagers all around America. Please guys, everyone knows you are not playing your guitar.
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Oh great, Blink 182 is back. :::sarcasm:::
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Blink 182? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
If Coldplay wins it's even more pointless.
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Shit, I wanted Kings of Leon to get Best Rock Album.
Oh well, I still got Death Cab and Radiohead to hope for.
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Noooo! How can Coldplay win Rock album!? It should have went to Kings of Leon or Raconteurs!
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Guys- Kings Of Leon are the best
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Chris Martin walks where ever the fuck he wants.
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Hahaha yeah. That was akward.
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OMG. Blink 182 is back!
Why?!!!!!!!!!
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Tom Delonge seems so enthused to be reuniting with Blink-182....
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Yeah, I would have loved to see KoL win.
ah well
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It was kinda like if the Jonas Brothers stopped chanting "C'mon Stevie!," the dude was just gonna get up and leave.
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there has been gaping void in the music world for songs about taking dumps and masturbating. thank god Blink 182 is back!
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Any chance the updates could also be of interest to those not watching the telecast? Different time-zone, at work, don't know what you're talking about most of time.
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Surely. We'll try to be more informative from here (9:35 EST) on out!
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In honor of Stevie/Jonas Radiohead and Miley are doing 2 + 2 = 7 Things I Hate About You near the end of the broadcast
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pretending to be gay is the new gay.
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Guarantee everyone talking shit about blink 182 do not turn the radio off when dammit or feeling this comes one. That's fact.
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I appreciate Katy Perry's sensible shoes.
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Though I can't stand her I thought Katy Perry had a decent voice. I was wrong.
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that's called production value my friend
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Katie Perry dances like a wooden Indian.
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OMG...Stevie wonder must be blind and deaf now!
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Hahaha @ Craig Ferguson. He said a good joke, but no one laughed. People at the Grammys are dead, man.
Gee, how sad is it that Katy Perry can't dance. I had never heard more than the chorus for this song, and I'm glad I had managed to avoid it until now.
She's another Amy Winehouse, still performing the same song. One hit wonders, when will they fade away? Katy must get working on that scandalous lifestyle to keep people talking about her.
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that song is waaaaaay longer than i thought it would be.
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Helicopter crash? Since when is a Learjet 60 a helicopter?
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I honestly didn't get this headache until Katy Perry performed.
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Is the Grammy unaware that "American Boy" is not a Kanye song?
Either way great song/performance.
Score = 3
I think Kayne's jacket is worth more than my car...
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why is kanye trying to bring back the urban mullet?
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Who knew that the Grammys bought the Arrested Development sets?
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Kanye, please fix that awful mullet!!!!
And that song they did was catching, maybe I'll download it...
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I'm lovin Kanye's Lionel Ritchie haircut
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Oh Kanye, thought you would get off the stage without taking a stab on how you never win anything. I guess I was wrong. Good performance, though.
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I'm lovin Kanye's Lionel Ritchie haircut
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Katy Perry just gave the Jonases their first boner. Aww.
Did any else want to hear Kanye open the envelope and say, "The Grammy goes to... me, bitches!"
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i laughed so hard when the camera panned to the Jonas brothers after Katy Perry finished her gaudy girl kisses. just in time to see their awkward applause..
SHWING.
Score = 3
helicopter crash? try learjet! he crashes copters for fun...
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Adele is the girl that none of your friends know you're banging
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No.
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I can't get enough of Kanye with that new hairstyle, outstanding!
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MORGAN FREEDMAN! FINALLY!
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Morgan Freeman is in everything!
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Mothers! Lock up your daughters, Morgan Freeman and Kenny Chesney are on the town!
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Why did morgan freeman have a really obvious fake hand? lol
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Introducing Kenney Chesney is on Morgan Freeman's bucket list.
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Up next: Lady Antebellum's salute to Lux Interior
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who were those little white flies swarming around Stevie Wonder?
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M.I.A FTW!!! Psyche!
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MY GOD M.I.A IS HUGE.
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please put that gum on the bottom of your chair, adele!
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What exactly is the difference between Song and Record of the Year?
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Record of the Year goes to artist, producer and engineers, while Song of the Year goes to the songwriter alone.
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omg! os mutantes in a mc donalds commercial
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MIA about to burst...
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I could have sworn Morgan Freeman was about to introduce Maya Angelou
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Hello Puff Daddy, please meet T. Bone Burnett. He's a record producer.
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nuff wit dis robert plant biznezz, sure I love the zeppelin but this is redonkulous. After putting out that turd of an album "manic nirvana" he should be barred from winning another award for the rest of his music life no matter however non-crappy its deemed. Also did I mention I asked for a led zeppelin shirt once for Christmas and my mom bought me a Robert Plant manic nirvana t-shirt. I'm not bitter though.
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seriously what is up with freeman's hand?
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If she was this preggers in October: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/10/mia_is_pregnant.html
How is she still pregnant???
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Shit, that's a great point. I'm 5 months pregnant, and I'm barely showing. In October, MIA looked like she was in her 3rd trimester.
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Queen Latifa takes too many liberties...
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Queen Latifah... The Queen of Segues.
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M.I.A. got fat
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adelle SPIT YOUR GUM OUT!
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Wow they turned M.I.A. into her own back-up singer...ap
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Wow they turned M.I.A. into her own back-up singer...
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fuck I double posted.
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Gee, poor MIA. She's now "that pregnant chick that opened the song". Couldn't they have given her at least a couple of more seconds? Also, was it only my tv that turned black and white for half the performance?
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I'm glad M.I.A. even if her chorus was prerecorded and looking at all the meat is kinda freaky. Jay-Z, Kanye and Lil' Wayne were awesome, TI is outclassed.
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I'm glad M.I.A. was there even if her chorus was prerecorded and looking at all the meat is kinda freaky. Jay-Z, Kanye and Lil' Wayne were awesome, TI is outclassed.
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M.I.A. doing her best Adele impression.
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Oh, Grow the fuck up
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If I ever get pregnant, I want to be as cool as MIA
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Dave Ghrol reminds me of Animal from the Muppets
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bracing myself for MIA outfit snark across the blogosphere
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mia is the pregnantest woman i have ever seen
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what? they couldn't have gotten ringo to play drums?
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my family could not stop talking shit about M.I.A. I thought it was awesome.
I noticed Os Mutantes in that commercial and freaked out. that's nuts.
so excited for Radiohead.
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GET TO RADIOHEAD!
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M I A PWNS all those foolz, prego 4 life
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Viva La Vida is a musical Valkeryie
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anyone els think Jack Black seemed a little desperate?
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re: Dave Grohl - I guess ringo was busy?
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John Mayer makes me sleepy
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Jay Mohr you're so white!!!!!
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Whoa, they simply snubbed Ringo. Why not invite his to play the drums and have Dave Ghrol play guitar too? And for some reason I thought it was going to be a medley, a bit disappointed right now.
Please Radiohead come on tv, so I can stop watching this!
(Kate Beckinsale was overdressed, this ain't the Oscar's honey)
Apparently we are cratching Stereogum's site... they should have seen it coming. It's Radiohead at the Grammys... against Coldplay. Doesn't get bigger than that.
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Has Kanye got screwed yet?
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Hey! This isn't the Lisa Loeb song! Oh, I see what you guys did there. Very funny, Gum.
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Jay Mohr wins the drunkest presenter award.
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I wish Adele smoked crack.
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why is she chasing penguins? couldn't you go someplace warmer and chase something else??? how about pigeons
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I can't believe Adele wrote a song about stalking Stephen Malkmus
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eh i could take or leave radiohead...im pumped for the neil diamond performance!
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I really like Chasing Pavements. Maybe I should go live in Starbuck's.
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SNAP! Chris Martin's wife introduces Radiohead!
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Mrs. Martin announcing Radiohead.
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RADIOHEADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
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Thom Yorke is the most fashionable.
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finally radiohead
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i bet you none of those USC kids are fans / have ever heard of Radiohead.
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Gwynnie winks at Chris Martin after announcing the utterly brillinat Radiohead. HA!
Who's laughing at the nerds in the marching band now?
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god, thom's dancing is horrible. why am i the only person that hates radiohead?
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This guy has a wish: be at the top of Stereogum's worst comments by the end of 2009. let's help him out shall we?
(I was with you on the dancing part)
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No need, he's going to be #1 by tomorrow
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i know i stand alone in this hatred for them but it must be said.
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If only I could click the red down arrow more than once...
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The dancing is awesome. Thats the way kids dance or the way you dance when you think your alone. Its nice.
Pretending to hate Radiohead here doesnt work. They have a career that is too varied to HATE every album and also like the bands they discuss here. Its scientifically impossible. I mean seriously, I read it somewhere.
Anyway, go be contrary elsewhere. Don't you have some sleeves to cut off of your shirts?
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If CBS is gonna stick their television actors on the Grammys can we at least get Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible?
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where's the rest of radiohead?
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Pretty cool performance. I'll await the ripped mp3s tomorrow!
Grammys = the award sho where lead singers go to act out.
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Oh...my...God...that was the coolest thing I've ever seen...that radiohead performance....holy..wow.
I am going on a radidohead binge as of tomorrow.
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Thank you Radiohead for reminding us that you're still tops
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ya know what, thom does look like clay aiken. I never really put it together before but with the marching band there I could really see the resemblance.
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Haha. Now I don't have to watch the rest!
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OMG, Thom looked so bad ass and punk. Loved it.
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you can accuse me of an indie bias but honestly... even YOU have to admit: radiohead's performance = really really good.
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Seeing the USC marching band up there made me think Fleetwood Mac was going to jump onstage and perform "Tusk" .
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thumbs down for thom going back to his '92 hairstyle.
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DAMN! Radiohead just kicked so much ass
goosebumps.
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Did anyone see more Radioheads than Thom and Jonny? I didn't!
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wtf is that on Samuel L. Jackson's head?
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hearing justin timberlake sing "the homies dead and gone" is a little wrong. Homie? really?
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Oh TI, you're so laaaaazy.
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you can hate all you want but j.t. might just be the most talented performer to grace the stage at the grammys.
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ok, it was the best thing ive ever seen on tv. coldplay's invisible string section can eat USC marching band's crap.
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yeah so apparently justin is singing "the old me"...still dumb though
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Barack Obama receives a free plug for his books on tape
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can this guy stop eating shit now
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TI is the king
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jamie sounds excellent
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does anyone else completely detest Ne-Yo?
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Radiohead > Everyone
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Oh yeah, live Grammys blogging tonight. Looks like I didn't miss anything.
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"8:10 Justin Timberlake and Al Green doing "Since We Been Together" featuring Keith Urban's surprisingly tasty licks. The Reverend still has flow. No jokes there."
Um its "Lets Stay Together". Stereogum stop humiliating yourselves and stick what you're used to; faux indie band reviews and updates.
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when did neil diamond become william shattner?
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neil diamond hates himself
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Fucking Neil Diamond's still got it.
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Why do I love the dead people montage so much?
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I suppose the rest of Radiohead didn't bother showing up...
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I think Colin was back there, but I don't think there'd really be a purpose in Phil Selway playing.
also, they had trombones do the coolest part of Colin's playing in 15 Step anyway.
that was a really really exciting performance- Thom looked nuts, I loved it.
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I hope MIA gives birth to a Lil Wayne.
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wait, i just realized radiohead actually wasn't even up for best rock album. what?
also, where's the dave matthews guy in the dead people montage? did i miss it?
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Wow, what an unexpected and nice little surprise that curtain-raising of blues dudes was. Right when you think they're shitty, the Grammys add a 4th credible song to the show!
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on the montage: No Ron Asheton of the STOOGES??!?!
damn.
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rhianna doing a commercial for eye makeup. fail.
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Seriously whats with all the CSI cast members?
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"NOT SO LIL"
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I changed the channel to a movie about go-go dancers
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Well, at least it's not 'Prom Queen'.
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New Orleans and rappers giving their social commentary about it. glad it's still 2005
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New Orleans should be doing a benefit for the music industry.
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I can't see the tv but I can hear Lil Wayne performing... Oh wow I hear somebody ripping off a nice guitar solo. I wonder if he's been working on his guitar? Oh, no that wasn't him, if it were Lil Wayne I'm sure he'd be strangling the neck of the guitar while doing some sort of strange fingerpicking technique I'm going to call "The Weezy"
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Wayne.
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Alan Thicke (Robyn Thicke's dad, the guy on Growing Pains) must be proud
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Is this the Grammys or a Lil Wayne variety show?
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I don't know but I liked his outfit for the grammys (pause)
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Yes, Pepsi: the guy who wrote "My Humps" is the new Bob Dylan.
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Oh big surprise, will.i.am giving props to Obama. I'm just glad that during this world economic crisis the bar isn't set too high for a guy who has inherited a real disaster from a gunslinging buffoon. If Obama doesn't save the world by this April my vote goes Palin 2012.
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If Plant/Krauss win album of the year it will just cement the grammys as entirely irrelevant in my mind. I liked the album and all, but still. Herbie Hancock last year, Plant/Krauss this year? Get with the times.
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at least it wasn't coldplay
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ugh
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Okay, I'm gonna have to go buy this Robert Plant and Allison Krauss album because it's winning EVERYTHING
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fouFlK23lg
The performance of the night.
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That's bullshit. Radiohead should have gotten it for best album in years...
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god who let her speak
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FUCK THAT SHIT.
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Seriously, fuck the grammys.
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Album goes to THE MOST BORING/SAFEST CHOICE EVER... as always. This is why I stopped actually watching this thing like 10 years ago!
At least Coldplay did not win over Radiohead.
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Urgh. No one cares about the Grammy's except for people in the business. And they don't buy albums either, so...
Also, Zooey needs a bra.
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what the hell? the rest of radiohead was there. it showed them in their seats. why not on stage for 15 step?
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Well, at least Radiohead got the award for best alternative music album.
But FUCK THAT. They should have gotten album of the year.
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Alright, the search is on for a Radiohead performance clip that will work...
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radiohead vid
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=radiohead%20grammy&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wv#q=radiohead+grammy&hl=en&emb=0
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good to see thom yorke have "what the fuck am i doing here? is this a joke?" written all over his face...tho i would've preferred him to stare like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8uGdz0LwY8
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From the NYT liveblog, re: the "Rap Pack:"
"I don’t know if they’ve settled any issues of monetary policy, but this is an otherwise excellent rap summit."
That is so NYT.
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Looks like we alreayd have worst comments of the years nominees on this thread
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Radiohead did not win? Surprise, surprise, who cares? The grammys suck anyway
Most of the greatest bands of all time never won a Grammy...Sonic Youth?NO The Velvet Underground? No.
BTW, I doubt that Animal Collective will ever win a Grammy. They are simply far too good for that commercial joke of an award show.
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Either that, or Animal Collective will inexplicably be nominated for "Best New Artist" next year.
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No one will remember who Animal Cellectove was in a couple years so....
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photo 7 and 13
i just vomited!!!!
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Omitting LeRoi Moore (DMB) from the memorial was disgraceful and unexcusable. They remembered everyone from editors to cowbell players. Leaving out a past Grammy winner, and multiple nominee is pathetic.
What a joke. I imagine they were too busy listening to the "new" Krauss and Plant disc to edit the montage.
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There seems to be a lot of complaints about people not winning. Let's think of it this way. If the bands we liked actually won, then more people would buy their music and we'd have to find something else to listen to.
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All I know is, Jimmy Page must be spinning in his grave.
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I accidently changed the channel during "Swagga Like Us". I thought I stumbled upon an episode of Maury Povich
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where were the other heads besides thom and johnny?
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Why is the Plant/Krauss win coming as a surprise to ANY of you? It's the Grammy's! Even Stevie Wonder saw that one coming!
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"15 Step" on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IMiiJRwhS0
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Coldplay aren't indie which obviously means they're horrible =]. They sell lots of records and make music that lots of people enjoy and love, you gotta hate music like that don't you? In response to their success, I'm going to be completely immature and cynical and post negative, unnecessary comments while listening to my Animal Collective and feeling individual. And don't forget to include the token U2 criticisms. =]
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or maybe people just think coldplay and u2 are boring because they are boring so they don't like them.
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they really pulled out the stops. that show was entertaining from start to finish (i can't remember the last time you could say that about the grammys)...they really got great acts.
radiohead killed it. punk rock.
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PFFFTTTT. Has anyone else clicked through the pictures yet? I had never previously noticed any resemblance between Joe Jonas and Amrit but admittedly in that picture...yeah, it's there. Bwahahahahaha.
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