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Post by LordEctar on Feb 12, 2007 13:19:06 GMT -5
As each minute passes, Justin's head becomes bigger and bigger. Hopefully "the bigger they are, the harder they fall" is true so we can stop hearing his whiny voice. If he would at least sing like a normal person I may be OK. Normal person: Like I Love You, Cry Me A River, Sexy Back. Even though Sexy Back inflated his ego, it was an ok song.
As for the contest, I thought it was a waste that they actually sang a Timberlake song after the other song. We already heard Timberlake perform a song from his album, no need for another.
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Post by spooky21 on Feb 12, 2007 13:19:12 GMT -5
The Grammys aren't based on chart performance and song popularity isn't exactly in the criteria for the winners. Thank goodness. Otherwise London Bridge would win. Shows that radios stations still do not get it. They play trash on the radio. I would never be one to argue in favor of the Grammy's relevance but I would argue that Radio play crap because the general American public is willing to request and buy that crap at levels that make radios and record companies believe that those songs are what they want to hear. Is commercial music being shoved down our throats? Yeah, but then again we are the ones opening our mouths, aren't we? Sure we can find some fault in radio consolidation, payola or other aspects of the industry, but at the end of the day, the public is as much as fault for a stagnant radio playlist as radio stations are.....
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Post by LordEctar on Feb 12, 2007 13:20:58 GMT -5
I don't see why you really care if we think he has the ego the size of Saturn or not. His feelings or our feelings about him doesn't effect you. He is obviously popular, someone can tolerate his egotistical personality. I think the last 'straw' for me was when he made fun of Prince while accepting an award for him at the Globes. That just shows no class at all. And I don't even care for Prince either, but have some respect.
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Post by reception on Feb 12, 2007 13:24:39 GMT -5
^Richard Ho'opi'i Sr. lead the performers and producers of "Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar" in singing "Hawaii Aloha" after they accepted their Grammy yesterday. ^Producers George Kahumoku Jr., left, and Wayne Wong accept the Grammy for best Hawaiian music album in Los Angeles. Slack key snags third Hawaiian Grammy Advertiser articleStar Bulletin article
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Post by kristal on Feb 12, 2007 13:27:05 GMT -5
I don't really care whether or not you like Justin. You not liking him certainly doesn't seem to be affecting his success. I do want to make comments about posts that I disagree with.
At the Globes Justin was just trying to lighten up an awkward moment. If Prince wasn't offended then I don't see why you are. Do you get bent out of shape when people make jokes about Justin? Do you see that as a sign of disrespect?
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Post by musicmania001 on Feb 12, 2007 13:30:39 GMT -5
Ohm the "RHCP" won 4 grammy's get it correct!!!!!!!!!!!
And any time "My Humps" wins a grammy u know the grammy's have become a joke!!!!!!
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Post by LordEctar on Feb 12, 2007 13:38:37 GMT -5
At the Globes Justin was just trying to lighten up an awkward moment. If Prince wasn't offended then I don't see why you are. Do you get bent out of shape when people make jokes about Justin? Do you see that as a sign of disrespect? It wasn't ackward. Prince wasn't there yet, all he had to do was accept it and leave the stage. If someone made fun of Justin in that same situation, yes, I would see that as a sign of disrespect as well.
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Post by kristal on Feb 12, 2007 13:45:20 GMT -5
It was awkward. There was a long silence and Justin stood up there a good bit of time waiting for him to come up on the stage. Prince was supposed to be there and he was late. It wasn't a situation where the presenter knew beforehand that the winner wouldn't be there.
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Post by asg4 on Feb 12, 2007 13:45:50 GMT -5
At the Globes Justin was just trying to lighten up an awkward moment. If Prince wasn't offended then I don't see why you are. Do you get bent out of shape when people make jokes about Justin? Do you see that as a sign of disrespect? It wasn't ackward. Prince wasn't there yet, all he had to do was accept it and leave the stage. If someone made fun of Justin in that same situation, yes, I would see that as a sign of disrespect as well. Its funny that after the golden globes he was hanging out at Princes party thats when he has heated exchange with diaz too!! it made the front cover of the US weekly
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Post by currentoptions on Feb 12, 2007 14:01:33 GMT -5
Poll on CNN.com
Did the Dixie Chicks win more for the quality of their music or for their political stance? Their music Their politics
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Post by reception on Feb 12, 2007 14:15:53 GMT -5
Poll on CNN.com Did the Dixie Chicks win more for the quality of their music or for their political stance? Their music Their politics I vote for their music. I don't give a rat's ass about politics.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2007 14:26:29 GMT -5
Poll on CNN.com Did the Dixie Chicks win more for the quality of their music or for their political stance? Their music Their politics imo, I think it says a lot that CNN would even put a poll like that on their site. Vote total - as of a few minutes ago:
Their Music - 12,867 - 42%
Their Politics - 17,510 - 58%
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2007 14:34:45 GMT -5
I've said my opinion on the Chicks thing...maybe too strongly and too many times.
So, here is my general wrap-up of the Grammys:
The Good[/size]
1. Smokey Robinson and Lionel Richie - Fantastic! 2. Carrie Underwood[/U] - I was hoping that James Blunt or Carrie would get Best New Artist. So, I was ok with her win. 3. Corinne Bailey Rae shut-out - IMO, she is overrated. 4. Jamie Foxx shut-out - Anything to try to burst his huge ego.
The Mixed[/size]
1. Mary J. Blige and Christina Aguilera - I appreciate that they have wonderful voices, but less screaming would be nice. 2. Stevie Wonder and Tony Bennett - Two great legends; One lousy win. They won based on their names and legend status. Both are still incredible legends though. 3. Justin's performances - Justin has the talent, the looks, but way too much ego. The best performance of the night was the one he did with the contest winner. That girl was a great singer, but seemed desperate to be in the spotlight. 4. Carrie's performances - "Desperado" was good, but it got bad really fast. The terrible Flatts boys made things worse.
The Bad and The Ugly[/size]
1. Rascal Flatts' performances - That lead singer is terrible. I don't think I've ever seen them give a decent performance, vocally speaking. How these guys manage to be called country and get praised by the industry is something I will never understand. 2. The Chicks' wins - The Grammys wanted to send a message. They succeeded. 3. The James Blunt shut-out - He should have gotten at least 1 Grammy for "You're Beautiful." 4. The win for "My Humps" - Further proof of how worthless the Grammys have become. 5. The overall production of the Grammy show - Amateurish, at best. No introductions for some performers. Putting some performers out in the audience. No real flow.
That's all jmo.
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Post by grammyman on Feb 12, 2007 14:36:51 GMT -5
One note does not take away a whole performance. Maybe, but it literally cleared the room I was watching it in that's because everyone went to the computer to put the performance on their ipod! lol personally, i was disappointed with the results of the awards that made the air. but i really shouldn't be because it only came out of the fact that my favorites didn't win. i am not a fan of the dixie chix nor their "views" and i've never listened entirely to TTLW so that is why i am upset to see them win big time. if other people say it's great, then fine. but i won't take the time to listen to it and would rather stay upset. christina aguilera's performance was by far the best performance of last night. in fact i went to bed right after her performance because i thought nothing could top that. i am very glad she won an award. hopefully she will win plenty more next year. i was hoping nelly furtado would win the pop collaboration award but wasn't surprised with the outcome. i am happy that carrie underwood was best new artist even though i am not a fan of country music in general. i have only listened to a couple of her songs but she sounded awesome in them. other than that the grammys were just ok. i saw the preshow on e and that was cool. it's too bad that wasn't the whole show. christina aguilera will be whom people remember from the 49th grammy awards!
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Post by when the pawn... on Feb 12, 2007 14:37:49 GMT -5
Justin was humbled? He won 2 awards and had 2 performances for 2 of his MEGA pop hits.
I'm getting tired of the acclaim for his standard-pop music - I don't see the innovation or the talent that other people see in him. Out of the nominees in Rap/Sung Collabo, ML deserved the win (although there were a handful of songs that got shut out of the category cough Daydreaming cough) and I'm fine with Sexyback winning Dance Recording but I'm thrilled that he lost Pop Album.
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Post by slave4supernewty on Feb 12, 2007 14:49:33 GMT -5
LOL at all the haters christina has yall just mad cause christina is getting all the praise and she looked so damn beautiful and every out-fit SHE WORE and she won one of her awards GO CHRISTINA SHE ALWAYS PROVE YOU HATERS DEAD WRONG!LOL um, we're talking about how she sounded, not looked. yay for her looking good, but she didn't SOUND good and she only won one award that wasn't even televised and she hasn't been getting that much praise. We aren't haters, just stating the facts.
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Post by XXIX on Feb 12, 2007 14:56:51 GMT -5
1) Just because it was televised doesn't mean that it's more important that ones that were announced before.
2) And she sounded great, that's not a fact just my opinion. Once again she was PERFORMING a James Brown song and was doing it justice. She could've just sang it, but all would've been lost. That's not a song you just sing. James Brown never just sang that song. He performed it.
You guys kill me. Saying that what you believe is a FACT, when it is just your opinion. And by the way she has been getting praise. Christina and Carrie are what most people are talking about. I thought it would've been the Dixie Chicks more so. They are getting attention, but more about the politics and not their music.
Even if you don't like her you have to admit that it was a great SOUL performance.
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Post by currentoptions on Feb 12, 2007 14:58:39 GMT -5
Why are folks wasting time arguing with a new member?
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Post by Kal-El on Feb 12, 2007 15:10:28 GMT -5
^ Gosh that's tolerant isn't it? 1. Rascal Flatts' performances - That lead singer is terrible. I don't think I've ever seen them give a decent performance, vocally speaking. Are you kidding me?! The lead singers voice is jaw-dropping. He can replicate the sound on his album almost exactly. His performance with Carrie on the AI4 finale was spine-tingling, and then again he delivered with Kelly Clarkson on "What Hurts The Most" at some country do a while back. I'm not a big fan of his or his music, but his voice never fails to impress me.
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Post by damnnnitzzjohn on Feb 12, 2007 15:13:21 GMT -5
In a night that saw The Police perform for the first time since 2003 and the Dixie Chicks clean up on awards, the Grammys had another reason to celebrate thanks to an estimated 20.1 million people watching the annual event – which is about 18 percent more than last year’s show.
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Post by nitro on Feb 12, 2007 15:18:30 GMT -5
The Grammys aren't based on chart performance and song popularity isn't exactly in the criteria for the winners. Thank goodness. Otherwise London Bridge would win. Shows that radios stations still do not get it. They play trash on the radio. I guess you guys are right... I mean I had heard Corrine Bailey Rae quite often on my Rhapsody radio, but the Clearchannel and mainstream radio doesn't necessarily play quality music. There are so many politics involved. The nominations do a good job of representing what is popular and critically acclaimed and does recognize talent that often gets overlooked (like Corrine, Imogen Heap, etc) who are very deserving of their nominations. It would be nice if radio would play a bigger variety of songs. Z100 is one of the better stations because they do add new stuff, but I still feel I hear the same freakin' songs over and over again to the point where I listen to it for a day and then can't listen to it anymore for a week. I guess all in all, this Grammy Award Show was pretty good, and I wasn't upset by any of the results. My only pet peeve with the Grammys (and this has to do with me being a hard-care Mariah fan) is that they didn't give her Mariah time last year for receiving her award, when they had given it to Beyonce two years before her and to Mary J Blige this year for the same awards. I feel that all three deserved the air time equally as much... Beyonce for a gireat first year, and MJB and Mariah for great comebacks, but Mariah didn't get it. I respect Mariah's decision to not show up for the Grammys this year. But it may have been a decision on the part of CBS. And may have involved some corporate mafia type thing. Lol... maybe Tommy spent all his money bribing them.
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Post by XXIX on Feb 12, 2007 15:19:00 GMT -5
In a night that saw The Police perform for the first time since 2003 and the Dixie Chicks clean up on awards, the Grammys had another reason to celebrate thanks to an estimated 20.1 million people watching the annual event – which is about 18 percent more than last year’s show. That's like the best news ever, LOL.
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Post by dabaddestbytch on Feb 12, 2007 15:25:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2007 15:31:33 GMT -5
In a night that saw The Police perform for the first time since 2003 and the Dixie Chicks clean up on awards, the Grammys had another reason to celebrate thanks to an estimated 20.1 million people watching the annual event – which is about 18 percent more than last year’s show. That may be due to the fact that the Grammys didn't have to go up against "American Idol" this year. I read somewhere that the Grammys faced "Idol" last year.
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Post by damnnnitzzjohn on Feb 12, 2007 15:35:25 GMT -5
^Yup.
I am rewatching them. POLICE are on!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2007 16:23:44 GMT -5
Ugh, I think I have a grammy hangover today. I'm very happy with the results this year, thrilled really, and the performances too. Great show! My only minor disappointments were that James Blunt was shut out, and "My Humps" won an award over more worthy songs (I enjoy the song well enough, I just don't think it should have won). But overall I'm beyond happy with the results, especially for the wins and performances by Carrie and Christina. My girls done good! Thanks to everyone in this thread who reported results and links for us. Much appreciated.
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Post by deodorant on Feb 12, 2007 16:24:41 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong, Christina is amazing and one of the best singers out there today, but that performance in my opinion was not good. That's all I'm trying to say. oh please we all know u are hating, just stop it, fool :) Oh please yourself. The whole thing was over and you started it back up. I'm entitled to my own opinion and I don't think Christina was good. Stop saying I'm hating because I don't think she was good. I even said I think Christina is great, but I just didn't like that one performance. It's not a big deal.
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Post by Chromeozone on Feb 12, 2007 16:34:38 GMT -5
I'm taking a bit of issue with those who are saying that the Dixie Chicks were "heads and tail" above everyone else, mainly in the ROTY category, when that only can be a personal opinion. SOTY, perhaps, it's a powerful song (and it's easier to argue general merits of songwriting whether one likes a song or not), but there were so many better songs out last year. "Steady as She Goes" by The Raconteurs was the best record of 2006 by far in my opinion and wasn't even nominated.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Feb 12, 2007 16:55:41 GMT -5
SO happy about many of last night's winners!! The show was pretty good, as well. I thought the best stretch of performances began with Mary J. Blige, continued with the Carrie Underwood portion of the Texas country-rock tribute, and ended with Christina Aguilera's "It's a Man's, Man's World."
General comments about the performances: I thought the sound mix was rank -- most performers supported by any kind of heavy instrumentation sounded like they were performing from inside a cave. Vocals were muddied as a consequence, harmonies were unclear, the instrumentation lacked personality, etc. Too bad. I also thought the camera work was less than stellar. There are certain "impact" moves that I knew to expect, for example, from Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks and Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the cameras panned away from them at just the wrong moments! So I think some of the performances didn't come off on TV as well as they did live as a consequence.
I thought the Dixie Chicks' performance would have had more impact if it had come later in the show, whether to kick off the 2nd hour or after they had won 4 Grammys (right before AOTY, in the RHCP spot). I also think the producers tried WAY too hard to create these "Grammy moments." The Corinne Bailey Rae/John Legend/John Mayer joint performance was a nice idea, but totally pointless. Rae was the only one who seemed to acknowledge that she was singing with anyone else, and it didn't come off as a genuine collaboration. I didn't mind the song choices, and I am a fan of both Legend and Rae, but that set of performances didn't have much impact on me. I would have preferred each of them performing on his/her own.
The repeat pans to the 3 Grammy Moment finalists were really annoying. The performance that followed was competent, but nothing special, in my view. The whole thing seemed kind of amateurish to me. Of course, when there were two audible missed cues with the announcer speaking up while a presenter was still talking, I guess there was enough "amateur" to go around.
I would have preferred to see a Best Country Album nominee like Josh Turner or Little Big Town performing on the Texas country-rock tribute with Carrie, instead of Rascal Flatts. I just don't like the timbre of Gary LeVox's voice, though the band does seem to know how to command the stage. I LOVED Carrie's performances, especially "San Antonio Rose," where she displayed a really natural command of old-school country phrasing. What impressed me most through her renditions of "San Antonio Rose" and "Desperado" was that she had enough confidence to show variety in the coloring of her voice -- she was very expressive, sounded beautiful and showed a winning confidence on stage. It was also nice to see that she and Rascal Flatts so enjoyed being on stage with each other.
Christina Aguilera -- I can see where some may think her performance was too much, but what I loved about it is that she was fearless. Sometimes, her fearless performances come off as calculated, but this one didn't -- it seemed like a true celebration of James Brown's spirit. Nothing that followed really lived up to the energy of that moment, in my view.
I was actually a little bit concerned about how the RHCP would sound, given the sound mix issues. Kiedis' stage presence left something to be desired because he was trying SO hard to get the notes right, it seems. The confetti shower was already done in their video and seemed like another amateur sledgehammer. I still enjoyed hearing "Snow (Hey Oh)," though. When did John Frusciante get a haircut?!?!
All in all, I enjoyed the show, am thrilled with the Dixie Chicks' well-deserved wins (especially for Album of the Year, because their album is SO much more than "Not Ready to Make Nice"), really pleased with Carrie's wins and glad to see that the RHCP, John Legend and Mary J. Blige all had such good nights, as well.
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Post by luis on Feb 12, 2007 16:56:55 GMT -5
She stole the show! Sorry but she did!
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