2011 Grammy Awards Viewing Thread

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I'm guessing he owes 90 percent of his career to his good looks.

They said the same thing about mick jagger

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Is this the award for song that puts you to sleep?

 

[Bono's shades]

Not that it's too big of a deal though. I didn't really dig The Suburbs much. It lacked the catchiness of the first two albums, feeling a little pompous, condescending and overlong. Although, a few of the tracks stand up with their best.QUOTE]

I didn't like it much when I first heard it, but I love it now.

I'm just excited to see them perform. I've never seen them play, either live or on TV. I'm still ticked off that the opening act for the one U2 show I saw in 2005 was Dashboard Confessional instead of Arcade Fire.

 

[gvox]

Fuck You came out in August, and the Ladykiller came out two weeks before MBDTF.

Gotcha. Thanks.


Well that rather muted response after Rihanna was a bit awkward - maybe a bit too dancehall for 'em.

Still...Rihanna: marry me.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

I'll definitely root for Arcade Fire over Lady Antebellum for that one. I hope they get it.

I noticed one of the rock categories mentioned, have they done the other two yet at all?

I will never not be able to think about Degrassi when I see or hear him. Sorry, Jimmy Drake.

Haha, same here.

Did anyone else catch the Gaga interview on 60 Minutes? It kind of ruled.

Will that be online at any point? I was rather interested to see that.

Angela

 

[corianderstem]

This is the best Florence live performance I've seen her give on TV. Way to not go flat this time, awesome lady.

 

[bono_212]

"Month of May"? Eh, ok. They sound great, that's good.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

I noticed one of the rock categories mentioned, have they done the other two yet at all?

Um, there's only one award left to give out.....Album of the Year. The rest of the winners are on Grammys.com

Grammy Winners/Nominees


Black Keys won Best Rock Performance (for group) and Alternative Album. Paul McCartney won for solo Rock Performance....I can't stand that he seems to get nominated every year for some limp Beatles cover performed live. Ugh. Rock Song went to Neil Young and Rock Album went to Muse.

 

[PhilsFan]

The backing vocals are distractingly high in the mix.

 

[corianderstem]

Dang, Aretha looks like she's lost a lot of weight. Too bad it happened, I'm assuming, because of her illness.

I also think it's a pop culture felony that Bad Romance wasn't nominated for one of the big song awards.

 

[gvox]

Is it just me or is this fuckin rediculous? BMX bikers??

 

[corianderstem]

I'm really afraid to ask what peformance features BMX bikers.

 

[Got Philk?]

The backing vocals are distractingly high in the mix.

yes.

 

[gvox]

I'm really afraid to ask what peformance features BMX bikers.

I'm probably gonna get roasted here in AF lovin land, but it was garbage imo. Just a wall of noise.

 

[PhilsFan]

I wish they had played Sprawl II. Would have been epic.

 

[corianderstem]

... and it had BMX bikers? What the actual fuck.

I heard it was Month of May? I'm really meh about that song.

 

[Bono's shades]

I'm probably gonna get roasted here in AF lovin land, but it was garbage imo. Just a wall of noise.

That's OK. I love AF and I was underwhelmed.

 

[corianderstem]

Ugh. Fucking Train.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Performance sounded good to me. I would've maybe gone with a different song, perhaps, but still, not bad.

Um, there's only one award left to give out.....Album of the Year. The rest of the winners are on Grammys.com

Grammy Winners/Nominees


Black Keys won Best Rock Performance (for group) and Alternative Album. Paul McCartney won for solo Rock Performance....I can't stand that he seems to get nominated every year for some limp Beatles cover performed live. Ugh. Rock Song went to Neil Young and Rock Album went to Muse.

Bah, yeah, still catching up over here, sorry . Okay, thanks. That's not too bad a selection there, I can go with that. Muse won something, so that makes me happy. And of course, can't go wrong with Neil and the Black Keys, either.

I do agree with you that it is funny the things people will constantly get nominated for each year, though. Yes.

Angela

 

[bono_212]

I kind of expected this in the back of my head after some of the other surprises tonight. Yay

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Awesome . There ya go, people .

(Also, damn you, Grammys, now I'm going to have "Love The Way You Lie" and "Need You Now" both going through my head all friggin' night now)

Angela

 

[bono_212]

Win cut his hair and it STILL looks awful.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

I'm not watching, but if BMX bikes were from Arcade Fire's performance, this should explain it:

The Suburbs

 

[ramblin rose]

Barbra Streisand was so confused.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Oh, sweet, I like this song a lot, I was hoping they'd do this one. *Dances*

I agree that the hair looks goofy, but eh, it's a musician thing, I guess .

Angela

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Holy shit! That makes no sense. How did they lose to Black Keys? I imagine a bunch of people must have foregone voting for Arcade Fire since they figured they would win Album of the Year?

 

[corianderstem]

Gaga had a pancake hat.

Holy crap, AF won album of the year?????? Holy shit.

 

[U2BROTHR]

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - ARCADE FIRE - THE SUBURBS!!! Yippppeeeee

Now I'm ready to start.

 

[Bono's shades]

I'm still in shock.

 

[corianderstem]

Called it on page one.

Hmmm, Arcade Fire loses the category it was said it had the best chance in, that the voters would give them that one and not The Big One. Could they actually win Album of the Year instead?

Gimme a prize!