Monday, February 9, 2009
Grammy's Go Whammy
3:40 AM | 
Posted by
Nick Mendola
My wife short-circuited my plans to watch Alfred Hitchcock's "Rebecca" with her desire to watch the Grammy's, which worked out well for me. As the night wore on, too many stupid things happened for me to not "blog" about it. So, sorry there won't be too many sports mentions here...
Have the Grammy's always been awful?
A message to Coldplay's Chris Martin on a night that couldn't have been one of his favorites. First, your wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, spends three hours introducing "the most important foreign band out there," and everyone on Earth is preparing for her sucking up to her husband... and she does the correct thing by introducing Radiohead.
I wonder if Martin was thinking, "Aw, that's nice honey, but we're not performing... OH CRAP. RADIOHEAD?!?! REALLY?!?!? I WROTE 'CLOCKS'."
By the way, Chris, you've already said you want to be U2, so stop trying to pass Sgt. Pepper's look as patchwork. We know you pass your time sewing-- no lie -- but I'd guess Betsy Ross isn't losing her legacy as a top-notch seamstress.
Then again, you did win song of the year for a riff 20 years old and written by someone else. That said, I own several of their albums. "Parachutes" is legit.
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To Kanye West... I was on-board, man. The "cocky as a shield for insecurities" thing was awesome for a spell, but it's time for something new, especially if you are going to rock a mullet. That's awful, man. You look like Kenny Loggins.
Someone needs to either cover "Danger Zone" or make a Kanye & Messina album.
Seemingly gone are clever lines like, "If you a stripper named Porsche, and you get tips from many men, then your fat friend, her nickname is Minivan." Instead, it's a concept album with singles involving talking on the phone at 3 a.m., and his girl being like Dr.Evil. Yikes.
Maybe he's trying to Andre 3000 his career, but it's not working for me. Regardless, West is still probably a good dinner guest, and he's at least as original as anything else on display last night. When Robert Plant is looking like Richard Branson in an age machine, weird is the theme of the night.
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Natalie Cole won a Grammy for "Still Unforgettable," an album that would've been better-titled, "I'd Like Another Grammy, Remember When I Sang 'Unforgettable' With My Dad?"
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Jamie Foxx should thank his lucky stars he was asked to be an honorary Four Tops member. Smokey Robinson was obvious, Ne-Yo wasn't a surprise, but Jamie Foxx? Are they making a Four Tops movie? Motown was the best, and all four did well.
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The Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl looked like a little kid playing the drums for Paul McCartney, and why shouldn't he? It's like being invited to write a book with Raymond Carver -- bad choice, he's dead -- or Richard Russo. The Foo Fighters are what pop music should be, and I mean that as a compliment. Grohl and company are influenced by music, not blatant rip-off artists.
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Nine-months pregnant to the day and M.I.A. rapping happened...
Um, yeah...
Email: nick@wgr550.com
Have the Grammy's always been awful?
A message to Coldplay's Chris Martin on a night that couldn't have been one of his favorites. First, your wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, spends three hours introducing "the most important foreign band out there," and everyone on Earth is preparing for her sucking up to her husband... and she does the correct thing by introducing Radiohead.
I wonder if Martin was thinking, "Aw, that's nice honey, but we're not performing... OH CRAP. RADIOHEAD?!?! REALLY?!?!? I WROTE 'CLOCKS'."
By the way, Chris, you've already said you want to be U2, so stop trying to pass Sgt. Pepper's look as patchwork. We know you pass your time sewing-- no lie -- but I'd guess Betsy Ross isn't losing her legacy as a top-notch seamstress.
Then again, you did win song of the year for a riff 20 years old and written by someone else. That said, I own several of their albums. "Parachutes" is legit.
===========
To Kanye West... I was on-board, man. The "cocky as a shield for insecurities" thing was awesome for a spell, but it's time for something new, especially if you are going to rock a mullet. That's awful, man. You look like Kenny Loggins.
Someone needs to either cover "Danger Zone" or make a Kanye & Messina album.
Seemingly gone are clever lines like, "If you a stripper named Porsche, and you get tips from many men, then your fat friend, her nickname is Minivan." Instead, it's a concept album with singles involving talking on the phone at 3 a.m., and his girl being like Dr.Evil. Yikes.
Maybe he's trying to Andre 3000 his career, but it's not working for me. Regardless, West is still probably a good dinner guest, and he's at least as original as anything else on display last night. When Robert Plant is looking like Richard Branson in an age machine, weird is the theme of the night.
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Natalie Cole won a Grammy for "Still Unforgettable," an album that would've been better-titled, "I'd Like Another Grammy, Remember When I Sang 'Unforgettable' With My Dad?"
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Jamie Foxx should thank his lucky stars he was asked to be an honorary Four Tops member. Smokey Robinson was obvious, Ne-Yo wasn't a surprise, but Jamie Foxx? Are they making a Four Tops movie? Motown was the best, and all four did well.
===========
The Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl looked like a little kid playing the drums for Paul McCartney, and why shouldn't he? It's like being invited to write a book with Raymond Carver -- bad choice, he's dead -- or Richard Russo. The Foo Fighters are what pop music should be, and I mean that as a compliment. Grohl and company are influenced by music, not blatant rip-off artists.
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Nine-months pregnant to the day and M.I.A. rapping happened...
Um, yeah...
Email: nick@wgr550.com
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