« Play the Fischerspooner Puzzle Game | Main | The Brandon Flowers-Morrissey Connection »
Grammy 2005 Wrap Up
Melissa Etheride's emotional comeback
Ray Charles was the big winner at last night's Grammy Awards. Among eight awards, the legendary singer received the music industry's highest honors for his record "Genius Loves Company" and his collaboration with Norah Jones on "Here We Go Again." The Grammy telecast itself was a long and dull show that was hosted by an uninspiring Queen Latifah. Here's a short wrap-up in case you missed the show:
The Good: Melissa Etheride returned to the stage after her battle with cancer with an incredible moving performance in a Janis Joplin tribute set. Jamie Foxx' impressed duetting with Alicia Keys (the boy can sing). A thank you to U2 for not performing "Vertigo." It is nice to hear to hear them play something else. Lastly, Green Day's Billie Joe and Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos were sporting some fierce eyeliner.
The Bad: Kanye West got snubbed a couple of awards (including "Best New Artist" that went to the one-hit wonders of Maroon 5). Gay faves Kylie Minogue and Scissor Sisters could not compete with Britney Spears' "Toxic" that received "Best Dance" recording.
The Ugly: Taken straight from a soap opera set, the duet
between Jennifer Lopez and Marc Antony could not have been any more
cheesy. Also, Lopez should consider using backing tracks next time (Ashlee-style). She
hardly could keep a tune. Now we know why she hasn't been touring.
Check out some photos of the event at Flickr.
February 14, 2005 in Music News | Permalink
Comments
You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.
wait, isn't britney a gay fave too?
Posted by: diva/queen/b*tch/h* at Feb 14, 2005 9:32:13 AM
i couldn't agree more. first the ama's; now the grammys... kanye was totally robbed when he lost the best new artist grammy to maroon5! don't get me wrong. am a fan of maroon5 myself, but i thought the nomination itself was already the grammy for them. this year's grammy is by the far the least inspired. i just hope the better year-end releases i.e u2 and gwen would make a clean sweep next year (although i have a distintive premonition they won't)
Posted by: diva.queen.b*tch.h* at Feb 14, 2005 9:47:06 AM
does anyone have a link to jennifer and marc anthony's grammy duet which they can share? thanks
Posted by: jeff at Feb 21, 2005 6:41:51 AM
