U2 wins for Best Rock Album. Makes sense, given their current influence over much of guitar rock these days. If Coldplay had won, I think Bono and the Edge still should have accepted the award.
9:09 p.m. Yay for Paul McCartney! I need to hear more of Creation and Chaos in the Backyard, but what I heard live I really enjoyed. "Fine Line" could be a later Beatles song or earlier solo song, and that's good enough in my book. The lights are pretty, too.
Dave Grohl's looking pretty clean cut.
Oop, reference to the Apple Building roof concert.
Holy shit, "Helter Skelter"! Should Jay Z show up on stage and do "99 Problems"? Nonetheless, more proof that there is no element of rock that the Beatles haven't influenced.
Could Sir Paul's drummer be any scarier? When they play "Eleanor Rigby", he sings backing vocals (nothing for him to play, duh!), and does this really bizarre dance near the back of the stage, out of the spotlight, all by himself. Creeeeeeeeepy.
9:17 p.m. Eff the Black Eyed Peas, honestly. Jeniffer Love looks waaaaaaaaaay out of place. Best Male R&B performance. I've got nothing to say. Jamie Foxx better not win, because...wait, what did that Black Eyed Pea just say? You're announcing the nominees, back off, man. Stevie Wonder? Nope, John Legend. Where did this guy come from? I'd heard his name bandied about, but had no idea he was 8-nomination caliber. Oooo, he works with BEP. Definite loss of cred. Kanye connections? Little bit of a boost.
Sly and the Family Stone get this year's tribute. Awesome. Black Eyed Peas probably manage to sneak their way in there. Not so awesome.
9:28 p.m. How out of touch am I that I didn't realize Mariah Carey had the biggest album of 2005? What was I doing messing around with this Sufjan Stevens crap? Nice to see she's not crazy anymore.
Thanks to the MSU journalism school's subscription to Knight-Ridder (or Knight-Rider, as I like to call it), here's some red carpet pics.
Death Cab For Red Carpet
In E!'s (damn that punctuation) red carpet coverage, as Ben Gibbard was being interviewed by a clueless DJ "Former Fiance of Nicole Richie" AM, they put his head in a little circle in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. Doni Rai(who?)'s junk took up the rest of the screen. Nicely juxtaposed, E!
Fiona looking...earthy
Dennis Hopper, still crazy after all these years?
Kelly Clarkson, classy in black
Not even being preggers will get between Gwen and leopard print
Kanye and mystery guest. No, really, KRT didn't identify her. MYSTERY GUEST!!!!!!
Wouldn't it be nice if Fiona won? Kelly can win, too. But what about Sir Paul? And everybody loves Gwen! But.......
Kelly Clarkson wins, as does non-ironic appreciation of "Since U Been Gone". Radio has been vedy vedy good to her this year. Girl can talk FAST.
What is that music they're playing to get the winners off the stage? Sounds like a rejected Miami Sound Machine demo. Baby, I live for loving you.
9:41 p.m. Dharma, get off of that coffee table! You're such a free spirit!
Un oh, pop country time. Keith Urban's Australian, isn't he?
Reference to highway in the first verse? Check.
That line about the cat reminds of me of 2Ge+her's "The Hardest Part of Breaking Up (Is Getting Back Your Stuff). Way to go, Nashville. You're ripping off a fake boy band.
Wasn't "The Lucky One" an Amy Grant song?
9:48 p.m. Remember when Santana won all those Grammys in '99? Those were the days.
I had no idea Sinatra founded Reprise. Bitchin'.
Please, don't let "Rich Girl" win.
Thank you. Or not. Yay to Jay Z, boo to Linkin Park. Can they go away yet?
Jay Z: Too cool to give a speech.
9:57 p.m. Oh, Dave Chapelle hosts Dave Chapelle's Block Party. Nice to see he can joke about his last few months. Tom Hanks sure enjoyed it.
Oh, different strokes for different folks.
Contrary to popular belief (in my apartment, at least), white British soul singer Joss Stone is not related to Sly or any of the Family Stone.
How could they not give any credit to Randy Jackson and Niles Rodgers playing in the backing band. Are they honorary members of the Family Stone?
Who is this singing with Fantasia? Did he just hit that note?
Adam Levine lookin' kinda Chris Carraba. Probably more soulful than any white guy has any business being
Look! will.i.am is dancing to the music! Get it?
Wait, Sly doesn't shout out M.C. Hammer in this song!
Robert Randolph, also getting no credit. Wait, wrong.
Classy guitar, Joe Perry.
Oh man...here comes Sly. Look at that mohawk! Turn up his mic for crying at loud!
He does not look like he's is good health.
Sly's performance? Anticlimactic.
Now it's time for a battle of egos. Who's going to diva all over this outro? I'm rooting for Niles.
10:14 p.m. It took them this long to give an award to Robert Johnson. Yikes
Seriously, can't Linkin Park just go away?
Jay Z giving a t-shirt shout-out to John Lennon. Nice.
"Yesterday" mash-up? That's right, I called the HOVA/Macca collabo! Makes me forget about Linkin Park. Almost.
Does this mean the remaining Beatles (and remaining Beatle families) don't mind The Grey Album?
10:25 p.m. Good segue to Springsteen through the Weavers lifetime achievement award. I don't know why I don't like the Boss (though "Born to Run" is a guilty pleasure of mine). This performance isn't too bad, I guess. I bet Dylan would approve.
10:32 p.m. I suppose "Devils and Dust" can win Song of the Year. Just not U2.
GODDAMMIT!!!
Ha ha, apparently someone thought Mariah Carey should have won.
I feel like I'm being kind of harsh on U2. As I do own and enjoy some of their records, I guess I shouldn't act like they're so bad. They are the consumate anthemic rockers. I just feel like they've fallen into a rut. And Bono's gotten too big for his britches. And those britches were already pretty good. And they do like Arcade Fire, so I suppose they've got good taste.
10:39 p.m. Kanye influenced by Michael Jackson? Get out!!!
Man, I didn't get the K.W. State J.F.U. thing. I am dumm.
I can't think of a more deserving Record of the Year than "Gold Digger". Definitely the pop song I associate with 2005.
Can we put the marching band fetish to rest yet? I think this performance is the pinnacle.
Is Kanye allergic to buttons?
10:48 p.m. I guess "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" kind of ruled the first half of 2005.
10:55 p.m. Yep, there's Christina sliding up and down the vocal scales. She sounds good, though. As does Herbie. 13 Grammys between the two of them. That's got to count for something.
Little virtuoso show from Aguilera-Hancock.
11:06 p.m. Common, Fiona Apple and Chuck D. Which of these things is not like the other?
John Legend wins Best New Artist. Comes out of nowhere, fated to return.
I bet Fallout Boy is heart broken.
11:08 p.m. Parade de la Muerto. I'm glad they don't do the applause thing like the Oscars.
Nope nevermind.
11:10 p.m. Chapelle should be doing the Richard Pryor tribute.
What was the deal with that zoom out?
11:20 p.m. U2 again? Album of the Year? Ugh. I guess the Grammys still suck.
If I was U2, I would not get in Kanye's way tonight.
Also, don't forget about New Orleans. Dr. John should be the mayor of New Orleans by now, right?
And "In the Midnight Hour" puts a cap on the evening.
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