Grammy commentary

[mrpackerguy]

Adele's Grammys performance: What went wrong? - CNN.com

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I hope there's nothing that makes me want to watch 3 hours of crap again next time. I think they promised Metallica would perform last year.

 

[two fingers]

I wouldn't be surprised if Don Henley asks Jackson Browne to join The Eagles as Glenn Frey's replacement. If he doesn't The Eagles are done, and I'm sure Henley would like to keep the money train going for as long as possible.

TD

Interesting. I never even considered that before now but it totally makes sense. And they could do hits from both. That would be a pretty good concert actually. And if they were to let Joe Walsh fly off on a couple of his hits, even better.

They could play nothing but smash hits from Eagles, Brown, and Walsh all night.

Interesting indeed.

 

[pjbassist]

Who was the bass player in the BB King tribute with Bonnie, Gary and Stapleton? He was solid as a ROCK!

 

[Richland123]

Interesting. I never even considered that before now but it totally makes sense. And they could do hits from both. That would be a pretty good concert actually. And if they were to let Joe Walsh fly off on a couple of his hits, even better.

They could play nothing but smash hits from Eagles, Brown, and Walsh all night.

Interesting indeed.

And Poco since Timothy B. Schmidt was with them for awhile.

I thought of Jackson Browne joining the Eagles after Glenn's passing since he has been so connected to them from the beginning. Jackson and Glenn co-wrote "Take It Easy". Jackson has appeared with the Eagle on stage before.

Jackson plays piano on this video.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Does anyone know what was the point of all those rings on Ice Cube's son's fingers?

 

[Rocker949]

overall, better than expected. seemed like a better balance of genres and players too. there were, sadly, a couple great bassist left out of the memoriam-Louis Johnson, and Wilton already mentioned, plus Mike Porcaro. Mike is in a grammy winning family, come on.. the mix was off a bit in a couple spots, but I had no trouble hearing everything through 5 good speakers.

It was great to see a bunch of session players on stage killing it. The 'real bands' with instruments did a good job. enjoyed the tribute to Glenn, and the BB thing w/Gary and then Bonnie who sounded very good. Gaga was very entertaining. Adele had some probs (a piano mic on a string, I hear), but the public won't care. Lionel deserved some of his older peers being up there; those youngsters just don't get it, and Luke Bryan is so overrated. The Beiber thing was a mess too. as was the hollywood vampires! I like those guys, but that was just too busy and sloppy. It was cool seeing who stood up after the 12 year jazz phenom played that steinway like chick corea.

I agree about the Hollywood Vampires. I wanted to like them, but it sounded like they hadn't even rehearsed.

 

[Immigrant]

The Corea chick has been playing for 12 years?

Does anyone know what was the point of all those rings on Ice Cube's son's fingers?

I'm no doctor, but I play one on Internet forums. You clearly have suffered a head injury. Go to the ER or call 911 if you're not safe to drive. Remember to turn on your lights and use your directional indicator.

 

[two fingers]

And Poco since Timothy B. Schmidt was with them for awhile.

I thought of Jackson Browne joining the Eagles after Glenn's passing since he has been so connected to them from the beginning. Jackson and Glenn co-wrote "Take It Easy". Jackson has appeared with the Eagle on stage before.

Jackson plays piano on this video.

Yeah I knew about Take It Easy. And good point on Poco as well.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

You clearly have suffered a head injury.

You're holding out on why he was wearing a giant ring on every finger?

 

[blue4]

I'm not really a Gaga fan, but she's been killing it lately. I had thought she was getting by on shock value and catchy canned pop songs. I was wrong, she's legit. I had a similar revelation about Pink as well. I guess never judge a book on its pop hits.

 

[Immigrant]

You're holding out on why he was wearing a giant ring on every finger?

Because he wants to. It's that simple.

Old age has made me more tolerant of just about everything. Try it. You'll like it.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

He was calling attention to his rings, like it was supposed to mean something. Is he 14 years old or something?
Tolerance is over-rated.


Oh dear, he'll be 25 next week.
I guess I was the only one who was annoyed by the "gangsta" posing.

 

[jthisdell]

Did anyone catch how Lady GaGa's keyboard sounded? When she went to play that weird thing she hit a chord and it was like the worst electric piano sort of sound, plunk plunk, plunk. No tone whatsoever. The sound guy heard it and muted her immediately.

 

[jthisdell]

And why is Justin Bieber even still around? have the expectations of pop audiences really gotten that low that he can still be a star?

 

[jthisdell]

Oh yeah, the Hollywood Vampires. Unbelievably bad. My wife said they sounded like teenagers in a garage.

 

[mrpackerguy]

Did anyone catch how Lady GaGa's keyboard sounded? When she went to play that weird thing she hit a chord and it was like the worst electric piano sort of sound, plunk plunk, plunk. No tone whatsoever. The sound guy heard it and muted her immediately.

I thought it was just a prop?

 

[Richland123]

Some of the acts have outlived their 15 minutes of fame.

Quite a few of the acts who won should have thanked Autotune in their speeches for making them what they are.

I will keep most of my thoughts to myself since I did not enjoy many of the acts.

Here are a few of my personal favorites.

I will say the 12 year old piano player is amazing. I have watched him before.

Little Big Town delivered the goods as well as Stevie Wonder and Pentatonix. All people who can actually sing well.

 

[48thStreetCustom]

Just for kicks I looked up Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly, the Best Rap Album of the year. Here's a list of all the writing and producing credits:


1. "Wesley's Theory"(featuring George Clinton and Thundercat)

• Kendrick Lamar
• George Clinton
• Steven Ellison
• Ronald "Flippa" Colson
• Stephen Bruner
• Boris Gardiner

• Flying Lotus
• Flippa
• Sounwave[a]
• Thundercat[a]

2. "For Free? (Interlude)"

• Kendrick Lamar
• Terrace Martin
• Rose McKinney
• Martin

3. "King Kunta"

• Kendrick Lamar
• Bruner
• Johnny Burns
• Michael Jackson
• Ahmad Lewis
• Stefan Gordy
• James Brown
• Fred Wesley
• John Starks

• Sounwave
• Martin[a]

4. "Institutionalized"(featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Snoop Dogg)

• Kendrick Lamar
• Columbus Smith
• Fredrik Halldin
• Sam Barsh

• Rahki
• Tommy Black

5. "These Walls"(featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat)

• Kendrick Lamar
• Martin
• Larrance Dopson
• James Fauntleroy
• McKinney

• Martin
• 1500 or Nothin'
• Sounwave[a]

6. "u"

• Kendrick Lamar
• Taz "Ti$a" Arnold
• Michael "Whoarei" Brown

• Arnold
• Whoarei
• Sounwave[a]

7. "Alright"

• Kendrick Lamar
• Pharrell Williams
• Mark Spears

• Williams
• Sounwave

8. "For Sale? (Interlude)"

• Kendrick Lamar
• Arnold

• Arnold
• Sounwave[a]
• Martin[a]

9. "Momma"

• Kendrick Lamar
• Glen Boothe
• Arnold
• Sylvester Stewart
• Lalah Hathaway
• Rahsaan Patterson
• Rex Rideout

• Knxwledge
• Arnold

10. "Hood Politics"

• Kendrick Lamar
• Bruner
• Sufjan Stevens

• Tae Beast
• Sounwave
• Thundercat

11. "How Much a Dollar Cost" (featuring James Fauntleroy and Ronald Isley)

• Kendrick Lamar
• Martin
• Josef "LoveDragon" Leimberg
• McKinney
• Fauntleroy
• Ronald Isley
• LoveDragon

12. "Complexion (A Zulu Love)" (featuringRapsody)

• Kendrick Lamar
• Bruner
• Marlanna Evans

• Thundercat
• Sounwave
• Martin[a]
• The Antydote[a]

13. "The Blacker the Berry"

• Kendrick Lamar
• Matthew Samuels
• Stephen Kozmeniuk
• Ken Lewis
• Brent Kolatalo
• Jefferey Campbell
• Alexander "Jesứs" Izquierdo
• Zale Epstein

• Boi-1da
• KOZ
• Martin

14. "You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said)"

• Kendrick Lamar
• Martin
• LoveDragon

15. "i"

• Kendrick Lamar
• Columbus Smith
• Isley
• O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
• Ernie Isley
• Marvin Isley
• Rudolph Isley
• Christopher Jasper
• Rahki

16. "Mortal Man"

• Kendrick Lamar
• Bruner
• Fela Anikulapo Kuti
• Tupac Shakur

 

[JMacBass65]

Just for kicks I looked up Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly, the Best Rap Album of the year. Here's a list of all the writing and producing credits:

Heh heh!