A foot of snow changes everything. We cut the trail through the woods, skied along the ridge up to the lake and even took a loop around the luge hill. We were so tired we decided to sit on the couch and watch the Grammys.
Our “over the air” connection kept breaking up so we may have misread some of the intent but this is what we got. Bruce kicked it off with a pumped up, selfish sounding, ‘god is on our side’, pep rally anthem, setting the tone for the evening where it became clear that all of the successful songs repeat one line for the length of the tune. “We take care of our own.”
MC LL Cool J said a prayer to the heavenly father! Bruno Marks, a combination of Little Richard, Prince and a gay James Brown, had the best line of the night when told the crowd to “get off their rich asses.” An athletic Chris Brown auto tuned “Put your hands in the air.” Reba McEntire has had some serious work done on her face. Rihanna sang “We found love in a hopeless place” 64 times.
Lady Gaga was in the front row and caught in some sort of netting. The Beach Boys looked like they were curiosities in a songwriting museum. Unlike the guy in a cowboy hat who won an award, Taylor Swift was cute and actually sounded country. An alien looking Katy Perry sang “This is the part of me that you’re never gonna ever take away from me” over and over. The Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl lectured us about music. “Long live rock and roll.” Please. They couldn’t get this guy off the stage and even cut to him dancing to the big mouse dj.
Adele can really belt out a tune. Bon Iver managed to look disheveled in a suit as he thanked his parents. Jennifer Hudson sounded great singing Dolly Parton’s song in tribute to Whitney Houston. They should have just shown that clip, read a list of the award winners and edited out the rest. Instead we went three hours and then turned the thing off at eleven before Sir Paul did his Beatle thing.
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