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49th Annual Grammys. Let’s Get Down Tonight.

Started by tomwatson · 11 months ago

YOU READY? YOU READY? YOU READY?
Cuz we’re going to do our best to bring SexyBack tonight. Just a little nod to the boy who I think is going to be Mr. Grammy tonight. Justin Timberlake.
I have a confession. I really like that song “SexyBack.”
Yeah ... Continue reading »

251 comments

Tom Watson
2 years ago

We've got E on here, outfits galore....Hillary Duff shimmery....

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Blue Girl
2 years ago

Tom, check your email. The code's not posting. Check now. Please. Thank you!

...Remaining calm. Repeat. Remaining calm.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Pop - what is this pop?

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Susan Sommer
2 years ago

Don't know what I'm doing...help

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Blue Girl
2 years ago

Tom, how come the stuff's not up there?

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Blue Girl
2 years ago

At least try to get that video up!

Thank you sir.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

'Cos you added to the file, BG! (And killed the code in the process....). No worries, let's keep it moving...ah, technology...

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Cardigan sweater on, Earl Grey warming the cockles o the heart (and vice versa!)...

Ooh! The Police!

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Shayera
2 years ago

I'm going to hang out with you guys, even if I can't see the show for another 3 hours.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

I get the firm sense that this is absolutely the only thing I'm gonna like all night...

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Shayera
2 years ago

It's a given it would be Roxanne. I agree BG, rats.

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jennnnnnnnnnn
2 years ago

WHAT is jamie foxx wearing though?!?!

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Tony Alva
2 years ago

I have confession too... I like boobies!

The Police sounded fantastic, but they should have given them at least two numbers. It's all down hill from here.

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

Hello, everyone - got room for one more? Actually, two - my wife's watching as well.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Why does every show thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s live blogged have to diss Ohio?

The nation's most diss-able state, I'm sorry to say...

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

The skimmer is sting!

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Joan Baez: Still eminently do-able....

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flem
2 years ago

i can't believe i just missed the Police. i was caught up in Extreme makeover. Oooh....here come the 'chicks!

What's with the brown hair?

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Natalie Maines looks LOADS better without that weird frying-pan hair.

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

I really hate this commercial.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Police = 7
Dixie Chicks = 8
Wonder/Bennett speech = 2.5

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Tony Alva
2 years ago

Dixie Chicks; Yawn... Now if they dragged Sinead out then I'd get interested. Man, I hope the Chili's get on before 'Rome' comes on.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Prince has a weave...no question.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Hey Tony, just because they don't like the war, man?

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

How much better would this be if Beyonce came out and introduced Prince?

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Jennifer
2 years ago

Hey there BG... wow, I guess Jamie Foxx knew you were live-blogging. How nice of him to translate for you.

I'd love to stick around, but we're having technical difficulties of our own. I'm getting this in while I can to let you know I was here.

Police were still great. Stewart Copeland is still infinity doable. :)

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Jim Tourtelott
2 years ago

Type your comment here.The Chicks all look terrific, although the goofy prom dress was not a perfect choice. But the look in Natalie's eyes as she sang about "liking" the controversy was wonderful--simultaneously whimsical and defiant.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Know what was weird - people arriving on the red carpet, already saying they'd won. They don't give out any awards on this thing. also, the Staples Center is not exactly intimate.

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Bobby Lightfoot
2 years ago

I hear my crucial opinion was needed on something.

Screw th' Grammys. I'm in for an Ouncey.

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Jennifer
2 years ago

Oops... that was supposed to be *infinitely* doable...

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flem
2 years ago

I'm curious, do most men think Fergie is hot? i don't think her face is that pretty.

What do you think, brushabrusha?

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Doesn't look like they're gonna actually let Booker T. and the MG's actually play of course...

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Jim Tourtelott
2 years ago

"Type your comment here."

Gee, thanks. I guess I will. Then I can look like a real halfwit.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Mary J. "Noblesse O'" Blige

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Fergie couldnt see her cue cards with her eyelashes so big!

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Tony Alva
2 years ago

The Blackeyed Peas are everything that's wrong with music today. Fergie/Anne Nicole is there a differnce?

Well, the first time god gets props...

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

The MG's could blow away any band scheduled to play tonight...

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Mary J. Blige:
"I'd like to thank my eyelash stylist..."

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Blue Girl
2 years ago

Hi everyone! Just dropping in to say hi!!

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m curious, do most men think Fergie is hot?

Can't speak for "most" men, but she does nothing for my loins.

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Jennifer
2 years ago

"Mary J. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Noblesse OÃ¢â‚¬â„¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Blige"

Bwah!!!

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Jim Tourtelott
2 years ago

How many people does Mary J. Blige know?

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Why didn't Mary J. Blige thank Blue Girl? I mean really???!! She thanked everybody else...

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Jennifer
2 years ago

"CanÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t speak for Ã¢â‚¬Å“mostÃ¢â‚¬Â men, but she does nothing for my loins."
Neddie- aren't your loins still a tad incapacitated?

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

If you'd like all the contestants to be flensed with a plastic knife, text "4"...

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Good one Jennifer....they have a job waiting for you at ESPN.

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Sean Wixted
2 years ago

The Police sucked - I'm a fan and hoped and prayed they would not play one of the two obvious songs - Roxanne or Message in a Bottle. Playing a Roxanne indistinguishable from any Sting show from the past 20 years is pointless. Why would anyone seeing them for the first time think they were a great band. They had an opportunity to prove to a new generation what great musicians they are and blew it.

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

So who sold that Beatles song to f'n TARGET? Michael Jackson? What the hell? Is my head exploding?

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flem
2 years ago

BG, maybe we are too old for JT. My 20-year old neice LOVES him.

In our day, it was Bruce...at least for me.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Damn, I thought we'd pass a quiet evening without a thought of Neddie's loins.

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Hey Blue Girl.

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Tony Alva
2 years ago

I vote they go to the trap door method for ending long speeches.

It's amazing! All three of those 'unsigned artists' happen to be smokin' good looking. What are the chances of that?

Come on Chili's...

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flem
2 years ago

Oops...is it niece?

This live commenting is intimidating. I'm a greenie.

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Blue Girl
2 years ago

You guys, I don't have time to read all these comments, but I see some friends here!

Thank you!

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Neddie- arenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t your loins still a tad incapacitated?
Ah, yes, but not completely dead. Joan Baez caused some stirring...

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Blue Girl
2 years ago

Is Justin Timberlake sexy?

Discuss.

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Jennifer
2 years ago

BG- Justin Timberlake is not hot. He may have moments where he approaches warmth, but not hot.

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

Re; JT- You're on your own there, BG - the wife thinks "he needs to wash"...

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Shayera
2 years ago

Timberlake. Scuffy, yes. Sexy, no.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

If you'd like to se Justin Timberlake do a six-month stretch at Abu Ghraib, text "5"...

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Jim Tourtelott
2 years ago

There is, I can report, more than one set of loins that fails to respond to Fergie's "lovely lady lumps," not least because of that irritating alliteration.

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flem
2 years ago

JT is NOT hot...to me.

Hi, BG!!! I have to go and check on the animals (I mean babies).

More later.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Technology hates your freedom, Blue. Also, I'm with you re: Justin Timberlake. 125% not hot.

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Jennifer
2 years ago

Gee BG... or is that Bee Gee's... no, it was gee BG... maybe you could show that oft heard of VIDEO during the commercials. I'm just sayin'.

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

Is this song ever going to be over? Wife says this looks like the Blair Witch Project...

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Jennifer
2 years ago

Doesn't Justin have Scarlett now? I think Cameron is so yesterday, BG.

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Jim Tourtelott
2 years ago

Oooh, look at that. JT plays piano too. Boy's multi-untalented.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

AGGGHAHAHHHAAHAHAAAAAAA! My eyes!!!!! (The six-inch-away camera shot of Justin's nostrils -- upside down...) The horror!@ The horror!

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Is it just me, or does it seem like Beyonce has been up in our grills forEVER? Like for thousands of years? Yuck.

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Justin looked like a weasel.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Thank goodness.. Mary J. gets a chance to thank everybody she missed ther first time around...

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Well, to sum up so far...
I don't like the music industry any more than I did yesterday...

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

However, I do feel extremely positively toward Aqua Fresh Extreme Clean!

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Jim Tourtelott
2 years ago

You're not alone in fondness for the Doors, BG. But from that shot of the remainder of the band after Pink namd them, Morrison is lucky to be dead. You can't be the Lizard King if you're as fat and grizzled as David Crosby.

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Tony Alva
2 years ago

Tom, Not sure I know anybody that doesn't hate war. The Chicks tunes lack nuance. Whole lot of mediocracy.

Pink looks like she's hitting the pipe...

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Res Publica
2 years ago

What a...dynamic...outfit Stevie's sporting this evening. I do love him, though. My mom sung "you are the sunshine of my life" to me all the time when I was a kid, and I still love that song.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

ATTENTION - ATTENTION PLEASE. Blue Girl's long-lost media files have been rescued, and they're in the post above this one. At the next commercial break, turn down your TV and watch BG's very own public service announcement...

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Jennifer
2 years ago

Why do I get the feeling Ed Asner is going to show up and say, "Macau" over and over again?

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

Now if Fergie could sing and play like that...

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dptp
2 years ago

blue girl where the heck is my comments i'm doing this wrong i just know it

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Jennifer
2 years ago

Corrine's eyelashes always look like they weigh about 60 pounds each.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Yeah, I kinda like the Chicks - especially the bluegrassier stuff - but it's not like they're the nitty gritty dirt band or anything.

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Tony Alva
2 years ago

Blue Girl, Justin can hold his own... I posted a YouTube video of Nsync doing 'I Thought She Knew' on SNL many years ago over at my blog and was predictably mocked by my closest friends. It is an amazing display of vocal prowess by these otherwise detestable punks. Check it out during the next commercial..

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flem
2 years ago

dptp...you never change!!

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Asner could win best spoken word with an album where he just says "Macao" over and over again. It's easily the best thing about S60, sadly.

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dptp
2 years ago

finally hi flem and brusha oh yea you too blue girl

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Jim Tourtelott
2 years ago

Can I admit that I don't get the point of Corinne Bailey Rae? There's nothing wrong with her, but -- how does she differ from Norah Jones?

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

Yeah, all joking aside, it's quite a surprise to hear real singing, real playing. Now if they could write a few good songs instead of the same boring diatonic stuff, we'd be getting somewhere! It *is* easy to become too jaded, BG - you're absolutely right.

But where's the fun in that? I F'N HATE JOHN MAYER, the little DWEEB! Critics comparing him to Jimi? F all of 'em!

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Res Publica
2 years ago

That's John Legend, Blue. Different song. And now, alas, I see we are to be afflicted with John Mayer, who appears to be turning into a sad clown as he ages.

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

And he's doing Jessica Simpson? How much more transparent could one possibly be?

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flem
2 years ago

I dig John Mayer.

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Tony Alva
2 years ago

John Mayer can definately hold his own, but the part I have a hard time getting over is his uncanny resemblance to that Skippy kid on that 80's sitcom with Alan Thicke. The dude can cetainly wail...

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

You know John Legend's real name?
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. Seriously, look it up on wikipedia. Shocked me too.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Oh look, fembots.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Oh, cut Mayer a break. The Jimi-esque lead stuff is pretty moribund, but his rhythm playing while he sings is pretty sympathetic stuff. I woulnd't buy his records, but he's at least a little concerned with a gentle tone.

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dptp
2 years ago

oh goody he's cute

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Res Publica
2 years ago

What the hell happened to him, anyway? He used to be so cute.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

However, that ripped-up Strat looks like he bought it at the Gap....

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Mayer's pretty good player, I'd have to admit and Neddie's right, he's got a decent melodic ear - it's not all show-off stuff.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

To watch all three contestants ripped to shreds by rabid mongooses, text "6"...

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Neddie - that denotes many years on the road, maaaann...so many gigs, so much whiskey - he's had some hard living, just like his ax.

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flem
2 years ago

I use to think John Mayer was cute. But, now that you mention it, he DOES look like Skippy.

YUK.

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Blue Girl
2 years ago

You guys! Go watch my TV Spot that I made to play during commercial breaks! It's profane and fun! It's in a post above this one.

:)

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Jennifer
2 years ago

BG- Grizzled just harrumphed, walked from the room and said, "It's just a bunch of BMG/Sony crud." I guess he won't be watching the rest. I should stop watching as well, I can't spell/type/watch at the same time.

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

True dat, Ned - and I'll tone it down, sorry, folks - but c'mon, the sheer amount of effluvium over his warmed-over Clapton licks only underscores the incredible, gaping hole in this generation's music. Geez - what passes for a guitar hero these days!

Given 6 months to get back up to speed, you'd kick 'is arse left 'n right yourself, brother :)

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Blue Girl, I feel like Scottie on a really violent Star Trek episode - and you're this deranged, idealistic Kirk. And I'm trying to hold it together Captain, but she can't stand much moooore. Hoot!

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Jennifer
2 years ago

BG- I still can't access the video. I get a blank screen and then get shunted to YouTube where it tells me it's private.

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Is this a singing or dancing show --Shakira?

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Jim Tourtelott
2 years ago

Jennifer, Asner was planning to show up and growl "Macao" repeatedly, but he was wrestled to the ground by Jack Rudolph, Action Executive.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

This production is hurting my eyes, despite my deep and enduring desire to have Wyclef Jean's babies.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Looks like a Vegas review, at one of the B-list casinos on the strip, circa 1982.

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Whats with the guy busting a sag?

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Jennifer
2 years ago

This show could use Jack Rudolph, Action Executive.

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flem
2 years ago

BG where do I find that video you have been speaking of?

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Burt Bacharach is half-loaded, no?

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Jim Tourtelott
2 years ago

Shakira has an excellent navel.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Yay for the Chicks! Also, Burt Bacharach: 100 years old and still freakin' awesome.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

flem - post above this one, though the youtube video doesn't seem to be "public" yet...

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Oh please, spare me the crying Dixie Chicks.

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Jennifer
2 years ago

"Asner was planning to show up and growl Ã¢â‚¬Å“MacaoÃ¢â‚¬Â repeatedly..." Much in the flavor of Leonard Nimoy and his hit record, "Bilbo, Bilbo".

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dptp
2 years ago

WHAT did i miss something Best Song of the Year - Dixie Chicks no way

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Are you kidding me BG?

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Jennifer
2 years ago

I'm happy for the Chicks.
As for Burt, he just lost a daughter, I'm guessing that's aged him even more.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

I think I approve of the Iraq War now...
Woah! "Tempted" in a beer ad! I think I approve of beer now!

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Blue Girl
2 years ago

I can't keep up with all the comments, but brushabrusha -- what do you mean, am I kidding? About what?

YOU THINK JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE'S ALL SEXY! DON'T YOU?!

:)

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Jim Tourtelott
2 years ago

Well, now that the Chicks have won Song of the Year, the Austin contingent can go read a book. It's been nice typing with you, folks.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Ouch, didn't know that about Bacharach - sad.

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Blue Girl
2 years ago

Admit it! You loved those shots of him singing all close up in that video camera!

Admit it!

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

He looked like a pet rodent in a habitrail.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

She stole Joan Crawford's dress!

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Ohhhh... The Dead... Ooooh, the things I could say but am repressing because of Polite Company.....

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Jennifer
2 years ago

Gnarles sounds waaaaay off! I can't tell if it's really wrong or just a new angle.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Gnarls Barkley is my inner child.

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dptp
2 years ago

Madison says "rotglol" (rolling on the ground laughing out loud).

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Nice 18 seconds they gave the surviving dead - Gnarls, yeah - saw these guys a couple weeks back in Tampa. Interesting. Big band - 11-12 pieces, I'd expected all samples and backing tracks but they played all this stuff live, and I kinda liked it.

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Jennifer
2 years ago

"OhhhhÃ¢â‚¬Â¦ The DeadÃ¢â‚¬Â¦ Ooooh, the things I could say but am repressing because of Polite CompanyÃ¢â‚¬Â¦.."

Say it, SAY IT, NEDDIE!!! You can always blame the pain killers.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Gnarls Barkley: Unreserved admiration: I LOVE this song!

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Blue, this is nothing compared to the video of them performing the same song...in Star Wars costumes.

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

About as sexy as my daughters hampster!

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Jennifer
2 years ago

Damn! Did I misspell Gnarls??? I'm misspelling everything! I'm blaming my cold medicine and lack of oxygen.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

"George Bush hates black people."

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flem
2 years ago

I'm miss the old days...the Dead...what memories...too bad I don't have any left!

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Bill O'Reilly and Oprah?

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Was out of the room for Ludacris -- DID HE JUST THANK BILL O'REILLY?????

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Jennifer
2 years ago

BG- I'm not sure my sick bod can take lasting through the Justin Timberlake duet... not unless he's singing with Ed Asner, so I'm signing off. This viral-ridden person needs to go to bed.

Catch you in the AM.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Oh! Irony!!!

(...right...?)

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

BG, isn't this text messaging, but for grown-ups?

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Blue Girl, where's my vodka?

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Shayera
2 years ago

BG, you are too funny! I go away to do laundry (okay watch Rome) and find I've been name checked in the live blog! And I did turn down an invite to the Grammys. This is way more fun.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

The Google and Wikipedia just 'splained it to me. Bill O'Reilly and Oprah have both publicly gone after him as an example of the social evils of rap or whatever. Ludacris lurvs Bill so much that he mentions him several times in his songs "Blow It Out" and "Hoes In My Room".

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

I just became a major Ludacris fan. Always dug the name, of course.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Hee hee!!!!

Sorry, Mary J., but you were flat on that last triumphant note, sweets... Better go back and work some more....

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Another "Yay!" for the Chicks, and yeah, Mary J. did seem to run out of steam on that last note, didn't she?

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Im with you on the tatoos blue girl, but the dixie chicks just won again, I might have to sign off.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Oh, gee... D. Chicks again. This may have just gotten not only Boring but Predictable. That Alan Jackson album was good...

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Res Publica
2 years ago

What in the world is going on with her dress? It looks like she just discovered pirate treasure or something.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

A little reporting, folks.
In non-TV awards:

Best Pop Instrumental Album
Fingerprints
Peter Frampton

Best Electronic/Dance Album
Confessions On A Dance Floor
Madonna

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Bob Dylan
Track from: Modern Times

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Dani California
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
The Wizard Turns On...
The Flaming Lips

Best Rock Song
Dani California
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley

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flem
2 years ago

just one more thing before I'm off to bed....

I DIG Natalie Maines' husband!

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Jim Tourtelott
2 years ago

I'm glad I stuck around long enough to hear Natalie unveil her inner Nelson Muntz, but now I think I really will read nyself to sleep. Night, all.

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

By Flem.

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

Now Bob Wills - *there's* something cool!

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Jesus Christ -- Bob Wills and Don Henley in the same goddamned Paragraph...
My cynicism grows ever greater.

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flem
2 years ago

miss you, brusha, BG and dptp.

this was the weekend we were suppse to all hang at my place. Can't wait to see you all!

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Izzat Leon McAuliffe?!?!?

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

A-and JOHNNY GIMBLE!

Glad I stayed up!

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flem
2 years ago

I'm into the Dixie Chicks, BG. I've got everything but their latest in my iPod.

ok. Now I'm off to bed.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

How does "hotel California" even qualify as country music????

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Hehe, thanks Blue! OH MY GOD WHO IS THIS?? Good lord....the horror.....

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Yeah man, the two giants of Texas swing - Wills and Henley.

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Neddie Jingo
2 years ago

Admission time: Sitting on this couch is really starting to hurt -- not the subject matter, which I could ridicule all night -- but I've only had this hip for a week, and my physical capabilities are pretty limited.... Nighty, all...!

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

Wow! What a cool performance!

And now, man, what a contrast - Worst Hotel California Ever.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Night Neddie :)

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

Night, Ned - glad you got to see at least a *little* good playin' :)

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Who is this bloated, spiked monstrosity?

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Ol' Pal D
2 years ago

Looks like he got while the gettin' was still good... that whinin' guy's back again. I've had it, the wife's asleep on the couch, I'm out.

Thank you very much, Blue Girl, for the very entertaining evening. SkÃƒÂ¸l!

D

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Ned, I'm jealous of your mind-numbing drugs - especially during that bizarrem unending, slick modern country tribute to the Eagles - what were they thinking???!!!

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sean
2 years ago

Bizarre, they bring out Ornette--then make him give an award to carrie underwood?

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Thank you God for picking me to WIN!!! Barf.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

My youngest calls her Carrie Underwear

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Time to switch over to Cartoon Network for Adult Swim...

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

She sure is cute though.

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Blue Girl
2 years ago

I have a feeling people may be droppin' out and goin' to bed. Is that true? I haven't been able to keep up with comments. Just read a quick comment about Jeddie's loins. I'm here till the end, swingin' hipsters.

Question: Who's Fergie? Royalty Fergie? Weight Watcher Fergie? Or is there a music Fergie that I'm unaware of?

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Blue Girl, read your comments, they're droppin like flies...

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Res Publica
2 years ago

I'll be here until the bitter end...just watching cartoons. And no, it's not weight watchers Fergie. It's skank Fergie.

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

fergie is the girl in the Black Eyed Peas.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

"In the funky half century that followed..."? Do you think his soul died a little when he read that?

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Smokey!

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Res Publica
2 years ago

AGH! That switch to the close-up almost made me choke on the Nutella that I'm spooning out of the jar directly into my mouth.

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Shayera
2 years ago

Okay, I'm back.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Lionel's still smoove as hell.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Howdy, Shayera :)

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Shayera
2 years ago

If it makes you feel better, Carrie Underwood's win for Best New Artist guarantees that she's now going to disappear.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Pride of Tuskegee, Alabama...

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Res Publica
2 years ago

And now, back to our regularly scheduled insanity.

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Shayera
2 years ago

Hi Res!

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Wow, do I ever think she's about 98% overrated.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Christina "Too Much Melisma" Aguilera - just sing, damnit - you have a terrific voice and great range, drop at least half the stupid vocal chord tricks.

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Tony Alva
2 years ago

OK I'm back. Rome was awesome. Looks like I didn't miss much. Carrie Underwood two grammy's. The world will end soon.

That kid could dance but what he was singing was DEFINATELY NOT R and B.

Christina can fucking wail!!! She's awfully easy on the eyes too.

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steverino
2 years ago

Just tuning in. Have I missed anything? What is Tom going to be in my office at 8 a.m. talking about?

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Res Publica
2 years ago

The influence of her style is everywhere....it's the American Idolization of American pop music.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

No respect for the melody ... it's the American Idol syndrome. She should have actually listened to Smokey.

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Didnt think Christina was all that great.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Best live performance at the 2007 Grammys right there...

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steverino
2 years ago

Hey! Who're the SOB's who graffitti'ed the kid's Baldwin?

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Res Publica
2 years ago

If our elected officials gave a tinker's damn about what We The People think, a lot of things would be very different. But they aren't, and seeing as how my elected officials have ignored my wishes concerning a freaking WAR, I'm not going to bother to call them about music education programs.

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steverino
2 years ago

Holy crap Buck Owens is dead?

Ed Bradley???

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Howard Greenstein
2 years ago

I'm on Tivo, so I'm a bit behind, but I was struck by the Shakira performance (struck perhaps isn't the word) and thought about a comparison to Elvis on Ed Sullivan.
Sullivan wouldn't let Elvis shake his pelvis. Shakira performed what Blue Girl described as a vaguely pornographic dance, and it is nothing to bat a prime-time eyelash about.
Progress?

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Breaking news: I need a red sequined cape. Immediately.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Billy Preston, we hardly knew ye...

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Shayera
2 years ago

Res, sequins will just fly off. Knit a red cape with sparkly beads. It can be done.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Sadly Res, it'll probably be on eBay shortly...

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Okay, her back-to-the-seventies outfit is TOTALLY AWESOME

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steverino
2 years ago

Beatles = four people
Police = three
Losing count of the number of folks backin' up ol' ludacris
Not that it's overkill or anything

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

"I can only guess what you're going through ladies" - yeah, a true feminist.

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Barbara
2 years ago

Who is the dude channeling Tiny Tim and being taken seriously?

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Res Publica
2 years ago

steverino, that's very popular these days, isn't it? Performances where the singer has like 600 dancing people behind him/her, I mean. A cast of thousands!!! The performances can be entertaining, but if you're actually trying to hear the music, it can be distracting. To me, at least.

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steverino
2 years ago

It's all about Cosimo Matassa, ladies, and gents.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

I like him, Blue. A lot. In *that* way. I mean, he needs a shave and a haircut, but that's one of those easy after-market modifications...

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Im with you BG on James Blunt.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Did Madonna start that?

Paula Abdul did a lot to normalize the 100-backup-dancers performance, I think, but I could be wrong about that.

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

When is the hampster coming out?

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Bill Smalley
2 years ago

I am here as poof? Is that what Jennifer said?

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Well it's a great song - except for the stupid i-knowa-iknowa

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Oh no, he's dancing. Run away!

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steverino
2 years ago

Hate self for watching this junk. Good night gang. The show here at newcritics has been more entertaining that the the show on teevee.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Wow, she has great legs.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Are there any good songs anymore?

They all sound like this.

Damn, ain't that the truth.

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Bill Smalley
2 years ago

I agree, BG, she was being smothered. BTW so sick of Mary J. Blige.

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brushabrusha
2 years ago

Thats it, Im out...Dixie Schmixie.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

oh look, she's back with her crazy dress!

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

OK, cart the Dixie's away...they're tired, so are we. There's a reason I don't watch this except for the superb company here - it's looooong.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

OK, here come the Chili's....

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Nope - he's no Iggy. Details here.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Meh. Meh, meh, meh.

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Bill Smalley
2 years ago

Ok, the Chili Peppers are boring me. I usually like them. They seem so subdued. Maybe Flea will disrobe or something. Nice jumps tho!

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Al Gore in da house!

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Al Gore introducing the nominees for best rock album? That's just weird.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Oh Blue, shush about the tattoos. Tats are teh sexXxy and you know it.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

My wife just screamed - she loves the Chili Peppers. It's a good record, best in that class (Petty's is decent too).

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Shayera
2 years ago

Okay, off the phone with the parents and finally watching the show. The Police are teh awesome!
Jamie Foxx. Whatever.
And can't wait to see Al Gore.

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Well, we're closing in on the bitter end here, people. And before we all drift away, let's give it up yo (as Ludacris would say, I think), for Blue Girl - what a tremendous job at the command station of ice station newcritics. I tried to keep the engines running, but she steered the ship. As Steverino said, the show here was better than the one on our telly. Thanks BG.

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Shayera
2 years ago

BG, you did a great job.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Yay. That's all the yays they're gettin' from me, though. My yayer is tired.

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Res Publica
2 years ago

Sweet mother of god it's finally over. Blue, you rock my face, as usual. Great job! :)

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

See you all at the wrap party!

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Blue Girl
2 years ago

Thanks Shayera. Sorry you've got to watch it all alone now. Maybe other west-coasters will show up!

Night.

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Debbie
2 years ago

I'm "old" and I watched the Grammys too. I have to say I enjoyed your live-blogging comments better than anything written by any "professional" critic of the show. Nice job!

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blue girl
2 years ago

Thanks, Debbie!

:)

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Tom Watson
2 years ago

Not to mention the show itself...

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blue girl
2 years ago

Thanks, Tom. It was a sheer joy and complete pleasure to live blog The 49th Annual Grammy Awards.

I'm already preparing for next year. I plan to live blog it from the actual show though. In the front row. Or maybe up on stage, even.

Maybe I'll live blog it with Justin Timberlake. Or Luke Wilson. Hey! Maybe even Al Gore. Who knows. The possibilities are endless.

A lot depends on the travel budget you give me. (And I don't stay in no 3 star hotels, neither. Jus sayin'.)

:)

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