I loved that Radiohead was backed by the USC drums and brass and all that…(Go, tuba guys!)
And, yes, that Lil’ Wayne youngster is quite cute and talented (especially when temporarily backed by the glorious Allen Toussaint).
Ditto, Coldplay. (Hey, even their girlfriends are famous.)
But it was great to see Robert Plant and Alison Krauss win the Grammy’s Album of the Year for the T-Bone Burnette-crafted Raising Sand. Was it a CD that broke boundaries? Nope. It was just really good music, played by some very, very good musicians.
B-B King rocked. M.I.A. was cooly gutsy singing with the boys in her see-thru, about-to-deliver (literally) mini dress.
And all praise belongs to Jennifer Hudson who, after a year that would leave many of us unable to speak or walk around upright, gave a blow-the-doors-off performance—accompanied skillfully by our own local and terrific West Angeles Church of God in Christ Mass Choir.
Music is a good thing. Even glitzy, mainstream music awards shows.
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(NOTE TO CHRIS BROWN’S MOTHER: Your child, while technically an adult, appears to be badly in need of a time out.
NOTE TO RIHIANNA’S MOTHER: Your child (while technically an adult too) also appears to be in need of a a time out until she develops better sense about boyfriends.)
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Back to our regularly scheduled programming tonight.