Erin's Grammy Wrap-Up:

So I watched the Grammy's Last night...It was...um...interesting. I think that whoever put the show together had the right idea about opening with many different musical acts...they did a pretty okay job of moving from act to act until something went horribly wrong at the end of the opener. I can imagine the planning meeting now. It's 3 a.m. and the directors and producers are trying to figure out how to wrap it up and someone says... "hey, I know, how about we just give them no direction at all and let them figure it out on live t.v.... now that would be funny!" It could have been funny, but mainly it was just unpleasant, so I used that time to take a pee break.

Most of the performances were pretty good. I really enjoyed Joss Stone and Melissa Ethridge's tribute to Janis Joplin and the performance Usher gave was spot on. I don't really get into his music, but his voice and dancing was flawless. His partner James Brown seemed drunk, instead of that moment between them being cool, it seemed a little depressing. And just for the record, why didn't someone get that man a suit made of something other than hot pink polyester and fringe?

Other hi-lights of the evening? j.Lo's voice cracking during her and her husband's sappy rendition of what ever crappy song that was. Really really bad... Loretta Lynn wearing the worst nightmare of an eighties bridesmaid dress I have ever seen. Seriously, does any dress need that many bows? She also seemed drunk... Whoever's job it was to keep the old people out of the green rooms entire supply of liquor failed miserably.

The Tsunami aid song was a dismal failure...Stevie forgot the words, Norah sang off key, and the sight of Richard Tyler playing four maracas was just plain random. Note: Brian Wilson, ALSO DRUNK! Bono looked embarrassed and didn't sing for most of the song. Scott Weiland rocks, but on t.v. looking at him, he just look like an addict. I know he's supposedly cleaned up, but those hollow cheeks and grey teeth may him look scary.

My hero John Mayer won for best song, Daughters. It wasn't his best song, I can think of tons of other ones that he has written that are more subtle and smarter and just plain better. But, we'll take what we can get. Also, he was wearing a strange sort of Sergeant Pepper jacket while on stage....A sign of things to come? Maybe next year he'll have a beard....

All in all the Grammy's made for pleasant entertainment. At least when bad things happen it's usually funny, and it really makes you look forward to the performances that are actually good. A shout out to Jamie Foxx. I loved him as Wanda, but who knew he could sing and play piano too? Alicia Keys is so good it's unreal and Queen Latifah? Who knew she could sing...She's much better than J.Lo anyway. Then again who isn't?