Great review and recap, Chip. I have to agree about the Madonna and Gorillaz performance. It started the show off on a high note.

While the energy for the start of the show was great, I really didn't think much of the opening act.

And, the segue from the acknowledgement of Robert Johnson into the mangled mash of rap was really a downer. Couldn't they have worked a moment of silence in there? In the real world, the Grammy for the blues categories would have been given at that time.

Grumble, grumble.

I would have to agree there, Joanie, a moment of silence would have been nice, or at least, as you suggested, a tie-in to fitting awards. (So many of them were given away before broadcast) But I guess they can't have both awards and great music and still keep the show at 3 hours.

"Tonight U2 got five statues, where in their entire career up until this point they had only three."

actually u2 won three awards last year alone. The 5 won this year brings their total number of Grammy Awards to 20

the line about U2's awards has been removed. I thought on the show they said they had won 6 total 3 of them being last night before they won their 2 onstage last night.

Ha...The Grammys. This is what people are raving about. The tribute performance was sad...A Star studded cast of nobodies.

It's always a sloppy mess when that many people play together and did you see Randy Jackson on bass? LOL, talk about mediocre.Here's a guy judging people on vocal talent and it looked like they turned him off. I tried and tried but I couldn't hear a lick from this jackass... I call it the Slipknot Disease,9-15 people playing instruments and it still sounded like 4. Plus all those vocalists that are used to being in the spotlight didn't know how to harmonize together and didn't know how to end that calamity. These people get caught up in their own styles that they can't play anything else.

These are the people getting awards for music?? Green Day and U2?? LOL, please let me know when they release something that is worth listening to instead of sugar coated garbage!!They should rename the award to "Best KNOWN Rock band".. All in All...The Grammys get 1 star...

I just don't get it about U2. But ok.
Grammys too much junk, videos. lasers, just too messy.
Loved Springsteen though.

My closest analogy for Mariah and the Grammy's is: Like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown, then pulling it away just as he tries to kick it. Of course he winds up with a foot full of air and on his back. Yet he keeps believing she will let him kick it. One day he will kick the ball like young Clark Kent in Superman I, Just as Mariah will walk with all the grammy's she deserves.
BTW I lost faith in the Grammy winner after they gave Bonnie Ratt Mariah's back in 199(whatever). Not to mention the whole milli vanilli thing. I'm like WTF do they know from talent.
The three grammy's won - (which they didn't televise) {mr. rogers voice}can you say DIS'ED boys & girls (I knew that you could) - were the first since 1990, despite the unparalelled & spectacular career in between.

If you get a chance to read this Mariah...hon. You won all 8 in my mind.

Time can't erase a feeling this strong.
Peace,
CSDJ

I'm sorry. I just can't take the Grammys seriously. They have nothing to do with who made quality music, or significant music, or interesting music. They have everything to do with who made well-selling music.

I thought the Madonna performance was overhyped and overrated. She danced stiffly and the song wasn't that great. Her singing voice isn't much to speak of either. I liked the Gorillaz song but the animation didn't translate well for tv. I thought McCartney's "Helter-Skelter" performance was good as was Springsteen's "Devils&Dust". The Sly and the Family Stone tribute reminded me of how good they were. Other honorable mention performances go to Jamie Foxx/Kanye West and Herbie Hancock featuring Christina Aguilera.

what's so great about U2 again? 20 grammies? sheesh.