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08 February 2006
Grammy post ==bitch away
(i'll start you off--Madonna's way too old to be wearing a 70s leotard, but her 1978 haircut rocked--i'll bet she had one just like it in highschool)
i think Madonna's too stringy--for that look you can't be that thin and toned--you have to be more rounded (think Olivia Newton John in her Physical video).
I thought Madonna looked amazing, and her body is crazy for a 48 year old. She looked great in the leotard, but I was disappointed because I've seen her in it a zillion times already and was expecting her to wear something exciting and different.
I hate her hair with a passion though. It's really stupid, and unflattering. Ugh.
It never fails to surprise me how plain Kelly Clarkson looks. She's gotten better, but she never manages to pull it up to "gorgeous". Great voice, though.
Paul McCartney was pretty good, especially "Helter Skelter", or at least he was much better than the Stones were at the Super Bowl.
However, it worries me that he's using John Lennon lines, i.e., the "passed the audition" crack. It's either that he's trying to just associate the memory of the line with him instead, or he really doesn't remember at this point what John said or did instead of him.
Jon, they just announced a "historic appearance" by Sly and the Family Stone.
I just watched. That was tough to see. The tribute was embarassing for all involved. Sly showed a few signs of life near the end, but he looked...just gone. Sad end for a musical visionary.
Since roughly 90% of the Grammy recipients owe their existence to the innovations sly made 40 years ago, it's nice that they pay tribute, but it also shows how we've squandered his gifts in so many ways.
The Grammies are proof that 99 percent of everything is crap. Watching Paul McCartney was especially difficult - Helter Skelter with a backdrop of a roller-coaster was especially difficult, what with this song orginally being a reference to Charles Manson.
The best thing about the show so far has been John Legend and Madonna's 47-year-old thighs.
Oh, and Teri Hatcher showing up looking like she's been in a prizefight with double-black eyes.
Helter Skelter isn't about Manson, thespie. Manson interpreted the song as being a harbinger of upcoming race riots, which he referred to as "Helter Skelter."
Yep -- as Bono once said about "Helter Skelter," "This is a song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles. We're stealing it back."
Having said that I haven't watched the Grammys in years, and even with the promise of a Sly Stone appearance, I still couldn't bring myself to do it tonight. In fact, I've pretty much abandoned all awards shows except for the Oscars, and even that always makes me feel covered in a slight oily sheen of self-loathing for a few days afterwards. (Says the woman who still watches Survivor!)
It never fails to surprise me how plain Kelly Clarkson looks. She's gotten better, but she never manages to pull it up to "gorgeous".
Thank god, because that means there's still hope for us regular people. She rocks. I hope she never succumbs to going under the knife - we don't need any more plastic "gorgeous" people.
Teri Hatcher's dress was pretty but her makeup was horrendous.
Badump-dump. I wanted to watch it for sly and to be grossed out by madonnas yoga beef jerky (bless her heart!), but the kid needed extended help with her homework and then I had to watch some episodes of Lost on dvd. THEY ARE STUCK ON AN ISLAND OF MYSTERY.
Project Runway was good. The past two weeks though, they eliminated two guys I really liked, and kept Santino, who can't design his way out of a paper bag. He doesn't understand a woman's body at all, always loses sight of the design challenge, and is so freaking arrogant.
Santino is now a verb. When something (not necessarily clothing) is over the top or has way too much going on (like having ridiculously elaborate wedding decorations), it's said to be "santinoed", which is hysterical if you watch the show.
I like Daniel - too cute. I can't seen Santino or the Australian girl winning (she's too wishy-washy and easily influenced) so the winner is probably either Daniel or Chloe.
I'm sure this is really fascinating to anyone who doesn't watch the show. Which is probably most of you.
I know I'm out of touch with modern music when I heard that U2 had won for record of the year and the first thing I said to myself was "U2 has a new record out?" I couldn't remember the name.
I watched all of about 30 seconds of the show, so I missed damn near everything, not that it have mattered (see above). I would have liked to have seen Mariah, though. She's much better looking at her current size.
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