Size matters, and Music's Biggest Night is this Sunday on CBS -- the 54th Grammy Awards hosted the coolest friend I have -- the great LL Cool J. This is going to be a Grammy night to remember. Am I biased having worked on the show for the past decade as a writer? Damn straight, I am, and proudly so. So here then from my backstage perspective are just ten reasons to watch every second of the show. Tune in and see for yourself. And until then, follow @TheGRAMMYs and me @wildaboutmusic for much more breaking Grammy news:
Because Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be playing, and he's the only boss still polling well in America.
Because Sir Paul McCartney -- who for my money is even more Fab than Sir Mix-A Lot -- will be performing too. Paul's excellent album of standards is called Kisses On The Bottom. Which is much classier than the album's working title -- Pecks on the Tushy.
Because the wonderful Nicki Minaj is performing and if you say her name three times quick, it sounds kind of dirty.
Because Adele -- who has six big Grammy nominations this year -- has now recovered from her throat surgery and doctors have declared that she is finally able to sing again -- unlike Mitt Romney.
Because Rihanna is performing with Coldplay, which should heat up the band's play considerably.
Because the fantastically prolific Taylor Swift may very well both start and end a relationship during the Grammy show, and then write a great, angry song about it by the end of the night.
Because this is Black History Month, and Jack Black is presenting.
Because you'll hear a sexy duet from Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson -- or as the tabloids have sexily dubbed them, "Jasonson." Okay, no one dubbed them that -- until now. Also Tony Bennett is singing a sexy duet with Carrie Underwood, and frankly, people are beginning to talk.
Because Newt Gingrich may be hosting the first-ever lunar Grammy party, but I hear ticket prices are out of this world. Speaking of out of this world, don't miss a typically exciting performance by Bruno Mars, who is all that's left of our American space program.
Because the remarkable Glen Campbell is going to give his farewell Grammy performance joined by Blake Shelton and The Band Perry.
Because the Beach Boys are not only reuniting and performing on the Grammy Awards -- they're also completely redefining the use of the word "Boys."
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However - whoever allowed that Minaj debacle to so closely follow the beautiful Hudson tribute song to Whitney should be flogged. From class to trash.
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But I've sat down and listened to everything Taylor Swift has recorded, and it wasn't easy. Prolific, yes. Great . . . sorry. I wish I could report otherwise. As long as corporate America rules the music industry, marketability is going to continue to replace talent.
I hope you'll watch the show and judge us on its merits.
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He was given a Grammy, and a nice video highlighted his career. Thunderous applause. Sinatra was highly emotional.
Yet, his comments were just shut off, as if he were some schlep. As if another 15 seconds would have mattered.
The 'Voice' silenced by the very industry he helped make massive fortunes for.
I've never forgiven the Grammys for this base humiliation for one of the greatest recording artists in the history of all recording artists.
So give us another shot.
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He has alzheimers now and I imagine the Grammy society is honoring him for his contributions to the industry while he can still appreciate the award.
You were great.
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classic moment: when jethro tull got an award for best (urp) heavy metal band, about 20 years after it had first made waves.
That Milli Vanilli won Best New Artist for 1989 and that Lionel Ritchie's "Can't Slow Down" beat Prince's "Purple Rain" and Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" for Album of the Year in 1984 taught me not to take who wins these awards seriously. Like the film and television Academies, the average age of the voter in the Recording Academy is 65.
However, I totally support the way that the Grammy's celebrate music and the whole spectrum of musical genres and I wish the Grammy's made the nominees listenable to the general public so that we could all share in their celebration the night of the ceremony.
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