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Monday, January 27, 2014

Grammys 2014

Beyonce & Jay Z
Is any comment needed? Just look at this picture.

Lorde
Lorde absolutely ruled, weird witchy style, odd dancing and all. 

Hunter Hayes
Is that...is that a goat singing? Oh, no, just Hunter Hayes.

Katy Perry
DEMENTORS! FIRE! DANCING! WITCH COSTUME! GIANT BUBBLE! Good thing all that is going on so we don't notice the terrible, terrible music! 

Robin Thicke/Chicago
Do I even need to write anything for this? Everybody knows what I would say. I am seething. GAH.

Keith Urban/Gary Clark Jr.
Gary Clark Jr. was pretty awesome.

John Legend
I don't...I can't...blah.


Taylor Swift
My neck hurts just watching this!

Pink & Nate Ruess
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BRUNO MARS!!!!!!! Also, Cirque du soleil, anyone? I'm definitely not the biggest Pink fan, but that was definitely impressive. Wow. But I have to say, I was pretty disappointed with the second song. I love Nate Ruess, but he sounded like he was really straining his voice. I have to wonder if he's still having vocal issues, as he mentioned he was having a while ago. Especially since I know he's sounded infinitely better singing this song in the past. And he's proven before that he can really sing.

Ringo Starr
Still fantastic and adorned in a brightly colored suit, Starr rocked "Photograph" from his 1973 album.

Kendrick Lamar & Imagine Dragons
This was an interesting performance. There was some cool stuff going on with the drums, and the energy from both of them was crazy, but there was still something a little lacking about this performance.

Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr
YES. With McCartney on his brightly painted piano with Starr on drums, the pair of Beatles performed “Queenie Eye” from Macca’s latest album, New. The tempo was upbeat and McCartney commanded the vocals like a legend.

Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, and Blake Shelton
This is a mess....I'll start reviewing these again as soon as something good happens.

Daft Punk & Pharrell & Stevie Wonder

Sara Bareillies & Carol King

Metallica & Lang Lang
Wow. The highlight of the night came in this huge, crescendoing, virtuosic performance. To quote Rolling Stone, "It reached its apex when Hammett played his regular solo and Lang Lang banged out discordant, modern classical motifs. Both Hetfield and Hammett gathered around him, and – with Pharrell Williams' approval in the audience – the "One" came full circle."

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis & Queen Latifah & Madonna
Did Queen Latifah just marry a bunch of people or...? Also, how many more times is Macklemore going to play this song at awards shows?

Queens of the Stone Age & Nine Inch Nails & Dave Grohl & Lindsey Buckingham
Thank the lord for good music. Despite it being cut off before it was finished (!!), this was a fantastic performance. To quote Rolling Stones' review, "If someone were to isolate the tracks of the song, it might sound like pretentious noodling – a little EDM flourish there, some jangly country guitar there, some Muppet-like drum crushing from Grohl and a whole lot of sweet vocal harmonies. But together, it made for a sound that was far trippier than the lighting rig but also something that was more than the sum of its parts." Josh Homme is impossibly, effortlessly cool and I really wish I could have seen the entire song.

~Simone


WINNERS

Record of the year 
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- WINNER 
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons 
"Royals" -- Lorde 
"Locked out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars 
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell

Album of the year 
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles 
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk -- WINNER 
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar 
"The Heist" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 
"Red" -- Taylor Swift

Song of the year 
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- P!nk featuring Nate Ruess 
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars 
"Roar" -- Katy Perry 
"Royals" -- Lorde -- WINNER 
"Same Love" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best new artist 
James Blake 
Kendrick Lamar 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER 
Kacey Musgraves 
Ed Sheeran

Best pop solo performance 
Sara Bareilles -- "Brave" 
Lorde -- "Royals" -- WINNER 
Bruno Mars -- "When I Was Your Man" 
Katy Perry -- "Roar" 
Justin Timberlake -- "Mirrors"

Best pop duo/group performance 
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- "Get Lucky" -- WINNER 
P!nk featuring Nate Ruess -- "Just Give Me a Reason" 
Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko -- "Stay" 
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell -- "Blurred Lines" 
Justin Timberlake and Jay Z -- "Suit & Tie"

Best pop instrumental album 
Herb Alpert -- "Steppin' Out" -- WINNER 
Boney James -- "The Beat" 
Earl Klugh -- "Handpicked" 
Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair and Richard Elliot -- "Summer Horns" 
Jeff Lorber Fusion -- "Hacienda"

Best pop vocal album 
Lana Del Rey -- "Paradise"
Lorde -- "Pure Heroine" 
Bruno Mars -- "Unorthodox Jukebox" -- WINNER 
Robin Thicke -- "Blurred Lines" 
Justin Timberlake -- "The 20/20 Experience -- The Complete Experience"

Best dance recording 
"Need U (100%)" -- Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E & MNEK
"Sweet Nothing" -- Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch 
"Atmosphere" -- Kaskade 
"The is What it Feels Like" -- Armin Van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie
"Clarity" -- Zedd featuring Foxes -- WINNER

Best dance/electronica album 
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk -- WINNER 
"Settle" -- Disclosure 
"18 Months" -- Calvin Harris 
"Atmosphere" -- Kaskade 
"A Color Map of the Sun" -- Pretty Lights

Best traditional pop vocal album 
"Viva Duets" -- Tony Bennett and various artists 
"To Be Loved" -- Michael Bublé -- WINNER 
"The Standards" -- Gloria Estefan 
"Cee Lo's Magic Moment" -- Cee Lo Green 
"Now" -- Dionne Warwick

Best rock performance 
Alabama Shakes -- "Always Alright" 
David Bowie -- "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" 
Imagine Dragons -- "Radioactive" -- WINNER 
Led Zeppelin -- "Kashmir" 
Queens of the Stone Age -- "My God is the Sun" 
Jack White -- "I'm Shakin' "

Best metal performance 
Anthrax -- "T.N.T." 
Black Sabbath -- "God is Dead?" -- WINNER 
Dream Theater -- "The Enemy Inside" 
Killswitch Engage -- "In Due Time" 
Volbeat featuring King Diamond -- "Room 24"

Best rock song 
"Ain't Messin' 'Round" -- Gary Clark Jr. 
"Cut Me Some Slack" -- Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear -- WINNER 
"Doom and Gloom" -- The Rolling Stones 
"God Is Dead?" -- Black Sabbath 
"Panic Station" -- Muse

Best rock album 
Black Sabbath -- "13" 
David Bowie -- "The Next Day" 
Kings of Leon -- "Mechanical Bull" 
Led Zeppelin -- "Celebration Day" -- WINNER 
Queens of the Stone Age -- "... Like Clockwork" 
Neil Young with Crazy Horse -- "Psychedelic Pill" 

Best alternative music album 
Neko Case -- "The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You" 
The National -- "Trouble Will Find Me"
Nine Inch Nails -- "Hesitation Marks" 
Tame Impala -- "Lonerism" 
Vampire Weekend -- "Modern Vampires of the City" -- WINNER

Best R&B performance 
Tamar Braxton -- "Love and War" 
Anthony Hamilton -- "Best of Me" 
Hiatus Kaiytoe featuring Q-Tip -- "Nakamarra" 
Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar -- "How Many Drinks?" Snarky Puppy with Lala Hathaway -- "Something" -- WINNER

Best traditional R&B performance 
Gary Clark Jr. -- "Please Come Home" -- WINNER 
Fantasia -- "Get It Right"
Maysa -- "Quiet Fire"
Gregory Porter -- "Hey Laura"
Ryan Shaw -- "Yesterday"

Best R&B song 
"Best of Me" -- Anthony Hamilton 
"Love and War" -- Tamar Braxton 
"Only One" -- PJ Morton featuring Stevie Wonder 
"Pusher Love Girl" -- Justin Timberlake -- WINNER 
"Without Me" -- Fantasia featuring Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliott

Best urban contemporary album
Tamar Braxton -- "Love and War" 
Fantasia -- "Side Effects of You" 
Salaam Remi -- "One: In the Chamber" 
Rihanna -- "Unapologetic" -- WINNER 
Mack Wilds -- "New York: A Love Story"

Best R&B album 
Faith Evans -- "R&B Divas" 
Alicia Keys -- "Girl on Fire" -- WINNER 
John Legend -- "Love in the Future" 
Chrisette Michele -- "Better" 
TGT -- "Three Kings"

Best rap performance 
Drake -- "Started From the Bottom" 
Eminem -- "Berserk" 
Jay Z -- "Tom Ford" 
Kendrick Lamar -- "Swimming Pools (Drank)" 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz -- "Thrift Shop" -- WINNER

Best rap/sung collaboration 
J. Cole featuring Miguel -- "Power Trip"
Jay Z featuring Beyoncé -- "Part II (On the Run)" 
Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake -- "Holy Grail" -- WINNER 
Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige -- "Now or Never" 
Wiz Khalifa featuring the Weeknd -- "Remember You"

Best rap song 
"F***in' Problems" -- A$AP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar 
"Holy Grail" -- Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake 
"New Slaves" -- Kanye West
"Started From the Bottom" -- Drake 
"Thrift Shop" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER

Best rap album 
Drake -- "Nothing Was the Same" 
Jay Z -- "Magna Carta ... Holy Grail" 
Kendrick Lamar -- "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- "The Heist" -- WINNER 
Kanye West -- "Yeezus"

Best country solo performance 
Lee Brice -- "I Drive Your Truck" 
Hunter Hayes -- "I Want Crazy" 
Miranda Lambert -- "Mama's Broken Heart" 
Darius Rucker -- "Wagon Wheel" -- WINNER 
Blake Shelton -- "Mine Would Be You"

Best country duo/group performance 
The Civil Wars -- "From This Valley" -- WINNER
Kelly Clarkson featuring Vince Gill -- "Don't Rush" 
Little Big Town -- "Your Side of the Bed" 
Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban -- "Highway Don't Care" 
Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton -- "You Can't Make Old Friends"

Best country song 
"Begin Again" -- Taylor Swift 
"I Drive Your Truck" -- Lee Brice 
"Mama's Broken Heart" -- Miranda Lambert 
"Merry Go 'Round" -- Kacey Musgraves -- WINNER 
"Mine Would Be You" -- Blake Shelton

Best country album
Jason Aldean -- "Night Train" 
Tim McGraw -- "Two Lanes of Freedom" 
Kacey Musgraves -- "Same Trailer Different Park" -- WINNER 
Blake Shelton -- "Based on a True Story" 
Taylor Swift -- "Red"

Best Latin pop album 
Frankie J -- "Faith, Hope y Amor" 
Ricardo Montaner -- "Viajero Frecuente" 
Draco Rosa -- "Vida" -- WINNER 
Aleks Syntek -- "Syntek" 
Tommy Torres -- "12 Historias"

Best Latin rock, urban or alternative album 
Café Tacvba -- "El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco" 
El Tri -- "Ojo Por Ojo" 
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas -- "Chances" 
La Santa Cecilia -- "Treinta Dias" -- WINNER 
Los Amigos Invisibles -- "Repeat After Me" 

Producer of the year, nonclassical 
Rob Cavallo 
Dr. Luke 
Ariel Rechtshaid 
Jeff Tweedy 
Pharrell Williams -- WINNER

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media 
"Django Unchained" 
"The Great Gatsby" (deluxe edition) 
"Les Miserables" (deluxe edition 
"Muscle Shoals" 
"Sound City: Real to Reel" -- WINNER 

Best score soundtrack for visual media 
"Argo"
"The Great Gatsby" 
"Life of Pi" 
"Lincoln" 
"Skyfall" -- WINNER 
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best song written for visual media 
Coldplay -- "Atlas" -- "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" 
Jessie J -- "Silver Lining" -- "Silver Linings Playbook" 
Adele -- "Skyfall" -- "Skyfall" -- WINNER 
Colbie Caillat featuring Gavin DeGraw -- "We Both Know" -- "Safe Haven" 
Lana Del Rey -- "Young and Beautiful" -- "The Great Gatsby" (deluxe edition) 
Regina Spektor -- "You've Got Time" -- "Orange is the New Black"


Best music video 
Captial Cities -- "Safe and Sound" 
Jay Z -- "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film" 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton -- "Can't Hold Us" 
Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z -- "Suit & Tie" -- WINNER 
Jack White -- "I'm Shakin'"

Best music film 
Coldplay -- "Live 2012" 
Green Day -- "¡Cuatro!" 
Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite -- "I'm in I'm Out and I'm Gone: The Making of Get Up!" 
Paul McCartney -- "Live Kisses" -- WINNER 
Mumford & Sons -- "The Road to Red Rocks"

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