97. Grammy Fail... well, mostly

Eminem was nominated for 10 Grammys. He only won 2... that's a fail  in my book. On the bright-side Katy Perry didn't win a single Grammy....  SCORE.


My take on the 2011 Grammy Awards...

Awards
Notable Wins:
Best Rap Album: Recovery - Eminem

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Helter Skelter - Paul McCartney

Best Rap Solo Performance: Not Afraid - Eminem
(over: Drake, Ludacris, T.I., & Kanye West)

Best Comedy Album: Stark Raving Black - Lewis Black (gotta love him)
(over: Weapons of Self Destruction - Robin Williams)

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture etc: Crazy Heart.
(Just  watched this movie the other day and, even though I don't like 97% of  country music, the music in this movie was really good... as was the  movie itself)

Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture etc: Toy Story 3





Complete Robberies:
Record of the Year: Need You Now - Lady Antibellum
(over:  Love the Way You Lie - Eminem ft Rihanna, Nothing On You - B.o.B ft.  Bruno Mars, & Empire State of Mind - Jay Z ft. Alicia Keys)

Album of the Year: The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
(over: Recovery - Eminem)

Song of the Year: Need You Now - Lady Antibellum
(over: Love the Way You Lie - Eminem ft. Rihanna)

Best New Pop Artist: Esperanza Spalding (who in the eff is this? I don't think anyone knows)
(over: Justin Bieber, Drake, & Mumford and Sons)

Best Rock Album: The Resistance - Muse
(over: Jeff Beck, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty, & Neil Young)




Inbetween: Wish Eminem had won both of these but I can't really list them as robberies cuz Empire State of Mind is a good song.
Best Rap Collaboration: Empire State of Mind - Jay Z ft. Alicia Keys
(over: Love the Way You Lie - Eminem ft. Rihanna, & Nothing On You - B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars)

Best Rap Song: Empire State of Mind - Jay Z ft. Alicia Keys
(over: Love the Way You Lie - Eminem ft. Rihanna, Not Afraid - Eminem, & Nothing On You - B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars)




Funny:
Best Regional Mexican Album: No  Nominees... "There were fewer than ten artists  entered into this  category, so per Academy rules The Recording Academy  will not be  announcing nominations or presenting a GRAMMY Award in this  category  this year." hahah SUCKS...




Performances
Notable Performances: 
Love the Way You Lie/I Need a Doctor - Eminem, Rihanna, Dr. Dre, & Skylar Grey. (Eminem was sick)



Aretha Franklin Tribute - Aguilera, McBride, Hudson, Adams, & Welsh... stellar.



Forget You - Cee Lo Green & Gweneth Paltro (didn't realize Gweneth was such a good singer)


Mick Jagger brought the house down


Grenade - Bruno Mars (crazy throw-back rendition. very good)





Not AS bad as I thought they'd be:
Katy Perry - Her voice didn't sound atrocious for once.

Lady  gaGA - You're never going to get a 'normal' performance from gaGA, but I  thought her performance was much more reserved than it usually is...  which made it much more enjoyable.



Terrible Performances:
Arcade Fire

Muse

Bob Dylan - Gotta love the guy but he sounded absolutely terrible. Might be time to hang it up.



Embarrassments:
John Mayer trying to look like Johnny Depp

 
B.o.B. trying to look like... the monopoly man?

Mark Anthony... drunk?


Cee Lo Green... first of all his costume was whack. Second of all it looked like he completely forgot an entire line of this own song. It's all in the vid up above.



"...and that's all I have to say about that." kbye