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The 51st Grammy's

Kingsley
edited February 2009 in General
Did anyone catch it? (between flippings of Cast Away and Ray both playing on tv)

Lil' Wayne, TI, Jay-z and Kanye performed with a pregnant MIA.

Robert Plant f/ Led Zeppelin got two awards including album of the year w/ Alison Krall.

Coldplay did NOT win album of the year but won rock album of the year for Viva La Vida or death of all his friends (is that what it's called?)

Rap album went to CARTER III

hmmm... Jennifer Hudson performed, along w/ Coldplay featuring Jay-z, Kid Rock performed...

DID ANYONE CATCH THE SHOW ON TV???
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  • imelting
    edited February 2009
    i saw some of it, glad i caught the swagger like us performance, was waiting for it

    a lil surprised TI didnt get rap album, like it better than carter iii personally
  • Simon604
    edited February 2009
    I was flippin back and forth between the Grammy's and Castaway. Coldplay's performance and win was awesome...as was the Swagger Like Us performance. I don't understand why MIA would perform when she was so pregnant, it looks like she was about to burst lol
  • lazyGUY
    edited February 2009
    swagger performance sucked, mia was the only decent performer lol

    and i heard chris brown opened a can of whoopass on Rhianna lol
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    lazyGUY;47395 said:
    and i heard chris brown opened a can of whoopass on Rhianna lol
    Yes, Rhianna is hospitalized right now with visible bruises on her face and body. What kind of asshole does this to one's girlfriend?

    What I don't understand is that now a small guy like Chris Brown can get a drop on Rhianna and what possessed him to do such as thing. I can totally see gangsta rappers doing this to their girlfriends (no offense) and their friends, but Chris Brown doesn't look like the violent, thuggish type.
  • IVTIVT
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;47397 said:
    Yes, Rhianna is hospitalized right now with visible bruises on her face and body. What kind of asshole does this to one's girlfriend?

    What I don't understand is that now a small guy like Chris Brown can get a drop on Rhianna and what possessed him to do such as thing. I can totally see gangsta rappers doing this to their girlfriends (no offense) and their friends, but Chris Brown doesn't look like the violent, thuggish type.
    i heard she gave him herpes


    I can't believe Death Magnetic didn't win Rock Album of the Year:angry:
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    IVT;47406 said:
    I can't believe Death Magnetic didn't win Rock Album of the Year:angry:
    It is not a matter of how good you are, but how much the record company paid the judges.

    For example, back in the 45th Grammy Award, the only reason Norah Jones won the Best New Artist award and not Avril Lavigne is because Norah Jones is an American. Honestly, who listens to Norah Jones here? A show of hands? Anyone? No one, Ok.

    However, since relations between Canada and the US at the time were highly strain because we choose not to invade Iraq. The American, swept up in patriotic fervor, were unhappy with Canada and gave the award to Norah Jones instead of Avril Lavigne because Avril is Canadian.
  • randomuser
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;47407 said:
    It is not a matter of how good you are, but how much the record company paid the judges.
    Oh Lord.

    Coldplay won because their album was just plain better, have you listened to it?

    As well, your Avril Lavigne theory is way off. Her album was childish, albeit catchy, she lost because the other album was just better rounded.
  • IVTIVT
    edited February 2009
    randomuser;47408 said:

    Coldplay won because their album was just plain better, have you listened to it?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_la_Vida#Plagiarism_allegations

    i still think Death Magnetic should have won.
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    randomuser;47408 said:
    Coldplay won because their album was just plain better, have you listened to it?
    Coldplay is nice and I am glad to hear that they won. I am glad that shams and corruptions did not cheat them of a well deserved Grammy Award. If you guys plan on accusing me to be flip-flopping because I am happy that Coldplay won while at the same time said "It is not a matter of how good you are, but how much the record company paid the judges." I am refering to the Grammy Award, safe for a few instances where justice prevail, as a whole.
    randomuser;47408 said:
    As well, your Avril Lavigne theory is way off. Her album was childish, albeit catchy, she lost because the other album was just better rounded.
    You are entitled to your opinion, but you can not deny the rise in anti-Canadianism in US at that time. It bound to play a role in one way or another. Seriously, they renamed French Fries to Freedom Fries and dumped a good bottle of French Wine into sewers at that time. To the Americans, giving Avril the award would be like giving a FRENCH writer instead of Tom Clancy a Literature Award.
  • Magnificent_BastardMagnificent_Bastard
    edited February 2009
    Grammy award winners Nelly Furtado, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, and Anne Murray would like to have a word with you, Desmond.
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    ^Was all that before the Iraq War when the American were still a beacon of democracy or after the Iraq War when the American realized that there were no WMD and they become the laughing stock of the world.

    Finally, many of them, particulary Celine Dion, are ACTUALLY GREAT singers and artists. No money can cheat them of an award.

    Another example of sham was when OutKast won the Album of the Year for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in the 46th Grammy Award. First of all, the song Hey Ya! sends shiver down my spine everytime I hear it and OutKast's performance during the 46th Grammy Award was highly offensive. Finally, what's so special about splitting an album into two and having each guy work on one CD?
  • Magnificent_BastardMagnificent_Bastard
    edited February 2009
    But if you think about the sheer number of American pop artists that are active in the US, compared to that of Canadian artists, it's easy to see why more Americans win. Afterall, it IS an awards ceremony presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the US.
  • lazyGUY
    edited February 2009
    outkast

    [youtube]x0Vy8PywZTM[/youtube]
  • imelting
    edited February 2009
    good music is good music, who really cares
  • randomuser
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;47417 said:
    ^Was all that before the Iraq War when the American were still a beacon of democracy or after the Iraq War when the American realized that there were no WMD and they become the laughing stock of the world.

    Finally, many of them, particulary Celine Dion, are ACTUALLY GREAT singers and artists. No money can cheat them of an award.

    Another example of sham was when OutKast won the Album of the Year for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in the 46th Grammy Award. First of all, the song Hey Ya! sends shiver down my spine everytime I hear it and OutKast's performance during the 46th Grammy Award was highly offensive. Finally, what's so special about splitting an album into two and having each guy work on one CD?
    What would WMD have to do with Canada? I dont think 911 has anything to do with anti-canadian sentiment. Also, Avril Lavigne is not french, born and raised Ontarian.

    You're reading way too far into it, isn't Diana Krall Canadian as well...?

    Avril's album was too popish, she would never have won, it would be like britney spears winning a prestigous award. I liked her first album, but I don't think it was grammy worthy.
  • flo-ra
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;47407 said:

    However, since relations between Canada and the US at the time were highly strain because we choose not to invade Iraq. The American, swept up in patriotic fervor, were unhappy with Canada and gave the award to Norah Jones instead of Avril Lavigne because Avril is Canadian.
    Norah Jones is better.
  • lazyGUY
    edited February 2009
    lol i recall student saying hes a huge fan of avril
    biased opinion much lol
  • JayDub
    edited February 2009
    His favourite song is girlfriend.
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    Alright, debating who's better in music is not going to get anywhere.
    randomuser;47434 said:
    What would WMD have to do with Canada? I dont think 911 has anything to do with anti-canadian sentiment. Also, Avril Lavigne is not french, born and raised Ontarian.
    Ok, there maybe some major misunderstanding. WMD and 911 have nothing to do with Canada or anti-Canadian sentiment. I am trying to say that Canada's decision to sit out on the Iraq invasion lead to some anti-Canadian sentiment in 2003. And of course I know Avril is not French, she is from Belleville, Ontario. I made the comment about French writer because the Americans at that time were EXTREMELY anti-French, especially if this French writer beat the all American patriotic writer Tom Clancy. Since the Americans are all swept up in patriotic and militaristic fervor, they probably are dead set against giving any award to anyone whose country not in their Coalition of the Willing.

    Still, this is just my opinion.
  • illicit
    edited February 2009
    lazyGUY;47395 said:
    swagger performance sucked, mia was the only decent performer lol

    and i heard chris brown opened a can of whoopass on Rhianna lol
    according to msn news on the bottom of msn messenger, it was not on rihanna but it was jennifer hudson.

    swagger performance was solid, pregnant mia only contributed slightly with that one line she has in that song.

    mia was looking REALLY pregnant, looked like she was due yesterday.
  • lazyGUY
    edited February 2009
    ok truthfully kanye is the only good one, jay z and ti are shit, and lil wayne? that guy fukin sucks at life
  • Kingsley
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;47407 said:
    It is not a matter of how good you are, but how much the record company paid the judges. Honestly, who listens to Norah Jones here? A show of hands? Anyone? No one, Ok.

    However, since relations between Canada and the US at the time were highly strain because we choose not to invade Iraq. The American, swept up in patriotic fervor, were unhappy with Canada and gave the award to Norah Jones instead of Avril Lavigne because Avril is Canadian.
    Aiight bring on the hate... but being a music buff, I'm soo down with Norah Jones lol. got all of her albums, though the latest one takes a while to get into...
    illicit;47464 said:
    according to msn news on the bottom of msn messenger, it was not on rihanna but it was jennifer hudson.

    swagger performance was solid, pregnant mia only contributed slightly with that one line she has in that song.

    mia was looking REALLY pregnant, looked like she was due yesterday.
    I heard on the beat that she WAS due that day. :omg:
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    illicit;47464 said:
    according to msn news on the bottom of msn messenger, it was not on rihanna but it was jennifer hudson.
    Wait, your sources said it was Jennifer Hudson that Chris Brown assaulted? How old was the sources? There are quite a number of conflicting stories when the story first came out. The worst part is that they didn't even ID the victim. The first story that I read sounds as though Chris Brown and Rhianna was together when Brown assaulted another woman.

    Ok, who's that in the pic?

    Rihanna_chris_before_fight.jpg
  • mrbubbles
    edited February 2009
    Guys interested in tabloids? God damn. This isn't shit I need to know.
  • Kingsley
    edited February 2009
    lazyGUY;47476 said:
    ok truthfully kanye is the only good one, jay z and ti are shit, and lil wayne? that guy fukin sucks at life
    wut u kidding me?? Jay-z -- don't wear skinny 'cuz my knots (nuts) don't fiit. that line just killed it.. lol
    (hip-hop talk)
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    mrbubbles;47547 said:
    Guys interested in tabloids? God damn. This isn't shit I need to know.
    I am interested in an ongoing criminal investigation.

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,491004,00.html
    http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/11/chris.brown/index.html?section=cnn_latest
  • siuying
    edited February 2009
    that's undeniably rihanna in the pic.. but yeah.. i was shocked when i read about this.. who would've thought chris brown could be so violent.. o.O
  • Simon604
    edited February 2009
    It's definitely Rihanna...and the reports of her injuries keep getting more and more exaggerated. I can't wait till Chris Brown actually speaks out about this because at this point it seems like he's just waiting for the LAPD to press charges.
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    Simon;47571 said:
    It's definitely Rihanna...and the reports of her injuries keep getting more and more exaggerated.
    According to a police officer at the scene, Rihanna's face was heavily brused and bloodied. Even I had a hard time picturing her injuries. As new detail began to surface, this assault being to sound more and more disturbing.

    http://ca.yahoo.com/s/853147
    I can't wait till Chris Brown actually speaks out about this because at this point it seems like he's just waiting for the LAPD to press charges.
    He should just safe it for his trial. Who knows, maybe Chris Brown is ready to accept a plead bargain from the DA for attempted murder in exchange for not being sent to a maximun security prison filled with guys wanting a piece of Brown.
  • lazyGUY
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;47606 said:
    . Who knows, maybe Chris Brown is ready to accept a plead bargain from the DA for attempted murder in exchange for not being sent to a maximun security prison filled with guys wanting a piece of Brown.
    hahahahahaha this was a joke right?

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