AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Thursday, February 09, 2006 ----- BODY: What lasted almost a half an hour on television last night other than Madonna's/Gorillaz opening number? That's about the total time combined that my TV was tuned to CBS! This event is more like a circus than an award show, and every year resembles that huge mess that's seen on MTV more and more. First of all, I liked the Gorillaz. It's a good gimmick. Have someone come up with some nifty 3D animation and you don't have to bother getting stagefright. Good song too except for the fact that if the Gorillaz would have shown their real faces on stage, Madonna would have knocked them off. Good for them that they're cartoon characters! After such a long opening number with the same chorus over and over, it made me realize that "Hung up" is a really annoying song. The U2 factor The people that choose who the winners are must REALLY love U2 to overlook the fact that their record dropped in September 2004. The way I see it, they should have been nominated last year. I noticed this a few years ago with their last album too. How many years in a row will these guys be nominated for a two year old record? I think winning five awards for "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" is a real stretch...even considering I'm a big fan. The record isn't really their best piece of work! Thanks to "American Idol" for mass producing Kelly Clarkston All my doubts were swept away. Kelly Clarkston is finally a pop star. The three judges on American Idol couldn't be happier. Yes, what the world needs now is another Celine Dion or Miriah Carey (since she got snubbed in a big way). Kelly is already letting success go to her head. It's been said that she's not too happy with contestants on "Idol" singing her songs, or should I say, "butchering" her songs. Wait a minute, those songs she won the Grammy's for don't even belong to her...she may have sang them, but she didn't write them! Sly Stone was in a big hurry, but had no place to go. It was supposed to be a big surprise however, someone let the cat out of the bag and it almost didn't happen. If you blinked, you may have missed the impromtu walk on by 1970's legend Sly Stone sans The Family. I thought the guy that walked out on stage with the blonde mohawk was the singer from "Living Color" (Cult of Personality). Stone last staggered onstage in 1987 for his induction into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame". He's said to have stage fright. I guess he's not used to appearing on stage sober as his history of drug abuse dissolved his band eons ago. They say that Sly Stone prefers to fly under the radar...Doesn't pose for pictures or grant interviews. So, in other words, the above photo from last night is rare. I say, for someone that doesn't want people to notice him, put a hat on! He played a couple of notes and then took off. Now, people were making a big deal about his being there. Okay, he was an important part of Woodstock, but that also was decades ago. Springsteen and U2's Edge were thrilled to have him come out on stage though. Maybe we'll see Stone again in another twenty something years?! Personally, I thought he was killed in Hurricane Katrina! Finally, before we end the show, it's time to get serious. Whenever I see that C.E.O. of the recording union come out on stage, I know there's trouble. Let's keep beating a dead horse with Hurricane Katrina and begging for money to send to the Red Cross. The guy talked about all the good music that displaced by the storm. Like "who?" The Neville Brothers? Dr. John? Harry Connick Jr.? If they were all swept out to sea, I wouldn't care one way or another. The people that wanted to get out of Dodge are up this way now. They never had it so good. This government gave them housing, a job, and oh yeah, a $250 gift card to Target! I say, save the blues for Chicago and St. Louis. Last year they wanted money for the Tsunami and now this. Enough is enough already! THAT'S the way I see things today! -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: The 2006 Grammy's greatest two moments!

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Thursday, February 09, 2006

The 2006 Grammy's greatest two moments!

What lasted almost a half an hour on television last night other than Madonna's/Gorillaz opening number? That's about the total time combined that my TV was tuned to CBS! This event is more like a circus than an award show, and every year resembles that huge mess that's seen on MTV more and more. First of all, I liked the Gorillaz. It's a good gimmick. Have someone come up with some nifty 3D animation and you don't have to bother getting stagefright. Good song too except for the fact that if the Gorillaz would have shown their real faces on stage, Madonna would have knocked them off. Good for them that they're cartoon characters! After such a long opening number with the same chorus over and over, it made me realize that "Hung up" is a really annoying song. The U2 factor The people that choose who the winners are must REALLY love U2 to overlook the fact that their record dropped in September 2004. The way I see it, they should have been nominated last year. I noticed this a few years ago with their last album too. How many years in a row will these guys be nominated for a two year old record? I think winning five awards for "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" is a real stretch...even considering I'm a big fan. The record isn't really their best piece of work! Thanks to "American Idol" for mass producing Kelly Clarkston All my doubts were swept away. Kelly Clarkston is finally a pop star. The three judges on American Idol couldn't be happier. Yes, what the world needs now is another Celine Dion or Miriah Carey (since she got snubbed in a big way). Kelly is already letting success go to her head. It's been said that she's not too happy with contestants on "Idol" singing her songs, or should I say, "butchering" her songs. Wait a minute, those songs she won the Grammy's for don't even belong to her...she may have sang them, but she didn't write them! Sly Stone was in a big hurry, but had no place to go. It was supposed to be a big surprise however, someone let the cat out of the bag and it almost didn't happen. If you blinked, you may have missed the impromtu walk on by 1970's legend Sly Stone sans The Family. I thought the guy that walked out on stage with the blonde mohawk was the singer from "Living Color" (Cult of Personality). Stone last staggered onstage in 1987 for his induction into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame". He's said to have stage fright. I guess he's not used to appearing on stage sober as his history of drug abuse dissolved his band eons ago. They say that Sly Stone prefers to fly under the radar...Doesn't pose for pictures or grant interviews. So, in other words, the above photo from last night is rare. I say, for someone that doesn't want people to notice him, put a hat on! He played a couple of notes and then took off. Now, people were making a big deal about his being there. Okay, he was an important part of Woodstock, but that also was decades ago. Springsteen and U2's Edge were thrilled to have him come out on stage though. Maybe we'll see Stone again in another twenty something years?! Personally, I thought he was killed in Hurricane Katrina! Finally, before we end the show, it's time to get serious. Whenever I see that C.E.O. of the recording union come out on stage, I know there's trouble. Let's keep beating a dead horse with Hurricane Katrina and begging for money to send to the Red Cross. The guy talked about all the good music that displaced by the storm. Like "who?" The Neville Brothers? Dr. John? Harry Connick Jr.? If they were all swept out to sea, I wouldn't care one way or another. The people that wanted to get out of Dodge are up this way now. They never had it so good. This government gave them housing, a job, and oh yeah, a $250 gift card to Target! I say, save the blues for Chicago and St. Louis. Last year they wanted money for the Tsunami and now this. Enough is enough already! THAT'S the way I see things today!

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