GRAMMY Award Show Performances

The MP3.com staff stayed at the office last night to watch the annual GRAMMY Awards. I always get a kick out of watching the Grammy's, especially with others as we tend to add our own colorful commentary on the performances. Even though most of the music being celebrated is not relevant to my personal music preferences, it does showcase some of the artists raw talent. For instance, if I had to listen to Mariah Carey's album, I might invest in some sound blocking earplugs, but she does have a "good" voice. Same for the babbling Kelly Clarkson. I enjoyed Paul McCartney's "Helter Skelter" and Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska-esque "Devils & Dust". The Sly tribute was totally entertaining. Madonna and The Gorillaz was cool, somehow I knew she'd end up grinding the cartoon characters. Kanye and Jamie Foxx's performance was extremely bizarre, "Broke Phi Broke", WTF? I was happy to see Alison Krauss win. Also that Bowie and Merle Haggard won lifetime achievement awards and they both get props for not even showing up!