Miss Keys opened the show singing a duet with Frank Sinatra (yeah, he's still dead, but his image was put on a Jumbotron and it was kind weird but cool) ... too bad Alicia sounded like she had a cold ... her and that screaming gotza go!!!
Alicia later received one of her 3 grammy trophies from Prince. And then we got a good look t the horrible ass dress ... Who told her she had cleavage? That looks horrible! When Prince outdresses you (looking like a red pimp) then you really got some problems. Alicia beat out my girls Chrisette, Mary and Fantasia for Best Female R&B Performance.
Alicia later made another costume change and performed her Grammy-winning hit "No One" for the umpteenth time. It was the EXACT same performance she gave on the MTV VMAs waaaaaaaaay back in August/September ... but who's taking notes besides me? lol.
American Idol Carrie Underwood came out looking SIZZLIN hot in this street-walking get-up. She performed her Grammy-winning single "Before He Cheats" (which I love) ... Good look C!
Cher came on stage to introduce Beyonce ... looking like a HOT ass mess ... like she got her gown from a swap meet and her hair from Boomshika's House of Hair or something ... Was this a tribute to Beyonce or a preview of her demise? I dunno .. U decide.
Oh, Beyonce ... WHYYYYY ... Will somebody PLEASE tell B to stop wearing hot pants??? Her thighs are wayyyy too big for that ISH ... She's skinny everywhere else but them legs ... WIDE!
Anyway, B came on in this horrid outfit and did some damn spoken word, abstract dance number paying tribute to female performers that came before her. Then she intro'd MISS TINA (not her mom, TURNER lol)
TINA TURNER came out in this silver get up and sang "What's Love Got To Do With It" ... looking SO DIVA! After that, Beyonce came back in a short silver dress (still showing them wide ass thighs) and sang Proud Mary ....
Thankfully Beyonce didn't try to outsing Tina because she was no match for Ms. Turner. But for real for real ... don't Tina look like Beyonce's Grandma .. Like she spit out Mrs. Knowles or something? I'm just sayin ...
Kanye West put on a very touching performance ... First doing his single "Stronger" looking like something out of Star Trek with neon lights all over his imitation Michael Jackson jacket and the word MAMA cut in his hair.
He later broke down and sung his single Mama .. YES SUNG ... and for a minute I didn't hate on him like I normally do ... cuz he was in pain and shared it with the world ...
Later, while accepting his award for Best Rap Album, he turned back into the Kanye I can't stand and told Common that he shouldn't have put out an album the same year as him cuz he wasn't gonna win ...
The Grammy people starting playing the music during his acceptance speech and he says "For real? Ya'll gonna play the music on me?" ...
He kept going anyway and when he started talking about his mom, Kanye turns to the cameras again and says "It would be in good taste for you to stop the music now" ... Yeah I agree but damn Kanye, you been up there long enough!
Much to everyone's surprise Jimmy Jam came on the stage like he was about to present and it somehow turned into an impromptu TIME concert when Morris Day (and Jerome's old ass STILL carrying that mirror) came out and started singing ...
For some reason Grammy producers thought it would be a good idea to pair Rihanna with them and have them back her up to sing her Grammy-winning single "Umbrella" ... It sounded awful and Morris needs to retire that suit AND that hairdo ... but Ri-Ri looked fab ...
One note though -- Do Rihanna and Prince have the same hairstylist? LOL .. I'm just saying ...
Somebody thought it was a good idea to let the Queen (Aretha Franklin) perform with BeBe and a choir ... They all looked a hot mess but props for bringing the Grammys to church!
Last but not least ... Miss Amy "Rehab" Winehouse ... who performed via satellite because she was denied a visa to come to the states.
I think she's oblivious to the fact that the whole world considers her a crackhead ... but whateva ... She performed "I'm No Good" and then went into "Rehab" (all the while I'm scream NO NO NOOOOO!) .. The whole performance reminded me of Britney's "comeback" on MTV ... it was painful to watch ... I was just waiting for her to fall over and at times she was slurring the words ... SMH.
Later she was given the Grammy for Record/Song of the Year (beating Beyonce and Rihanna) and they cut to her back in London. I swear she spent a good five minutes not believing that she won ...
After a hug from MUM, she came up to the mic and said "Fank Yoo" and dedicated her win to London ....
I'm pretty sure she was drunk and/or high the rest of the night (before checking into rehab, that is). Despite the drug ish ... AMY got FIVE Grammys and the bitch is BAD ...
Other noteworthy moments:
- This world-famous pianist that played with Herbie Hancock said he got the bug to play piano at the age of TWO after seeing Tom play in a Tom and Jerry cartoon lol ...
- Speaking of Herbie Hancock, he shocked the entire industry by winning Album of the Year (much to Kanye's dismay) for the Joni Mitchell Letters (?).
- Beyonce won NOTHING! HA! (okay I'm sorry lol)
- Rihanna and Jay-Z won for Best Sung/Rap Collaboration ("Umbrella") ... when Ri went up to get the award she literally SNATCHED Jay-Z out of his seat (next to B) and made him come up there. He returned the favor (and embarassment) by interrupting her speech onstage. B looked a little heated but I'm not saying nothing ...
- There was a rock-n-roll tribute that included Little Richard (who really needs to drop that LITTLE now ... he's a senior citizen ain't he??) ... the man slurred his words as much as Amy did .... It was a mess.
FOR A LIST OF ALL THE WINNERS AND PICTURES YOU DIDN'T SEE HERE ... GO HERE
