Written by Larell Reynolds
And the Grammy for Album of the year goes to… Taylor Swift.
Great, the Grammys has officially turned into the dumps. Taylor Swift gets awards she doesn’t deserve while other performers get passed over.
Taylor Swift can thank one man for all her wins at awards shows these days and that man is named Kanye West.
If Kanye West did not run up on stage to humiliate Taylor at the MTV Video Music Awards, people would not see her as some sweet girl-next-door who tells her “life problems” through poetry accompanied by piano or guitar.
Now don’t get me wrong, I do like me some Taylor Swift music, but the awards shows these days are making it seem she is some musical genius or that her music somehow inspires us.
At best, her music is a little above average. Taylor needs to take a few notes from other performers like Pink.
Pink performed at the awards show in Los Angeles and Pink had the best performance of the night. Pink is one of those artists who have been constantly good but never received credit for her hard work. But let me tell you, when Pink started singing in a robe that was made for a nun, then striped to some striped fabric laced with “diamonds,” I was shocked.
Then we saw home girl fly into the air while singing live, getting drenched with water. I was on the edge of my seat because at anytime our lovely Pink could have fallen into the sea of audience members. During this performance you would think Pink joined Celine Dion in the Cirque du Soleil tour with all the acrobatic maneuvers she pulled off. Pink’s performance was, in one word, stunning. Now speaking about Celine Dion, she, Carrie Underwood, Usher, Smokey Robinson and Jennifer Hudson performed a heartfelt tribute to the late Michael Jackson. The performance would have been spectacular if CBS did not telecast the performance in 3D. Really? 3D?
Because I have my 3D glasses on hand for moments like this. I was too distracted by the outline of blue and red to get emotionally attached to the song, which was the “Earth Song” released in 1995.
Later in the show, Michael Jackson’s two eldest children gave a blessing on his father which was supposed to be endearing. However, it felt rehearsed, scripted and almost unbearable to watch.
The Grammys started with a bizarre performance from Lady Gaga singing “Poker Face” while the stage was fashioned into the “fame machine.” Later in the performance Gaga gets thrown into the “fame machine” and out comes Elton John at Piano singing “Speechless” with Gaga counter siding with “ashes” on their faces topped with specked out Gaga sunglasses. This performance really did make everyone speechless because without all the gimmicks, sequin and glitter, Lady Gaga does have talent.
However, the real “star” of the night goes to Beyonce for winning six trophies, a record for any female performer. However, Beyonce’s performance at the award show was beyond ridiculous. Beyonce entered the stage with an army of SWAT to basically do nothing while she sings “If I were a Boy” and if you think that was enough, Beyonce starts shaking her weave all across the stage, acting like it’s her real hair.
Yes Beyonce, we know La-Quisha from Weave-R-US does a real good job on your hair for the Grammys, but it does not give any excuse for you to shake that weave-tastic hair all around while you crawl on the stage. Beyonce, you are officially class-less. Please keep all dance movement to your music videos. As this year at the Grammys came to an end, we can look forward to the domination of Susan Boyle at next year’s awards and hopefully less Taylor Swift.
