With more performances and lights that Madonna’s half-time show, this year’s Grammy Awards was almost too much to handle. Between Nicki Minaj’s live exorcism and not having Maroon 5’s Adam Levine take his shirt off, the night was filled with confusion. However, one thing was clear about the Grammys: Adele was the star of the show and everyone else was just there to cheer her on.
This was Adele’s night. Her incomparable voice landed her six wins, giving her a perfect record for the night. She even beat out the likes of her toughest competitors, including Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, and Katy Perry. By the end of the night, she was the Meryl Streep of the music industry. With her magnificent voice, flawless British accent, and a little bit of snot, Adele can do no wrong.
Sporting a healthier weight, Adele sang, “Rolling in The Deep” beautifully. This is impressive considering it was her first public performance of the song since her recent vocal surgery. Adele’s final win for Album of the Year was the icing on the cake for the entire night, leaving her speechless with tears streaming down her face and even a little boogers falling out of her nose. With the recent loss of the great legendary Whitney Houston, finding the same soul and passion in an strong female artist like Adele is something that should be honored.
In her tribute to Whitney Houston, Jennifer Hudson exuded the same passion that Adele had shown. Hudson, one of the best performers of the night, proved that a simple soulful showing is better than an over-the-top, lip-synced spectacle.
When Nicki Minaj took the stage with her performance of “The Exorcism of Roman,” we weren’t sure what to think, but we’d sure love to know what the Catholic Church will think. Will the Westboro Baptist Church picket Nicki Minaj’s concerts now? Considering how easily they become upset over issues, anything can happen. Likewise, Chris Brown’s performances received horrible reviews. Between the bad lip-syncing and Brown’s past with domestic abuse, the irritable, sassy bloggers of the internet had a field day with Chris Brown last night.
Not only did girls tweet Chris Brown acknowledging that he hit Rihanna, but many of them gave Brown the power to hit them as well. Is it fair to ban Janet Jackson from the Grammys for her Superbowl nip-slip performance, but then allow Chris Brown to perform not only once, but twice at the Grammy Awards?
After seeing artists such as Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, and Whitney Houston all experience problematic issues with drug abuse, the media seems to keep putting out this message that drugs can lead to terrifying outcomes. However, it is astonishing that while they do mention the outcomes of drug abuse, the media fails to recognize the effects of domestic abuse.
According to the Domestic Violence Resource Center, “between 600,000 and 6 million women are victims of domestic violence each year, and between 100,000 and 6 million men,” depending on the type of survey used to obtain the data. This frightening statistic should be taken into consideration when allowing Chris Brown to sing — or lip-sync for that matter.
What happened to pure singing? Why does everyone lip-sync now? Instead of allowing their voices to shine, many artists including Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj turned to flashy lights and huge props to add an extravagance to their performances. However, instead of seeming like an experienced performer, both artists’ performances flopped. The night would have been a complete flop if it had not been for Adele.
Love Adele. Adele is awesome. Adele is not Whitney Houston.
the song was called Roman Holiday btw
^Agree with Ari. Am I the only person that didn’t know the Foo Fighters were still actually producing music?
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“What happened to pure singing? Why does everyone lip-sync now? Instead of allowing their voices to shine, many artists including Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj turned to flashy lights and huge props to add an extravagance to their performances”
You are aware that this was the grammys? And that they’re shitty pop acts, right? Pretty sure extravagant lights and set designs AND lip-syncing have been a huge part of pop music since the 80′s. Also please note that I’m not saying any of this is good, just that this isn’t a recent development in pop music.
And speaking from a singer’s pov, Adele’s performance was technically pretty awful. She basically shouted her way through that song, which is what made her need vocal surgery in the first place. She strikes me as not knowing all that much about how singing works.
@Joe,
She just got six gold trinkets that say she knows something about singing.
@Kyle
Grammys mean nothing. See the 51st grammy awards, where In Rainbows (the best album in years, and Radiohead’s best album by far) lost to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ fucking BLUEGRASS ALBUM.
@Joe, Sorry I must have missed the Reichel Awards, where you alone decide who is equivocally and objectively good and bad.
those radiohead fans
Not to make religion an issue in an article about the Grammys, but I think implying that the Catholic Church and Westburo Baptist Church are related is propogating a false perception.
^ word
@Kyle. How did you miss the Reichel awards?!?!? They were so good this year! The Zinn awards were pretty cool, but all the winners were sarcastic douchebags.
(I sweeped it, in case you were wondering)
This is a late response, but I found this post looking for ‘Who lip synched at the Grammys?’ while re-watching it.
Reichel’s commented that it’s nothing new. Okay. But it’s still something I don’t like, and I appreciated Costa’s question, ‘What’s wrong with just singing?’ I feel the same way and hate pop music because of how overproduced most every artist is. Lyrics don’t matter anymore and it makes me sick.
Just because something has become common doesn’t mean it’s good. Want to see a great musical performance? Get the DVD ‘An Evening With The Dixie Chicks’. Everyone’s live, voices and instruments shine, and it feels filled with heart. Much as I liked Taylor Swift’s ‘creation’, I would have been happier to hear imperfection and depth of spirit.