Grammys 2005

A few unsorted thoughts:

1. Generally, it was a good show, and the performances were solid. Kanye's performance was nearly identical to the one he did on the Much Music Video Awards a few months back. It lost much of its lustre on this, its second viewing. Green Day were excellent. Marc Anthony sounded great, but looked like he'd been sleeping on a manhole cover all night and had been carted into the hall half an hour before his performance. "Across the Universe" was ... strange. A good try, I suppose.

2. Things that would be more uncool than Ellen Degeneres wearing an Iggy Pop shirt at the Grammys

-- Bono wearing an Iggy Pop shirt at the Grammys
-- Hilary Duff wearing an Iggy Pop shirt at the Grammys

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3. As if they hadn't sunk low enough with their "Downloaders = children of Satan" comments in past years, this year they tried playing sympathy for tsunami victims into sympathy for the "victims" of "illegal" downloading. Neil Portnow needs to FUCK OFF AND DIE. RIGHT NOW.

4. I wasn't at all surprised that Ray Charles took the top two awards, in fact, I predicted it. The dead and sick always do well at the Grammys.