The 51st Grammy Awards — 2008 Awards Discussion.
 

airs tonight (2/8/09) at 8pm EST on CBS. i usually watch for some great performances. the awards...not so much.

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I hate the show but i will set the dvr for Radiohead and Coldplay.

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Looking forward to a few performances. Only watching because of our DVR.

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Great performance by Coldplay although i coulda done without Jay Z.

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Not too bad so far.

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only awards i give a shit about is best new artist (if the jonas brothers win, itll be a fucking disgrace to the award) and record of the year

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I don't see how the Jonas Brothers are any better/worse than the other nominees. But that's just me.

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my beef is that their first album came out in 2006, and was somewhat successful, and their most recent album came out in aug of 2007, hense they shouldn't be consitered a new artist. (dont get me started on Maroon 5

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Who was that playing with Sir Paul and Dave Grohl?

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I had heard about the USC band playing with Radiohead and first thought that it was going to sound forced but actually I liked it. Although, it was kinda weird to see Thom Yorke dancing around stage like that. I don't really remember him doing that much during concerts but then maybe thats because he's usually got a guitar on when he's on stage.

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I wasn't worried. When Adele (who I think deserved it) got nominations for Song and Record of the Year, it seemed inevitable to me that she would get Best New Artist.

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I only watched to opening to catch U2. WTF was up with Whitney Houston? Couldn't tell if she was going to go completely insane or just fall over and pass out.

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Man the Grammy Awards suck.

I couldn't take 10 minutes of that crap.

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who took record and album of the year?

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i agree this show bored me.

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I don't know who many of the nominees even are- but the performances have been surprisingly interesting to me. I couldn't take the 9 month pregnant woman and friends, Katie Perry, Carrie Underwood or the Jonas Brothers, but I think I watched the rest of the performances without resorting to the FFwd button.

I despise both Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift, yet I enjoyed their collaboration. Coldplay is always enjoyable, and Neil Diamond made me smile, even if it felt incredibly out of place. I may download Kid Play's "Amen" and that would be the first time I've even considered listening to one of his songs any more than I have to.

I normally get through the Grammy's really quickly, as I'm not a hip hop or rap fan, and most years feel heavy on those performances. This year they kept me interested, despite my initial fears after the first 15 minutes or so.

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Man...this show makes me glad that I don't listen to any of that crap, let alone know who most of them are. I literally only heard of the Coldplay song for the "Best Song" award...the other 3 were a complete mystery. I actually found myself routing for Coldplay...and that's just sad. Oh well, it served it's purpose...Blink is back together.

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I cannot believe LeRoi Moore was not mentioned in the tribute to those that have passed. Just awful.

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Judging by the few minutes I saw of the show through my dvr's ff, it appears as the bloated carcass of the major music industry is festering and decaying worse than ever.

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Chris Brown and Rihanna were no shows to the Grammys as Brown was arrested for allegedly assaulting an unidentified woman (read Rihanna).

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I watched it on ff this morning, but was that booing at the end when Robert Plant and Alison Krauss won album of the year?

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I'm still trying to figure out how Morgan Freeman and Kenny Chesney are BFFs...

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I have no idea who Katy Perry is but that performance gave me a stiffy.

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Was it me or were there just two members of Radiohead present?

The band was an interesting idea but failed IMHO. That performance is all I saw - perfect timing because it's all I wanted to see. Blech - pop music.

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Google her, there is a nice picture of her that she took herself.