Grammy Awards Hour 4

Yeah last hour! Okay there's not much to this hour and they're really trying to stretch things out with all the commercials. Lil Wayne and Robin Thicke perform a tribute to New Orleans. It starts off with the typical rapping/singing trade off, and then the wheels come off. During the bridge, a marching band comes out and people start dancing with umbrellas. I found myself saying "huh? what's going on???" This was definately one of the most odd-ball performances of the night.

Finally, we have Album of the Year winners Alison Kraus and Robert Plant. I have mixed feelings about this set. I was really enjoying the background music, but the vocals sounded.....off to me. Like they weren't harmonizing quite right. Unless that was the sound they were going for...


Stevie Wonder returns to sing us through the credits and there we have it...four hours of Grammy Awards. Even without giving out those pesky awards, the whole thing still managed to be overloaded and repetitive. There weren't any acts that really missed the mark, but then again, there weren't many "wow!" memorable performances. I would have liked to have seen Kings of Leon perform, not just sit in the audience (not that they could have saved the proceedings from sinking into the doldrums, but it still...).
Until next year!