"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything." ~ Plato
Even though the 57th Grammy's was flawless, many of the performances were awesome. AC/DC were awesome and AC/DC have positive reviews in my book! It was awesome how they had legends such as Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, AC/DC, among others who have either performed or present an award. When Taylor Swift came out to present an award for Best New Artist, I liked her dress but however, it's a dress I personally wouldn't wear and I still enjoyed her dress! Congratulations on Sam Smith's wins (Record of the Year; "Stay With Me [Darkchild Verzion]; Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album). Pharrell Williams had put on an amazing performance of 'Happy' and when the church choir came out during the performance, they mad you want to party, high energy performance and the piano solo was fabulous. Way to go for the Asian dude playing the piano! I'm not a fan of country music but Miranda Lambert had a nice stage vibe and congratulations on her Grammy win of Best Country Album. I enjoyed both Kanye West's performance of 'Only One' and Madonna's performance of Living For Love. I have no complaints on Kanye West's performance. Madonna looks good for her age and I loved the choreography for her new song, 'Living For Love'. When Beyoncé won Best R&B Song for 'Drunk In Love' featuring Jay-Z, I thought Jay-Z should have gone on stage along with Beyoncé to accept the award since he was featured in 'Drunk In Love' and I believe he along with Beyoncé should have also received credit as well. It makes me wonder if Beyoncé was trying to save face with what's going on between her and Jay-Z since the elevator incident. As always, I realize their marriage isn't perfect as everyone wish to believe.
I'm not completely familiar with Ed Sheeran's music other than 'Thinking Out Loud' and not exactly my kind of music I would normally listen to on an average day. Yet, Ed Sheeran's performance was pleasant but enjoyable. Most of these artists I'm not familiar with such as Beck or haven't heard of. When Beck won an award for Album of the Year beating out Beyoncé, Kanye West was about to jump on stage and I would have loved to hear what he had to say. As they say, history was about to repeat itself when Kanye West jumped on stage and bitched about how Beyoncé should have won the award. If you're not a Beck fan or never heard of him, chances are, you're probably like: "Who the heck is Beck? Never heard of him!" If you're one of the few that have heard of Beck, than good for you. But over all, The Grammy's was amazing.
I'm not a fan of Tony Bennett but his performance with Lady Gaga, 'Cheek to Cheek' was a nice performance. I'm a fan of several of Maroon 5's songs but not many and it's not enough to say that I'm a "fan". When Gwen Stefani joined Adam Levine to perform 'My Heart Is Open' and I must admit that Gwen Stefani looked stunning in her red dress! Red is my second favorite color. Annie Lennox joined the young Irish rocker Hoizer for his hit "Take Me to Church / I Put a Spell on You (Medley)" and her cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins's "I Put a Spell on You" was a satisfying performance. What more can I say about Annie Lennox? With the performances in between, I haven't kept track of during The Grammy's since half these bands I'm not familiar with since some of these bands were country singers. I loved Kanye West, Rihanna and Paul McCartney's performance of 'FourFiveSeconds', their performance was totally awesome, they were one of my favorite performances of the night! I have no complaints about Sam Smith and Mary J. Blige's 'Stay With Me', they were awesome as well. Last performance of the night were John Legend and Common, I haven't had a chance to hear their song, 'Glory', and I'm now a fan of the song, it has a very poetic vibe to it but it makes sense. Props to John Legend and Common for the song. Beyoncé's performance of 'Take My Hand. Precious Lord' was a decent performance was beautiful despite the fact I'm not a religious person and nor do I attend church on Sundays as I prefer to stay in my nice warm bed. What was your favorite Grammy moment?
I keep hearing about the Pre-Grammy Parties and if Clive Davis is reading this blog, please invite me to your next Pre-Grammy Party next year! Since I'm a Fine Arts Photography student, I would love to fly out to California for the Pre-Grammy Party and snap up a whole bunch of photos while I'm out there. That would make my day if I was able to fly out to California for the Pre-Grammy Party and photograph the events going on at the party. I have three goals but I realize it's not a "realistic dream" and here it goes: 1) Work for the Rolling Stones Magazine, 2) Guest on America's Next Top Model and 3) Photograph the Pre-Grammy Party and as well as the Grammy's! I doubt it'll happen but I hope I can make some sort of connection in the long run.
For more of The 57th Grammy's winners, check out The Rolling Stones 'Complete Winners List'.
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