Notes from the Grammy’s

February 12th, 2007 | Filed under Blog, Music

My overall impression from this year’s self indulgent awards fest was that people who make good stuff, totally bucked their (perceived core) audience, and made the album that they wanted to make cleaned up the awards. Specifically John Mayer and those Dixie Chicks.

Exceptional moments from the show:

• John Mayer/Corinne Bailey Rae/John Legend combo song
• The Dixie Chicks (who knew the guy from Heroes was married to one)
• The cute high school kids who played the classical duet…even if it got away from them a little bit ;)
• James Brown memorial/Placing the cape on the microphone
• The sign on Flea’s amp which read “love to ornette coleman”
• Oh, and the Police reunion

Also, they gave the lifetime achievement award to Ornette Coleman…few people at/watching the Grammy’s have any idea who he is…nor do they like his music, but trust me it is brilliant. (Caution: music snob alert) Most people, including some of his contemporaries are of the impression that his music is noise. Don’t believe me? Have a listen to his most famous work. But inside that garbled mess is pure sonic genius.

p.s. One more thing, recording the show and watching it 30 minutes behind the live broadcast makes it extremely convenient to skip annoying commercials and bad performances. I promise I’ll post more soon on the new DVR setup as it worked perfectly tonight….one hint though, it’s not running XP anymore.