2013 GRAMMYS LIVE BLOG WITH MONA AUSTIN
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Tonight the 55th Annual Grammy awards may be more about the performers than the music itself than in years past. With social media in full effect, fans know who many of the winners are in advance. Ofcourse there are so many categories most of the awards are announced in the pre-show, which ran online live for the firs time this year. I'm excited for some of the early winners who will go into the evening knowing they won like Miquel, the Roots, Rihanna, Gotye, etc. But I am most excited to see the performanes and for the first time my eyes are glued to what everyone is wearing. Let me just say, both the men and women are looking amazing. I don't recall seeing any fashion fails thus far. Sting, Rihanna and Justin Timberlake have piqued my interest as far as performers are concerendTalyor Swift will open the 55th Annual Grammy Awards tonight to lead of some hot performanes.
More than the winners, the performances are what I'mlooking forward to seeing the most. I also curious about hos many awards six-time Grammy nominee Frank Ocean will win. He made it to the show, and is slated to perform, but will he? After a fight with Chris Brown a few weeks ago, he was concerned t he might not be able to perform as his hand was injured. I'm ready to get this party started! I'll be blogging throughout the show about fashion, acceptance speeches,the winners, losers, you name it !
John Legend is looking to possibly take home his 10th Grammy tonigh for
Best Rap song collaboration with Ludacris from the "Think Like Man" movie. Good luck to him and every other nominee.
8:00 p.m.
Taylor hits he stage wearing a sparkly white top hat, a short suit with a longs train on the jacket as she sang, "We Are Never Getting Back Together." While on the Red carpet earlier she told Juliam Ransek she was a little nervous and just hoped everythign went well. Ballerinas twirling fire in the background could be a somewhat nerve-wrecking for someone who is not accustomed to being in a circus environment.
8:05 p.m.
LL acknowledges why hsoting the show is so important to him, an opportunity he forfeited to pray about the loss of Whitney Houston last year. He's a class act! He said his dad was a recording artist and it hit him that his dream could comet true. LL said he won two Grammys, which he and he gave them to his now deceased grandmother. "When you get right down to it, a Grammy is a dream come true."
8:10 p.m.
Elton John (piano, black suit,blue tinted sqaure framed glasses) and Ed Sheeran (guitar,long sleeved black Tee and black jeans) start their performance of "A Team."
8:19 p.m.
J Lo and Pit Bull present the award for Best Solo Performance. The Grammy goes to Adele fogr "Set Fire to the Rain." In her acceptance she Adele congratulated the other women in the category for working so hard and making it look so easy."
J Lo joked that she had gotten the memo in reference to a new conservative dress code that CBS now requires. the dress she wore to the show several years ago with the suer pluging neckline would be banned under the new rules; however, J Lo showed as much skin as possible wearing a black off the should floor-length dress with a side split that went up to her hip. She wore it well!
Adele on the other hand, the bright red and black lace combo and matching shoes is a questionable choice.
8:22 p.m.
Fun. is on stage. singing "Carry On." They made it rain. At the crus of the song, water came streamign down form teh sky. Creative, but I'm not clear how that relates to the song or the backdrop. Is that supposed to be a city?
8:32 p.m.
Bonnie Rait and John Mayer introduce the country performance
of Miranda Lambert and D., a duet. They did two songs. The show is moving a little slow for me.
8:38 p.m.
The tribute to Wiz Halifa and Miquel are on the stage . . .actually, Miquel is on one the aisle while Wiz is on another and they make their way to the stage together. "Adore" with the addition of rap is still as sexy as Miquel singing it solo. Nice collabo. The fellas are both wearing balck and white, but Miquel's stipes and Wiz's zig-zg pattern clash. They finish too quicly then intor the nomines for Best Country Performance, which Carrie Underwood wins for "Blown Away." Carrie looks like a million bucks wearing a strapless, lace black dress with a mermaid tail. She ended her speech thanking her "amazing" husband and saying "Glory to God."
8:49 p.m.
Presentitng the Grammy for song of the Year are couple Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. Fun. wins for "We Are Young." they hae bee together for 12 years and ans were not making money for a long timeWe are not very young,
8:53 p.m.
Johhny Depp introduces Mumford and Sons. The are strumming ways on t 3 differnet tyoes of guitars singing "I Will Wait for You."
9:03p.m.
Ellen and Beyonce introduce Justin Jimberlake and Jigga. Thanks for turning the corner on an otherwise bland show Justin Timberlake. I like the set, the dancers, their moves, the emergence of Jigga from the audience (and of course that Mrs. Carter introduced her hubby). The throw back look and Ed Sullivan look and feel of the set and attire fit well with his music which included "Suit and Tie" and "All I Want Is You." this performacne took meback to the "Cry Me A River" days. Toberlake's falsetto is as smooth as ever. This is the highlight of the show thus far!!! This is how a comeback pereformacne shoudl be done.
9:10 p.m. Kelly Roland and Nas present for Best Urban Contemporary Album
Frank Ocean wins!
The dress is tres risque Ms. Roland.
9:21 p.m.
"Lonely Boy" by the Black Keys wins for Best Rock Album.
9: 23 p.m.
Maroon 5, and Alicia keys collaboration. They killed it! Alicia is pussing the dress code envelope.
9:29 p.m. A very blond Kelly Clarkson wins Best Pop "Miguel I don't know who you are, but we need to sing together." Not sure if that was a real endorsement. "I did not think I was gonna win!"
9:36 p.m.
Rihanna and Ricky Echo duet. She looked great in a simple slip like black dress. The
9:41 p.m.
Carlie Ray and Neyo present best collabo award to Frank Ocean, The Dream, Jay Z, Kanye and Raw Nation
9:49 p.m.
The Black Keys join Dr. John and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band unite for an upbeat version of "I got Love to Keep Me Waiting." The style did not reflet the Big Easy feel.
9:54 p.m.
Patti Page and Carole King tribute by Kelly Clarkson.
9:58 p.m.
The Zack Brown Band wins for a country category. (I will verify which one and post later.) the night is getting loooong!
10:05 p.m.
Bruno Mars and Sting make it irie in a tribute to Bob Marley. The horn section is swaying an rocking smoothly to "Walking on the Moon." The simple choreography looks great. Then Rihanna,Ziggy Marley and Danielle Markey come on the stage and take up the heat a notch with "Could you Be Love."
10:18 p.m..
Best New Arist nominess, The lumineers sing "I Belong to You." Then Jack Blakc performs, "I Want Love To. . ."
10:26 p.m.
Kay Perry announces winner of Best New Artist of the Year. Fun. wins!
10:34 p.m.
Hunter Hayes sings a few bars of "I Wanna Make You Feel Wanted" and hen intorduces Carrie Underwood. As she sings, the ball gown she is wearing changes graphically. This may be he first time this type of technolgy has been used in performances.
10:39 p.m.
Seven-time Grammy winner Prince evere-mysterious, walks on to the stage with a cane (as an accessory) in a black hooded suite and dark shades to present the award fot "Somebody That I Used to Know." Prince said he loves ths and Gotye and Kimbra.
10:50 p.m.
Chick Corea, Stanley Clark and Kenny (?) render a tribute performance of "Take 5" to the late Dave Brubeck.
10:53 p.m.
In memoriam tribute by Elton John, Mavis Staples, : Sugerfoot, Dick Clark, Herb Reed, Andy Griffith, Marvin Hamlisch, Patty Andrews, Jenni Rivera, Ravi Shakar, Adam Yauch, Chris Lighty were among the deceased members of the music community. The tribute performacen commeoratingth eir memory was dedicated to the slain chilkdren of Sandyhook.
11:11 p.m.
Frank Ocean performance"Forest Gump." With bandages on his hands he stood behind a Rhodes and played. He wore a yellow suit and The effect made it appear that he was running. it's been a good night for Oean, but his performance is boring.
11:17 p.m.
Mumford and Sons walk up to accept the award for Album of the Year.
11:28 p.m.
LL, Travs Barker and Chuck D close out the show with a bang. They are shutting it down!
Tonight the 55th Annual Grammy awards may be more about the performers than the music itself than in years past. With social media in full effect, fans know who many of the winners are in advance. Ofcourse there are so many categories most of the awards are announced in the pre-show, which ran online live for the firs time this year. I'm excited for some of the early winners who will go into the evening knowing they won like Miquel, the Roots, Rihanna, Gotye, etc. But I am most excited to see the performanes and for the first time my eyes are glued to what everyone is wearing. Let me just say, both the men and women are looking amazing. I don't recall seeing any fashion fails thus far. Sting, Rihanna and Justin Timberlake have piqued my interest as far as performers are concerendTalyor Swift will open the 55th Annual Grammy Awards tonight to lead of some hot performanes.
More than the winners, the performances are what I'mlooking forward to seeing the most. I also curious about hos many awards six-time Grammy nominee Frank Ocean will win. He made it to the show, and is slated to perform, but will he? After a fight with Chris Brown a few weeks ago, he was concerned t he might not be able to perform as his hand was injured. I'm ready to get this party started! I'll be blogging throughout the show about fashion, acceptance speeches,the winners, losers, you name it !
John Legend is looking to possibly take home his 10th Grammy tonigh for
Best Rap song collaboration with Ludacris from the "Think Like Man" movie. Good luck to him and every other nominee.
8:00 p.m.
Taylor hits he stage wearing a sparkly white top hat, a short suit with a longs train on the jacket as she sang, "We Are Never Getting Back Together." While on the Red carpet earlier she told Juliam Ransek she was a little nervous and just hoped everythign went well. Ballerinas twirling fire in the background could be a somewhat nerve-wrecking for someone who is not accustomed to being in a circus environment.
8:05 p.m.
LL acknowledges why hsoting the show is so important to him, an opportunity he forfeited to pray about the loss of Whitney Houston last year. He's a class act! He said his dad was a recording artist and it hit him that his dream could comet true. LL said he won two Grammys, which he and he gave them to his now deceased grandmother. "When you get right down to it, a Grammy is a dream come true."
8:10 p.m.
Elton John (piano, black suit,blue tinted sqaure framed glasses) and Ed Sheeran (guitar,long sleeved black Tee and black jeans) start their performance of "A Team."
8:19 p.m.
J Lo and Pit Bull present the award for Best Solo Performance. The Grammy goes to Adele fogr "Set Fire to the Rain." In her acceptance she Adele congratulated the other women in the category for working so hard and making it look so easy."
J Lo joked that she had gotten the memo in reference to a new conservative dress code that CBS now requires. the dress she wore to the show several years ago with the suer pluging neckline would be banned under the new rules; however, J Lo showed as much skin as possible wearing a black off the should floor-length dress with a side split that went up to her hip. She wore it well!
Adele on the other hand, the bright red and black lace combo and matching shoes is a questionable choice.
8:22 p.m.
Fun. is on stage. singing "Carry On." They made it rain. At the crus of the song, water came streamign down form teh sky. Creative, but I'm not clear how that relates to the song or the backdrop. Is that supposed to be a city?
8:32 p.m.
Bonnie Rait and John Mayer introduce the country performance
of Miranda Lambert and D., a duet. They did two songs. The show is moving a little slow for me.
8:38 p.m.
The tribute to Wiz Halifa and Miquel are on the stage . . .actually, Miquel is on one the aisle while Wiz is on another and they make their way to the stage together. "Adore" with the addition of rap is still as sexy as Miquel singing it solo. Nice collabo. The fellas are both wearing balck and white, but Miquel's stipes and Wiz's zig-zg pattern clash. They finish too quicly then intor the nomines for Best Country Performance, which Carrie Underwood wins for "Blown Away." Carrie looks like a million bucks wearing a strapless, lace black dress with a mermaid tail. She ended her speech thanking her "amazing" husband and saying "Glory to God."
8:49 p.m.
Presentitng the Grammy for song of the Year are couple Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. Fun. wins for "We Are Young." they hae bee together for 12 years and ans were not making money for a long timeWe are not very young,
8:53 p.m.
Johhny Depp introduces Mumford and Sons. The are strumming ways on t 3 differnet tyoes of guitars singing "I Will Wait for You."
9:03p.m.
Ellen and Beyonce introduce Justin Jimberlake and Jigga. Thanks for turning the corner on an otherwise bland show Justin Timberlake. I like the set, the dancers, their moves, the emergence of Jigga from the audience (and of course that Mrs. Carter introduced her hubby). The throw back look and Ed Sullivan look and feel of the set and attire fit well with his music which included "Suit and Tie" and "All I Want Is You." this performacne took meback to the "Cry Me A River" days. Toberlake's falsetto is as smooth as ever. This is the highlight of the show thus far!!! This is how a comeback pereformacne shoudl be done.
9:10 p.m. Kelly Roland and Nas present for Best Urban Contemporary Album
Frank Ocean wins!
The dress is tres risque Ms. Roland.
9:21 p.m.
"Lonely Boy" by the Black Keys wins for Best Rock Album.
9: 23 p.m.
Maroon 5, and Alicia keys collaboration. They killed it! Alicia is pussing the dress code envelope.
9:29 p.m. A very blond Kelly Clarkson wins Best Pop "Miguel I don't know who you are, but we need to sing together." Not sure if that was a real endorsement. "I did not think I was gonna win!"
9:36 p.m.
Rihanna and Ricky Echo duet. She looked great in a simple slip like black dress. The
9:41 p.m.
Carlie Ray and Neyo present best collabo award to Frank Ocean, The Dream, Jay Z, Kanye and Raw Nation
9:49 p.m.
The Black Keys join Dr. John and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band unite for an upbeat version of "I got Love to Keep Me Waiting." The style did not reflet the Big Easy feel.
9:54 p.m.
Patti Page and Carole King tribute by Kelly Clarkson.
9:58 p.m.
The Zack Brown Band wins for a country category. (I will verify which one and post later.) the night is getting loooong!
10:05 p.m.
Bruno Mars and Sting make it irie in a tribute to Bob Marley. The horn section is swaying an rocking smoothly to "Walking on the Moon." The simple choreography looks great. Then Rihanna,Ziggy Marley and Danielle Markey come on the stage and take up the heat a notch with "Could you Be Love."
10:18 p.m..
Best New Arist nominess, The lumineers sing "I Belong to You." Then Jack Blakc performs, "I Want Love To. . ."
10:26 p.m.
Kay Perry announces winner of Best New Artist of the Year. Fun. wins!
10:34 p.m.
Hunter Hayes sings a few bars of "I Wanna Make You Feel Wanted" and hen intorduces Carrie Underwood. As she sings, the ball gown she is wearing changes graphically. This may be he first time this type of technolgy has been used in performances.
10:39 p.m.
Seven-time Grammy winner Prince evere-mysterious, walks on to the stage with a cane (as an accessory) in a black hooded suite and dark shades to present the award fot "Somebody That I Used to Know." Prince said he loves ths and Gotye and Kimbra.
10:50 p.m.
Chick Corea, Stanley Clark and Kenny (?) render a tribute performance of "Take 5" to the late Dave Brubeck.
10:53 p.m.
In memoriam tribute by Elton John, Mavis Staples, : Sugerfoot, Dick Clark, Herb Reed, Andy Griffith, Marvin Hamlisch, Patty Andrews, Jenni Rivera, Ravi Shakar, Adam Yauch, Chris Lighty were among the deceased members of the music community. The tribute performacen commeoratingth eir memory was dedicated to the slain chilkdren of Sandyhook.
11:11 p.m.
Frank Ocean performance"Forest Gump." With bandages on his hands he stood behind a Rhodes and played. He wore a yellow suit and The effect made it appear that he was running. it's been a good night for Oean, but his performance is boring.
11:17 p.m.
Mumford and Sons walk up to accept the award for Album of the Year.
11:28 p.m.
LL, Travs Barker and Chuck D close out the show with a bang. They are shutting it down!
