<![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:48:59 EST Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:48:59 EST http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4142725 I can't make it through the 600+ comments, but am I the only one who thought that Tina Turner actually looked like Robert DeNiro dressed up as Tina Turner? Still, she pwned Beyoncé in that performance...

Thierry

]]> 33:354761:c4142725 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:48:59 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4141396 So it's Monday morning here and I'm catching up on this. Maura, you were ON. Except I'm taking a break at about the midway point because for some reason your description of the Beatles covers is making me really depressed. I'm not even a Beatles fanatic or anything. It's just making me sad...

Kate Richardson

]]> 33:354761:c4141396 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:36:20 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4141209 I agree. This was one of the better ceremonies in recent memory, despite (or perhaps due to) the emphasis on performance over actual awards. Still, the final half-hour (i.e. Portnow's Complaint) could've been trimmed significantly.

And while everybody talks about the Stockhausen snub, note these other, somewhat more surprising "In Memoriam" snubs: Zola Taylor of The Platters, Factory Records founder Tony Wilson and Quiet Riot frontman Kevin Dubrow.

Charles A. Hohman

]]> 33:354761:c4141209 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:36:25 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4141191 Oh, yeah -- overall I really liked the show.

loudersoft

]]> 33:354761:c4141191 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:29:11 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4141190 Just back from the Memphis Grammy Chapter's annual party and I was very excited to see Amy Winehouse win Best New Artist and Record of the Year. Feist was a welcome surprise, Kanye/Daft Punk's performance was fantastic and moving, and Amy Winehouse really blew everyone's doors off.

As for all the hating on Herbie Hancock for winning Album Of The Year, I could not disagree with people more. If you haven't heard the album, I can't really forgive the hating; it's a damn good album. Sure, I would have loved Kanye or Amy to win, but I think it's completely appropriate that Herbie Hancock won.

loudersoft

]]> 33:354761:c4141190 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:28:15 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4141164 Kanye and Amy gave two of the most moving performances in recent Grammy history. For both of them to lose Album of the Year to Herbie Hancock salutes Joni Mitchell is a travesty. I'd have rather seen Foos or Vince Gill upset. Or Hancock win for an album consisting solely of "Watermelon Man" remixes.

Also, this is actually Barack Obama's second Grammy---"Dreams from my Father" won the same category in 2006. And both Bill and Hillary Clinton are previous Grammy winners here. The category ought to be changed to Best Audiobook though, since that's all that gets nominated now.

Charles A. Hohman

]]> 33:354761:c4141164 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:15:05 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4141144 Totally saw this one coming--too much Grammy bait on the Hancock record for the academy to ignore. At least Leonard Cohen just got his first Grammy, so that's nice. The speech about being the first jazz artist to win AOTY in 43 years should be taken w/a grain of salt, however, considering the record had all but nothing to do with jazz. Who wants a cappuccino?

tigerpop

]]> 33:354761:c4141144 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:06:17 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4141039 Don't take it too seriously. This is the organization that once gave Milli Vanilli an award.

Chris N.

]]> 33:354761:c4141039 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:37:27 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4141011 @Varina: And that is why I quit TwoP.

Poubelle

]]> 33:354761:c4141011 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:28:34 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140964 Wow, they're all psyched over at TWoP that Herbie won over Kanye, thinking about the huge tantrum Kanye's probably throwing. Sorry, I actually like music and would like to see something popular AND worthwhile get recognized once in a while. /end Grammy hating

Varina

]]> 33:354761:c4140964 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:18:15 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140876 @The Van Buren Boys: Oops, that should've been in response to @Chris Molanphy:

The Van Buren Boys

]]> 33:354761:c4140876 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:56:35 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140871 @stephenbush: While I'm not as passionate about this as you are, I completely agree with everything you just said. For me, out of all the nominated albums, Kanye obviously deserved it. Granted, the Grammys are a complete joke to begin with considering all of the great music that goes unnoticed every year, but this is completely ridiculous. Honestely, Kanye west shouldn't even be man in the least. He should be getting a big laugh about this whole situation.

The Van Buren Boys

]]> 33:354761:c4140871 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:55:28 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140870 @Chris Molanphy: Wait, wait- this was a Starbucks only album? That makes it so much worse, I agree. Especially after all of those articles about how the Grammys can regain their relevancy. Well, fine then.

Varina

]]> 33:354761:c4140870 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:54:42 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140847 Wau.

stephenbush

]]> 33:354761:c4140847 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:49:50 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140819 Maura thinks I'm nuts, but I'm appalled by this, and I actually think it's unprecedented. I know I shouldn't care, but this is just embarrassing.

All the previous "fogey" winners had, at the very least, sales on their side: from the Ray Charles deathbed album, to the Steely Dan album (gold going into the ceremony), Natalie Cole (multiplatinum). Even Tony Bennett Unplugged (until tonight, the lamest AOTY winner of all time) had a miniscule shred of sales and currency.

But this? This Hancock album was purchased by a few dozen people idly waiting for their lattes.

This is, honestly, a travesty. When the Grammys pick a shit AOTY, you can usually justify it by saying, "Well, hey, it sold well, and it's an industry award." Or when it's a Fogey Favorite, you can say, "Cmon, all the old guard were listening to that record last year." (For example. O Brother's semi-upset win six years ago.)

But THIS?! This is a record no one bought, no one heard, no one cared about. It's farts rewarding farts for their fartiness. Ugh. I'm physically ill.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:354761:c4140819 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:43:49 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140799 @rad_matter: Nope.

stephenbush

]]> 33:354761:c4140799 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:40:59 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140793 Honestly, does the NARA even care about trying to seem relevant? This show will just continue to sink further and further and CD sales will follow, etc., etc.

Varina

]]> 33:354761:c4140793 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:40:07 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140789 @The Van Buren Boys: I don't know many people who own all of the albums. "Graduation" is pretty popular and I do know people who have listened to the Hancock record. Amy Winehouse is kind of more like a singles artist, I think.

naboo

]]> 33:354761:c4140789 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:39:24 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140787 @Dick: I'll stipulate that. I'm just saying he's cool.

Chris N.

]]> 33:354761:c4140787 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:39:12 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140786 So to recap: Alicia Keys gave the breast opening performance the Grammys have ever seen, Winehouse is a drink best served sober and not even Daft Punk, a glow-in-the-dark period and a dead mom can prevent Kanye West from beating Herbie Hancock at Album of the Year.

michaelagrammar

]]> 33:354761:c4140786 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:39:06 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140785 @natepatrin: and "Rock It"

God, did I see him do that on the Grammys, or was it the American Music Awards show of said year? Either way, THAT was a performance.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:354761:c4140785 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:39:05 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140783 Confetti. People who look like they've escaped a Janet Jackson tour. Did I miss something?

rad_matter

]]> 33:354761:c4140783 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:38:57 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140782 And y'know that Steely Dan album from a few years back was actually great.

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140782 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:38:56 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140780 To be fair, all the invocations of Steely Dan beating Eminem are kinda funny when Steely Dan showed up on an album last year (Graduation, via "Champion") that's more relevant than anything Eminem's done in the last five.

Then said relevant album went on to lose to Herbie Hancock. And even speaking as someone who loves Empyrean Isles and Mwandishi and Sextant and "Rock It"... uh. OK.

natepatrin

]]> 33:354761:c4140780 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:37:57 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140773 I don't think Herbie's even heard it.

Christopher R. Weingarten

]]> 33:354761:c4140773 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:36:36 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140771 @Chris N.: If the Grammys gave the AOTY to In A Silent Way or On the Corner (or heck, Sextant) back in the day, it woulda been FUCKING AWESOME. This, however, is not awesome.

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140771 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:36:15 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140768 @naboo: Seriously? How many people do you know who have heard the Herbie Hancock album this year in comparison to all the other nominees?

The Van Buren Boys

]]> 33:354761:c4140768 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:35:35 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140758 I can't imagine a future in which I don't return regularly to 'Graduation.'

Chris N.

]]> 33:354761:c4140758 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:34:38 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140752 An album's chances of being played ten years from now has nothing to do with its quality.

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140752 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:33:33 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140750 Congratulations music industry! You just managed to dig that grave of your a little bit deeper. You should be proud of yourself.

The Van Buren Boys

]]> 33:354761:c4140750 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:33:21 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140747 Dude played on 'In a Silent Way' and 'On the Corner.' That's permanent cutting-edge status.

Chris N.

]]> 33:354761:c4140747 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:32:55 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140742 Wow, the big win to an album even Herbie Hancock doesn't think is his best work. NICE.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:354761:c4140742 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:32:10 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140737 Herbie didn't win this--Starbucks did.

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140737 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:31:30 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140736 I mean, I wasn't there--I was not born, but I've seen better Herbie Hancock stuff that what won tonight.

rad_matter

]]> 33:354761:c4140736 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:31:25 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140734 This is a very good thing. C'mon. Of all the albums nominated this is the only one that has a chance to be played in 10 years time. ("Rehab" might make it as a novelty hit, but the whole record???)

naboo

]]> 33:354761:c4140734 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:31:11 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140731 @rad_matter: And he looked so adorable, too, with the sheepish, unsure standing up.

Varina

]]> 33:354761:c4140731 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:31:05 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140728 Somewhere, L. Ron Hubbard is smiling.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:354761:c4140728 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:30:50 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140726 HOLY SHIT!!! BIGGEST UPSET SINCE STEELY DAN WON IN 2001!

HERBIE HANCOCK WINS FOR AOTY!

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:354761:c4140726 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:30:44 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140723 Seriously? Herbie Hancock? Amy wuz robbed!

ghostyhead

]]> 33:354761:c4140723 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:30:31 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140719 The triumph of fogyeism strikes again. I'm probably the only commenter old enough to remember when Herbie was cutting edge.

Pop Socket

]]> 33:354761:c4140719 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:30:22 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140717 The hell?

Chris N.

]]> 33:354761:c4140717 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:29:50 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140715 Whaaaaaat? Joni/Herbie over Kanye or Amy? Now it's time to really turn the television off.

MTS

]]> 33:354761:c4140715 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:29:42 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140713 "Art."

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140713 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:29:34 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140714 WTF!

stephenbush

]]> 33:354761:c4140714 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:29:34 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140712 But what excuse will Kanye pull out of his butt now that he's lost to a black man?

I.Can. Haz.Black.Editors?

]]> 33:354761:c4140712 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:29:33 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140709 Okay, Usher calling Kanye out made this all worth it.

Youthier

]]> 33:354761:c4140709 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:29:25 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140708 Ha! Just when I thought that the Grammys coudn't get any more ridiculous and irrelevant. HAHAHAHAHA

The Van Buren Boys

]]> 33:354761:c4140708 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:29:23 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140705 Usher and Quincy Jones name-check Mark Ronson's earlier win.

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:354761:c4140705 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:29:08 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140703 PAGING STEELY DAN!!!! HERBIE HANCOCK KEEPS THE GRAMMYS FROM BECOMING RELEVANT AGAIN!!!

michaelagrammar

]]> 33:354761:c4140703 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:29:05 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140702 PPPHHHOAOOAODJQWTWFWTWFWTWFWTWWTWWYFWTF

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140702 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:29:02 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140699 WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

DaeSu

]]> 33:354761:c4140699 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:28:51 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140700 Whut...?!?!

rad_matter

]]> 33:354761:c4140700 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:28:51 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140698 "Unbelievable" is right.

ThreeBirds

]]> 33:354761:c4140698 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:28:45 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140697 YES--art wins

naboo

]]> 33:354761:c4140697 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:28:39 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140696 I fuckin' knew it!

blackmailismylife

]]> 33:354761:c4140696 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:28:38 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140695 Why can't the Grammys leave the old people with some dignity?

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140695 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:28:15 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140694 Aww. All I have is this link for the Rihanna/The Time performance: [dlisted.com]

Also, Ronson got screwed out of a speech. Poor guy.

rad_matter

]]> 33:354761:c4140694 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:28:04 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140691 This is how the Grammys end.
This is how the Grammys end.
This is how the Grammys end.
Not with a whimper but with a whine[house].

Mordy

]]> 33:354761:c4140691 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:27:49 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140692 @Dickdogfood: It's usually artists with pop hits who get honored in the Roll Call of the Deceased.

Cam/ron

]]> 33:354761:c4140692 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:27:49 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140690 I wondered when Quincy would show up.

Chris N.

]]> 33:354761:c4140690 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:27:46 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140689 Wow, is this show still going on? Can we just give Amy the AOTY award so we can all just turn this off?

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:354761:c4140689 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:27:40 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140687 The sound of will.i.am's last shred of dignity circling the bowl.

Pop Socket

]]> 33:354761:c4140687 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:27:25 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140685 No, seriously, what a waste of time this "Professor" is. This business could have been over at 11. Should have been. Is it all about the ad revenue, is that it? Oh and Usher? Take those sunglasses off, fool.

Varina

]]> 33:354761:c4140685 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:27:17 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140679 This makes Obama nervous.

blackmailismylife

]]> 33:354761:c4140679 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:26:33 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140678 Oh yeah, touching ALL the greats.

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140678 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:26:30 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140677 wasn't this will.i.am hypeman nonsense supposed to OPEN the show???

naboo

]]> 33:354761:c4140677 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:26:26 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140676 I'm no critic, but this will.i.am thing is bad, right?

I.Can. Haz.Black.Editors?

]]> 33:354761:c4140676 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:26:25 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140675 My ears and eyes are officially bleeding...profusely

The Van Buren Boys

]]> 33:354761:c4140675 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:26:21 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140671 will.i.am MUST DIE.

ghostyhead

]]> 33:354761:c4140671 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:25:57 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140670 Wha...why is...will.i.am...Bobby Darin...Frank...AAAAAAHHHH!

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:354761:c4140670 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:25:54 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140667 Oh, how I inexplicably loathe this man. He doesn't deserve to even sing a few lines of "Mack the Knife."

Varina

]]> 33:354761:c4140667 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:25:46 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140668 ...

MTS

]]> 33:354761:c4140668 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:25:46 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140665 will.i.am, why must you ruin everything you touch?

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140665 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:25:42 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140663 Proffesor will.i.am?!? Ugh

The Van Buren Boys

]]> 33:354761:c4140663 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:25:35 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140661 What have we done to deserve this!?

blackmailismylife

]]> 33:354761:c4140661 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:25:26 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140659 Anyway, Maura, given Stockhausen's crazy-ass comments re: 9/11, it kinda isn't all that surprising he wasn't honored, but I was still hoping a little.

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140659 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:24:53 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140656 I just got a press release saying that was Daft Punk's first TV performance ever. Could that be right?

Chris N.

]]> 33:354761:c4140656 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:24:35 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140655 Even. More. Commercials. This is like a Super Bowl no one watches. But it still has 'Our Country.'

blackmailismylife

]]> 33:354761:c4140655 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:24:18 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140652 Jesus Christ on a toothpick, is this thing over yet?

DaeSu

]]> 33:354761:c4140652 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:24:03 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140644 WTF the monster ad????

naboo

]]> 33:354761:c4140644 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:22:53 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140632 K it's almost 11:30 and Daddy's tired. Let's give Winehouse her last award so Kanye can start throwing monkey shit at the stage and we can all call it a night.

michaelagrammar

]]> 33:354761:c4140632 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:21:14 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140631 Fifty years ago, "Good Golly Miss Molly" was the filthiest song on the radio.

Christopher R. Weingarten

]]> 33:354761:c4140631 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:20:58 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140629 Obama won for best spoken word -- beating a Clinton, in this instance, Bill.
I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.

DaeSu

]]> 33:354761:c4140629 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:20:35 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140627 @AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover: *plumb

I.Can. Haz.Black.Editors?

]]> 33:354761:c4140627 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:20:32 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140624 Well, LR looks quite a bit more livelier than Jerry Lee, but man, there's something mighty sadistic about bringing out these guys and celebrating them now when they're so so off.

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140624 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:20:02 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140623 I'd answer the euphemism question, but Little Richard has made my Firefox and IE browsers act up.

rad_matter

]]> 33:354761:c4140623 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:19:36 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140618 That background is too blog house nu rave for these guys.

MTS

]]> 33:354761:c4140618 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:19:24 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140606 My baby sister on Little Richard--"He looks a plum fool."

I.Can. Haz.Black.Editors?

]]> 33:354761:c4140606 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:18:05 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140605 Little Richard's got bigger extensions than anyone else in the arena.

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140605 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:17:52 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140597 Songs about Jerry Lee Lewis's great balls of fire will never get old. Lewis on the other hand...

Mordy

]]> 33:354761:c4140597 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:16:46 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140595 Jerry Lee Lewis = propped up since 1970.

Janelleyo

]]> 33:354761:c4140595 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:16:23 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140592 Oh, man. Why do we need these old coots out on stage? What about focusing on newer music, spotlighting quality artists who are current? (Neko Case? Arcade Fire? ) Granted, the old coots in question are each awesome in their own right, but I don't see the point of this performance. I'd take Springsteen, even. Isn't the show supposed to be over by now?

Varina

]]> 33:354761:c4140592 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:15:46 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140589 Oh ho ho ho Jerry Lee shows Amy Winehouse how "trainwreck" is done.

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:354761:c4140589 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:15:32 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140582 John Fogarty's face looks as plastic as Tina Turner's tits.

Pop Socket

]]> 33:354761:c4140582 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:14:51 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140579 @rad_matter: Is that a euphemism?

Mordy

]]> 33:354761:c4140579 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:14:10 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140573 I can't believe Little Richard was available for this gig.

naboo

]]> 33:354761:c4140573 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:13:44 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140572 I watched Brothers and Sisters from 10-11... have they done the in memorium bit yet? That's my favorite part of awards shows (don't worry, my therapist knows).

Youthier

]]> 33:354761:c4140572 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:13:37 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140563 @ maura: I'm a recovering band geek too--clarinet, first, second and third positions.

rad_matter

]]> 33:354761:c4140563 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:12:11 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140558 @stephenbush: Yeah, Groban was definitely getting a little grabby.

ghostyhead

]]> 33:354761:c4140558 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:11:15 EST <![CDATA[Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin]]> http://idolator.com/354761/idolator-live+blogs-the-2008-grammys-please-join-us-along-the-long-road-to-ruin#c4140557 I hear the Groban-Bocelli thing only came together when their original idea, a Michael Buble-Jose Feliciano tribute to Stockhausen, fell through at the last minute.

naboo

]]> 33:354761:c4140557 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:10:57 EST