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iwombat - 2007-02-11 20:50:59
I think they're eating alt Oreos.
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Greg - 2007-02-11 21:01:34
Was it Jeff Tweedy or Ryan Adams that invented alt Oreos? Okay... I will say something nice about the Police--I really really liked Steward Copeland's soundtrack to Rumble Fish.
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Greg - 2007-02-11 21:02:05
That would be a t instead of a d...
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Saro - 2007-02-11 21:07:52
I think I'm going to throw up some fur.
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Greg - 2007-02-11 22:23:34
As your doctor, I recommend you counteract the damage with at least one straight hour of Motorhead. It's been pretty painful. Nobody warned me that they were going to exhume a moldering medley of fetid Eagles classics.
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Bina - 2007-02-11 23:08:04
the Rumblefish soundtrack is awesome!!!
So's the soundtrack to Earth Girls are Easy.
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Paula - 2007-02-11 23:10:04
OK...just as I was gonna turn it off, Gnarls Barkley did that awesome version of "Crazy." I don't think my Hawaiians and Malians and Norwegians are gonna be featured performers.
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Bina - 2007-02-11 23:12:38
What was the song JT did with those two singers? After they segued from Ain't No Sunshine (which is one of my faves of all time)... Can you believe I'm watching the Grammies in Pakistan where it is nine fifteen in the morning?
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Paula - 2007-02-11 23:31:13
Bina, I'm not sure--I was kind of only half-watching. Anybody?
I liked Al Gore...the Montage of the Dead...and one other thing that's already fading from memory...but everything else, especially Xtina, made my ears bleed.
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Bina - 2007-02-11 23:39:37
John Mayer desperately needs a haircut or he's going to turn into a little girl!
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Greg - 2007-02-12 09:57:54
I think what killed what could have been decent performances, is that the arrangements were bigger than the songs, forcing the vocalists over the top--where admittedly a couple of them live anyway. Nobody seemed to be getting any enjoyment out of it whatsoever... it just all came across as amateurish. Big for the sake of big... And Justin Timberlake with the little camera--it was like Blair Witch Project "The Musical."
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Paula - 2007-02-12 10:48:34
the arrangements were bigger than the songs
Yeah. Which is why I liked the Police, who were just being the Police, and Corinne Bailey Rae, who gave a nice understated performance.
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Greg - 2007-02-12 11:21:33
I forgot about Corinne Bailey Rae. I did enjoy her, though I have no clue who she is.
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Erich K - 2007-02-12 12:34:03
Paula I hear you about the antibodies... especially as far as commercials go. Whenever I get to the theater early and have to endure "the twenty" or whatever string of over-produced car and soda commercials before the coming attractions I feel like I am being physically assaulted.
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2fs - 2007-02-12 15:22:18
I never watch the Grammys. Then I see pictures online, and they're all of people I've barely heard of. Yes, I am old. Anyway: I've already written about my thoughts on "Roxanne" (Paula at the time expressed her disagreement; sadly, comments didn't migrate from the two-versions-ago Blogger): http://spanghew.blogspot.com/2003/11/sting-imminent-suckitude-prefigured.html. Also: while Alt-Oreos are good, I think Ctrl-Alt-Oreos are even better.
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Paula - 2007-02-12 15:34:56
Yeah--I remember that post! And I remember jumping to Sting-y's defense. I don't have a problem with the fella, he seems like a nice person, he does yoga, he gives his money to good causes, and he's been with the same woman for many years.
Anyway, re: "Roxanne"--to me, the change-up from verse to chorus is so magical, and, at the time that this song made its impression on me, I'd not yet grown tired of Sting's weird fake Jamaican (Ja-fakin') accent, so it barely registers.
And not to be shallow, but I thought Sting looked absolutely gorgeous last night, and the other Policemen were not too shabby, either. I always enjoyed Stewart Copeland's drummer-faces.
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Tom G. - 2007-02-12 16:05:40
I just saw The Police at the Grammys clip on youtube and I thought they looked and sounded pretty darn good too. Solo Sting always seems a bit too studied to me, like he's trying too hard. But The Police, who were always market conscious from the beginning according to Sting, just sound so interesting and vital. I also liked the fact that they tweaked Roxanne a bit. If I recall correctly, way back when they were putting out a greatest hits record, Sting wanted to re-do all the songs in new versions but Stewart and Andy balked at the idea. I guess Sting finally got his way.
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Greg - 2007-02-12 16:17:29
You know... so many people in pop music use fake accents that I've mostly ceased to notice.
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Erich K - 2007-02-12 16:40:23
Yeah, I think Sting is a bit pretentious musically, but maybe cause he reminds me of my ex-band guitarist who has since also gone all world music-ish and lost his sense of humor about himself (and he worships Sting). I do dig Sting's global-mindedness though, so he gets my vote.
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Baby Party - 2007-02-12 21:19:29
I remember the first time I heard Roxanne on the radio. I was in the tenth grade, getting ready for school. It sounded completely new and exciting to me. Later that week, I had an argument about it with my pal Mike Ramsey. He was a Zep/Floyd/Rush fan. He accused Sting of singing off-key.
My other big Police memory is from the summer of 1983. I drove across the country to California with my boyfriend. We hung out with his teenage girl cousins in Modesto for few days, driving around and listening to a cassette of Synchronicity over and over again.
Paula, your world music folks were probably honored at the earlier, untelevised afternoon ceremony, along with the liner notes and album cover winners.
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Bina - 2007-02-12 23:04:19
Sting's been with the same woman for many years but only after she moved in on his first wife, set herself up as Sting's mistress, and basically booted Frances Tomelty out the window (Greg? note the difference? Frances. Girl's name.)
Though he did look hot in that performance. For fifty-six, the man's still got it. I remember why I wanted him to take my virginity now.
My first introduction to the Police was through his solo song, Russians. I heard that on MTV one day and found it captivating. I went to London that summer and bopped down the streets listening to that same Synchronicity tape over and over again. I also dug up the Brimstone and Treacle soundtrack and heard the original version of "Burn For You" which is reworked beautifully for the Bring on the Night live double CD.
Yeah, I loved them too.
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Rebecca - 2007-02-13 16:11:23
My pal the fabulous Boo Reiners played on the Klezmatics album that won the Grammy for best Contemporary World Music record ! Also, the whole Police thing reminded S. of Stuart's solo album, that he had as a teenager. Here's the best song
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Paula - 2007-02-13 16:15:01
Oh, congrats, Boo! That's a really cool record!
There were some other interesting wins, including Slayer, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Carter, and Sue's favorite song, "My Humps," which I could have sworn was from 2 years ago...?
I had a Klark Kent album on green vinyl, which I rarely played cuz the colored vinyl never sounded as good as regular.
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