Observations on the 2011 Grammy Awards

Going Gaga Over the Lady and More

Frank Mucci
The opening tribute to Aretha Franklin featuring Christina Aguilera, Martina McBride, Jennifer Hudson, Yolanda Adams, and Florence Welch was really a contest to see which of ladies could be the first one to pop a blood vessel in her head.

So Lady Gaga is lying in that stupid egg and all I can think of is the scene in "This is Spinal Tap" where bass player Derek Smalls is trapped inside his cocoon as the song "Rock and Roll Creation" starts and his band mates obliviously play on. Now that would have been entertaining! Unfortunately, the damn egg opened and we were treated to the usual Lady Gaga-what the hell is this?-crap.

For the first time in Grammy history, John Mayer made it through the whole show without putting his penis inside someone.

I look at Jennifer Lopez and then I look at Mark Anthony and then I look back at J Lo and again at the little weasel she's married to and all I can figure is I'd have a chance with her if we ever met.

And the nominees for Ugliest, Most Wrinkled Up Music Legend are Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Barbra Streisand, and Kris Kristofferson.

I have no idea who the hell Arcade Fire is, but they should be arrested for assaulting my eyes and ears. The song "Month of May," featuring flashing lights, blaring guitars, an ugly chick beating the shit out of a drum, women violently stroking violins that might as well have had no strings, some idiot with a megaphone, and guys with backpacks riding mountain bikes across the stage came just moments before they won the Grammy for Best Album. So what the hell do I know?

Was there a more heartwarming moment than when Matthew Bellamy of the band Muse thanked his "beautiful, pregnant girlfriend" Kate Hudson? It was very touching-a lot of guys would have called her "my smokin' hot, knocked up piece of ass."

I don't get it. Rihanna and Skylar Grey sing their asses off-have to be able to carry a tune and all that stuff-and it's Eminem and Dr. Dre who get all the cheers because they can speak in rhyme and grab their crotches. I can't sing worth a crap, but I can speak in rhyme and I certainly know how to grab my crotch, so it can't be that difficult.

I've had about enough of those Smith kids-Willow and Jayden. It's bad enough Will Smith and Jada Pinkett have minimal talent, but now we have to put up with their obnoxious kids. Please stop punishing us with your offspring!

I wouldn't know Esperanza Spalding if I tripped over her bass fiddle and fell face first into her boobs, but after she won Best New Artist over that nauseating Justin Bieber kid, I am suddenly a big fan. Gonna have to find out who the hell she is.

Since Katy Perry got herself hitched to Russell Brand, she's become somewhat wholesome and just isn't showing enough skin to suit me. It means I have to actually listen to her sing. I, for one, look forward to the day he cheats on her and they announce they're splitting up so I can get back to concentrating on Katy's true talent.

The performance by Cee Lo, Gwyneth Paltrow, and the Muppets proved once and for all that teaming a big fat black man, a skinny white chick, and puppets together only works in pornography.

Published by Frank Mucci

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2010, Frank likes to make up crap about himself. He will be honored later this year with the Nobel Prize for Literature.  View profile

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  • Nancy Tracy2/17/2011

    You nailed it, figuratively of course.

  • Thomas Lane2/15/2011

    Excellent review. She doesn't know it, but Christina Aguilera already paid her tribute to Aretha Franklin when she screwed up the National Anthem at the Super Bowl, like Ms. Franklin did to open the 1968 Democratic convention.

  • Maria Roth2/14/2011

    I didn't watch, but I keep hearing about Lady Gaga's egg and Spalding Esperanza (I actually just went to her website and listened to some songs). There's always next year, Bieber fans. ;)

  • Lorena Richie2/14/2011

    Haha. This is perfect. I do not like Beiber or Mayor or many others you mentioned either.

  • Jennifer Waite2/14/2011

    Nice job here. Was that John Mayer? I thought it was Johnny Depp's evil twin...

  • Richard Spall2/14/2011

    I think the problem was that we had a Stonehenge monument that was in danger of being trampled by a dwarf.

  • Eric Hetvile2/14/2011

    I peeked in and thought that John Mayer was Johnny Depp. And Eminem is so hard core! I mean hard enough not to even smile at winning an award. But not too hard core to show up at an awards show. Just the right amount of hard core.

  • Mary Oberg2/14/2011

    I watched this show and agree with your comments! I am really glad talent won on some of the categories!

  • Mike Oberg2/14/2011

    Great review! I watched the show (my wife made me) and you got most of the salient bits. I was shocked that someone I never heard of could stop the Bieber express (and greatly gratified). Maybe talent actually counts on some people's ballots!

  • Kathy Minicozzi2/14/2011

    Gee, you almost made me wish I had actually watched the show!

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