Thoughts, Reflections and Comments on the Grammy Awards 2010

I will admit upfront that I am no aficionado when it comes to reviewing award ceremonies such as the Grammy Awards 2010 ceremony. I am just a common viewer with personal thoughts and reflections on the whole matter. Because studying for exams was just not working for me last night, I decided to watch some of the Grammy's and study during the commercials. I didn't watch the whole thing, only bits and pieces near the end of the show.

I enjoyed watching all the interviews taking place on the Red Carpet. Everyone was dressed nice and classy (with the exceptions of a few slutty dresses) and walked with an air of dignity. I must say, I was a little shocked when Ryan Seacrest called Beyonce "hot" during her shoot with the Glam Cam. How degrading is that? Beyonce is a very beautiful woman who deserves more than the sexually excited comment of "hot". Maybe you could say it around friends, but definitely not on live TV. I actually listened to Miley Cyrus in her short talk with Ryan Seacrest as well and I discovered, not much to my surprise, that she is just like any other teenage girl.

I was excited when the performances began - looking and hoping to see some incredible vocal talent grace the stage. The first performance that I saw was with Bon Jovi. He sounded good on "Who Says You Can't Go Home" - given the fact that it is a live perfomance, you have to give some leeway with vocals. However, I was quite disappointed with "Livin' On A Prayer" because he was flat almost the entire time. The key was just too high. You could see it in his face that he was struggling for those notes.

The next performance I remember seeing was "Like A Bridge Over Troubled Water", sung by Mary J Blige and Andrea Bocelli. This was the best vocal performance of the night (of the ones that I saw) - big surprise, right? Andrea and Mary both have beautiful voices. They did an excellent job with the song and their harmonies were nice (Mary was a little flat on harmony at the very end of the song, but that's nitpicky). As for critiques, Andrea uses so much vibrato that it makes it very hard to mesh with other singers. He has been built for solo performances, and strong vibrato is always a struggle when singing in a group. Mary had an obvious break when she went to hit high notes - she would flip into a stylistic falsetto. I'm not saying that the stylistic falsetto is bad, but by the way her voice sounded, I don't believe she had any other option but to flip into falsetto. Like I said before, I am being nitpicky - they had a wonderful performance.

The last performance I paid attention to was the rap trio of Drake, Eminem, and Lil' Wayne. As for vocals...well, not there. Drake would have been the best vocally, but rap isn't renowned for its epic vocalists. I don't think I caught one word of Lil' Wayne while he was rapping - partly because I couldn't understand, partly because almost everything he rapped caught the obscene filter. Eminem impressed me with his rapping skills - it truly showed why he has been around so long. Why? Because he is good at rapping. Period. I didn't pay much attention to Drake (cause I had never heard of him before to be completely honest) but his performance was just "ok".

That's about all the analysis I could conjure up from my fragmented viewing of the Grammy Awards 2010. Your thoughts and comments?