80s night! Morris, Prince, Herbie!
Rihanna and Morris Day were the performance of the night during the Grammys! "Jungle Love!" Unless Steve Perry shows up and sings "Stone In Love," I think this is a lock.
Hey gang, I'm online and chatting live during tonight's Grammy Awards 50th gala celebration and celebrity car wash.
Why an 80s chat now? Because Stuck in the 80s co-host Sean Daly, who bribed me into forgoing my usual Sunday night ritual of Karate Kid and Jagermeister, says the night will be full of 80s performances. Check out his Pop Life blog for his keen observations on the actual awards.
There's Herbie Hancock, who already won for best contemporary jazz album. He's also up for best album of the year -- what? Did he re-release "Rockit"? Sean says there's no way he's winning, but thanks for showing up.
(At about 11:30 p.m., when Herbie actually WON album of the year, Sean nearly passed out as all the oxygen in his entire body left all at once.)
Tons of 80s moments. Morris Day! Cyndi Lauper! Tina Turner!
And then Kanye dressed up like Tron.
OLD SCHOOL ONLY:
I'm told that if I play nice and make no more snide comments about Jay-Z, Sean will let me go back to his place after the Grammys for cookies, Goldschlager and "The Girls Next Door" on his Tivo.
TINA IS QUEEN? Always fun to see Tina Turner on TV. But couldn't she have pulled a Mad Max and wailed out some "We Don't Need Another Hero" for us?
CALL A CAB: Cab Calloway gets the Lifetime Achievement Award finally. Call it a very loose connection, but with 1980's "Blues Brothers," I wonder how many people would remember him these days.
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Relive the music, movies and culture of the greatest decade ever with Times online editor Steve Spears. A teen during the decade, Steve is obsessed with everything from Duran Duran to Journey, John Hughes to John Cusack, and parachute pants to Reaganomics.
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Steve, you've got to get a life, as your television adviser, I'd recommend you turn off the Grammys and watch "Breaking Bad" on AMC .. good stuff.
I told Sean, caught Mary Gauthier at a tiny joint around the corner last night, look her up, that's a name Grammy Watchers need to know for next year's "event."
www.myspace.com/marygauthier ...
Posted by: chase | February 10, 2008 at 06:32 PM
Sadly, there will be no "Breaking Bad" for me tonight. I'm sitting here in Deggans' office, which Sean and Sharon.
My only hope: That some great 80s movie will be on TV when I get home later tonight.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 06:34 PM
Hey Steve! I was just checking in here as I wait for dinner to cook. There have been some great 80's movies on lately. We watched Die Hard last night, and last week we caught Top Gun AND Ferris Bueller three times! You can't be a Bueller triple feature!
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 06:44 PM
Duh, I meant you can't BEAT a Bueller triple feature
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 06:45 PM
I watched Big on-and-off this afternoon. And cried, as usual, at the end. Also caught part of Sixteen Candles on TV Land at some point this weekend.
What's for dinner, Sherrie?
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 06:46 PM
Ah, the pure zen guilt of Top Gun. I love it. Quick trivia: Can anyone name the actual character names of Cruise, Edwards and Kilmer (not their call signs)?
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 06:48 PM
Hey Jane- dinner is one of those dandy Chef Boyardee make-it-yourself pizzas. I don't cook- at all- so I really just supervised while my son made it. Fortunately, my husband is an executive chef so I rarely have to inflict my horrible cooking on my family.
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 06:48 PM
Jane.. I was watching BIG also today. It's one of those movies that when I see it's on, I rarely change the channel to anything else!
Sherrie... Yes, let us know what's for dinner. I bought the stuff to make Chicken Pot Pie and forgot the dang chicken stock. Grrrrr....
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 06:50 PM
That's not a bad gig -- supervising. And how lovely to have an executive chef in the house. We're having leftover arroz con pollo from last night.
And I have to pass on the Top Gun question -- I have absolutely no idea.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 06:50 PM
Are those pizza's even edible? I don't think I've even known a person to try to actually make those.
BTW -- the stupid questions being asked on the red carpet are beginning to annoy the ever-loving crap out of me.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 06:51 PM
Jane, I just read your arroz con pollo recipe on your blog- looks good!
Isn't Maverick's real name Maravich or something like that? I know it always reminded me of Pistol Pete Maravich
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 06:52 PM
Actually the pizzas are pretty good- you start with the flour mix and work up from there so it isn't a cardboard frozen pizza. More of a mega deep dish with a really excessive amount of pepperoni. I even used to have them in the 80's- my Mom and brother and I would make them on Saturday nights before we'd watch Sha Na Na, Love Boat and Fantasy Island.
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 06:55 PM
Close, but no cigar, Sherrie.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 06:56 PM
OH MY GOD! Anyone see Cyndi Lauper on the red carpet, lounging on the hood of that car? She looks 75 years old. And I say with full knowledge that I look 80.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 06:57 PM
Woh Sherrie... you just brought back major memories. This was the only types of pizza's we had in my house growing up! And yes, it was on Love Boat/Fantasy Island nights!! lol
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 06:58 PM
It was a big '80s rush there -- Cyndi Lauper, Jimmy Jam and a crawl across the bottom of the screen about some Rolling Stone readers' poll naming "Don't You Forget About Me" as the best '80s Movie Song.
And Tony Bennett is in his 80s, so that also kinda counts.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:00 PM
What channel are you guys watching the preshow on? My TV is currently being controlled by my 11 year old son and my husband, so they are mesmerized by American Gladiators. No Grammys for me until the kid goes to bed!
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 07:03 PM
I haven't been able to read the crawl, so thanks for the Rolling Stone tip re. "Don't You Forget About Me."
Everyone here agree with that result? I'm thinking there's something better out there.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 07:03 PM
Yeah, "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by Georgia Satillites. PSYCH! I know how you love that song, Steve (and I haven't said "psych" in about 25 years, so thanks for that)
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 07:05 PM
For your reading pleasure, y'all:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18189049/rock_list_readers_best_eighties_movie_themes
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:06 PM
People on the red carpet are now actually saying they're "stuck in the 80s." I'm thinking they're actually serious about that too.
And I'm digging that.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 07:12 PM
Some great 80s movie songs:
Danger Zone (Top Gun)
If You Leave (Pretty in Pink)
Oh Yeah (Ferris Bueller)
Somebody's Baby (Fast Times)
Miss Amanda Jones (Some Kind of Wonderful)
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 07:15 PM
Well there you go. It's a Stuck In the '80s world. And we live in it.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:15 PM
Unhuh, sure... sneak over here when I wasn't looking.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:19 PM
Whats up Marissa?
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 07:21 PM
I think it was Tony Bennett who said, "I'm stuck in my 80s"
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:21 PM
Probably -- he's still appalled by how that twit Guiliana treated him. Love me some Mr. Benedetto.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:22 PM
I'm in shock after seeing Herbie Hancock there -- as a best album nominee.
That video for "Rock It" still gives me nightmares.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 07:22 PM
Grillz. Are. Stupid.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:25 PM
I'm with you on "Rock-it" being nightmare inducing. Too many bird-like mechanisms and psuedo human robot things having spasms. Shudder....
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 07:25 PM
Herbie Hancock played Gator Growl my junior year -- he was so tedious and I was so hungover that I literally fell asleep in the stadium during his gig. It was awful.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:26 PM
I'll second that about the grills Marissa! I work in a middle school and a few of the kids have grills...when they talk they pull them out and usually drool on my desk. Not an attractive accessory, to be sure.
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 07:28 PM
Oooh. That's nasty, Sherrie. Yuck.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:28 PM
At least you weren't there, I assume, when the freakin' Smothers Brothers performed at Gator Growl.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 07:30 PM
The Smothers Brothers? What, for all the 60 year old Gators there?
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 07:31 PM
Oh, I saw the Smothers Brothers alright. I went back quite a bit right after I graduated, as my roommate was in charge of something or other for Blue Key & Homecoming.
However, they weren't as bad as the horror that was Bob Hope. And I'll leave it at that.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:35 PM
I think we have Steven Wright one year too. Not exactly the kinda act that fills a stadium.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 07:41 PM
My freshman year we had Robin Williams -- that was post Mork & Mindy and before his movie career really took off. And during his coke years. I've never laughed so hard in my life. He worked blue, but damn, was it funny. Every other Growl paled in comparison, at least for me.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:45 PM
We had Sinbad at Clearwater High for "Tornado Tales" in 85. The CHS auditorium was the perfect sized room for him then (and maybe now, too.)
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 07:46 PM
That Robin Williams show was the reason we were stuck with the Smothers Brothers (and lame acts) ever since. Thank you, Mr. Happy.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:09 PM
PRINCE IN THE HOUSE!!!
I'm loving the Grammys suddenly. If only he was wearing the butt-less chaps.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:11 PM
Sean thinks Prince was being snotty in his comments about Frank Sinatra.
I think he's just trying to be funny -- in his own Prince-like way.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:12 PM
I thought it was pretty funny myself-- but I appreciate that dry snark.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:14 PM
And yes, Mr. Happy was the downfall of Growl. But I was there, so I can't complain too much.
That was also the year the Gators played Southern Cal in football and the students decided to show their school spirit by throwing condoms at the visitor bench. Good times, good times.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:16 PM
THE TIME!!!!!
I just about fainted.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:18 PM
EEEEEEE!!! Morris Day and the Time!!
I squeeled so loud that Miss Riss probably heard me in IL.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:20 PM
I tried to get Sean to do the little two-finger high-five move from the video, but he claimed I was making it up.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:21 PM
Pfffft. Party pooper.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:22 PM
That song was the culmination of my very being.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:23 PM
I love that song SO much, it's not even funny.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:25 PM
Tom Hanks looks awfully old.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:25 PM
Yepp!! LOVE me some Morris Day & The Time!! Still got the moves!!
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 08:27 PM
Hanks has looked better -- when his forehead had movement.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:29 PM
And Prince.. well as they say, he could make reading the phone book sound good!
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 08:29 PM
Prince is the coolest person in the Los Angeles zip code any given night.
He could stand up there and say, "Steve Spears is a fraud. Tell him to stick it!" And I'd still be here giving him a slow cap and standing ovation.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:32 PM
Exactly!! He is probably my second fav singer... and I know you can guess the first! lol
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 08:46 PM
Hey,
Just got back from a neighborhood party and got the kids to bed.
What did I miss?
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 10, 2008 at 08:48 PM
Jeff... What DIDN'T you miss!! Wow.. Prince.... Morris Day & the Time!!
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 08:51 PM
Steeeeeeve Perry.
No more Journey psych-outs!
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:53 PM
LOL!
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 08:54 PM
Story of my life.
I miss Prince.
I miss Morris.
But I get to see who wins Best Compilation Soundtrack.
Actually, somebody gave me a copy of the "Love" soundtrack this week. I should give it a listen.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 10, 2008 at 08:57 PM
So the Beatles won for best compilation soundtrack (or best Cirque soundtrack, I'm not sure.)
But George Martin. Wow. Can you believe the guy is still alive. And pretty much looks the same as he did 40 years ago.
Though he's looking more like Mr. Burns every year.
And for crying out loud, give a lifetime achievement award to Ringo and George Harrison.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:58 PM
I have the "Love" soundtrack -- it's not bad. Atmospheric Beatles, if that makes sense.
Yay! Ringo!
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:00 PM
I really, really like Rihanna (she's on heavy rotation on the 'pod when I'm at the Y on the treadmill) but good lord, that is not a great haircut she's sporting.
However, the spendiforousness that is Morris Day balances it all out.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:03 PM
I'm getting sick of George and Ringo being marginalized because they weren't Paul and John. The two of them are just as much fundamental touchstones in the history of popular music.
Holy hypocrite, Batman. If Lennon & McCartney are the standard, let's all just pack it in and go home, because no one desrves an award.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 10, 2008 at 09:05 PM
Miss Tina!
That is all.
She is still The Queen.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:06 PM
Tina Turner... normally I'd celebrate the 80s moment.
She looks awful. She looks like Arnold in Total Recall in that female disguise when he tries to sneak onto Mars.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 09:07 PM
Someone lock up Tine Turner's Botox cabinet!
There's nothing moving from the upper lip on up. It's like she's been turtle waxed.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 10, 2008 at 09:07 PM
Regardless, she's still the Queen. Botox, ugly outfit, bad wig and all.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:09 PM
Note to Tina Turner:
If you want to perpetuate the notion that you're still hot, you shouldn't be on the same stage with Beyonce.
Not even the same zip code.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 10, 2008 at 09:10 PM
I'm with Jeff -- the four of them (five, if you include Martin) were one band. They all deserve their due.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 09:11 PM
Tina's great, but Aretha is the queen.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 10, 2008 at 09:13 PM
Good point. I like to think they're queens of their own unique kingdoms, though.
And I'm getting way too metaphorical, even for me. Whoa.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:17 PM
Sean's desperately trying to bang out a story now before deadline. Awww, it's so cute.
Every few minutes, I throw some lame joke at him to see if I can get him off his game.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 09:17 PM
Country song performance. Time to refresh drinks, everyone.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 09:36 PM
And BAD country song performance at that.
Posted by: 80sfan | February 10, 2008 at 09:38 PM
Kayne West. Hmmm. Where are the fashion police when you need them?
Posted by: 80sfan | February 10, 2008 at 09:40 PM
I think it's worth mentioning that the song that Aretha sang was written by none other than Bryan Adams.
Posted by: 80sfan | February 10, 2008 at 09:47 PM
Kanye looked like Adam Ant -- covered with day-glo paint.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 09:52 PM
I'm sorry that we didn't get a Cab Calloway honorary performance of "Minnie the Moocher". He was da bomb.
Hi di hi di hi di ho...
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:56 PM
News flash: Roy Scheider dies at age 75.
I'd do a whole blog item about it, but Roy's hey-day was the 70s. Still, I loved the guy's work.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 10:03 PM
True -- he was great. Too bad "All That Jazz" (my fave of his films) just misses by having been released in '79.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 10:07 PM
You give "All That Jazz" the nod over "Jaws"? That's a bold statement.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Totally and strictly personal -- I'm a total theater hooer at heart and I love Fosse. Completely subjective opinion.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 10:13 PM
On Roy Scheider. I'm a "Blue Thunder" girl, myself.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 10:26 PM
You should get a tattoo that says that.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 10:39 PM
I'll get right on it, Steve. I might have to just ink it with a Sharpie. I'm not much for needles.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 10:45 PM
I'm totally serious about this: Five years from now, we'll all seriously struggle to answer this trivia question: What was the name of that drunken musician that everyone thought was so great back in 2008?
I don't get Amy Winehouse. Never will.
She makes "Jesus Jones" look like a contender for the next Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Uhm, I can't answer that Steve. I don't even have a snarky comment to throw back.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 10:49 PM
I dig her voice--- that retro, throwback sound. Maybe because it's refreshing for me to hear something like that these days.
Or maybe that's just my GG&T talking.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 10:52 PM
I think she's just different from the pop princesses we're so accustomed to hearing on the radio. She doesn't seem overproduced.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 10:54 PM
I'm so ready to let the Wild Turkey do the talking, but not til I get home.
I'm thinking the show is almost over. Sean's agonizing over every word in his story for tomorrow. What a lad.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 10:55 PM
When does the paper go to press? My Dad used to work for the Clearwater Sun back in the '80s and I know it was midnight for them
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 10:56 PM
LOVE the use of the very underappreciated word "lad." So charming.
That probably wasn't your intent, but the GG&T and I took it that way.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Tell Sean I'm doing a "whoop whoop" raise the roof motion in his honor.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 10:58 PM
re: Five years from now, we'll all seriously struggle to answer this trivia question: What was the name of that drunken musician that everyone thought was so great back in 2008?
I doubt it will be that long. My bet, by this summer her overdose story will be on TMZ and I'll wonder who she was.
Posted by: virginia | February 10, 2008 at 10:58 PM
I love Virginia. Thanks for backing me up on that.
This show STILL isn't over???
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:00 PM
BTW, Sean's deadline just passed for first edition. He got the story in on time.
...
Just having some fun watching the slideshow of artists who passed away this year. Still tear up when I see Boston's Brad Delp and Dan Fogelberg.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:02 PM
yeah, Sean!! We knew you could do it, buddy.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Oh it's way too late in the show for this Josh Groban crap. They should have wrapped it up with Winehouse. Then we could ALL go get a drink.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:08 PM
I'd forgotten that Max Roach and Oscar Peterson died this past year as well. Sigh.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 11:08 PM
I agree, Steve. Ending on such a slow tempo is just plain stupid. Now everything I enjoyed about the long winded show is erased by the melodramatic performance of the opera guys.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 11:09 PM
The only thing keeping me awake at this point: "The Soup" is on the other TV here in the office we're writing from.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:09 PM
Exactly about the Josh Groban crap -- too late in the evening for performances like that. My attention span is waning. As is the drink in my glass.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Must find Morris Day and The Time Grammy performance on youtube.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Is "The Soup" the E show formerly known as Talk Soup?
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Ah, Joel McHale is my hero. Well, second to you, of course, Steve.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 11:11 PM
I think so, Sherrie.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 11:11 PM
guess that way the grammy folks figured was the only decent followup to the memorial film clips...to put the rest of us out of our misery with groban and bocelli!
Posted by: viriginia | February 10, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Woooooo John Fogerty!
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 11:13 PM
ha, jerry lee lewis isn't even trying to play along with fogerty's song! what a freakin' mess!
Posted by: virginia | February 10, 2008 at 11:15 PM
He's like 150 yrs old.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Oh no. Jerry Lee Lewis needs to know when to call it quits. I hate to be mean to someone who so clearly is more important at age 115 than I'll be the rest of my life all combined, but it's 11:16 p.m. here on the East Coast. Long past Jerry's bedtime.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Wow....Jerry Lee Lewis looks alarmingly like J. Edgar Hoover
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 11:16 PM
and he keeps ruining my death pool, like 10 years running. I've lose more money on him than the IRS has...
Posted by: virginia | February 10, 2008 at 11:17 PM
I think Little Richard and Tina Turner share wigs
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 11:17 PM
I loved Little Richard in "Down and Out in Beverly Hills."
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Nick Nolte a bum in that one?
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 11:21 PM
HAHAHA -- Sherrie! That's awesome about Jerry Lee and J. Edgar Hoover.
Little Richard *whoo!* is always *whoo!* fantabulous *whoo*!
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 11:22 PM
Yeah, that's the movie. Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Miss Riss, your mention of Nick Nolte triggers my completely uncontrollable urge to look up this photo whenever I see his name:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/nolte1.html
Never fails to make me laugh out loud.
Carry on.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Pretty much what I'll look like tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:27 PM
I feared mentioning Dreyfus in case Cathy was watching the blog.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 11:28 PM
WHAT?????!?
Herbie Hancock won Album of the Year for for "River: The Joni Letters."
I'm totally floored.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:29 PM
blah blah blah ... pass the bottle, Spearsy.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Oh good lord. Herbie Hancock? I stayed up waaaay past my bedtime for Herbie Hancock? Ugh.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 11:32 PM
I'll need more than a bottle after seeing Herbie Hancock win that last award.
Daly says it could possibly be the biggest upset in Grammy history.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:36 PM
On a somewhat lighter moment, the computer that Sean is typing on is suddenly playing some strange classical piece. The weird things that happen at this place after dark.
Turns out its an alarm clock that was sitting on the desk.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:38 PM
OK, I get it. This was the Bizarro World presentation!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Yeah, I'm thinking this ranks right up there with big upsets. The only other one I can think of at the moment-- and it wasn't in one of the BIG categories -- was when Jethro Tull beat out Metallica for the Heavy Metal Album of the Year in the late '80s.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 11:42 PM
I'm calling it a night, gang. We'll post Sean's review of the night on his blog shortly.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Nighters cool cats. This kitten is heading to bed.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Until the 'morrow, sweet dreams, y'all. It's been fun.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Who do you love? Me, for finding this!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=M6473RFvhCo
...I wanna take you to my cage,
Lock you up and hide the key.
You only get water, baby.
Cuz if you're hungry, take a bite of me...
Oh-wee-oh-wee-oh!
Posted by: jane | February 11, 2008 at 07:09 AM
Jane, when I looked for that earlier in the night (when I said Must find Morris Day and the Time Grammy performance), it wasn't posted yet. So, this is a mighty fine way to wake up!
Woot!
Posted by: Marissa | February 11, 2008 at 07:43 AM
Great minds do indeed think alike!
I'm now on the hunt for a "Jungle Love" ringtone for ye olde cell. No luck thus far... the philistines at my usual ringtone providers aren't as charmed by Morris Day as I am. But I've not given up...
Posted by: jane | February 11, 2008 at 08:02 AM
It's gotta be out there somewhere! My provider doesn't have it either. I looked. They have Steve Miller's "Jungle Love." Not quite the same.
Posted by: Marissa | February 11, 2008 at 08:14 AM