Hot Grammy Action! LIVE!
UPDATE: WHAAAAAAAT? HERBIE HANCOCK? ALBUM OF THE YEAR? This is why the Grammy Awards are considered a joke. This is why the recording industry is clueless and downtrodden. For three-plus hours Sunday night, the 50th annual Grammy Awards were having a swell anniversary year. Kanye West and Amy Winehouse were properly feted. The performances were inspired. The mood was smart, hip, fun.
And then they called Herbie Hancock's name for album of the year. No offense to the great jazz pianist, but his River: The Joni Letters is NOT the album of the year. Oy.
Anyway, I'm pretty wiped. I basically had to rewrite my entire early-edition column after complimenting the Grammys for finally having their proverbial stuff together.
So thanks to everyone who joined the chat tonight. If you're just reading this, there's some brilliant commentary in the comments section. Enjoy.
(Read the comments area for the play-by-play action. And feel free to head over to Stuck in the 80s, as my doppleganger best buddy is hosting a chat there too.)
If you need a Grammys refresher course, check these out:
Here's a link to my GRAMMY PREDICTIONS. (Oof, I really tanked on those. First the Patriots lose. Now this. Tough week for SD.)
Here's a link to my feature on Grammy-gobbling legend Phil Ramone.
Here's some play-by-play, from the red carpet to the finale...
HELMET HAIR: Carrie Underwood -- hire a new stylist. Or lay off the Aqua-Net.
TRON? Anyone else see reflections of Tron in that first Kanye performance? I kept waiting for Jeff Bridges to scream "Greetings, Program!"
CAN WE BE NICE? Yeah, Alicia Keys looks great. Very classy. And that upsets us to no end. We need more Souja Boy silliness and less Keys class.
GIRLS JUST WANNA ... have fewer cliches. Can someone possibly interview Cyndi Lauper without having to awkwardly drop her signature song title into the questions? (FYI, Spears promises to pay for the damages to the TV here.)
JASON BATEMAN - COMIC SUPER-HERO: This guy should be hosting the Oscars. He's killin' from outside the Staples Center. "Ladies and gentlemen ... and the creepy guy walking over there." It's enough to make you forget Teen Wolf Too and buy another set of "Arrested Development" DVDs.
BEST ZINGER: Vince Gill -- "I just had an award handed to me by a Beatle ... have you had that happen yet, Kanye?"
BEST UNINTENDED JOKE: "Coming up later tonight -- Kid Rock and a new female friend."
I WOULD DIE 4 U: Prince is the coolest guy in the Los Angeles zip code, so if he wants to take a shot at Frank Sinatra, who are we to dry foul. We think it was a joke, but it's Prince, so just nod along knowingly and be glad he'd even grace an event like this.
BEST PERFORMANCE SO FAR? Probably Morris Day, you think? But Beyonce and Tina Turner -- hot, very hot. Kanye singing about his mom, who died last year? Sean's still sobbing in between bites of Funyuns.
POOR KANYE: What's with trying to play Kanye off the stage halfway through his acceptance speech? Please tell us that was a mistake and someone hit the wrong button.
PAISLEY POWER: Brad Paisley really sings a song called "Ticks?" (Sean assures he did.) Did Weird Al write the lyrics. Since when did country cross-breed with vaudeville?
AND FINALLY: Amy Winehouse really does perform. Though maybe she'll later wish she hadn't. She sounded like it was 3 in the morning over there in London. Oh it was? OK, nevermind. "Not a great performance," Sean says, "but at least she didn't pass out."
[AP photos; Getty Images]
What Sean meant to type was "Hot GRANNY action" tonight. He and I are hitting the single bars at the retirement communities here in Tampa Bay. Sorry for the confusion.
Stay tuned for the pics!
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 12:14 PM
HA! A little Early Bird Special action afoot, eh gentlemen? Sounds like a good time will be had by all. Make sure to complement the ladies on their wigs -- that's always a great ice-breaker.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 01:31 PM
Woohoo! Live action! Crazy Skanks in crazier couture! Mumblin' men wearing oversized shades -- in the dark! Who could ask for anything more? Oh, and MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER TRIBUTE? Oooooohhhhhhhh.
Yeah, I'll be around.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 01:32 PM
THIS JUST IN! Steve Spears has agreed to come in and help my sorry butt with the Grammy stuff tonight. So at the very least, you'll have cool pix immediately. You'll also no doubt get some bonus Stuck in the '80s stuff.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 02:49 PM
Woo! It's a double shot. "pop! goes my heart..."
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 03:03 PM
Most excellent -- I'll make sure I'm on my best behavior!
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 03:25 PM
Caught Mary Gauthier down at a tiny joint around the corner last night, cheap cover, $3 bud bottles, and the bar was lit entirely by candles ... I can't say I've had a more memorable concert experience in years. Have you written about her at all? Wheel Inside the Wheel, Can't Find My Way Back Home, Mercy Now ... and then talked with her after the show ... holy smokes.
Anyway.
There's that. ... as for the Grammy's, the only dog in that fight for me is Feist over Amy Bighouse, or Winehouse, or whatever ... Amy, well, burn out or fade away, I guess.
Posted by: chase | February 10, 2008 at 04:30 PM
Hey! It's your's truly ... you know who. I don't have the tube turned to the freaktacular red carpet just yet, though.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 06:16 PM
Looks like Ace had his brows done, and teeth whitened for the occasion.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 06:21 PM
I think old Ace got confused -- he was supposed to go into the back entrance marked "cater-waiters" but ended up on the red carpet instead. Good lord.
This is the one awards show where I actually miss that harpy Joan Rivers, because she was always SO out of her element, making the coverage fall into the "so-bad-it's-good" category.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 06:22 PM
Not thrilled with Alicia Keys' hairdo. Missed her dress because I was fixated on that hair.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 06:27 PM
Hey gang. Who's your buddy? Who's your pal? Spearsy here, blogging along with Sean. I'll be adding any 80s observations to my Stuck in the 80s blog.
Right now, I'm being tortured by the fashion show and red carpet disaster. First thought: These are the worst questions ever asked of celebrities.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 06:30 PM
Isaac Misrahi asks THE worst questions. I'm not sure if he's doing anything tonight, but he takes TMI to a new level.
RoboCop 2 is currently on here. My son likes it.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 06:32 PM
Giuliana "Dipandi" Rancic makes me wanna shoot the TV. Or at least Spears. When I covered the MTV VMAs one year, she was acting like she was bigger than Beyonce. Can't stand her. She also weighs 47 pounds.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 06:34 PM
Bleah! I'm with you on that one, Sean. She and Seacrest do that E! show together and it's the worst. I figured that ring Rancic gave her would snap her wee little wrist.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 06:36 PM
I love Mizrahi -- the night he felt up Scarlett Johansson on the red carpet was epic. Equalled only by Diana Ross feeling up Lil' Kim's bare boob on the MTV Music Awards.
These interviewers have no savvy and way too much spray tan.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 06:36 PM
Are you watching the TV Guide Channel, Miss Riss? I gotta find that one, too. I'm watching a bank of TVs suitable for a Bond villain.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 06:36 PM
Lots of lame 80s references in tonight's show so far. Did they actually compare Fantasia's haircut to Flock of Seagulls?
Somewhere, Mike Score is crying out in horror.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 06:37 PM
Robocop is dangling from a building right now. I believe it's almost over. He and Cane just plummeted .. one 'bot standing.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 06:40 PM
I got a look at Fantasia's haircut last week -- it's many things (like awful), but Flock of Seagulls-eqsue it's not.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 06:42 PM
Does Ace's shirt say "Boggart Nation?"
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 06:43 PM
No, it says "Wolfgang Puck Events."
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 06:43 PM
I can't get past Ace's eyebrows to look at the shirt... reminds me of the Joker!
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 06:47 PM
Okay. So I'm viewing the red carpet glitz on E!online, and Melissa Joan Hart aka Sabrina the Teen-age Witch is preggy. No problem. Nice maternity gown...but why is she holding her preggy belly as if her clutch is the sole support?
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 06:51 PM
Marissa.... I've been watching the pre-Grammy show on TV guide... butI think I'll switch to E! Lisa Rhinna's lips have always freaked me out a bit!
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 06:54 PM
Who's worse? E!'s Giuliana or Lisa Rinna? Jeez, these two are brutal. Oh look, and there's Joey Fat One. The troika of genius is complete.
Where in the hell is Seacrest when I need him most?
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 06:55 PM
No contest Sean... Lisa is waaaayyy worse!
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 06:56 PM
Tell me how these people get on TV. Juliana just made Seal stand there while she rattled on and on. She's an idiot.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 06:57 PM
and I spelled her name wrong, but she's a dolt and deserved it.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 06:58 PM
Holy cow! Carrie Underwood let a kindergarten class finger paint her dress.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 06:59 PM
Sean! There's your girl Miranda Lambert. She's lookin' mean and tough! I think she just caught some woman checkin' out her man! Yeehaw! "Get me the Jack Daniels ..i'm chuggin' it down and beatin that bleeeeep with the empty"
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:01 PM
Guiliana should be ashamed of her interview with Tony Bennett - she treated him like a dottering old coot. Sure, he's 80-something but he's FRICKIN' TONY BENNETT!
And Seacrest in in London at the BAFTAs. I think.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:03 PM
About Carrie Underwood's trippy Jackson Pollock smock...
Sharon Sez: She's very on trend.
Sean Sez: She's very on acid.
Plus what's with her helmet-y hair?
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 07:03 PM
Well, guys. That's one way to embrace the Asian populus (referring to comments on Adrienne Lau).
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:04 PM
I'm really having issues. I watch the Grammy's with hopes of something freaktastic walking the red carpet. Where's Bjork when you need her?
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:06 PM
The Fug Girls are going to have a field day with Adrienne Lau tomorrow -- I hope. Oh my.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:08 PM
Lisa Rinna looks plastic. Or plastique. That is all.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:11 PM
hibbity..bibbity..jaboobbity..blah..yackety shmackety..hoobityglob.
what was that?
by the way, I'm on the E!network now.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:11 PM
Herbie Hancock is nominated for album of the year? Are you kidding me? What, did "Rockit" get re-released?
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 07:20 PM
I still don't like Alicia Keys' hair -- it's too tidy or matronly or something.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:21 PM
Nelly Furtado is NOT good as a blonde. Sorry. Yuck.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:22 PM
My 13 yr old son just remarked on Fergie's dress: "It just looks like a really long towel."
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:23 PM
Jay-Z looks a little too much Forrest Whitaker tonight. And he's wandering around like he's trying to find tickets for those tickets for Earth, Wind & Fire.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 07:24 PM
Oooh, you're right, Miss Riss. Not a good look for her.
And Fergie looks, dare I say, quite polished and lovely. Not crazy about the yellow, but that's a personal preference more than anything.
PS: I keep seeing Ringo wandering around -- is he doing something special tonight that I don't know about?
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:25 PM
I repeat my previous comment on the 'hibbity bibbity boobityglob'
What the heck are those guys saying?
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:27 PM
Uhm, to Daughtry's wifey. Two words: SUPPORT BRA.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:28 PM
I got in trouble here at work for saying "two sacks of flour" when Daughtry's wife appeared on TV.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 07:29 PM
Nelly Furtado looks like someone Scarface would date. Dirty, cokey. The dark side of me kinda digs it.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 07:30 PM
It's the Twit-twins. Guiliana and Debbie!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:30 PM
BAI LING! Let the freak show begin!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:32 PM
Nice to see Yoko bringing the eccentric.
And yikes to Wife of Daughtry in her gold lame and oh, those ta-tas. Cheap, cheap. The look, that is.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:35 PM
Bai Ling would show up to the opening of an envelope. She provides hours of endless amusement, intentional or not.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:37 PM
I think I saw her dress at Sears.
Ne-Yo is lookin' mighty dapper.
Miley Cyrus looked very pretty.
JayZ sportin' the bow tie. I LOVE Tom Ford (hot hot hot), but the tie looks goofy.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:38 PM
Agreed on Tom Ford -- hot is an understatement.
*snort* to the Sears comment. Mean, but I couldn't help it.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:41 PM
Dang, Marissa, you know your fashion. You would so disappointed by my sartorial choices. I'm basically sponsored by Hanes.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 07:42 PM
Eek, Cyndi Lauper. I bet she makes excellent meat pies.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 07:43 PM
Is there anyone smoother than John Legend? Good lord, ladies. Let's talk.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 07:44 PM
Guiliana needs to stop with the attempts at being Urban smart. Tossing around the 'dayummm" is extremely annoying. I have gone from finding her annoying to a level of Sean Daly St. Elmo's Fire hatred.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:44 PM
LOL Steve. meat pies lol I'm giggling so hard I have tears and I'm snorting lol
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:45 PM
I'm a Hanes Her Way girl, Sean. No granny panties, though. Just in case someone was thinkin' it.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Damn, Sean -- I just aspirated my dinner with that Cyndi Lauper/meat pies comment. Where was she when Tim Burton was casting...
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:47 PM
John Legend is the voice I'd love to hear outside my window on a moonlit night with spring in the air ... instead, I get Gary the Garden Gnome hacking up a loogie.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:48 PM
Oh, Sean said the meat pies. Sorry. Retraction, STAT!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:48 PM
If that stupid Guilliana asks one more person who they'd like to collaborate with, I'm going to reach through my screen and choke her Mystic Tan-covered neck.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:49 PM
Wow! Look at Beyonce'! The wave on the boob is a bit overstated, but shazayum!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:51 PM
Clearly the dimwits at E! don't communicate questions already asked of the artists. IDIOTS> ugh!
Do you think Will.I.Am. could get a better fitting hat?
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:54 PM
Beyonce looks very pretty, as always -- but really young to me for some reason.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 07:54 PM
I just read the updated post. "Daughtry's floppy wife." She is, afterall, just a regular gal from South Carolina. Maybe the dress came from Belk's, not Sears.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 07:57 PM
IS it just me, or is this 'old footage mixed with new' schtick getting old?
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:02 PM
While I LOATHE these Duets from the Great Beyond with a passion, I think that Alicia needs to do an album of standards. She sounds great. Love the band.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:04 PM
Oh, I so agree. I like Alicia, I love the Chairman -- but the whole living-dead duet is creepy and so over. Lame start.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 08:05 PM
yeah! I'm not alone.
Carrie Underwood: So over her. In fact, I was over her before she started.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:07 PM
My my my. Miss Underwood has sure come a long way from the stage of the Kodak Theater, hasn't she. Those are quite the hair extensions she's sporting.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:07 PM
PRINCE IN THE HOUSE!!!
I'm loving the Grammys suddenly. If only he was wearing the buttcheek-less chaps.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:11 PM
i hear later in the show nicole richie will perform "stuck on you" with a hologram of her dead dad Lionel
Posted by: Rampy Esq | February 10, 2008 at 08:12 PM
Prince bringing the funny -- who knew? "Frank sure looked good for being 150 years old."
And yay for Alicia, but oh, how I love Jill Scott. Her voice is like honey.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:13 PM
I was diggin' Prince's shades. I need to do my 'spec'tacular research on those babies.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:13 PM
Ramp Esq! At last. Keep bringing the uncomfortably brilliant zingers.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 08:15 PM
It's The Time!
Posted by: DG | February 10, 2008 at 08:17 PM
Whoa. "Jungle Love." That's badass. Spears is crying next to me.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 08:18 PM
THE TIME! Jungle Love! Did I ever tell you guys that I danced on the bar to this song (at Walter Payton's America's Bar in Chicago)?
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:19 PM
We got Prince, the Time...Where's Apolonia? This is like a Purple Rain reunion goin' on.
Posted by: DG | February 10, 2008 at 08:20 PM
EEEEEE! Morris Day & The Time!! EEEEEEEE!
I'm groovin' to "Jungle Love" in the middle of my living room.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:21 PM
That was splendiferous!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:23 PM
I like to imagine that when he steps out of the shower each morning and gets dressed, Sean yells "Spears!" and Steve comes running in holding up a giant gilded mirror and they dance OW WE OH WE OH!
hey when did tom hanks start using botox??
Posted by: Rampy Esq | February 10, 2008 at 08:24 PM
They should have gone to commercial after that. Poor Tom Hanks.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:24 PM
haha Rampy
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:25 PM
"That Thing you Do" was on yesterday or Friday night...it's all a blur
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:26 PM
Tom Hanks looks more like Hootch than Turner these days.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:26 PM
PUNCH BUGGY! No punch back!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:28 PM
Well, this explains why Ringo was wandering around.
And Tom has definitely looked better. Bless his heart.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:28 PM
Can Kanye West come up on stage and break this thing up? I love the Beatles and all, but come on!
Posted by: DG | February 10, 2008 at 08:29 PM
gee, what a surprise. ::blink::
I did get a listen to Paramore. Kinda diggin' it.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:35 PM
Ah, Cyndi Lauper is here. Heh-heh.
Anyone see her movie in the 80s? "Vibes." Horrific. Even Jeff Goldblum couldn't save it.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:35 PM
mmmm Jason Bateman. mmm hmmm
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:36 PM
"...from Led Zeppelin, for the morons."
Spears might be right when he says Jason Bateman is the funniest man alive.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 10, 2008 at 08:37 PM
Violin with a thyroid problem. mmmhmmm He's fine. Gotta get me .. uh. nevermind.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:39 PM
I will never be able to look at Cyndi Lauper again without thinking about meat pies. Thanks, Sean.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:39 PM
Sean, Steve, Jane ... ever see "The Sweetest Thing?" JB is in that. Hilarious!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:40 PM
Sweetest Thing -- yes, I own it on DVD (along with 300 other movies.) Great movie and Bateman just steals all the laughs.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:42 PM
Funny because Sean and I were just discussing our favorite lines from "Sweetest Thing" when we saw your post.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:43 PM
One of the things I love about Jason Bateman is that his father-in-law is Paul Anka.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:44 PM
Wow! I'm on the same wavelength with you guys. What does that tell ya?
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:44 PM
PS: I'm a little excited about the Foos coming up.
Dave Grohl = the hotness.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:46 PM
Screw the Foos. Bring back Morris.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:48 PM
TRON!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:48 PM
Speaking of, Steve... where is the Morris Day & The time podcast?? lol
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 08:49 PM
Screw the Foos? Pffffffffft. There's room for both Dave and Morris.
I'm now a little verklempt after watching Kanye's tribute to his mama.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:51 PM
A wee tear welled up over here.
Now I'm a choking a bit, but not from emotion (Fergie live).
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:54 PM
A Morris Day podcast? Great idea. I'd love to get him on the show.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 08:55 PM
Fergie and John Legend -- something for everyone!
Her voice, actually, isn't as bad as I had thought it might be with nothing but a piano for backing.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 08:55 PM
That one long, excrutiating note made my cat's tail puff up in fright.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 08:57 PM
Steve.. I know Morris Day (and The Time) still does a lot of performing... you'd probably have a good chance of getting him to do the show. Who knows!
Posted by: Carla | February 10, 2008 at 09:03 PM
Get the crash cart ready for Sean. Beyonce' in shorty shorts
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:04 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 09:06 PM
I was trying to type something nice about her appearance. I couldn't. It's bad.
Love this song, though.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:08 PM
Regardless -- she's still the Queen, as Princess Beyonce said.
Although that outfit is spectacularly unflattering.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:08 PM
Yeah, I know she's an elder and a legend, but that ensemble is heinous.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:09 PM
I have to wonder if Sean is going ape-shiznit right now.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:10 PM
Well, this sure is better than the video duet with Ike that could've happened.
Posted by: DG | February 10, 2008 at 09:11 PM
haha DG. Well said.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:12 PM
*snurckle*
True, DG. It coulda been worse.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:12 PM
Oh sh*t Tina just pulled a hammy
Posted by: Rampy Esq | February 10, 2008 at 09:14 PM
Oh crap!
Andy Williams is on TV and I can't think of Claudine Longet joke.
I'm so off my game!
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 10, 2008 at 09:15 PM
My childhood is passing before my eyes... Burt Bacharach. Andy Williams. That's what my parents listened to on the big a** console hi-fi.
I totally love Burt, though. He rocks.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:15 PM
re-hab, re-hab, re-hab...amy went to re-hab eh-eh-eh.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:16 PM
All we need now is Perry Como.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:17 PM
"Rehab" gets a songwriting award?
Somehow I don't see that becoming a "standard"; the kind of song that earnest people will sing at county fair singing contests 25 years from now.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 10, 2008 at 09:18 PM
I really dug it when Mike Myers had Bacharach on one of the Austin Powers movies. Great stuff.
The only Andy Williams reference I can think of is on the Simpsons, when the kids stop in Branson, Missouri, because Nelson wants to hear Andy sing Moon River.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 09:19 PM
When did Andy Williams have his face circumcised?
Posted by: Rampy Esq | February 10, 2008 at 09:20 PM
Perhaps Perry can be the Singer from the Great Beyond in a trio with Andy & Burt.
He is dead, isn't he?
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:20 PM
I think so, Jane.
Rampy! you scamp!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:21 PM
Jane's rockin' her living room as I type this.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:23 PM
I could bore you with Andy Williams references, but then I'd be Stuck in the Nixon Administration Era and that's really not a fun place to be.
Anyway, I'm too busy basking in the hawtness that is Dave Grohl. Rock Star Sex God that he is.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:24 PM
Foo fighter?
Why ruin a show chock full of great 80's moments with the music that killed the 80's?
I guess that's a whine for the SIT80's live chat.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 10, 2008 at 09:24 PM
Foo Fighters?
It's been a great 80's show, why go with the music that killed the '80s?
I guress that's a whine for the SIT80's chat.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 10, 2008 at 09:26 PM
Cuz' the Foo Fighters RAWK!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:26 PM
Testify, Miss Riss!
That was hot. And I did totally rock out in the living room.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:28 PM
"Coming up, Kid Rock with a new female friend.."
What time does Hooters close in Los Angeles on a Sunday night?
Posted by: DG | February 10, 2008 at 09:29 PM
Kid Rock and his new lady friend -- NOW that should be a treat worth waiting for.
I wonder if he washed his hair for tonight's big shindig.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:32 PM
He probably gave it a Valvoline rinse, Jane.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:33 PM
HA!
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:35 PM
I'm a lurker, but couldn't resist commenting.
You all will laugh, you will crucify me, you will find this oddly amusing and disgusting at the same time ...
But I think Kid Rock is hot.
I have a strange crush on him and Tommy Lee.
I know, I know ...
Posted by: Jan Wesner | February 10, 2008 at 09:36 PM
Did Weird Al write the lyrics to this Brad Paisley song?
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 09:37 PM
I was watching "Chocolat" this morning with Juliette Benoche and ::swoon:: Johnny Depp. He's so dirty and greasy in that flick, but ohhhhhh my, my, my!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:38 PM
Spearsy! That would make more sense if he had.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:39 PM
Hooray! Kanye won a Grammy!
Posted by: Chris M | February 10, 2008 at 09:40 PM
Pssst... Jan... I too have a strange crush on Tommy Lee. He's kinda disgusting but somehow hot at the same time. Naughty.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:40 PM
Jane - I just read "The Dirt," the Motley Crue autobiography, and despite all the nastiness described in that book, I still find Tommy hot beyond hot ...
Guess I have a thing for trashy white guys!
Posted by: Jan Wesner | February 10, 2008 at 09:42 PM
"it would be in good taste for you to stop playing the music."
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:42 PM
Tommy Lee? I loved his reality show. Seemed like a nice guy. We'd love to snag him for a podcast.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 09:43 PM
Oh my god, Steve, if you do ... can I come on as co-host if you do ... I promise not to make a fool of myself!
Posted by: Jan Wesner | February 10, 2008 at 09:44 PM
Oooh -- I read "The Dirt" too -- but because of my crush on Vince Neil that I developed after seeing him on the first season of The Surreal Life. Tommy was a bonus.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:46 PM
The cat just exploded.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:47 PM
I just finished the Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx, too.
Really bad book. But for some strange reason I just couldn't put it down ...
Posted by: Jan Wesner | February 10, 2008 at 09:48 PM
I never thought I'd use the words "gospel" and "décolletage" in the same sentence, but it somehow seems appropriate right now.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:49 PM
I'm adding Dave Grohl to my list of crushes. I just downloaded that Foo Fighters song. Yummy.
Posted by: Jan Wesner | February 10, 2008 at 09:50 PM
I have advice for Aretha: Sleeves.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:50 PM
You all will laugh, you will crucify me, you will find this oddly amusing and disgusting at the same time ...
But I think Aretha Franklin is hot.
Posted by: Rampy Esq | February 10, 2008 at 09:50 PM
Jan, you have excellent taste in rock star crushes.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:51 PM
I am now speechless after Rampy's comment!
Posted by: Jan Wesner | February 10, 2008 at 09:53 PM
OK, now that we're in a commercial break, I'm just curious about that Brad Paisley song. Do women take it as a compliment if a guy says he wants to check you for ticks?
Posted by: DG | February 10, 2008 at 09:53 PM
No, DG. I prefer they ask to check me for chigger bites.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:54 PM
DG.
No. Nyet. Nein.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 09:55 PM
I have "Ticks" as one of my ring tones. And Marissa....ew on the chiggers comment!
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 09:56 PM
Thanks, ladies.
Posted by: DG | February 10, 2008 at 09:57 PM
I'm going into a Feist induced coma.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 09:59 PM
Please... can't breathe... losing consciousness.
Posted by: Aretha's shoulder strap | February 10, 2008 at 10:00 PM
NEWS ALERT: Roy Scheider just died at age 75.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Very cool arrangement of "1,2,3,4" -- and that guitar Feist is playing is gorgeous.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 10:00 PM
He's gonna need a bigger boat.
Posted by: Steve | February 10, 2008 at 10:01 PM
I'd do whatever Kid Rock wanted ...
Posted by: Jan Wesner | February 10, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Ok... I didn't feel compelled enough to comment about anything until Brad Paisley. If a guy told me he wanted to "check me for ticks," I'd jam a Honda key in his eye. Then I'd get out of that veterinarian's office, ASAP.
That's worse than the Bucky Covington song about lead paint cribs. Whew. Wow.
Brad's married to the girl from Father of the Bride. What gives, honey? Bug problems?
Posted by: Stephanie Hayes | February 10, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Yup yup, I have a strange fascination with Kid Rock as well and the earlier mentioned Tommy Lee. We must like then skinny and dirty, eh Jan?
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Holy Crap. Keely Smith and Kid Rock. Wow.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 10:03 PM
The Foos beat Bruce?
Posted by: DG | February 10, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Louis Prima must be groovin' in his grave.
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Kid Rock didn't sound bad at all. Feist is just not my cup o'tea. Give me Imogen Heap, but no Feist zzzzzzzzz
Old Roy must have heard, "follow my leadah..." and went toward the light.
Heck yeah! FOO FIGHTERS!
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 10:04 PM
someone please give the foo fighters wives a reality show!
Posted by: Rampy Esq | February 10, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Jan, you little minx.
Posted by: Spears | February 10, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Sherrie - oh yeah, baby!
My husband Mark, who is sitting on the couch drinking a beer (and is a little on the skinny but-not-dirty-side himself), dug the Kid Rock/Keely Smith duo, too.
Posted by: Jan Wesner | February 10, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Johnny Depp is about as dirty as I can lust for.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Oddly enough, my husband is way NOT skinny and dirty- 6 foot 1, 285 pounds- and is blissfully unaware of my little crushes on Kid Rock and Tommy Lee. Shhh, don't tell
Posted by: Sherrie | February 10, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Whoo-hoo for the Foo!
Posted by: jane | February 10, 2008 at 10:08 PM
I burned a CD for my three-year-old daughter today and included Kid Rock's "When You Love Someone," from his latest CD, Rock and Roll Jesus. It's g-rated, and she knows all the words by heart.
By the way, one of the reasons Kid Rock holds a special place in my heart is because of his really cool concerts for the troops in Iraq. He goes every year and it's always looks very cool and very low-key.
Posted by: Jan Wesner | February 10, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Stevie wears kevlar so well
Posted by: Rampy Esq | February 10, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Rampy! you're killin' me.
Posted by: Marissa | February 10, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Alicia is sporting the old Rihanna look. She looks fantabulous!
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