The Grammys tonight
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Music Awards
CrystalRaindrops — 2 years ago(February 05, 2024 04:55 AM)
I didn't watch it from the beginning, but here are some tidbits:
-Annie Lennox sang Sinead's "Nothing Compares 2 U" during the In Memoriam segment and then said, "Artists for ceasefire. Peace in the world" with her fist in the air.
-Billie Eilish won Song of the Year for the Barbie song and said, "I'm shocked out of my balls."
-Miley Cyrus won Record of the Year and said, "I might've forgotten my underwear. Bye."
-The In Memoriam segment was really long, but some artists kind of got the shaft. Also, some of the music seemed too upbeat for the occasion, and there was too much focus on the live performers instead of the people who passed away. Sometimes there was a full view of the stage, so you could barely read the names on the screen.
-Jon Batiste sang "Ain't No Sunshine" and changed "when she's gone" to "when he's gone" for some reason.
-Taylor Swift won Album of the Year (for the fourth time) and hugged a bunch of people on stage, but then took the award from Celine Dion (who presented the award) without acknowledging her at all. Not a smile, not a half-hug, not a "thanks, boo!" Nothing. Snubber! -
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138 — 2 years ago(February 05, 2024 05:06 AM)
Fuck Celine. I'm still mad that I thought she did the Titanic song. Well, she did, but not the "ah ah ahhhhHHHHHhhhhhAhah ah ah ah ahhhhh Ahh ah ah…" part. It was Sissel Kyrkjebø.
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CrystalRaindrops — 2 years ago(February 05, 2024 05:24 AM)
lol. That reminds me of Martha Wash (artists kept using her voice, but various women in the videos were presented as the singers of her lines):
Martha Wash was sitting in a Los Angeles hotel room, furious and confused. It was late 1990 and the singer, relaxing before a show that night, had decided to unwind with some channel surfing. She stumbled upon a new music video by Italian house group Black Box, whose synth lines, horn stabs and pulsating, club-tailored drum patterns had already made them dance music stars. When the song’s vocals kicked in, she was shocked to see French model Katrin Quinol, the ex-girlfriend of founding member Daniele Davoli, bending over and crouching in a unitard, lip-syncing Wash’s vocals to the eventual hit “Everybody Everybody.”
“I said to myself, ‘I don’t believe this **** is happening again,” says the now 60-year-old Wash. “I called my manager and said, ‘I just heard myself on TV in a video.'”
“Again” is the operative word, as just a few months prior, Wash heard her ostensible demo vocals being lip-synced by singer Zelma Davis in the video for C+C Music Factory’s monstrous club hit “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now).” A frustrating cultural conundrum had taken effect: Martha Wash’s voice was famous, but she wasn’t.
https://www.marthawash.com/rolling-stone-martha-wash-the-most-famous-unknown-singer-of-the-90s-speaks-out/ -
138 — 2 years ago(February 05, 2024 05:29 AM)
It sucks we don't or didn't know the names of these artists. They deserve way more recognition.
Like that Swedish Titanic singer I keep forgetting the name of even though I just said it had such a beautiful, ethereal voice. No words, but it conveys so much emotion.
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Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 