Grammy Thoughts & Shots

The Fashion

Every awards show features the latest designs, flops, and sometimes breasts flopping out of the latest designs. Here are my thoughts one what would have been Steve McQueen's wet dreams and/or nightmares...

- Eminem. In his usual tough guy persona, Mr. Mathers wears black pants, a dark gray hoodie, and a leather jacket. Constantly supporting his hometown Detroit through commercials and even in his acceptance speech for best rap album, we're reminded of his roots. But come on, Em! We know you don't shop at KMart or Goodwill anymore. Those pants probably cost $500+ so if you're going to put the money into it, make it look nice.

- Lady Gaga. I've seen this woman in concert and she is fabulous in every sense. While I was underwhelmed with the release of "Born This Way" she's still a great artist and voice for the LGBT community. Her entrance to the Grammys in an egg was quite the eye-opener, but her on-stage costume fell flat on its face. Her sheer yellow dress with wide flat brimmed hat (we'll ignore the flesh colored shoulder attachments), Gaga was channeling a very Michael-Jackson-"Smooth Criminal" look to go along with her Madonna-"Express Yourself" copying ways. Where's the inspiration Gaga? No, mannequin head encrusted organs (the instrument, not body parts) don't count. Oh wait, there it is in that James Cameron "Alien" inspired, um, dress? Your booty ain't that big sweetie...

- Mick Jagger. I don't know about the rendition of "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" but I'm a big fan of matching top layers with dark slacks (though as tight as those pants were, there was nothing slack about them). Think aqua tie with aqua dress shirt pairing. Mick's emerald colored shirt and small, tight smoking-jacket was a great look.

- THE WINNER. Cee Lo Green easily had the outfit that will be the most talked about tomorrow/reworked into a Halloween costume. Sporting a sparkly head piece and metal breast plate, Cee Lo looked like the NBC peacock tried to eat him. IT WAS MAGNIFICENT! He looked like the offspring of a muppet and a Vegas show girl and set the Facebook world talking.

- Other thoughts: Katy Perry/Brand = classic, gorgeous, and a great wardrobe team during her performance. Matthew Morrison of "Glee" fame was rocking a great dark gray tux.

The Performances

- Lady Gaga. As touched on earlier, her performance was pretty good, not great, but pretty good. She tends to use the dancing from her videos on stage as well, so I'd say you're safe to rewatch the youtube clip of that performance in order to be prepared for when the video for "Born This Way" drops. She has a big thing for pianos, but the random 20 seconds of playing with her mannequin organ didn't need to be done publicly.

- Katy Perry. Great. Fantastic. Lovely. In a shout out to Valentine's Day tomorrow, she played "Teenage Dream" (a favorite of mine) and just looked and sounded great.

- THE WINNER. Eminem, Rhianna, and Dr. Dre. That collaboration was easily the best in terms of sound and finished feeling. Eminem does it for himself rather than indulging the fans and "Way You Lie" still gives me chills.

- Other Thoughts: See earlier Mick Jagger reference. That was strange. I DID like "Need You Now" by Lady A. Until it got played way too many times tonight (and even performed right before the song won its first award). Bruno Mars - fix the hair and though I liked the doo wop thing, maybe don't do it for "Grenade".

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SURPRISE OF THE NIGHT: BEST ALBUM - "The Suburbs" Arcade Fire. Wow. Just wow. Up against Gaga's "The Fame Monster", Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream", big winners "Need You Now" and "Rehab", these guys were the little engine that could. I think even Barbra was a little surprised after reading "The" and it not being followed by "Fame Monster".