Bono creeps me out

I am sitting in my living room watching the Grammys. I should be studying. I have two exams tomorrow and am scarcely prepared for either but the Grammys are irresistible.

Everything I’ve seen so far has been completely absurd. Flat out weird. I wonder if mainstream music is really getting this strange or if I’m just overly perceptive this evening due to extreme exhaustion.

U2 kicked things off with an eccentric performance of what I assume to be their new single, something about candy floss ice cream and community. Bono is old and he creeps me out.

Carrie Underwood rocked out… unfortunately. She should stick to ballads, sweeping gowns and big hair.

Miley and Taylor shared the stage… best career move Taylor Swift ever made. Her honey saturated, girlish vocals (which I’d usually criticize) sounded like pure bliss in contrast to Miley’s forced, raspy, crappy screeching. I find it amusing that both girls had to have backup singers to cover the haromonies and were incapable of singing back up for each other… teenage superstars are far too important to sing back up.

I can’t tell if Thom Yorke was into his performance or aloof – everything about Radiohead seems condescending to me… but this view is probably more reflective of Radiohead fans that I’ve come to know than actual band members… I knew that the group had been nominated for album of the year but I kind of hoped they’d snub the Grammys in some kind of statement about their music, ignoring the nom and skipping out on performing… alas, maybe Radiohead is not “above” the Grammys. I don’t know if this makes me like them more or less.

John Mayer is as dreamy as ever. Kanye West is an imbecile (even if some of his tunes make great driving music). Whitney Houston is on crack. Adele rules. Jennifer Nettles wrote a great song but I never ever want to hear her sing it ever again. The Jonas Brothers gave the worst performance of the night… I think I saw one of them forget the words to Superstition at one point. MIA’s prego performance was slightly awkward, visually disturbing and entirely brilliant. Lil’ Wayne is much littler than I’d realized… Katy Perry probably has a decent voice but sounds like crap every time I hear her (including tonight). Jennifer Hudson sounded nice… I was very thankful that I recorded the show and was able to fast forward through performances by Neil Diamond and Sugarland.

Ok, I really need to start studying.