Highlights from last night include the all-night jokes on Kanye West, Amy Winehouse's awards, Herbie Hancock's album of the year, and other key performances.
I must say, Vince Gill had the best line of the night, "I just got an award presented to me by a Beatle. Have you had that happen yet, Kanye?". Kanye appeared to be amused by Gill's joke, but I'm sure it pissed him off. The jokes must've started when West received the best rap album award, and while saying his thanks, they started playing 'wrap-up music"...
"For Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse--come on, you gonna play music on me," the 30-year-old West joshed onstage as they cranked the time's-up music. "If I don't get up here for Album of the Year, you deserve it just as much as me. But I deserve it, too."
OMG. "You gonna play music on me". Duh. Are you any more special than anyone else that you don't deserve getting queued that your time is up??? Come on. Bleh.
More favorable highlights include performances by Alicia Keys, Frank Sinatra, Daft Punk, John Mayer, Tina Turner, Beyonce, Feist, Fergie, John Legend, Foo Fighters, Amy Winehouse, Herbie Hancock, Rihanna, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Andrea Bocelli, & Josh Groban. Oh, and I think Little Richard might have forgotten some of his lines. Haha.
The Beatles were honored yet again, two years after the rock band was last featured at the record industry's biggest awards ceremony. Cast members from The Beatles LOVE by Cirque De Soleil performed live.
Although not being able to perform live at this year's Grammys, that did not stop Amy WInehouse from stealing the show. She performed You Know That I'm No Good & Rehab, 'via satellite'. I'm pretty sure that at one point when she was singing Rehab, she said "I will go, go go". Undoubtedly deserving, she collected the awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Pop Vocals, Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best New Artist.
Winehouse looked genuinely surprised when she heard that she won the Record of the Year.
Amazingly, Natalie Cole spoke out on the Grammy's red carpet about her opinion that Amy Winehouse did not deserve to win. (My eyes are rolling)
For more information on the other awardees, visit the Grammy website.
Rambling Gypsy