Live Grammy Discussion Thread

[TonyW]

Taylor Swift best performance of the night.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Brian was definitely audible during the chorus...sounds better on headphones. Jeff was drowning him out on the verse, but Brian singing a different part than him otherwise was a good thing.

[SamMcK]

Have we beat a record for most people looking at a thread on this forum just now? Also besides not hearing Brian all that well that was actually a very good performance.

[runnersdialzero]

Mike sounds just as "bad" as Brian does these days, thus the logic of "Brian can't sing anymore, it would've been a joke" kinda falls flat.

Honestly, as disgusting as I find his voice, if they'd have just had Jeff actually sing that part instead of having Brian basically lip sync to Jeff, it would've been a whole lot less insulting. Carl isn't here anymore, after all.

Still, Brian, at his absolute worst, is totally competent enough to sing the verse of "Good Vibrations".

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Taylor Swift best performance of the night.

I thought she was horrible, personally

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Somebody tell me, I'm a Beatles fan, should I wait up?

From what I'm hearing... I should...

[Justin]

Hey I got a question...about how long into the broadcast to the Beach Boys come on?

[jeremylr]

Wish they could have got Glen Campbell on stage just to greet Brian at the end or sing on the chorus, but they showed him excited out in the audience. Would have been nice to see all the boys gather at the end of the song & take a bow, but of course they had to cut to a commercial. For what the performance was at a venue like The Grammy's, I liked it.  I thought the lead singer from Foster The People started singing okay, but he got worse as he progressed. But as everyone's said, at least they dressed & played vintage instruments like their heroes.

[JohnMill]

Taylor Swift best performance of the night.

I would've dug some Mike Love/Taylor Swift interaction myself 

[Quzi]

Okay, so I couldn't hear Brian as much in that video that was just posted, but Mike also sounded a lot louder than I remember, is there a chance difference streams could've had slightly different audio quality/mixes?

[Shady]

Hey I got a question...about how long into the broadcast to the Beach Boys come on?

Around an half and 20-30 minutes

[Shady]

Somebody tell me, I'm a Beatles fan, should I wait up?

From what I'm hearing... I should...

What are you hearing?

[guitarfool2002]

Let's argue about opinions! Fun!

Taylor Swift's performance was not horrible. Neither was the Beach Boys. The Coldplay-Rhianna debacle...a case could be made, I suppose.

But unless some folks
1. Personally dislike the artists no matter what they sing or
2. Like to stir the sh*t and get people fired up for kicks

Those performances were not approaching the level of "horrible". My opinion.

[hypehat]

Appropiately, my stream has now broken. So if the Beach Boys come back on and bust into She's Goin' Bald acapella I guess I'll catch it in the morning.

[Justin]

Thanks Slim!

[Amy B.]

Not a bad performance, all things considered. I could barely hear Mike in the beginning. He has lost a lot of his voice. And of course Jeff was doubling Brian. I'd say it was about 20 percent Brian. You could hear him in the middle range, and he was TRYING to smile.You can't really expect Brian to hit those falsetto notes, and I guess you can't really expect Mike to get way down low and remain audible either these days. The band sounded great, and the audience stood for the band and gave them the respect they deserved. The quality of the music stood out above the other material being performed. Too bad the Beach Boys never won a Grammy.

Lots of people of Twitter saying stupid things about the BBs and nursing homes. The NY Times columnist Charles Blow said he was totally bored with the BBs. TV Guide said, "Where's Uncle Jesse?"  Groan.

[Shady]

Thanks Slim!

Sorry, meant an hour and 20-30 mins

[SamMcK]

"Paul McCartney returns with some Beatles classics!!"  

[SamMcK]

Somebody tell me, I'm a Beatles fan, should I wait up?

From what I'm hearing... I should...

HELL YEAH!

[guitarfool2002]

Lots of people of Twitter saying stupid things about the BBs and nursing homes. The NY Times columnist Charles Blow said he was totally bored with the BBs. TV Guide said, "Where's Uncle Jesse?"  Groan.

Were they praising Chris Brown, though? Or bashing him too? Seriously, I'm curious and I won't waste my time subscribing to Twitter feeds from wannabe hipster journalists to find out.

[Shady]

"Paul McCartney returns with some Beatles classics!!"  

Sounds like McCartney and Ringo might do something

[JohnMill]

Lots of people of Twitter   

LOL Twitter.  Wasn't the world waiting for an invention that afforded everyday folks the ability to be so far up their own backsides that they lose all sense of reality.

[Amy B.]

Lots of people of Twitter saying stupid things about the BBs and nursing homes. The NY Times columnist Charles Blow said he was totally bored with the BBs. TV Guide said, "Where's Uncle Jesse?"  Groan.

Were they praising Chris Brown, though? Or bashing him too? Seriously, I'm curious and I won't waste my time subscribing to Twitter feeds from wannabe hipster journalists to find out.

I don't know what else they were saying. You don't have to subscribe. Just go to search.twitter.com and put in Beach Boys. Tweet from Kevin Love:
Kevin Love @kevinlove
Excited to watch the Grammys tonight. Tuning in to see my uncle Mike Love and the Beach Boys perform with Maroon 5 and Foster The People.

[hypehat]

@questlove

Music lovers, educate yourselves & cop Pet Sounds/Smile Boxset now! #BeachBoys #Grammys


 

He's there, btw

[SamMcK]

"Paul McCartney returns with some Beatles classics!!"  

Sounds like McCartney and Ringo might do something

The Beatles fan inside me is exploding with happiness!