Live Grammy Discussion Thread

[Quzi]

I also thought Brian sounded real nice

THAT WAS NOT BRIAN.

He was drowned out, but not totally.

[guitarfool2002]

The crowd dug it a lot. But I can't help thinking as someone said the Boys could have done all three better than splitting it up.

[Justin]

So the performance is about 1:20 into the broadcast??

[runnersdialzero]

I also thought Brian sounded real nice

THAT WAS NOT BRIAN.

He was drowned out, but not totally.

I didn't hear him at all. I heard one voice, and that was Jeff's.

[Joshilyn Hoisington]

Mike sounded good, though!

Agreed.  It was cool hearing his thunderous low F# fill the hall.

[AndrewHickey]

To be fair, there was no way on earth they were going to let Brian take a lead on something like this, and having Jeff sing it was the only real option. They could have not had Brian actually mime the lead though - or just done a different song.
But they looked happy to be there, they sounded good, Brian *was* in the mix for the choruses, and that's about all we could hope for.

[hypehat]

Brian was scared shitless. I maintain the rest of the band performed well. But Brian was seen and not heard, sadly.

[guitarfool2002]

Some things never f*cking change...you know what I'm talking about.

[Stegibo]

Brian actually smiled! I saw it

[18thofMay]

I also thought Brian sounded real nice

THAT WAS NOT BRIAN.

He was drowned out, but not totally.

I didn't hear him at all. I heard one voice, and that was Jeff's.

I heard him loud and clear.

[Shady]

Trending on twitter:

Beach Boys
T. Swift
Brian Wilson
Good Vibrations
Adam Levine
No Kokomo
Foster the People
Mike Love
More Chris Brown
Austin Aries

Joe done I guess

[guitarfool2002]

What was McCartney doing with that song anyway? That was a bit of a letdown, new album or not.

[guitarfool2002]

Chris Brown just won a f*cking Grammy. That's a travesty.

[rab2591]

Ya know? A good friend of mine just texted me and remarked at how great they sounded.

WE on this board know what each person in that band sounds like; but most of the general public don't...they know the beautiful harmonies and the raw power of that music and that's exactly what I heard tonight. I thought it was an amazing performance and I really think it was a great reminder to the public about how incredible The Beach Boys are.

[donald]

It was good!  Brian sounded great, and it was great to hear BW do a line, then ML do a line.  Solid as could be expected.  Great to see Darian Scott John and the others all together with the Beachboys.   WOW!!!

[Lowbacca]

Maroon5 .. well..
Foster The People... were oh-kay.

Those Beach Boys... well, I had hoped they'd go all-out for Good Vibrations, but they played it fairly safe.  
Mike in good shape, Brian rather nervous (mainly Jeff audible at the beginning?). What I heard from Brian was good, though. And they all looked great.
(Gotta listen to their performance again with headphones on..)

All over too soon...

[Alex]

Seeing Brian scared shitless behind the grand piano just made me picture him in the back corner of the stage in a bathrobe with a giant beard puffing away on his Marbs.

[Shady]

Highlight of my night, seeing Mike Love trending on twitter

[runnersdialzero]

To be fair, there was no way on earth they were going to let Brian take a lead on something like this, and having Jeff sing it was the only real option. They could have not had Brian actually mime the lead though - or just done a different song.

It's completely disrespectful. I don't care if he's up there singing about how much he hates black people or fire fighters or something, the guy WROTE the f*cking song. Let HIM sing it, in Carl's absence. The guy can still sing just fine. Having Jeff sing it is a huge insult not only to Brian, but to the fans.

Mike "can't sing" just as much as Brian these days, why didn't they have Jeff double him, too?

For those saying "I COULD HEAR BRIAN", we're still talking about 90% Jeff and 10% Brian at best, maybe even 95% to 5%. Totally disgusting.

[donald]

I also thought Brian sounded real nice

THAT WAS NOT BRIAN.

He was drowned out, but not totally.

I didn't hear him at all. I heard one voice, and that was Jeff's.

I heard him loud and clear.

I heard Brian

[Joshilyn Hoisington]

For those saying "I COULD HEAR BRIAN", we're still talking about 90% Jeff and 10% Brian at best, maybe even 95% to 5%. Totally disgusting.

I'd say it was about 67/33.

[Shady]

I'm sticking around, I have a feeling something might happen at the end of the night

[Lowbacca]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN6Lv20qXhE

[I. Spaceman]

Ugh. f*cking terrible performance.

Oh come on. Be positive for once. They rocked the house.

It was Brian's band and a ton of singers playing a passable, lifeless version of a Beach Boys song. The ONLY time I heard an actual Beach Boy was his part in the midsection, and he didn't sound good. Besides that, the performance would have sounded EXACTLY the same had no Beach Boys been present at all.

[hypehat]

Chris Brown just won a f*cking Grammy. That's a travesty.

I fucking know. WTF.




Who did we see in the backing band? Darian, Scott, Jeff, Nelson, Cowsill, Probyn....