And so this is the part of when the Grammy Awards media room experience gets a bit boring... The show is over but we are sitting here waiting to see if Kendrick Lamar or Taylor Swift will come back. So far, Earth Wind and Fire came back briefly. I was able to offer my condolences to my favorite group of all time...
Just saw the group Alabama Shakes who has a new fan in me... They are dope.. I thought they were being billed as a country band but they are actually a alternative, rock....
Neil Portnow is now explaining why Rihanna did not show... Apparently she has a flu bug and is on some antibiotics.. Doctors orders.. immediate bed rest.. she made rehearsals but fell sick and the doctor ordered her to bed rest..
He is now explaining Adele's lackluster performance.... a microphone inside the piano fell down and the performance suffered....
He is now explaining why Lauryn Hill was missing in action for the Weeknd's performance... She did not make the rehearsals earlier in the week, however, made this morning's rehearsals... Nonetheless she missed her call time .. after hearing that she was three minutes away, ten minutes away... minutes wwwwway until in the end, she missed her call time and there it is... Neil Portnow says and I agree, that he isn't responsible for how she handled her appointments but in the end, The Weeknd gets props for standing up and pushing through.... he killed it....
Neil Portnow answers these journalist questions about "warnings" that Kendrick Lamar's performance would be "controversial" and how did he plan to "handle it"... Mr. Portnow responds by saying I don't know how or where this word controversial came from and that he feels Kendrick delivered a "vignette" that is powerful, artistic... a statement...
Mr. Portnow also speaks to the grumblings about who to posthumously honor.. He says that in his tenure this is the most we have lost. He has never seen anything like this. He says that if you look in the program book there are hundreds that we lost and it was quite hard to choose who to honor... But there are at least three pages of names of the ones who have transitioned in the last year....
Well, I think I a going to get out of here... pack it in.... In the end, it has been a great night for music.. This, in my opinion was a greatly improved Grammy Award Show..... Props to the Recording Academy.
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