2020 Grammy's

[+ E.T.Bass]

IMO, Great show. Alicia Keyes handled everything with such respect.

 

I loved Usher's tribute to Prince, with Sheila E on drums. That was a highlight.

 

Also loved Billie Eilish "When the Party's Over."

 

Tanya Tucker performance was quite a treat, and so apropos for today.

Edited January 27, 2020 by E.T.Bass

[+ quoththeraven]

I've seen bits and pieces of other performances, but this was the one I cared about because of BTS, the song itself, Lil Nas X and the controversy about whether "Old Town Road" is a country song or not, and more broadly about racism within Western pop music and institutions like Billboard and the Grammys.

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Lil Nas X is a glittery gay cowboy (as in "in real life he identifies as gay")! I didn't realize that goofy looking guy in the Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus music video is Diplo! (Here he's playing banjo.) And RM isn't rapping about homies, but rather homis, Korean agricultural implements that are the latest thing for weeding. (The pun/wordplay is clearly intentional.)