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tericee
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 Posted - 02/24/2003 : 9:42:45 PM
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Miss Sorrell said that Nickel Creek got a Grammy last night, which makes me happy. I saw a PBS special about them and they seem like a pretty cool little family band.
I heard Norah Jones did quite well; I didn't know until this afternoon that she is Ravi Shankar's daughter. Wow.
Were there any wins that people thought were right a) on the money OR b) downright ludicrous? |
teri 
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CPPJames
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Fyro Macedonia
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Posted - 02/24/2003 : 9:53:19 PM
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| Not much to say about the show other than seeing Simon & Garfunkel was phenomenal and unexpected. Once again it ran really long. The announcing of winners at the end with pictures was way off...they kept announcing the wrong award when they were displaying a different one. Other than that, I'd say it was mediocre. Touching tribute to the Bee Gees. |
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tericee
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USA
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Posted - 02/24/2003 : 9:55:59 PM
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| I read something that said the a capella medley done by N'sync was very good. I love a capella harmony, so I kind of wish I had seen that... |
teri
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 02/24/2003 : 10:21:40 PM
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I liked them... I thought there were a lot of great performances... especially Coldplay, they were GREAT. James Taylor, and Norah Jones were also highlights to me. I personally thought Norah Jones deserved every last one of her awards considering who she was up against.
My parents were actually there last night. They were given VIP tickets, first class airfare, five star hotel, full limo service, and a 350 dollar expense account at the swankiest restaurant in town. That's aside from the tickets to the BMG after party they got to go to after the awards. Helluva weekend.
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Miss Sorrel
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Posted - 02/24/2003 : 11:36:18 PM
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Originally posted by Silky The Pimp
I liked them... I thought there were a lot of great performances... especially Coldplay, they were GREAT. James Taylor, and Norah Jones were also highlights to me. I personally thought Norah Jones deserved every last one of her awards considering who she was up against.
My parents were actually there last night. They were given VIP tickets, first class airfare, five star hotel, full limo service, and a 350 dollar expense account at the swankiest restaurant in town. That's aside from the tickets to the BMG after party they got to go to after the awards. Helluva weekend.
Lucky bastards.
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Miss Sorrel
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Posted - 02/24/2003 : 11:39:06 PM
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Originally posted by Silky The Pimp
I liked them... I thought there were a lot of great performances... especially Coldplay, they were GREAT. James Taylor, and Norah Jones were also highlights to me. I personally thought Norah Jones deserved every last one of her awards considering who she was up against.
My parents were actually there last night. They were given VIP tickets, first class airfare, five star hotel, full limo service, and a 350 dollar expense account at the swankiest restaurant in town. That's aside from the tickets to the BMG after party they got to go to after the awards. Helluva weekend.
Lucky bastards.
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Miss Sorrel
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Posted - 02/24/2003 : 11:41:04 PM
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Originally posted by Silky The Pimp
My parents were actually there last night. They were given VIP tickets, first class airfare, five star hotel, full limo service, and a 350 dollar expense account at the swankiest restaurant in town. That's aside from the tickets to the BMG after party they got to go to after the awards. Helluva weekend.
Lucky bastards.
FOR FUCKS SAKE!!! Gees, I am going to get this post out if it's the last thing I do!!!! Damn these library PC's... they're so much better than mine!
Wow!! sounds like your parents were the Pimps last night! That's awesome! I was driving through the middle of NOWHERE in the wrong direction, so unfortunately, I missed the watching the Grammy’s this year… |
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Fleabass76
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USA
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Posted - 02/25/2003 : 01:17:08 AM
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"A tad!?!?! A tad loyd!?!?! You drove us almost a sixth of the way across the country, in the wrong DIRECTION!!!"
I didn't watch it as I don't think of the Grammy's as an indication of anything I aspire to. I do think that Norah's awards mean one thing very important: Blue Note get's more bling bling thus stays afloat. |
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PJK
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 02/25/2003 : 06:30:48 AM
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Geez Teri, I didn't know Norah was Ravi's daughter! I saw Ravi perform with his daughter Aruska(sp?) last fall. I knew that she grew up living with her mother, but never saw her fathers name mentioned.
She definitely deserved the awards. I saw Norah perform and she is quite amazing, if you are into that type of music.
I like watching the Grammy's, but I can't just sit and watch it. I do other things while I am listening to it and then pay attention when something of interest comes on.
I really enjoyed Simon and Garfunkel, Norah, Coldplay and ofcourse James Taylor! (loved hearing Sweet Baby James)
Wow Silky! Hope your parents had a great time! How did they get hooked up with that? That's awesome! |
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CPPJames
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Fyro Macedonia
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Posted - 02/25/2003 : 09:16:17 AM
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| Goodnight you moonlight ladies, rock-a-bye C-P-P James. |
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Silky The Pimp
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Posted - 02/25/2003 : 12:08:10 PM
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Wow Silky! Hope your parents had a great time! How did they get hooked up with that? That's awesome!
They did... they called me yesterday when they got back to Atlanta to tell me what an amazing time they had.
The way then ended up with all this wonderful stuff is about 6 months ago, Nissan came back out with a new Z car. My dad had been driving his old Z for about 8 years so it was about time to get a new car. He decided on the new 350 that was coming out so he pre-ordered one a few months before its release. The only pictures they had of it were of this one silver, but to get the interior he wanted, he had to get a darker silver and he wasn't sure how it would look. So... my dad called all over the place to try and get a picture of what he was ordering and eventually got in touch with this guy named Dave, who was head of marketing for the new Z. Not only did he eventually find him pictures, but they struck up a bit of a friendship and Dave has been sending my dad all sorts of free stuff since then. Well, a few weeks ago, Nissan had 2 tickets to the Grammy's... all expenses paid, that they wanted to give to clients... and as Dave said, my dad's name just "happened" to pop up.
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PJK
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Posted - 02/25/2003 : 8:44:01 PM
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Hey Silky, I guess the message here is that it pays to be nice to people!
I'm glad your parents had a good time. Must have been great to be there and see it all live, not to mention seeing all the musicians!
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 02/26/2003 : 12:31:04 AM
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Gay marriage killed the dinosaurs. |
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tericee
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 03/01/2003 : 4:07:39 PM
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Silky, cool story. And thanks to everyone else who posted their faves. I was able to watch Grammy Hangover on VH1 (or maybe MTV -- whatever) the other day and see a couple of highlights. Nobody on the BOARD mentioned the Clash tribute so I was pleasantly surprised by that highligh. That was pretty cool. They didn't even mention Simon & Garfunkel though. I guess that's MTV/VH1 for ya.
Dave Grohl was interviewed about the Clash thing and I wondered how many of his old friends in DC were utterly jealous that he was up there with so many big guns. |
teri
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victorwootenfan
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PJK
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Posted - 03/01/2003 : 7:50:48 PM
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| Hey VWF so good to see you're back! I also agree about No Doubt but that was the way it was with most of the songs. Except for Norah the artists I liked didn't win. Oh well, probably why I don't usually watch those shows. |
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