50th ANNUAL GERIATRIC GRAMMY AWARDS

I think this is the first time, in a long time, that I'm actually looking forward to watching the Grammy Awards. Now that I've become an "Ipod Fanatic", I know so much more about current music than I ever have in the past (except for when I was a teenager, of course). This whole Ipod/Itunes concept has totally taken hold of me since I got my first Ipod two years ago. Now I am not only the proud owner of that Ipod but have added an Ipod Shuffle and another Ipod Nano to my collection.....in addition to the IHome which serves as both an alarm clock and a docking station at the same time. There's nothing better than waking up to your own music coming from your very own Ipod.

Just watching the pre-show red carpet, I can already tell that this is a different Grammy award show than in previous years. For one thing, the nominees are actually dressed beautifully as compared to past years when they showed up looking like the dregs of humanity trying to outdo each other in the "outlandish" department. The big news tonight is that Amy Winehouse wasn't permitted to leave London to attend the ceremony....she's England's Britney Spears but she actually has talent or so they claim. Another interesting fact is that Plain White T's is there with the "real" Delilah. He told her one day that he would write a song about her and it would make him famous and then she would be his date at the Grammys. What a prediction!!!!

Wow, we start off with an Alicia Keyes/Frank Sinatra duet....it's definitely going to be a night to remember. And this was followed up with a tribute to the Beatles with a medley of their songs, while Ringo Starr watches from the audience. And, sadly enough, Kanye West then sings My Mama which is particularly sad after the tragic death of his beloved mother last year. He will later win an award and, while trying to thank his fans and peers for all their support during his mother's passing, the music starts to play telling him to cut it short. Needless to say, Kanye was not happy. A performance by Tina Turner was a nice touch and got even better when Beyonce took the stage and they performed Proud Mary together.

Then the Grammy's took a turn for the worse and, what started off to be a promising evening, went downhill from there. It was as if they felt that since it was their 50th Anniversary, all of the rest of the performers/presenters should have been in the business for over fifty years. Bring on Keeley Smith, Andy Williams, Tony Bennett, Little Richard, Herbie Hancock and an orchestra performing Gershwin and Jerry Lee Lewis.....are you asleep yet?

And all night long they're telling the viewers to hang around because Amy Winehouse will be performing live from London. She ended up basically sweeping the event and I just don't get it. She was awful and drugged as usual. The finale was Herbie Hancock winning album of the year......which must have been a sentimental vote because it seriously doesn't make any sense at all.

So what started off to be a night to remember ended up being a night worth forgetting. Well, at least they all looked good -- that's a step in the right direction.