Gramalicious

Thank goodness musicians didn't repeat the somberness of the Golden Globes. If anything, you can count on Lady Gaga to not act bummed out. I did eventually have my fill of the huge production numbers. During the Dave Matthews set, we were expecting him to be frightened when he turned around and saw those 1000 or so musicians and backup singers behind him. Curious how you could still hear him over all those people. Maybe they weren't entirely necessary. As bad as Taylor Swift sounded (we were debating if the engineers were messing with her earbuds as payback for her not thanking her pitch-matching technicians in her acceptance speech), at least she was just standing up there with a band. And her skin is very nice. I also liked the mostly silent rap number.

For an award show, this one seemed very short on awards. That's fine. Aside from Colbert, I don't remember anyone saying anything interesting. I would have liked to see Lady Gaga on stage in the outfit, though. It didn't have the full effect sitting down. I like her even more that I know Gaga is her high school nickname and her real name is Stephanie or Stefani or something.