Ye Ole Grammy Awards, #47

For falling asleep on a sunrise buzz and then driving three hours home from Memphis, the 47th Annual Grammy Awards must have been a decent show to keep me awake. Held at the Staples Center in LA, this year's show focused on the sounds of soul, funk, R&B, jazz and some indie stuff I didn't think they'd touch. Not to mention Loretta!! Though many of the performances were way off key (Maroon 5, Tim McGraw, Norah, J-Lo, etc.), there were several acts that deserved the standing O's that they received. Here are some of my favorites:

*Alicia Keys nailed her performance of If I Ain't Got You. Shortly afterwards, she nabbed Best R&B Album. This is a girl with CLASS. Well deserved, Alicia.

*Green Day pretty much rocked their set with single, American Idiot, also winning Best Rock Album, produced by grammy-award winning Rob Cavallo. (Rob, hire me please. Just ask Traci S., the woman KNOWS what she's talking about! I am your A&R girl!!)

*Joss Stone delivered an absolutely amazing rendition of Cry Baby, one of my favorites from the late and great Janis Joplin. Later joined by the now bald Melissa Ethridge doing Piece of My Heart these girls had it going, fo shizzle.

*Queen Latifah hit the mark with her Ella Fitzgerald piece, um, wait...what was the song title?

*James Brown...oh so groovalicious, as always.

HOTTIES OF THE YEAR:
Keith Urban - I'm sorry I took the moonshine, really. Will you marry me?
Matthew McConaughey - Even when this guy looks bad, he looks gooooooood.
Gwen Stefani - I want this girl's legs! Talk about workout incentive.
Alicia Keys - She's just got that beauty that radiates from within. Really.

BAD DO'S OF THE YEAR:
Rob Thomas - You were the icon of cool hair a short three years ago. Grow it back. Now.
Billy Bob Thornton - Is it just me or did he get hair plugs?
Lisa Marie Presley - Family or not, when's the last time she washed her hair? She was too busy smoking the opiates to notice the grease.
Jack White - Total Planet of the Apes do, but the fact that I love him and that he was just SO cute with Loretta when she won Best Country Album makes up for the shag on his head.

ANNOYANCES OF THE YEAR:
Bono. How about giving someone else a chance for a change? You already have your own iPod. What more do you want?

John Mayer. Please...I can't take your whining anymore. And what was up with the pirate getup? There is only one Jack Sparrow.

Tim McGraw. I've seen this guy perform a million times and he always has the same outfit on. It's time for a new look. And tell your wife she looks better blonde.

Sweet Home Alabama at the 2005 Grammy Awards? C'mon now. (However, I'll take Keith and his bad a$$ guitar playing any day.)