Grammys 2011 Wrap Up: Elmo @ Mardi Gras

Living in Italy for a few months has its definite perks, but I've had to make some sacrifices.  I missed the playoffs, the Super Bowl, the Golden Globes, Kourtney & Kim Take Miami and most importantly, the Grammys.  The 6 hour time difference makes it impossible for me to watch these specials; some internet guru needs to upload them to surfthechannel.com (holler Dastardly84 , who fulfills all my television needs while I'm abroad.  The guy literally uploads all of my favorite TV shows a few hours after they've aired.  A genius/convenient internet slave.)

So while I didn't get to enjoy the Grammys to its fullest, I've been trying my best to catch up...checked out the red carpet wear, the performances and tried my best (but to no avail) to avoid pictures of Lady Gaga. 

Although these cave people helped conceal her for a while on the red carpet...all the while proving that Lady Gaga is the biggest attention whore ever.  Trying to get attention by not showing your face...yeah, real mysterious, Stefani Germanotta.  Sorry not sorry but nobody cares anymore.


Must say that Cee Lo Green & Gwyneth Paltrow's "Forget You" duet (alongside the Muppets) was probably the highlight of the show (if you can forget about how Cee Lo forgot the lyrics to his own song...). 

** To the right is Cee Lo Green as (Tickle-Me) Elmo, dressed up as Spartacus, at Mardi Gras.**

I would say that Justin Bieber came in at a very close second, but it led to a performance by Usher, whose yuckiness beats Bieber's loveliness by at least ten fold. Justin can also no longer hit the high notes, which makes me sad...but also happy because it means he is that much closer to surpassing the age of 18.

Sense my obsession love for him here.

Some say the Rihanna/Eminem collabo of the second version of "Love The Way You Lie" was the greatest performance last night.  WRONG. 
This is wrong for two reasons:
1) Cee Lo & Gwyneth were better...
2) How could you enjoy the audio-visual performance, when Rihanna's distracting you with her meh-voice, STILL red hair and her ill-selected outfits that make her look like a belly dancer in the slums of India???  (Nothing wrong with the slums...just the first thing I thought of when I saw this unfortunate ensemble.)

I know what you're thinking.  Cee Lo's outfit really wasn't any better.  But he was surrounded by the muppets- it kind of went with the program, so all is forgiven there.
 


Is it just me or are the Grammys just not as great as they used to be?  With Esperanza Spalding (who? but seriously, we all know who she is now) beating the Biebster on Best New Artist, Lady Gaga's elf shoulders/forehead and hermaphrodites proving their ladyhood...the Grammys is becoming a freakshow.

Whatever happened to simple boy bands professing the shape of their heart?  Or how it doesn't matter about the car he drives or the ice around his neck? 

Can we have them back at next year's Grammys, please?
THROWBACK GRAMMYYYYSSS, PLS!