Phoenix;4415962 said:
Loved LL's opening to the show. Most of those artists were new to me...that Adele lady has some talent! Muted the Manoj lady's performance. Really loved the Whitney tribute by the Hudson chick. They mentioned Etta James at the top of the show as being gone, but failed to mention her during the proper segment, nor did they do any kind of tribute to Etta. Loved all of the living legends being there and performing throughout the night, even though way too many people on the twitter were being overly critical of them.
Yeah, I noticed they did not mention Etta during the goodbye segment. Thought that was rather rude of them. She was a legend who deserved much respect. They did do a tribute for her, though, in a song. Bonnie Raitt and Alicia Keys sang "Sunday Kind Of Love" in her honor.
We didn't mute Manoj's hideous performance, but we did turn it down pretty low. I have never heard of her before and hope I don't hear of her again. lol. If she has anything better than that, she really should have done it.
Love Adele, can't get enough of her. She is truly gifted. And such a sweet, open person. Bruno Mars did an excellent job in his opening number, as well, and of course, as always. Man, can he sing. I really liked Chris Brown's performance with Deadmau5. I love techno, and that was awesome!
And I was blown away by Jennifer's moving tribute to Whitney. As much as that girl has been through, to maintain her level of strength should serve as a lightsource to those of us who are struggling with our own tragedies. She has guts and she is so full of class, it is almost painful to watch her standing so tall through it all. What an inspiration she is.
I know it's not allowed, but man would I have loved for LL to bust out with a little treat for us old LL fans. He did a great job hosting the show.
