Pink at the Grammys

[Flaxbee]

I didn't watch the Grammys, but have seen some of the photos / footage at the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/31/pinks-grammy-performance_n_443915.html


Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky, but why the hell do singers have to do sh*t like this? What is the point to swinging around upside down, stripping and getting dunked in water? I know her song was something about glittering in the air, but does she have to do that literally?

:shrug:

To me it just seems ridiculous. I'm not calling out Pink in particular, but all performers who seem to just do over the top stunts. I don't mind dancing - Michael Jackson, et al really are / were 'performers' - some of his stuff was ludicrous, too. And flailing around on a trapeze? Why?

Can someone please enlighten me?

[Fleshdancer]

1. to be different? to entertain?

Some people consider her performance artistic.

[rcrush]

2. She looks like she's rockin one hell of a wedgie in some of those pictures.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Showbiz. Why did Liberace have to dress like that when...

if you listened closely, he could actually play the piano? Would Kiss be Kiss without the fireworks?

And there's that whole Cirque du Soliel thing. Wassup with that?

Anyway, some people expect a big show, and woe be unto those who fail to provide it.

[HipChick]

7. There are very few artists I would spend $$ and go see live...

too many singers rely on outside gimmicks to distract from the fact that they cannot sing - Pink is not one of them, she was AMAZING!

[pokerfan]

11. Can't sing?

No problem:



Good looking? Sign here!

[TreasonousBastard]

21. Can't think of many I'd pay for either, but it's not...

about you or me. It's about the people who DO pay for those overpriced tickets.

Entertainment is not necessarily synonomous with the ability to sing or dance. It could be, but doesn't have to be.

(I fear the day when someone outPinks Pink or outGaGas GaGa.)

[GoCubsGo]

42. Funny you should mention Ms. GaGa...

When I first saw the videos of that performance, I didn't hear who it was, and I assumed it was Lady GaGa. I kind of admire the moxie of the both of the, actually, even if I'm not a fan of their music.

[Quantess]

4. It's called entertainment.

[KT2000]

5. You have to see it

It was really fun to watch. She knew what she was doing, apparently she has been training and learning to do this and she did a terrific job of it.
There have been some stupid numbers in the past with the artists riding crescent moons etc but this was not that.

[AllenVanAllen]

6. Pink performance was teh awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGeWN3vR_MU

[txwhitedove]

8. I saw an amazing performance while singing a beautiful song....

with no flailing at all. Well done, Pink! Much better than all those robotic pyrotechnics by some divas.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

9. modern music has become performance art

Apparently playing music isn't enough anymore you have to entertain the masses. Although I did like the performance art of the Talking Heads.

[peekaloo]

10. The business of show. May be a little GaGa envy?

:shrug:

[glinda]

34. Lady Gaga is a bit clutsy. Nice voice also when she applies it.

[bigwillq]

12. Pink was amazing!!

:bounce: I LOVED her performance.

[Mad_Dem_X]

13. Pink is awesome.

I can't talk shit about her; I'm a big fan.

[LynneSin]

14. Green Day won a grammy and got to perform (although who were they singing with?)

That's about all I cared about with the Grammys

Even the Michael Jackson tribute annoyed me but that's the general feeling I get anytime Celine Dion is involved with something.

[begin_within]

38. They were singing with the cast of the Broadway musical "American Idiot"

[bdamomma]

15. Lady Ga Ga watch out, Pink was out there before you.

[derby378]

16. Pink's performance stole the show last night

Beyoncé and Lady Gaga were great, but dude, this performance was classic Pink. And it was very artistic.

[southpaw]

17. Well, they can't all be Ben Folds

Pink's performance was actually quite engaging... unlike the utter crap-fests unleashed by the likes of Beyonce and Black Eyed Peas.

Besides, I will always love Pink for 'Dear Mr. President'

[unpossibles]

18. I have a lot of respect for Pink

She is a great singer and a great entertainer, and if she wants to show what a badass she is, no problems from me. For anyone who thinks that a person sitting in jeans and a T-shirt has not also put a lot of time and consideration into their costume and act, then you're only buying the hype.

[Captain Hilts]

23. VERY true. nt

[Brickbat]

19. To get you to talk about her.

Looks like it worked!

[glinda]

35. It was the "total" package.

[Burma Jones]

20. I was flipping around the channels last night and saw that......

Thought it was Cirque de Soleil for a second.......

Haven't watched the Grammys since I was nine years old or thereabouts.

[Captain Hilts]

22. Great fun, but is it music?

[zonkers]

24. In Pink's defense, those close up photos are unfair. Her dance routine was meant to be appreciated

at a reasonable distance where she was more a silhouette among other silhouettes. Reminded me of a ballet.

[Flaxbee]

25. OK, I guess I am old and cranky :)

Sounds like you had to see it to really appreciate it and the photos didn't do her performance justice.

And I agree - yes, it is "entertainment" - but Pink's talented anyway - doesn't seem to be a need for her to do stunt work b/c she really can sing.

[Jennicut]

26. I like Pink...always have.

She is artistic and different. And she actually has a really good voice.

[gmoney]

27. Actually, this type of Aerial performance is an up and coming trend

A friend of mine is studying this type of performance, and really loves it... it's crazy the moves they'll do over concrete with no net!

So, Pink may be taking a class in this and decided to include it in her act... she's always been extremely fit.

Or would you prefer she do pole dancing?

[begin_within]

28. Maybe she's trying out for Cirque du Soleil?

[glinda]

36. Cirque performers job out to things as they need work too. I liked it. Very well done.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

29. because it makes an entertaining show? they are not just singers, they are entertainers

they dance, sing, do whatever to make sure the end user is happy

i dont see the difference between this and dancing.

[Parche]

30. Hey Flaxee

maybe she was 'high' on something??

:hug: :hi:

[LisaM]

31. She did trapeze at the MTV music awards

I liked her performance, but mostly because the song stood up to it. The song was gorgeous and the performance didn't take away from it, it just enhanced it. I thought the Black-Eyed Peas were boring. In fact, I don't know why everyone was doing medleys. It really didn't work. Beyonce was so so. Very polished but the material was bleh. The 3-D thing hurt my eyes, but I have to say, Smokey Robinson was astonishing. How can he still sound so great?

[bdamomma]

32. Smokey is great huh, he is still out there.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

41. I had hoped that BEP would perform Boom Boom Pow.

I don't like that new song ("Imma Be" or something like that).



And Smokey is amazing... and he has such a gentle spirit about him.

[glinda]

33. Not even familiar with her songs and it was the best performance at the Grammies.

Took a lot of work to do that. Wow. And I have seen Cirque many times and this was a mature, sensual, athletic and great performance.It had a certain mature artistic quality to it. Yes... got some attention but I feel it was well deserved. Song was really beautiful. Nice voice.

[Locrian]

37. whats new was once old...

Glitter/Glam Rock of the late 60's early 70's. David Bowie anyone?

[flvegan]

39. Ye gods, but she is hawt!

:loveya:

[jesus_of_suburbia]

40. Pink had the best performance last night. I loved it... and I rolled my eyes when I heard she was

doing the acrobat thing again (she had done it previously, but not with this song and not nearly as good of a performance).

[nolabear]

43. Because a WHHOOOOLLLE lot of us really like it.

I'm not actually a Pink fan but I respect her and that was just awesome. It's a lovely art form, movement, song, something for the eyes and ears as well. "Flailing" sounds uncontrolled and without purpose.

I'd love to know about that water, though. Did they get everyone to sign something saying it was okay if their designer duds got soaked?

[Orrex]

44. Yeah! And what the fuck was with David Bowie and all that "Ziggy Stardust" bullshit?

When are these hacks going to realize that image means nothing?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[MilesColtrane]

45. I'd walk a mile for a cameltoe.

[donheld]

46. Do you want all the acts to just stand behind a microphone and

meekly sing with no expression, or do you want a show?