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Post by mapender on Feb 17, 2012 17:46:48 GMT -5
Yeah, I was actually contacting the photographer at one point in time to see if she would mind if we used them, but I never followed up on it and lost the ones I had saved when my harddrive crashed. Glad you found them again.
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Post by mapender on Feb 16, 2012 21:54:14 GMT -5
That is pretty great! You definitely have more Greyson stuff than I have. I don't even have a copy of WOTL anymore. I should probably get another one of those
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Post by mapender on Feb 14, 2012 21:50:47 GMT -5
I looked at Lady Gaga's new world tour (Born This Way Tour) and noticed that she opens her tour at the Singapore Indoor Stadium (SIS) on April 27, nine days AFTER Greyson performs at the SAME venue on April 18th... I was wondering if there's any significance in this because Gaga and Greyson share the same management team and recording company in Interscope... Anyone have any thoughts about this connection? Greyson's short tour will be done before Gaga's starts. Hmmmmm, Who is Gaga's opening act on this tour?? Kinda makes me wonder and thinking maybe..... ... I just can't fathom that Greyson can play the same size venue as Gaga. That is crazy. I wonder how close he can come to selling it out. I've hypothesized before that we'll see Greyson opening for Gaga at some point in the future. I know that some of her opening acts rotate throughout a tour, so I could see him opening for a leg for sure.
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Post by mapender on Feb 14, 2012 21:18:37 GMT -5
He's still on there talking as of 8:55 by the way Not sure if you are kidding or not, but I am pretty sure it is just the same 11 minute conversation that is archived and you can play it over and over again.
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Post by mapender on Feb 14, 2012 20:53:38 GMT -5
Congratulations to our Winners!
Thank you to everybody who played along. Hopefully we can make this a yearly tradition and perhaps next year we will find a way to make the tallying of the scores public so everybody can see the standings change.
Since I am not awarding a prize to myself for obvious reasons, our Top 3 winners ended up actually being a Top 4, so congrats to everybody! Each of you should have received a private message here on the board. Please respond to the message when you get a chance to claim your prize.
1st - WiscoJoe 2nd - greysonater816 3rd - StaraChance; shaniekay
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Post by mapender on Feb 14, 2012 20:49:16 GMT -5
I'd guess that was a not so subtle hint that he'd be performing one of his own songs. I don't think he'd say that if he wasn't singing at all. Though, I quickly fastforwarded through it so maybe I missed some of the context.
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Post by mapender on Feb 13, 2012 21:39:56 GMT -5
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Post by mapender on Feb 13, 2012 21:24:35 GMT -5
For the first time I watched the show from start to finish. I was thinking of Mapender and GU4G when I saw Bruce and Paul. (You are very lucky to be alive during their heyday) Adele was stunning and sang really pretty. Wonder if she and Gaga are having a war going on............ Nikki Minaj's perfromance seemed like a horror movie and weirder than some of Gaga and Katy Perry's live perfromances I've seen in the past. Love Katy's new song. I had no idea she's putting out another album. Did'nt like Chris Brown's perfromance. Jenifer Hudson's Whiteny tribute was AMAZING. I just rewatched that ending Abbey Road medley and it was just complete awesomeness. I know I'm constantly encouraging people to go see Bruce, but please go see Paul first and foremost if you get the chance. I just figure that goes without saying though. He still has it and is no where close to embarrassing himself up there like so many artists end up doing as they get up there in years. Bruce was pretty good as well. He looked and sounded pretty good and for the first time performing that new song (which is just ok) it was decent. Loved seeing him up there at the end with Sir Paul. He was definitely the weak link in the guitar battle, but was so obviously thrilled just to be on stage. Like I said earlier, I am so happy that Adele not only swept all the important categories, but also was well enough to perform. I gotta admit that while "Super Bass" is quite catchy, I don't understand the appeal of Nicki Minaj. She just seems like she is trying to be the rap/R&B version of Lady Gaga and that performance was.... interesting. I also think Jennifer Hudson did great. There really was no question as to which song should be done in tribute, but that takes a lot of nerve to go up there and sing such a difficult song that is so synonymous with Whitney Houston. Overall, I enjoyed the whole evening. I was kept busy tallying the scores of our contest, so I was able to kind of able to tune out all the commercials and parts I was less interested in.
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Post by mapender on Feb 13, 2012 21:07:29 GMT -5
I was just happy that Bon Iver won best alternative album and best new artist. I think that Justin Vernon is a genius, and 'Holocene' is my current favourite song. I'm actually pretty shocked that people don't know who he is... And now he's getting hate. But that's how the Grammys work. And that's why I don't watch them. Although I did enjoy Greyson's Grammy input on twitter (: I actually didn't watch The Grammys for years, but now I look at it as my one time of the year that I actually embrace all genres of music and a lot of the Top 40 stuff that I am just not all that interested in. I kind of use it as a way to judge musical acts so that I am not spouting off stuff about them without knowing a little bit about them. For example, I know from watching her appearances at these kinds of things that Lady Gaga can actually sing. So these days I am loathe to say that she isn't talented and actually defend her when people say she is a talentless hack even though her whole shtick is too much for me. I'm glad Bon Iver won as well. "Holocene" is a beautiful song, but I am not sure that it is my favorite on the album. Did you see the SNL performance. It was pretty great. I am disappointed that he/they couldn't work out a performance with the Grammy people. His win this year wasn't nearly as exciting for me as Arcade Fire winning the big prize last year, but it was still pretty great. Also, I think I was one of only 3 people to actually pick him to win Best New Artist, so that helped me in our little Grammy game!
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Post by mapender on Feb 13, 2012 17:59:08 GMT -5
^^ I was just about to post that for you, but you beat me to it.
I was surprised about Gaga as well. She really "took the night off" last night. Somebody in some article commented that that was a good thing b/c everybody knew it was going to be Adele's night. I kind of agree with that sentiment.
Going back and rewatching some of the performances from last night. I think there were some really great ones!
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Post by mapender on Feb 12, 2012 23:39:09 GMT -5
Ok, here are the final results. I've only listed the Top 24 b/c that included everybody that got at lest 6 of the 18 correct. If you want to know how many you got right, just post or send me a message. The people above the line will be our winners. The admins represented well tonight! I'll try and contact our winners tomorrow for their contact info. I've got to go to bed now. Hope everybody enjoyed the show. Let us know what you liked or disliked and such on the thread. Night, everybody! 1. WiscoJoe 12 2. greysonater816 10 mapender 10 4. StaraChance 9 djtiny 9 shaniekay 9
7. myguygreyson 8 KaysJustGrey 8 GMV 8 EnchancerTori 8 11. ashleyluvsgmc 7 greysonisagift 7 chanceofgrey 7 michellechance97 7 enchancer4life1 7 lightupthedark 7 17. greysongal 6 Brittneychance94 6 enchancer28 6 Amazingcoolmusic 6 Shinichi17CP 6 greyfanforever 6 jenniferchance 6 istimay 6
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Post by mapender on Feb 12, 2012 22:30:48 GMT -5
More thoughts since I am pretty much having a conversation with myself...
Loved seeing The Beach Boys together. They were the first concert I ever went to.
Adele nailed it.
I quite like Sir Paul singing his new song like a standard rather than like a rock/pop song.
Glen Campbell tribute was great. His story is sad yet inspiring. Alzheimer's is a cruel disease, but so glad he is able to get up there and still do his thing. He sounded great.
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Post by mapender on Feb 12, 2012 21:37:09 GMT -5
Scoring Update...
Now that 12 of the 18 categories that we included in the contest have been handed out, here are the Top 10 people so far. Plenty of awards still left, though. I won't post the winners for those that are on the West Coast and aren't watching yet.
WiscoJoe 9 StaraChance 6 myguygreyson 6 shaniekay 6 mapender 6 djtiny 5 greysonisagift 5 GMV 5 jenniferchance 5 greysonater816 5
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Post by mapender on Feb 12, 2012 21:05:23 GMT -5
Ok, I've finally caught up with my Excel spreadsheet.
So anybody really stood out so far for you guys?
I thought Bruce was pretty good. He always sucks on TV, so I didn't have high expectations.
Foo Fighters are always great and energetic. I think I could get to like them a lot more if I listened to their albums more often.
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Post by mapender on Feb 12, 2012 20:58:20 GMT -5
there were 6 categories?? No, there were 18 total. I had just gotten around to recording the data on 6 of them so far. Some of the awards were handed out prior to the telecast, but a lot of them are still to be given out later on in the show.
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