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Party Ben Pre-Live-Blogs the Grammys

This will be so much easier than actually watching the thing.

8:00 PM - Ceremony opens with alleged "mashup" of Gnarls Barkley and the Dixie Chicks. There's some confusion because Gnarls Barkley are in Dixie Chicks costumes. Randy Newman saves the day by descending from ceiling to sing 15-minute extended version of "Crazy"

8:16 PM - First Award, for Best Spoken Word Album. It's a tie: Al Franken and Jimmy Carter! They accept with a witty back-and-forth that puns "tied" with "apartheid." Polite laughter

8:19 PM - Reba McEntire and Diddy emerge as presenters. McEntire: "Hey Diddy, can you believe it, the Police are here!" Diddy: "Hold on, I gotta call my driver!" Slightly less polite laughter

8:23 PM - Carrie Underwood wins Best Country Song for "Jesus, Take the Wheel," forgets to thank him in acceptance speech. Camera shows Jesus in audience smiling uncomfortably. Guy behind him pats him on back. You kind of get the feeling maybe things aren't going so great, like Jesus heard a suspicious message from Buddha on the answering machine and you can see in his eyes this kind of confirms everything. Of course he forgives her but it just seems like she's already moved on

8:27 PM - John Mayer and Tony Bennett perform "Candle in the Wind" accompanied by a montage of moments from the life of Anna Nicole Smith

8:43 PM - Chamillionaire wins Best Rap Song for "Ridin'," sends Weird Al to accept

Posted by Party Ben on 02/11/07 at 2:05 PM | Email | Print

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