Stevie to perform on this Sunday's Grammy Awards

[Fleetwoodmark]

Terrible performance on Taylor's part. It was never helped by the simply lame backing band....the only redeeming feature was Waddy.

[Gypsy0033]

Best quote of the night here.. :"There will be another Taylor Swift next year. There will NEVER be another Stevie Nicks".


I only wonder what Stevie was thinking while they were singing and TS was so off key,it was unbearable. But I guess all the young girls who like TS sing off key too so in their world and in the Music Industry world where "young", "cute" and " blonde" SELL it doesn't matter.. so what if you cant sing live. It sells records. Shame.

[StreetAngel86]

my apologies if this has already been posted
im 10 pages behind in this thread

but this pretty much sums it all up for me

http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/01/31/t...r-out-of-tune/

[DavidMn]

Maybe Taylor could've taken a crack at the Mr Ed theme song........

[StreetAngel86]

Originally Posted by GypsyBlueEyes

I knew, I just KNEW, going into this that Stevie was going to hold back as to not overpower Taylor and its so obvious that that is what she was doing. She should have just made a decision and took over that whole thing. You can tell she knew it wasn't going well. At least if she had, the story would have been that Stevie out-sings her and the performance would have been saved.

she really did hold back didn't she
it's so obvious
can u imagine if she just piped up and blew it out of the water....
everyone would be SLAMMING her
for walking all over "poor lil taylor"
the way it happened.....Stevie is gonna come away from this like a shiny beacon on a dark dark night

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

You know, if I managed the grammys, I would have had Pink and Stevie do a "Mean, If You Ever Did Believe, and Please Don't Leave Me" melody. I mean if they really wanted to make a great pair, Pink would have been the perfect one.

i REALLY wanted a Stevie/Lady Gaga medley ...... can u IMAGINE that
Bad Romance meshed with Stand Back
or what i wanted was Dance in the Dark rolling into Edge

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by StreetAngel86

i REALLY wanted a Stevie/Lady Gaga medley ...... can u IMAGINE that
Bad Romance meshed with Stand Back
or what i wanted was Dance in the Dark rolling into Edge

Swoon!

[DoubtfulMiracle]

From TVguide.com

5. Worst Tribute: Taylor Swift stumbles through "Today Was a Fairy Tale" before inviting Stevie Nicks to the stage to butcher/duet on Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon." Just when the 35-plus crowd is ready to storm the stage and stop Swift from destroying their memories, Nicks saves the day by adding a dose of musicality to an ill-advised, slowed-down rendition of Swift's "You Belong with Me." Let the grown-up lead, kiddo.

I don't really have an opinion of Taylor Swift -- she's managed to stay largely off my radar, without me being completely oblivious to her existence -- but gee, the barbs just keep coming at her don't they?

Vocally she was pretty ordinary, no doubt, but whoever advised her or supported her decision to duet with Stevie was plainly off their rocker. Regardless of the stick she's getting, I hope she at least enjoyed the thrill of singing with one of her idols.

With the huge amount of comment this is generating, well, everywhere, I wonder if Stevie is feeling a wee bit guilty about the whole thing? All she's done is (inadvertently) show Taylor up and open the floodgates of public ridicule, when I'm sure she only had the best of intentions in performing with her. Still, there is that small, evil part of me that wonders if Stevie foresaw that the entire thing would be a disaster from Taylor's standpoint and would inevitably lead to favourable press for Stevie, if only because she was the half of the performance that wasn't a train wreck.

Anyway, I thought Stevie sounded fine. I wouldn't say great, but that's because she didn't get to blast it out. She certainly seemed to be holding back to avoid stealing Taylor's thunder (for better or worse).

Loved hearing the album version too for a change -- there's definitely a part where Stevie goes to sing "taken by the sky". She catches herself, but not all that well -- all my life I’ve never seen a woman taken by the skin either.

Ouch.

[Macfanforever]

Hi all.heres a link for an mpeg copy of Taylor and Stevie.warning big file enjoy ..


http://www.adrive.com/public/2c41ec3...03fad41df.html

[nofearonlylove]

My theory is this:

Taylor never claimed to be the greatest singer, she only claimed she was blessed enough to be enjoying what she loves to do most in this world!

Being able to "sing live" well isn't something that is necessarily required of anyone, even in the passed! Look at Springsteen, DAVE MATTHEWS (thats right I said it), Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Burt Bacharach - great songwriters but can't sing a note!

I think we all just need to lay off Taylor. She writes most of her songs by herself, a la Stevie Nicks. Yes, she messed up last night, but she just got Album of The Year at 20 years old! There is A LOT of hype going on with her but for ONCE it is well deserved! She is not prancing around showing off her body or acting like a tramp, her only crime is singing off key!

Stevie was amazing up there, our girl did great! She maintained her dignity and respect up there, and I find it funny how most of you were worried about what SHE would do, what SHE would wear, how SHE would sound...and now that it was Taylor who messed up the relief you are all feeling is palpable...but there is no need to bash this young girl who has broken so many records with her songwriting talent, just because she threw Rhiannon off key! It could have been WAY worse, and we all know it!

Smiles
Erica

[GODDESS6]

i thought taylor & stevie were cute together~ it's about time that a young star other than insanity hohan talks of stevie being a hero to them~ i got choked up just seeing stevie walk on stage~

as for the other performers, i have to say i haven't jumped on the gaga train as of yet~ but her performance w/ elton john was amazing, i loved how they sang things to ea other at the end of the song~ & pinks performance was just gorgeous~ & i liked the tribute to MJ, it was just enough w/out being overkill & seeing his kids was just precious~

[samthrax]

Originally Posted by nofearonlylove

My theory is this:
her only crime is singing off key!

Erica

Well, during a live performance that's kind of a substantial crime.

If Taylor is aware of her vocal limitations she probably shouldn't agree to go onstage with someone, who despite her age and loss of range, could still easily blow her out of the water at any given moment.

I think people as a whole are over Taylor Swift and this was the last straw. I've seen plenty of bashing, WTFs and "aren't we over her yet?"s from non-Stevie fans last night. Besides a crazy Taylor fangirl on my twitter feed, I didn't see anyone who was pleased with her album of the year win.

[nicksphan]

Originally Posted by StreetAngel86

my apologies if this has already been posted
im 10 pages behind in this thread

but this pretty much sums it all up for me

http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/01/31/t...r-out-of-tune/

I'm encouraged that the great majority of comments on thse EW article support Stevie and bash Taylor for being horrendously off key.

I haven't read many posts here, so forgive me if this has already been mentioned, but CBS Morning News called the Taylor/Stevie collaboration the weakest performance of the night saying it fell flat and David Price compared it to fingernails on a chalkboard.

[Edgeof27]

Sorry,

but Taylor just failed the audition to play Stevie in the movie.......

[nofearonlylove]

Originally Posted by samthrax

Well, during a live performance that's kind of a substantial crime.

If Taylor is aware of her vocal limitations she probably shouldn't agree to go onstage with someone, who despite her age and loss of range, could still easily blow her out of the water at any given moment.

I think people as a whole are over Taylor Swift and this was the last straw. I've seen plenty of bashing, WTFs and "aren't we over her yet?"s from non-Stevie fans last night. Besides a crazy Taylor fangirl on my twitter feed, I didn't see anyone who was pleased with her album of the year win.

Well, that is your opinion along with everyone else who is sick of her. She wrote 90% of those songs by herself with no aide from anyone, and they are tastefully and maturely done. You are correct in stating that plenty of non-Stevie fans can't stand her, but most of them haven't really given her a chance either since lots of people hate the "hype" and "mainstream" that goes along with her, which isn't really her doing at all, but the media's.

You are correct in stating she was out of her league last night, but even if she was singing alone she would have been off-key, too. Singing isn't really what Taylor is known for. It isn't what A LOT of today's performers are known for, but at least Taylor stays true to herself, she writes her own music and makes her own choices in such a gruelling Hollywood world. I'd take her any day over Britney, or Lindsay Lohan, or Hilary Duff or Miley Cyrus.

I am happy for Taylor, her album of the year win was well-deserved, her themed album was great example of today's songwriting talent. DO NOT GET ME WRONG, I could never sit there and watch that girl perform live or spend money on seeing her live, but I love her songs, her songwriting and her albums, not to mention I just like that she sticks to her guns. Good for her.

But anyway...Stevie is what matters and she did a great job last night regardless, despite all of the little faith a lot of you had in her before the performance occurred last night. I am sure that once all of this Taylor bashing goes away, the ledge will go right back to its usual programming of bashing everything that Stevie does, wears or sings.

Smiles
Erica

[ButterCookie]

Agh! I woke up early this morning to watch the performance on You Tube and all the way through my face was a picture of horror. Stevie sounded great, but Taylor was so flat O_o

Where was Kanye when We and Stevie needed Taylor to stfu most