Stevie to perform on this Sunday's Grammy Awards - Page 39

michelej1 · #**571** 02-05-2010, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia

Anyway, he was complimenting Stevie on what a great harmony singer she is and that "she can wrap her voice around anyone's."

That's true about Stevie and it's a talent, because even good singers have trouble singing with others sometimes. Christine said that she used to struggle with it before meeting those other 2 guys.

Michele

carrie721 · #**572** 02-05-2010, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by badanimals87

So if I'm following this writer correctly...if Rhiannon had been performed in the original key (which is higher) then Taylor would have been able to hit the notes no problem?

no, the writer is saying it was an awkward key for both singers because they had to lower it enough for taylor to hit the high notes but not lower it so much that stevie couldn't hit the low ones.

i don't think for taylor it was an issue of the high notes being out of her range but rather that she just has a weak voice and bad intonation.

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Originally Posted by GypsyBlueEyes

There is no way she could hit the notes in Rhiannon sung the way Stevie usually sings it. Listen to the way she sings her own songs. I don't know anything about notes, but it seems to me that she sings all of her songs on a very small scale and there is very little variation (see, I told you I don't know the technical terms for all this stuff

). If they had done it the Stevie way, Stevie would have overpowered Taylor's vocal...not that I would have complained about that.

taylor may be auto-tuned within an inch of her life, but her melodies cover a wide interval.

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LMAO! This is getting so ridiculous. People need to stop making excuses for her. She sucked. It was an awful performance.

it was an awful performance, but what's funny is that when stevie gives an awful performance, all you hear are excuses.

Pix · #**573** 02-06-2010, 11:04 PM

I haven't logged on here in years, but had to drop in and say GACK! She sounded bad... I didn't much like Stevie taking a back seat to her with that song choice either. I guess no press is bad press..... bah that's bull****. I sat there watching it like a train wreck. You know you should turn away, but can't.

Did anyone else see the look on Waddy's face at the end of it? It looked as if he wanted to smash her over the head with his guitar! LMAO

Hello Ledgies...

michelej1 · #**574** 02-15-2010, 02:11 PM

TV Guide.com, February 1, 2010
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Moments-...w&profileid=01

By Mickey O'Connor,

Dear Grammys, enough with the kooky pairings! Yes, it worked really well when you united Eminem and Elton John all those years ago. It was a true example of music bringing people together. But this year's many matches felt more like mis-mash-ups. Taylor Swift's duets with Stevie Nicks were embarrassing for both of them, and Lady Gaga's pairing with Elton John — is he now the go-to duet partner? — didn't quite jell. It was telling that the night's best songs came from Drake, Eminem, and Lil Wayne — three artists who brought out the best in each other — and Pink, who performed solo. Welcome to Top Moments, Grammy Mis-Mash-Ups Edition.

10. Best Idea: Lady Gaga opens the show with a typical (ha-ha) performance of her hit "Poker Face" in which a team of dancers adore her almost worshipfully, until she's thrown into a fire. Next we find her sitting across a piano from Elton John. Their mash-up of her "Speechless" and his "Your Song" ("How wonderful life is/With Gaga is in the world!") isn't a flawless showcase for either performer, and sets the tone for a night of unnecessarily complicated combos.

9. Best Patter: "Stay away from Katy Perry," Stephen Colbert warns his daughter from the stage. Otherwise, the Colbert Report wise guy tries to prove his coolness to his daughter by greeting all the boldfaced names in the crowd. He later informs the crowd that Susan Boyle, a "48-year-old Scottish cat lady in sensible shoes," saved the music industry this year. When he wins for Best Comedy Album, he asks his daughter, "Am I cool now?" Yes.

8. Worst Idea: Nothing says punk rock like turning your album into a Broadway musical. Except performing with the performers in that musical, as Green Day unimpressively did with the cast of American Idiot.

Check out all the Grammy Awards red carpet hits and misses

7. Best Stage Presence: Beyonce wears an exoskeleton-like gown accompanied by a SWAT team of backup dancers to sing "If I Were a Boy," a rough-edged version that segues into a cover of Alanis Morissette's man-hating anthem "You Oughta Know." Her defense-themed show is a brilliant offense.

6. Most Tired Trend: Robots are so now! Or so think the Black-Eyed Peas in their performance of hits "Imma Be" and "I Gotta Feeling," which feature robots in metal-man drag. If only their tin-man routine had a heart.

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.

4. Most Multi-Dimensional Tribute: Celine Dion, Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood and Usher team up to sing Michael Jackson's "Earth Song" in a 3-D tribute to the late singer. It's a strong vocal performance, which you don't really need special glasses to appreciate. After the song, Jackson's eldest child, a well-spoken Prince Michael, 12, thanks the crowd for their support following his famous dad's death.

3. Best Surprise: When Robert Downey Jr. introduces an operatic performance of the Royal Gramophonic Society, most of us thought: Bathroom break. But that crafty Jamie Foxx pulls a fast one on us uncultured rubes, as a mezzo soprano starts singing his hit "Blame It" (al-al-al-al-al-alcohol — yeah, that one). The stage explodes in an orgiastic frenzy, as Foxx is joined by Doug E. Fresh, T-Pain and Slash, who turns in a blistering solo ripped from Guns N' Roses' "November Rain."

2. Most Interesting Performance: Where to begin? Pink starts off innocently enough, as she slinks around the stage singing "Glitter in the Air" in a robe that appears to have been stolen from Princess Leia's wardrobe trailer. The robe inevitably comes off to reveal a nearly nude bodysuit, and within seconds Pink is lifted from the stage. Hanging from silks, she's suddenly soaked with water that spills from her body, probably messing up some hairdos in the crowd below. It's worth it.

1. Worst Editing: Drake holds his own singing his hit "Forever" with established rappers Lil Wayne and Eminem. We'd say more about this energetic performance, but we only heard about half percent of it; the censors bleeped the rest. The song isn't that dirty. Someone could have been more judicious with the edits.

AmbrFireflie · #**575** 02-16-2010, 12:01 AM

Check out Stevie at 2:55 admiring a Maxwell and Roberta Flack duet

vivfox · #**576** 02-16-2010, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by AmbrFireflie

Check out Stevie at 2:55 admiring a Maxwell and Roberta Flack duet

Great find! I surely enjoyed seeing Stevie listen to Roberta harmonizing with Maxwell.

LittleCharmer · #**577** 02-16-2010, 04:28 AM

I'm rather jealous of ol' Swifty in that sense. She just gets to run around being an excitable ninny amongst legends.

michelej1 · #**578** 02-17-2010, 09:38 PM

[If Stevie co-founded FM, why isn't the band called McNicks?]

Daily Titan, Cal State Fullerton
http://www.dailytitan.com/2010/02/ni...rforming-live/

Nicks could teach Swift a thing or ten about performing live

By Melissa Hoon
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Published: February 16, 2010

Where’s Kanye when you need him? While West wasn’t in the building the night of the Grammys this year, he should have been, to remind Taylor Swift during her performance with Stevie Nicks that Nicks, co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, is one of the best artists of all time – and perhaps to tell Swift to exit the stage to let Nicks finish solo.

The Nicks/Swift performance was the worst duet I’ve ever seen. Why on earth would Grammy executives think the combination of raw, unique, classic talent and cookie-cutter/what-the-music-industry-prostitutes-to-the-masses-to-bank-on “talent” would sound pleasing?

Oh, I almost forgot. Music and television industries only care about making money. For them, I’m sure this performance was golden. Old talent plus young talent equals older viewers and younger viewers. Add viewers’ age demographics together and you have dollar signs galore.

Whether or not you’re a Swift fan, you can surely agree that the country starlet’s only real talent is songwriting – and even that’s a very generous compliment. Nearly all of her songs are about fitting in in high school and young romance. What will she write about in five years when her high school memories begin to fade?

Wait, that’s right – she’s a country singer. If she’s smart, she’ll take notes from other successful country artists, like Gretchen Wilson (singer of “Redneck Woman”), and will have material for years to come, boasting about her redneck pride and heritage.

Well, I guess she can only write about her redneck pride, not heritage, since she was born and raised in Pennsylvania. That’s just more ammo for my argument as to how Swift is yet another byproduct of what the music industry has created out of thin air.

On the other hand, whether or not you’re part of Swift’s fan club, there’s no denying how incredible it was for her to have had the opportunity to share a stage with the legendary Nicks, especially at 20 years old. I’m sure Swift’s six minutes on stage couldn’t have been better spent in heaven.

And the two didn’t just share the stage, they shared each other’s songs. Swift began the performance solo, singing “Today Was a Fairytale” (a Swift song about a magical relationship – shocking!). Then Nicks, 61, took the stage as the beginning notes of “Rhiannon” were played.

“It is a fairytale and an honor to share a stage with Stevie Nicks!” Swift exclaimed as Nicks stood next to her. Hey, at least she’s not oblivious to the phenomenon taking place.

I wish those had been the last words to come from Swift’s mouth that night onstage. Moments later, during “Rhiannon”, she did her best to belt out, “She rules her life like a bird in flight…” Let’s just say her best was probably at par with Britney Spears’ worst.

After the “Rhiannon” slaughter fest, things began to look up for Swift. Together, Nicks and Swift sang Swift’s “You Belong With Me.” Taylor is no Whitney Houston while singing even her own songs, so it must have been nothing short of amazing for her to have had a renowned artist like Nicks sing a song Swift wrote when she was probably only 17. Now that’s pretty magical.

The night wasn’t a complete flop for Swift. She did take home four Grammys. But I think that’s more a sign of how phony the music industry has become and less a sign of Swift’s success.

Swift’s musical career has been fueled by the fact that she’s a cute, young, profitable blonde. Well, she won’t be cute and young forever. But her time in the limelight can be saved and extended. Rather than holding onto her fame by getting Botox injections down the road, I suggest a less painful solution: singing lessons.

Lexi · #**579** 02-18-2010, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

Where’s Kanye when you need him? While West wasn’t in the building the night of the Grammys this year, he should have been, to remind Taylor Swift during her performance with Stevie Nicks that Nicks, co-founder of Fleetwood Mac,

Journalism FAIL. Research FAIL. Common sense FAIL.

coopcoop · #**580** 02-18-2010, 01:52 AM

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Journalism FAIL. Research FAIL. Common sense FAIL.

LOL.

The main thing I dont understand is why more people dont take Stevie to task for selling out and playing this star search/american idol type crap duet.

What in gods name is wrong with her management and her own decision making, horrible idea.

vivfox · #**581** 02-19-2010, 05:17 PM

MTV Shows

Taylor Swift Is A ‘Strong Person,’ Pal Selena Gomez Says

‘What I admire most about Taylor is that she focuses on all the positive things,’ Gomez says of how Swift is dealing with backlash.

Even as fans and detractors continue to debate Taylor Swift’s Grammy performance, the pop sensation should know that she’s always got her friends and her loyal fans on her side.

Selena Gomez, who is pals with the Grammy-winning phenomenon, recently dished to MTV News about the backlash that Swift felt from music fans after her duet with Stevie Nicks. And while the criticism did sting a bit, Gomez explained that Swift can see the good in any situation. “What I admire most about Taylor is that she focuses on all the positive things — and that’s what I love about her,” Gomez said. “She won four Grammys. That was amazing.”

Swift, who not only just released a music video for her new single “Fearless,” but also starred in the hit movie “Valentine’s Day,” doesn’t dwell on the negative — she’s too busy to care about what criticism people want to lob at her. “That is really what she’s passionate about — [her career and her music],” Gomez explained. “And that’s what she loves. She’s a very strong person, so that’s what she’s honoring and that’s what I’m proud of her for.”

Regardless of what the haters have to say, Taylor is showing no signs of slowing down. She recently garnered two Kids’ Choice Awards nominations, she’s about to kick off a new leg of her Fearless tour and she’s already hard at work on a new album.

http://newmusicreviews.net/taylor-sw...na-gomez-says/