Grammy Awards Impressions

I found myself watching the Grammy's this past Sunday and was pleasantly surprised overall by the performances. Granted, there wasn't a whole lot of awards being exchanged over the 3.5 hours, but hey, what we got was more entertaining anyhow. This was confirmed when we re-watched parts of the awards show with some friends on an incredibly chill and fun Valentine's Day. Some highlights for me:

He could be singing "Forget You" or "Benny and the Jets"

Cee Lo Green dressed as an armored peacock, channeling 1970's Elton John behind what I'm guessing is a prop grand piano.  Along with some muppets as his band, I think he might have out Gaga'd Lady Gaga.

John Mayer's going for the Johnny Depp look nowadays

One of my favorite performances was "Jolene" by John Mayer, Norah Jones, and Keith Urban.  A great show case of the vocals of these talented musicians. And the guys weren't too bad on the guitar either ;)

Killing it on the cello

Big props to The Avett Brothers' cellist Joe Kwon. Get this: This guy was tearing it up and to fully understand the magnitude of this, let me employ the use of some dramatic pausing:

Joe was rocking out ... on the cello ... with a bunch of white dudes ... standing up!! He was a pleasure to watch because he was so passionate, you could have easily substituted an electric guitar for the cello...but that just wouldn't have been as awesome.

Actual award surprises with Esperanza Spalding beating out the Bieber for Best New Artist and Arcade Fire's (whoo!) "The Suburbs" winning Album of the Year.