Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!elf From: elf@utcsrgv.UUCP (Eugene Fiume) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Grammy Awards Message-ID: <3401@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 11:30:39 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.3401 Posted: Wed Feb 29 11:30:39 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Feb-84 14:43:07 EST Organization: CSRG, University of Toronto Lines: 18 I found Big Country's performance good, if (unavoidably) sparser than their recorded version. For me the highlight was Annie Lennox's Elvis--that crooked sneer was perfect! I couldn't help but think what conservative America's reaction to this would be; on the other hand, they may not have even known it was a woman. The theme of the new "British Invasion" seems to be: cross the sexual/racial/cultural lines. The notable exception is the pretty-white-boy Duran Duran; I wonder if America really needs Duran Duran when Michael Jackson can do it so much better. Jackson's Pepsi(tm) commercials weren't too bad either. I almost forgot to mention two other unforgettable highlights: Herbie Hancock's live version of "Rock It" complete with robotic break-dancers, and two solid gospel numbers. Chuck Berry seemed to have a bad amplifier that night. Wynton Marsalis had valve problems. Eugene Fiume