Well, the Lifetime Achievement honorees got about 10-15 seconds each, even less than I'd estimated. That aside, I thought it was a total bummer that they used BYT (in addition to BSN) as the musical background for Joni's segment. They certainly could have used something more musically substantial, rather than further strengthening the general public's conception of Joni as "that taxi song singer," which is exactly what an acquaintance of mine said recently (he dropped a notch or two in my esteem when he said that! I tried to educate him.)
Joni should be given the Legend Award, Grammy's highest honor. It in not awarded every year. While Ms. Keys is apparently talented and her album may deserve notice, I can't help but get a little hot under the collar when a newcomer wins as many Grammys in one night as Joni has won in her entire career! Bryan
