No - I had many references to the Grant (Natalie, not Amy) walkout, and she clearly left in protest or disgust, not tedium. She tweeted: "We left the Grammy's early. I've many thoughts, most of which are probably better left inside my head. But I'll say this: I've never been more honored to sing about Jesus and for Jesus. And I've never been more sure of the path I've chosen."
Subsequently she stated that she did not walk out in response to any particular act or performance, but clearly she was making a comment about the tone and tenor of the entire show to that point. I agree that the main point this raises is what kind of show did she think she was going to? On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:30 AM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > There's a pre-telecast ceremony, which started, per the L.A. Times, around > 1:30 Pacific and ran about 2 and a half hours. Most of the awards - even > in the mainstream genres - are announced then. Grant could have left out > of sheer tedium by the time 5 p.m. rolled around. > > David > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Joe Hass <[email protected]> > *To:* TV Or Not TV <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 29, 2014 11:34 AM > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Grammys > > In my Facebook feed was a post from someone who linked to the fact that > Natalie Grant, who was up for a couple Grammy's (Best Gospel/Contemporary > Christian Music Performance and Best Christian Music Song) left the > auditorium early, implying it was related to the behavior of Ms Knowles. > Two questions: do they even announce these awards during the telecast, and > had this woman never watched a Grammy telecast before? > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:14 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am only a casual follower of contemporary music, but I usually watch the > Grammys. More even than the Oscars or the Emmys, the Grammys seem to be > less about recognizing artistic merit or accomplishment, and more about > commerce, for both some recording artists (and of course the companies that > sell their music) and even more for television. There is nothing at all new > about absurd winners and losers, so I won't waste any breath about that. > But I do wish they would stop trying so very hard to create these faux > historic "Grammy Moments". Occasionally something special might be > appropriate, but as a casual music fan I would appreciate a lot more if I > could watch the Grammys to see performances from current acts that I > otherwise would not see or hear about. I don't really need to see another > geezer act. Maybe the Paul and Ringo song was understandable, but the > performance of Photograph was just painful. > > My FB feed has a fair share of Beyonce-bashing (I have a lot of > conservative ÇX FB "Friends"). Whatever. Beyonce did right what amateur > posers like Hannah Montana try so hard and fail to do. I did not have any > problem with that. > > -- > -- > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
