By Bryan Hood | Last night’s Grammys were like every other edition of the music industry’s main awards show – entirely predictable. All you had to do was push your imagination aside and you could picture exactly what the way-too-long ceremony was going to be like. Bands and albums that shouldn’t be recognized will win big and the night will be littered with flat, uninspired renditions of nominated acts’ big hits. This was the case last night for the most part, though there were some actual capitol “G” great performances. We saw Justin Timberlake’s spirited medley of “Suit & Tie” and another new song off of the upcoming “20/20 Vision,” as well as The Black Keys rollicking, jam-packed performance with Dr. John and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. But to us, the performance that really stole the night was Frank Ocean’s understated rendition of “Channel Ocean” track “Forrest Gump.” There’s a pressure during high profile events for performers to really go for it, but Ocean kept it simple, playing the song just as it appears on the record, with no one on stage but himself. The Grammys usually make us think about all that’s wrong with the music industry, and here was Ocean reminding us of why exactly we keep listening.
Frank Ocean – Forrest Gump – Grammys 2013 by IdolxMuzic
Image: Frank Ocean performing “Forrest Gump” at the 2013 Grammys/Daily Motion
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What?!? THIS is why you keep listening? This is unadulterated crap. He has the lyrical ability of a retarded spider monkey. And he “sings” (if you can call it that) like a constipated Alzheimer’s patient. What was this hack doing on stage in front of millions? Absolutely disgraceful. And he receives praise for this from avant-garde wannabe poseurs like you. You deserve each other.
If this is the performance that stole the night, then I’m glad I didn’t give up two hours of watching Downton Abbey for all the other crap. Ocean’s lyrics sound like a bad 5th grade song writing project. And his “singing” while”playing” piano in a totally different key, that a 7 year old could have banged out, was absurd. Maybe he’s a comedian, and I missed the point of his act. Except it wasn’t funny either. There’s so much great music out there in so many genres, I think the Grammys can do better and so can this web site.
“…Ocean reminding us of why exactly we keep listening…”????? Wow.
It made me QUESTION why I watched the whole dismal soul-less tuneless thing.
A sad statement on the state of the Grammys.
This Frank Ocean’s performance was soooo bad. I don’t understand why Grammy’s gave him awards!! He was off so many times!! He was like auditioning for American Idol (the bad singers clips). What the heck is going on with Grammy’s. a lot of other artists deserve more than him especially Bruno Mars. A song about Forrest Gump??? Soo lame.