47th Grammys

Awards season continues in surreal fashion with the most over the top and pointless event of any year: The Grammys. I just don't get it - why does anyone care? The American music industry churns out some strange acts over many genres, most long dead in other cultures it seems. Awards are given in 107 catagories, just stopping short of best vocal act by a midget with a banjo 2005 goes to... It's crazy! The lowlight was a conglomeration of musics "top" stars lined up to sing Across The Universe, looking like cartoon cutouts of themselves in iconic poses in a performance that sounded embarrassingly under rehearsed - just awful, I had to watch through my fingers. Norah Jones went away with another armful after her duets album with Ray Charles won the sacharin votes, and both Bono and Billy Joe Armstrong (pictured) won in their catagories - but so what?! Bono said it was one of the best Grammys he could remember... Lord, what were the others like? Kx