Grammy Awards showcase awkward performances

02/10/10 - I think that the Grammy Awards are my favorite awards show-well they were until this year. What is better than a night full of performances, seeing your favorite performers all in one room (unless they are arrested for beating their special girl the previous day.cough Chris Brown cough, cough), and getting a view of music in history?But this Grammy Awards ceremony was different. Maybe all of the stars should have been arrested the day of the Awards Show, because it seemed that no one showed up on their A Game.

In fact the whole night came off as just pure awkwardness.

Here is the list of the most awkward moments in case any of you missed it:

Dwayne Johnson, formerly known as "The Rock," kicked off the show by reciting the lyrics to Kate Perry's song, "I Kissed a Girl." He then went off onto a rant about how he saw Kate Perry earlier.and no one really got the joke.

Following Johnson, Justin Timberlake appeared to make an inspiring speech about his life in Tennessee before he became famous. Timberlake made his best effort at being a comedian as well as he tried to make a joke about the "general store" in his town- but no one laughed. Don't try to become the next Jay Leno, Mr. Timberlake.

Timberlake then had a follow-up awkward moment as he performed with the Great Al Green, and that was just the beginning of the collaborations that didn't work.

Duffy and Green attempted to duet a piece of "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," and ultimately butchered it.

Stevie Wonder and the Jonas Brothers. enough said.

Paul McCartney with the Foo Fighters-McCartney couldn't hold it together or bust a move quite as well as Bruce Springsteen at the Superbowl just a week ago.

MIA's very pregnant performance (on her due date) with Sean Combs, TI, Jay-Z and Little Wayne couldn't even avoid awkwardness, but maybe that was because of the special effects crew who decided that the viewers at home should watch the performance in black and white as opposed to color.



Damn.I wish I could have been at the Grammy Awards to see the full spectrum of colorful outfits, and the awesome light show that went on with their performance. Those Grammy goers get everything.

The collaboration that was clearly bombed the most was the duet of best friends Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift. Swift-as nasally as she sounded-out sang Cyrus by a million beats. Swift appeared to be glaring at Cyrus everytime that Cyrus opened up her mouth to sing, probably hoping her glares would make Cyrus disappear- just as we all hoped she would too.

Cyrus then made obnoxious faces near the end of the song as she was clearly off on every beat of the song that Swift wrote.

More awkward: These two teenage girls were singing about the troubles of a 15 year-old's life - a teenagers life more or less - when these two girls themselves were teenagers getting the opportunity to sing on one of the biggest stages in the world-you know, the real troubles of teenage girls.

Cyrus may take the cake for most awkward moments of the night as her awkwardness didn't come with the end of the terrible duet. Cyrus could be caught staring directly at the teleprompter over head as she recited her lines to the crowd and the television. How does she remember her lyrics?

As if that wasn't enough, when Swift went to say, "And the Grammy goes to." Cyrus could be seen motioning to herself with her hand and whispering "Me." Sorry, Cyrus-you weren't even nominated. Then when Allison Krauss went to receive the trophy from Cyrus, Cyrus pulled back. Even more awkward.

The collaborations weren't the only things that went terribly awkward at the Grammy Awards.

Carrie Underwood's outfit during her performance of "Last Name," was the last thing any star should have worn with the lighting in there, as the bottom of the outfit became transparent. Even the audience didn't look thrilled.

Kid Rock singing about all the problems in the world while wearing what appeared to be a $10,000 suit. Here's to all those kids who are starving, woooo. And then he broke into his rendition of "Sweet Home Alabama" where he praised smoking funny things. Does anybody else see anything wrong with all of this?

Kanye's O.J. Simpson gloves.

Adele telling her competition, which she had just beaten for "Best New Artist," that she loved them.

Perry arriving on stage via a giant banana to sing her song proclaiming how much she enjoys kissing girls.

And then there was the Coldplay performance, which started off good but went to hell as soon as Coldplay began to sing "Viva La Vida." Lead vocalist Chris Martin seemed to think that "Viva La Vida" deserved to be danced to just as you would dance to a Timerblake hit or a Fall Out Boy sound.Martin was jumping all over the stage and the beat wasn't jumping at all, and he seemed to lose his voice throughout his mediocre dancing.

He apparently thought he was a rocker for a moment. Even his shirt was jumping and down as his belly continually showed. What was more awkward than this? Having to see his belly again when Coldplay won the award for Best Song of the Year, and then almost having to see his belly a third time when Coldplay won the award for Best Rock Album.

Someone must have told Martin because on this go, he walked up to the stage holding his arm over his stomach, and had tucked in his shirt.

And last but certainly not least: The announcement that even our newly elected president, President Barack Obama has been a Grammy winner. Look out United States, Underwood, T.I. and Martin may be your next choices for President.Wouldn't that be quite a change?