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Grammy Meltdowns

David Schmader
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It's a stroke!
Banna on February 14, 2011 at 11:13 AM Report this
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That's almost as messed up as Ginger Rogers singing in pig latin in extreme close up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUBftlqlF…
Joe Szilagyi on February 14, 2011 at 11:13 AM Report this
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Wow--that was weird. Expected her to start to levitate, her eyes to roll back while spitting up pea soup and screaming "I'll swallow your soul!"

Hope it was just a verbal trip down the stairs and not some symptom of a serious medical problem.
carrma on February 14, 2011 at 11:18 AM Report this
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@1 no, it's not!

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/02/1…
Explorer on February 14, 2011 at 11:23 AM Report this
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At least she looked good while her career went out the window.
Vince on February 14, 2011 at 11:23 AM Report this
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It's a transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke)!

/I will continue to make unfounded diagnoses despite my absolute lack of medical knowledge until the issue is closed (or forgotten).
Banna on February 14, 2011 at 11:39 AM Report this
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A KCBS spokesman released a statement that Branson was examined by paramedics on the scene immediately following the broadcast. "Her vital signs were normal," the statement said. "She was not hospitalized. As a precautionary measure, a colleague gave her a ride home, and she says she is feeling fine this morning."
Brody on February 14, 2011 at 11:45 AM Report this
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There are people in the US who haven't heard of Arcade Fire? Jeeze, I've known about then since oh 2004 release.
Simone on February 14, 2011 at 11:55 AM Report this
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God, they've been on CBC for almost a decade and have been winning awards for a long time.

All your music is belong to Canada.
Will in Seattle on February 14, 2011 at 11:57 AM Report this
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She just won a triple-dog dare.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on February 14, 2011 at 11:58 AM Report this
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@6 so long as it's not atherosclerosis ...
Will in Seattle on February 14, 2011 at 11:59 AM Report this
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Happy Arcade Fire won but sad it wasn't for their first album Funeral which actually deserves recognition.

Andy_Squirrel on February 14, 2011 at 12:06 PM Report this
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If she weren't so clear eyed, you'd think it was just drunk talk, but she doesn't look intoxicated at all.

It's not even spontaneous glossolalia, as it seems like she is having trouble forming words & phrases.

Maybe a reaction to medication?
Sir Vic on February 14, 2011 at 12:13 PM Report this
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No band that tries to rhyme 'blood' with 'would' should win a grammy.
lotosesser on February 14, 2011 at 12:16 PM Report this
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I just hope Minneapolis Twin-Toners The Suburbs (who are still around) call their next album "Arcade Fire", just to confuse everybody even more.
Fnarf on February 14, 2011 at 12:22 PM Report this
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My serious take on this: Someone was speaking loudly in her ear piece at the same time and she just overloaded.
Jaymz on February 14, 2011 at 12:26 PM Report this
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At first I thought she was reading a messed up teleprompter verbatim (a-la Ron Burgundy) even though she appeared to know the words didn't make sense. Pretty scary to learn that was beyond her control.
cliche on February 14, 2011 at 12:30 PM Report this
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...I feel like I haven't stopped hearing about effin Arcade Fire since they first broke....like, seriously people have never heard of them? And didn't Tawny Kitaen try to revive her video-vixen "career" by appearing on Celebrity Rehab? I only know about her from old episodes of Pop Up Video I used to watch on VH1.
More, I Say! on February 14, 2011 at 12:32 PM Report this
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Funeral was a breakthrough album. Usually, the Stranger would use that to bash the new record, but Eric Grandy actually knows something about music and has some class (no truck stop bj references in that record review).
biffp on February 14, 2011 at 12:37 PM Report this
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It seemed like aphasia to me. Calling the EMTs means she may have had a concern. It could be as benign and transient as a migraine (I experience transient aphasia with migraine) or seizure. I am hoping she sees a neurologist to get a real checkup. Scary.
dirac on February 14, 2011 at 12:40 PM Report this
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Serious question: has an indie release ever won Best Album before? Arcade Fire are still on Merge.

They're going to have to add another chapter to "Our Noise" now.
Fnarf on February 14, 2011 at 12:56 PM Report this
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I had never heard of half of the people who won awards last night. Nevermind Arcade Fire, who the hell is Lady Antebellum? She sounds like some crazy scientist-villain from Gotham city that batman must battle.

Then again I'm surprised of my ignorance as I never listen to the radio or pop music on purpose.
veo_ on February 14, 2011 at 12:59 PM Report this
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Yeah, Arcade Fire; yeah, Serene Branson can't make her mouth form real words... whatev. How come the interwebs aren't on fire about Christina Aguillera falling on her ass?
elm+1character on February 14, 2011 at 1:31 PM Report this
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One more time: The overwhelming majority of voting members of The Recording Academy are baby-boomer recording engineers. They vote for stuff they like, and that they're familiar with. Every once in a while, someone with a modicum of juice in the recording industry tries to point this out in hopes of getting more artists and others in the business to join and participate, but to no avail.

But ultimately the Grammys, just like the Oscars, Emmys and all those other little gold-plated tin statues, are about industry politics, not artistic merit. Getting all worked up about them is a waste of your energy, and not worth any sort of emotional investment. Even if you were nominated...
orino on February 14, 2011 at 1:49 PM Report this
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Don't know what the hubbub is with Arcade Fire. They absolutely suck enough to win a Grammy.
McGee on February 14, 2011 at 3:10 PM Report this
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Short version: Arcade Fire was good on their first album, but we are so over them now.
Will in Seattle on February 14, 2011 at 3:23 PM Report this
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I love Arcade Fire.
David Schmader on February 14, 2011 at 4:01 PM Report this
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@21, I believe the only other one was in 1962, Vaughn Meader's "The First Family" - the last gasp for Archie Bleyer's Cadence Records, which had briefly been home to Link Wray.
http://www.bsnpubs.com/cadence/cadencest…
gloomy gus on February 14, 2011 at 5:58 PM Report this
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Well, FWIW, the video is now down; apparently CBS doesn't want to share. Mean ol' CBS. :-(
Catherwood on February 14, 2011 at 10:32 PM Report this
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Love Them Arcade Fire and I'm never going to get/be over them. Their not afraid to sweat on stage.
Simone on February 14, 2011 at 11:06 PM Report this
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I was rooting for Alvin and the Chipmunks...........
Dorky on February 16, 2011 at 12:13 PM Report this

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