Oh Snap!

We're currently watching the Grammys and while they are, as they always are, a little "eh" (odd tributes, weird mash-ups, and that chick from E! fucking up everything on the red carpet), we had to stop and talk about this.

We'll admit to a love-hate relationship with Mr. West. You can't deny his talent and style, but it's often his confidence that comes off as both a positive and negative aspect of him. When we heard about the passing of Donda West, we felt it; we knew all along, even without "Hey Mama", how important his mom was to him. And tonight's performance of "Stronger" finally had what we've been waiting for with each performance of the song--the amazing light up pyramid starring Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo, also known as Daft Punk. Seeing all the lights made us wish it was August '07 in Coney Island again. His moving tribute to his mom, with added lyrics to "Hey Mama", was touching. When it was over they cut to Carrie Underwood, with tears coming out of her eyes. The room was moved.

Then Kanye West won a Grammy. And he spoke, and talked again about how rap really isn't dead, and talked so much they did what they do at every awards show--they turned the music on. Kanye got pissed. I'd say you could see the rage in his eyes but he had those sunglasses on the whole time, and as he finally got to say something about his mother he said something about it being "in good taste to turn the music down now." Then he said he was the Greatest Artist in the World, and that if Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse won the Best album it would be "alright" because it was a good album (but, you know, clearly not as good as his own). He finally got off the stage. It was all Typical Kanye West at Awards Show, if not better since he won.

An hour, a few awards, and a completely different genre later, Ringo Starr gave the award for Best Male Country singer to Vince Gill. The paunchy country star got on stage, amazed that he just "got an award from a Beatle", and looked towards stage left and said "Can you say that Kanye?"

Ooooo.

We don't own any Vince Gill CDs. If given the choice, we'd pick Kanye in concert over the country singer every time. But tonight, for putting him kinda-sorta in his place, we're on Team Gill.