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Published Monday, February 14, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

GRAMMY HIGHS, LOWS: Well, the awards turned out to be all too predictable. The telecast, too, bored for the most part. For the most part, I say. Here were my highlights and lowlights from Sunday night's awards...

HIGHS: Kanye West's performance with the Blind Boys of Alabama and company; Loretta Lynn's acceptance speech with Jack White; Bono showing a bit of humility by acknowledging The Killers and Franz Ferdinand (compared to his "we're the biggest band in the world" acceptance a couple of years ago, this qualifies as humble); Alicia Keys singing "If I Ain't Got You."

LOWS: The opening medley; Maroon5 winning best new artist (and thanking Kanye?); the tsunami benefit rendition of "Across the Universe" (which, if you're going to hype it that much, could you make sure the kids rehearse the song first? talk about your unnatural disasters -- the Sacramento Bee made the point well this morning comparing it to an SNL skit, which it could very well be this coming weekend); Modest Mouse getting shut out; having most of the awards relegated to pre-show and scrolling them across the bottom of the screen.

Related: Full list of Grammy winners.
Related: Boston Herald's telecast review and awards overview.