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The Grammy Awards were a bit better than I expected.  It was fun to see indie rock Arcade Fire beat Eminem, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry for best album.  Was there a vote split, with a large enough minority tired of big names?

And while I would have loved to see "(the song otherwise known as "Forget You")" to have won, it was a bit different to have country music's Lady Antebellum pick up the record and song awards for "Need You Now."



Also, jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding beat Justin Bieber for best new artist.  Sorry Justin, once you lose that, you can never win it.

There were some good performances on the show, but the best, surprisingly, came from an artist who hasn't done much of interest for the past couple decades. Mick Jagger gave tribute to Solomon Burke with a version of "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love." It was the kind of perfomance that reminded you why people were excited about Jagger in the first place.