{"id":268,"date":"2007-02-11T01:25:55","date_gmt":"2007-02-11T06:25:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-02-11T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2007-02-11T13:12:09","slug":"the-official-list-tracking-the-obligator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/the-official-list-tracking-the-obligator\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Guide to Tracking the Obligatory GRAMMYS Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/users\/frankenslade\/grammy2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\" \/><\/div>\n<p> Following is the <strong>Official List<\/strong> for tracking the Obligatory GRAMMYS Momemts this evening. You may <a href=\"http:\/\/www.groovedisques.com\/mp3\/GRAMMYS%20Checklist.doc\" title=\"http:\/\/www.groovedisques.com\/mp3\/GRAMMYS%20Checklist.doc\"><strong>download it here<\/strong><\/a>. Please don&#8217;t feel limited to this list. Report back as you see these moments develop. Report unaccounted for moments as well. If you&#8217;ve got something to contribute and you&#8217;re not yet registered, please do so <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/htsrv\/register.php?redirect_to=%2Fblogs%2Findex.php%3Fblog%3D2%26cat%3D14%26paged%3D1%26page%3D1\" title=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/htsrv\/register.php?redirect_to=%2Fblogs%2Findex.php%3Fblog%3D2%26cat%3D14%26paged%3D1%26page%3D1\">here<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Now, onto the list!<\/strong><\/em><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>PRESENTATIONS\/ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bleep: First artist to get BLEEPED during presentation\/performance<\/li>\n<li>Curse: First artist to slip a curse word by the censors<\/li>\n<li>Dubya: Great anti-GWB tirade<\/li>\n<li>Dubya: Lame anti-GWB tirade<\/li>\n<li>Foreign-language acceptance speech<\/li>\n<li>Global Warming: Lame speech by airhead chanteuse attempting to &#8220;smart up&#8221; by referring to global warming<\/li>\n<li>Heartland Rock Presenters: John Mellencamp\/John Fogarty (alternate: Bob Seger\/Kid Rock) joint presentation of some &#8220;heartland rock&#8221; award<\/li>\n<li>Hollywood celebrity crossover moment (eg, Jim Carey and Jenny McCarthy presenting an award for Best Comedy Recording by a mammal<\/li>\n<li>Hook: First presenter given the hook for going on too long with acceptance speech <\/li>\n<li>Ill-informed Presenter: First presenter who clearly doesn&#8217;t know all the acts up for the category (forgivable mispronunciations by illiterates don&#8217;t count)<\/li>\n<li>Internet\/downloading: Lame speech references to the Internet and its effect on the music industry &#8212; extra points for tired jokes at Metallica or Al Gore&#8217;s expense<\/li>\n<li>James Brown: Presenter\/award winner shout-out to James Brown<\/li>\n<li>Lord: Award winner\/performer thanks the Lord <\/li>\n<li>Lord, Alternate: Award winner\/performer thanks a lord other than Jesus, such as Zeus or Poseidon<\/li>\n<li>Suit: Appearance by &#8220;suit&#8221; carrying briefcase from sponsoring investment firm<\/li>\n<li>Suit: Lame attempt to &#8220;fun up&#8221; the introduction of the accountants with the suitcases<\/li>\n<li>Tears: First teary-eyed acceptance speech<\/li>\n<li>Thank you: First artist who proclaims, \u201cI have so many people to thank!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Thank you: First artist who proclaims, \u201cOh my, I had no idea I would be called up here \u2013 I hope I can remember all those I\u2019d like to thank!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Trip: First person to trip getting up on stage<\/li>\n<li>War: Performer who offers the most awkward and inelegant &#8220;I&#8217;m for the troops, but against the war&#8221; to court both liberals and conservatives <\/li>\n<li>Wasted: First acceptance speech by wasted artist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PERFORMANCES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Billy Joel: Surprise Billy Joel performance of new song<\/li>\n<li>Bowling pin alignment: Each time a Beyonce\/Shakira\/Jessica\/J-Lo\/Fergie of the night employs the bowling pin alignment dance arrangement: Big star in front, 2 dancers behind her, 3 dancers behind them forming a triangle of dancers all doing the same steps<\/li>\n<li>Help: Will there be a singer who does not exhort the crowd to help them?<\/li>\n<li>Holstering of prop guitar by lead singer<\/li>\n<li>James Brown: All-star tribute to James Brown (led by Red Hot Chili Peppers and Sting) <\/li>\n<li>Lip-synch malfunction<\/li>\n<li>Marching band: Inclusion thereof <\/li>\n<li>Robed choir: Artist joined, in mid-song, by a robed choir <\/li>\n<li>Slash: Lame attempt to bridge the hip-hop\/classic rock divide by deploying Slash somehow<\/li>\n<li>Sting&#8217;s slow-motion prance, long coat flapping as his knees kick up, during an instrumental break in &#8220;Walking on the Moon&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>Turntable: Extraneous turntablist\/scratcher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hotter than Expected: First performer you now realize is hotter than you\u2019d initially thought they were<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Ritchie&#8217;s too-close-cropped beard<\/li>\n<li>New Look debut (eg, new hairdo, new facial hair, new boobs)<\/li>\n<li>Not as Hot: First performer you now realize was probably never as hot as you thought they were<\/li>\n<li>Over\/Under on Stewart Copeland\u2019s drums: 11<\/li>\n<li>Rock Hat: Drinking game suggestion: one shot\/bong hit for each lame Rock Hat clearly deployed to cover up baldness<\/li>\n<li>Wardrobe malfunction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL EDITION: SEGER TREASURE HUNT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 points: Spot somebody who covered a Seger number<\/li>\n<li>3 points: Spot somebody who collaborated with the Seeg<\/li>\n<li>5 points: Spot anybody who played with\/produced Seger<\/li>\n<li>10 points and automatic victory to the first Townsman\/Townswoman to report an Actual Seger Spotting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following is the Official List for tracking the Obligatory GRAMMYS Momemts this evening. You may download it here. Please don&#8217;t feel limited to this list. Report back as you see these moments develop. Report unaccounted for moments as well. If you&#8217;ve got something to contribute and you&#8217;re not yet registered, please do so here! Now, <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/the-official-list-tracking-the-obligator\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}