{"id":1523,"date":"2012-02-13T07:08:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T12:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2012-02-13T07:27:27","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T12:27:27","slug":"grammys-high-points-outweighed-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/02\/grammys-high-points-outweighed-lows.html","title":{"rendered":"GRAMMYs High Points Outweighed Lows"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s nice to be able to write that the high points of Sunday’s GRAMMYs<\/em> on CBS<\/em> outpaced the lows.<\/p>\n

By a pretty good distance, too.<\/p>\n

Sure, there was Nicki Minaj<\/strong> acting and dressing the fool … trying to mock Catholicism and\/or Christianity.<\/p>\n

Little Red Robin Hood, as she was dressed as, only succeeded in robbing her OWN dignity.<\/p>\n

Other acts, mostly by rock stars, were either dull or run of the mill.<\/p>\n

Inspiration was the key word of the night, however, as Jennifer Hudson<\/strong> paid homage to the recently passed Whitney Houston<\/strong> and there were nice tributes to Glenn Campbell<\/strong> and The Beach Boys<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And that Taylor Swift<\/strong> deserves a line by herself … she’s cute, talented and so darn likeable. Who could be MEAN to her?<\/p>\n

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Adele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It wasn’t so bad the night belonged to Adele<\/strong>, the soulful singer who won six GRAMMYs. She appears to be a humble and gracious star … and oh, what a voice.<\/p>\n

It was cool to see her escorted in part by Brooklyn’s own Benny Tarantini<\/strong>, VP of Publicity at Columbia Records<\/em> and a member of my elongated family.<\/p>\n

I may have tweeted his name incorrectly last night … shame on me!<\/p>\n

All in all a good night for the GRAMMYs.<\/p>\n

Be sure to check out Matt’s blogs on the Yankees at: http:\/\/yanksgoyard.com\/author\/mattster\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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