Monday, January 27, 2020

#2324 musical Monday - Grammy wrap-up

I watched the Grammy awards last night. I've watched them for most of my life. I remember when there were a lot more awards given out, including for gospel and jazz and orchestras. I like how the format has been changed over the years to feature more performances than actual award presentations. It's true that the performances tend to be more pop than just about any other genre, but I'm okay with that.

There were a few performances that stood out for me. First was Gary Clark Jr. I really like him. MT and I have seen him in concert at Red Butte Garden three times, I think, and he has been awesome every time. I thought it tore it up last night with The Roots backing him up on "This Land is Mine". He won three awards, too!

Demi Lovato has such a powerful voice and the performance of her song "Anyone" was intense.

I also enjoyed the performance by Spanish phenom ROSALIA. I love the flamenco sound to the song she did. She looked good too. Very Spanish.

My favorite performance, though, was Camila Cabello. Her song was called "First Man" and she sang it to her dad, who was sitting in the front row. The song was so sweet and the way she looked at her dad, and the way he looked at her, melted my heart. I thought of my dad while I watched them and I just sobbed.

On a side note, I've been thinking a lot lately about the aftermath of my dad's death and how I handled it, I guess. At the time, I thought I was managing pretty well, but when I think back on those first few months, I was a mess. I was in pain and other than my mom and my sister, I didn't really talk to anyone about it. No one asked me how I was doing. I got asked all the time how my mom was doing, but it was very seldom that anyone asked about me. Looking back, I wish I had gone to therapy. Besides my feelings about my dad's passing, T was going through a bunch of shit at that time and I was struggling to deal with all of it. Like I said, at the time, I thought I was okay, but I don't think I was, after all. I more okay now, but sometimes I get overwhelmingly sad and also angry. Maybe I do need to go to therapy after all.

Anyway, if you want to check out Camila's performance, here it is:



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RIP Kobe and Gigi









1 comment:

Lizzie said...

Therapy is never a bad idea.