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GRAMMIES…it’s nice to see at least a little controversy emerging over the award shows extensive use of Chris Brown. Three years ago Brown was the perpetrator of a savage beating of fellow pop star Rhianna. Is all forgiven?

No, you can go to hell.

I turn off his music when it comes on the radio and certainly did not want to be subjected to his smarmy personality on a night of supposed celebration.

When, exactly, was he forgiven? When did all the insufferable pop stars, sanctimonious and opinionated, suddenly denounce any continued sanctions against the common thug?

Can we agree he is clearly devoid of talent?

I wouldn’t let someone who beat woman in my social circle. Why should I have to watch the brassy little prick on TV?…

…Bruce Springsteen opened the show with We Help Our Own and, in just about every way, I thought it was the highlight of the night. The band has suffered a terrible loss with the death of Clarence “The Big Man” Clemons but they did not reach for the maudlin, instead playing a good, hard rocking tune while in fine form.

It’s as if the Boss understood that all observers would be thinking about, and mourning, Clemons, and there was really no need for any kind of display.

Good.

I found the performance all the more poignant for its understated dignity.

The Boss is back and his summer tour should be a memorable one…

…Bruno Mars was also thoroughly enjoyable. His moment in the spotlight was energetic and fun. He was…entertaining…which is allot more than can be said for the bulk of the Grammy performers…

…Adele stole the show with six awards and, really, who can begrudge such bounty to one who is genuinely talented and a genuine character…

…nope, I don’t need to ever see as much of the Foo Fighters as I did on Sunday night. An above average bar band, the Fighters were spotlighted and their material failed to endear on every occasion.

Prince did a cover of their “The Best of You” during his Superbowl performance and he owned the song. He seemed to understand the material, and the really great song that lurked, hidden by Dave Grohl sludge, underneath. I always thought that should have been a message to the band to try a little harder, polish the turd with a bit more luster, but they seem to trudge along with the same old tired act. I’d see them at a Frat party, but can’t imagine paying to see them at the ACC…

…Jennifer Hudson did a poor job with a sensationally bad song, I Will Always Love You. And for a moment or two I actually missed the late Whitney Houston…

…we are all, yes, all of us, getting tired of the Taylor Swift, OMG, they really love me face. That is one little girl that needs to grow up and get on with it. Stop writing about people you dated for a week, stop pouting and start learning how to sing…

…who was the old woman that kept getting up and butchering Beatle songs?…

…the country music parts of the show are perfect. I mean we all need to get up and use the facilities at some point, right? The nation’s toilets inevitably flush three minutes into any Lady Antebellum, or whoever, performance…country music, here for you when you need to crap…

…Nicki Minaj, doing a desperate imitation of Lady GaGa, missed the mark though the song she performed, “Roman Holiday”, seems like a brilliant tune. Meshing it with an exorcism was bizarre and pointless.

Aren’t the punk ass kids into vampires and werewolves these days?

Is Nicki spending too much time with old William Friedkin films? C’mon honey, even I know it’s sometime after 2006…