Sombre ... Katy Perry. Picture: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Source: Getty Images
SOMBRE was the word when it came to many of this year's Grammy performances, making the ceremony seem even longer than its already excessive near four hour running time.
After AC/DC started the party with volume, devil horns and Highway to Hell, from there on 2015 was the year pop singers really wanted to show us they could sing.
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Normally fun, Katy Perry managed to be even more sombre than the anti-violence statement she followed. Perry chose to air her divorce ballad By the Grace of God (aka Eff You Russell Brand) at the event, just to bring the tone down.
Boring ... Katy Perry on stage. Picture: John Shearer/Invision/AP Source: AP
Gwen Stefani and Adam Levine are known for funk and pop anthems. Put them together, however, and you got the terminally dull My Heart is Open, one of the songs Sia wrote but didn't bother keeping for herself. There was less movement in the face of Nicole Kidman than in the arrangement of their duet.
Fell flat ... Gwen Stefani, left, and Adam Levine. Picture: John Shearer/Invision/AP) Source: AP
Ariana Grande took time away from not being photographed on her left side to pluck an album track, Just a Little Bit of Your Heart, for her Grammys moment. The ballad was written by Harry Styles, and is the least interesting thing he's been involved with since Kendall Jenner.
And if you thought Kanye West might stir things up we caught the rapper back in balladeer mode when he wasn't almost restage invading, with his near target this time a confused Beck.
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With the help of his trusty autotune, and an actual Beatle, Kanye was on stage twice. First he sang ballad Only One, a tender ode to his daughter, which he performed wearing a tracksuit that's worth more than your car, presumably. 'Ye then returned for FourFiveSeconds, the folky hit he made with Rihanna and, again, Paul McCartney. McCartney's microphone seemed to be turned down as low as the mood of the evening, Rihanna shone and you're wondering how such a simple, minimal song has nine different individuals listed as co-writers.
Low mood ... Paul McCartney, from left, Rihanna, and Kanye West. Picture: John Shearer/Invision/AP Source: AP
It wasn't all flatlines however. Madonna delivered a euphoric version of her new single Living For Love. The performance featured a gospel choir elevating proceedings, a trick she's used very effectively in the past on Madge classics Like a Prayer and the underrated Nothing Fails.
Sia again proved no one sings as passionately to a wall as she does, effortlessly hitting those notes on Chandelier, with her partying feet the only glimpse we had that she was really enjoying the hidden moment. Some people are getting sick of the face hiding, but it's nice to see an artist who puts the attention on her songs and her voice and not herself.
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Ed Sheeran's hit Thinking Out Loud became a bit muso with very special guests John Mayer and Herbie Hancock. However Sheeran was then joined by Jeff Lynne, the unlikely pairing belting out two classic ELO hits — Devil Woman and Mr Blue Sky, both written almost two decades before Sheeran was born. A lot of young Sheeran fans are about to discover ELO and that's a great thing.
Special performance ... Ed Sheeran. Picture: Larry Busacca/Getty Images Source: AFP
Annie Lennox was Hozier's guest on Take Me to Church, but she ended up giving everyone watching an education in how to really sing with soul as she tore into I Put a Spell On You and even played harmonica using her hands. Sam Smith and Mary J Blige actually took people to church with a gospel-tinged Stay With Me. Smith blitzed the awards, and it's a great sign of progress when the Grammy Song of the Year was written by a man for another man, a fact which hasn't been hidden or denied.
His night ... Sam Smith won four Grammys. Picture: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Source: Getty Images
Meanwhile it must have been really bright inside the Staples Centre in LA as country star Eric Church kept his sunglasses on.
As the night wore on (and on, and on) Gwyneth Paltrow was one of many celebrities who used their job of introducing a performer to make sure we knew they were friends with said performer. LL Cool J is friends with Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift is friends with Sam Smith and now we know Paltrow and Beyonce are pals. More importantly Beyonce sang Martin Luther King's favourite song, the gospel anthem Take My Hand, Precious Lord. If there was anyone wavering about joining the Beyhive, her fan club should prepare for an influx of new members after her powerful, powerhouse vocals.
Queen Bey. Picture: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS Source: Getty Images
After a night of one-sided award victories (Sam Smith and Beck) and random nominations (Meghan Trainor) Common and John Legend closed proceedings with their emotional collaboration Glory, from the equal rights movie Selma to remind everyone why music matters.
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