Grammys 2012: Kanye's MIA and Chris Brown is a about-face for the worse

If the aboriginal 25 account of the 54th Grammy Awards were almost restrained, that all went by the wayside aback Chris Brown performed two songs. Brown has had success in the lastyear, but he's still in the bosom of bedfast bristles years acquittal for assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna. Considering the adventure happened hours afore the Grammy Awards three years ago,this all seemed too abundant too soon.

Additionally, in ablaze of what happened yesterday, it acquainted barmy — nay, abhorrent — to accumulate Brown on the bill for a about four-minute segment. Sure, he's s accomplished dancer, but"Turn Up the Music" and "Beautiful People" were feather-light compared to Bruce Springsteen's "We Booty Care of Our Own" and the Alicia Keys/Bonnie Raitt duet, "A Sunday Kind of Love."

Running about the stage, one outfitted with light-boxes, Brown and his dancers seemed ridiculousin their aerial turtlenecks that looklike gas masks. For anyone who anticipation this would be a added affected Grammys, Brown fabricated it bright they won't be. Worse, he'll be aback after in the show, but who wouldn't accept rather accept heard an continued accolade to Whitney Houston, or alike Amy Winehouse, rather than this?

Far added fascinating, however, was the actuality that Kanye West was not in the building. His co-winner Jay-Z is a new ancestor and has a added than accurate excuseto break home, but West has madeit bright that the Grammys are a big accord to him. He had the best nominations this year, with seven,although his nods were all bedfast to the rap categories. The arresting ball of "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" appropriately won for rap album, but it should accept been nominated for anthology of the year.

Yet West was boilerplate to be begin aback he won for rap achievement for "Otis" with Jay-Z.A shame, as alike aback West is talking rather than performing, he's an artisan you can't booty youreyes off of. Of course, with his anthology alone out of the top categories, and after West giving a performance, who can accusation the guy for blockage home?

Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson again performed their ambiguous bedrock carol "Don't You Wanna Stay." Singing in advanced of a date outfitted with behemothic alarm innards,the duo looked like they were on the set of "Hugo." It was temptingto watch the accomplishments to see if it gave any clue as to how longthis artificial rocker would go on for.