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8.00 - Prince kicks off show with Purple Rain, on this the 20th Anniversary of the film. Where is the Time at? Could Morris Day not get out of working the bar at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where the awards are being held? Don't you think he could have gotten a 5 minute break to go out with a little "Jungle Love?"

Seriously though, is there a more underrated artist this Prince? Though he is just a little elfish guy, he is a killer guitar player but gets no love about it since he is so damn weird. Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, here is Beyonce to duet on "Purple Rain." They move over to side stage for a different song, no clue what it is...Prince really is a midget though as Beyonce is dwarfing him. Now a little Crazy in Love with the New Power Generation and Prince backing her up...where is Jay Z? Do you think he is nervous that Prince is going to use some of that Prince magic on her...you know the magic that gave him Appolonia, Carmen Electra and a ton of others. It really was a good performance though with "Lets Go Crazy" closing the medley, with Beyonce doing her best Tina Turner impression.

- First televised award of the night goes to Beyonce, Scott and Brian picked this one right extending their lead over the rest of the field. Scott has 17, Brian has 13, Mike has 9, and Matt Johnson is struggling with just 8 awards right.

8.15 - Now a tribute to the Beatles, who took over the world 40 years ago with their performance on the Ed Sullivan show. This all-star lineup consists of Sting (The Cool One) on bass, Dave Matthews (The Serious One) on guitar 1, Vince Gill (The Hillbilly One) on guitar 2, and Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes (The drummer) on drums. DM goes first on some raspy vocals that didn’t sound too good but Vince Gill really nailed it. Sting is a pimp, no doubt about it...he just makes everything that much cooler. DM and Sting are trying the share the mic, it just isn’t working. How do you think they got Pharrell to play drums? Do you think McCartney and Ringo are upset that they weren’t invited to play? Ringo probably could have gotten off work at the bar, just like Morris Day did. They could cover each other's shifts.

8.20 - Time to get derrrtttyy with Christina performing. There are a ton of performances tonight. A choir onstage so Christina is doing "Beautiful." I hope she gets slutty soon...I think I like slutty Christina a lot more than the <i>beautiful</i> one. Somewhere Britney is crying as this could have been her? Where did she go wrong? Oh yeah, she can't sing...that’s the problem. Good performance that focused more on singing and less on slutty.

8.25 - Best Pop Duo presented by Matt Perry and John Mayer. We all thought it was Matchbox Twenty but were wrong as No Doubt wins their second award, having previously won this category with "Hey Baby." Beck on next to present the White Stripes with "Seven Nation Army," a song that sounded better this summer preformed by Audioslave.

8.35 - Joe Perry & Steven Tyler from Aerosmith and BB King to present Best Rap Album. It’s got to be either 50 Cent or Outkast and the winner is Outkast. What a great couple of discs that is as they get a standing ovation but no one really can find them until Andre 3000 walks to the stage all pimped out with a simple "Thank You" and walks away. Too great. None of us got that right as we all thought it was going to 50. This is Outkast's 4th Grammy award. We have just 7 categories left on TV to decide our winner which makes it a 2 person raise as there is no way for Mike and Matt Johnson to catch up.

8.50 - Justin Timberlake wins for Best Pop Male and Scott was the only one to pick it right. Timberlake sounds pretty humble and apologizes to whoever was offended when he showed us all Janet Jackson’s breast. Kind of a classy move by the kid, but seriously it is a boob…who gives a shit. Thank You Justin for fulfilling our dream of seeing Janet’s boob. Aside: Local news is reporting that there was a deal struck where Timberlake was still allowed to perform and appear because he agreed to a public appology.

8.55 – Tribute to the music of Luther Vandross, who almost died last year with a very bad stroke. It’s sad that it took that for everyone to remember how soulful that cat is. Now we get a medley, led off by two year’s ago’s big winner, Alicia Keys. Now we get Celine “Talented” Dion as instead we get the audio from the control room instead of Celine singing…there really is a god. Audio problems fixed, damn. Luther makes a surprise appearance at the end on tape…hope he gets better soon.

9.10 – Wow its Mrs. Guy Ritchie…I really hope she stops making movies with him as it really is killing his career. Sting introduced her to Guy? Hats disappointing as we go into a duet of Sting and Sean Paul?? Sounds like a train wreck in the making as Sting launches into “Roxanne.” Is Sting wearing a dress with knee high boots? Wow that is an interesting choice. Boy is Sean Paul and Sting awful.

9.15 – Christina just picks up Pop Female bringing our total too Scott (19), Brian (14), Mike (10) and Matt Johnson still in last with 8. Christina did almost lose her top and have a boob pop out…The pervert gods would have been smiling if that one had happened…her and Janet in one week. Terrific, but no such luck.

9.22 – Justin Timberlake performance on tap with JT actually playing piano and joined by legendary trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. I wonder if I can pull off a white suit like that? Something tells me no. Timberlake is actually letting his music talk as he is sitting there, not dancing around. God I hate this guy, but I would be lying if I didn’t say thatif I could trade with anyone, it would be him. Anyone who says differently is a damn liar.

9.38 – The Queen (Latifa) back to introduce the Black Eyed Peas with Justin Timberlake. You have to love the positive rap music? Wait a second, the girl is singing the hook, where is Justin? Wonder why? Ah there he is…I feel better now…I was getting worried. It had been like 10 minutes since they showed him. Thank goodness he is back…we are seeing all the sides of him tonight. There was humble JT accepting his award, musical JT as he played piano and now hip-hop JT out with the BEP. They really are a good band, but are teetering far too close to that over-exposed level with that song.

9.51 - Cuba Gooding here to introduce Beyonce, because she hasn’t been on enough. Beyonce already has 5 awards, tying her for most ever by a female with still one more to go. I don’t think she will win though but it does seem like her night. She comes out of a painting, and damn does she look good. That there is another reason to give Jay Z props. Not a great song but it features her voice going all over the place and hitting every note and octave….I hate that kind of singing. She ends the performance holding a dove and gets a standing ovation.

9.59 – The kiss of death award, Best New Artist. Usually you win this award and are gone forever, this year it goes to Evanescence and I couldn’t be happier since I want them to go away. 50 Cent walks up and across the stage…too funny. Who is the wholly mammoth on stage with Evanescence Is that departed guitarist Ben Moody? Somehow I doubt that. 50 got robbed but thankfully he didn’t win.

10.06 – Time for the FUNK! Can I get a witness? Samuel Jackson on to introduce the tribute to funk…this should be awesome! Earth, Wind and Fire are up first with their classic, “Shining Star,” sounding great minus a few high notes…it sucks to get old. Samuel Jackson back to introduce Outkast with Earth, Wind, and Fire. I Like the way you move…god Outkast rock. P. Diddy’s bitch (Farnsworth Bentley) is on stage dancing with his umbrella now like he is in the video. Sam Jackson back to bring out the new disciple of funk, Robert Randolph & the Family Band. This guy rocks. You have to love them rocking love back to Philly, with their old school Sixers stuff. Now we hit it with George Clinton and P-Funk. This is terrific so far. The P-Funk section is kind of a train wreck but Clinton is in the audience. He just gave Ellen the funk. Got to love the funk as everyone is on stage now closing it up. Too good.

10.26 – Snoop, Don Magic Juan, and Jason Alexander., playing on the Britney wedding as she married a Jason Alexander. Here comes the Foo Fighters with Chick Corea on piano. The piano adds a lot to the opening or what is so far a slower, quieter version of “Times Like These,” before kicking it up after the hook. They sound great. Good, very strong performance.

10.33 – Time for Record of the Year. We are onto the big awards now. The Grammy goes to Coldplay with “Clocks,” with another standing ovation. A quick shout out to John Kerry who they hope will be the next president. Thanks, and enjoy the flight back to England. I figured out why people love Coldplay, they are Radiohead for dummies. Don't get me wrong, I really like Coldplay myself, but they would not be as acclaimed had Radiohead not gone off the deep end and just make noises on records now. Coldplay is Radiohead for those who do not want to sift through the noises.

10.45 – It is good to see Ozzy up walking after his accident a month or so ago. Wonder if they are going to swear. Best Rock Duo or Group now up…how did this award get in this prime slot before the two other major awards. Warren Zevon and Bruce Springsteen win this as an honor for the recently deceased Zevon. The Wind really is a terrific record, especially considering he wrote it while dying…a very emotional record. Did it deserve to win? Probably not, but what are you going to do?

11.00 - 2 awards to go as well as another Outkast performance…this time it is “Hey Ya,” with the USC band. Scott has the competition locked up but look at the job local artist Brian Richman did. A very impressive showing. We are going to be shocked if Warren Zevon doesn’t win Song of the Year now after the showing and special showing during the In Memoriam portion of the show.

11.06 – Time for Song of the Year. As you saw, we here at the EmpyreLounge.com now think that Warren Zevon is going to walk away with the Grammy…well, someone will walk away with it for him. No shit, Richard Marx wins for “Dance with my Father,” the song he wrote for Luther. What an upset this is. There has been a Richard Marx sighting. Who knew he could write a very good song?

11.20 – Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright. Time for Outkast again with “Hey Ya.” Is there anyone stranger than Andre 3000? He comes out with a couple of dancers out of a teepee and the DJ is in full headdress. Native Americans everywhere have to be thrilled. Here comes a marching band now dressed and moving like toy soldiers. This has me laughing out loud. Too funny.

11.25 – Carlos Santana and Faith Hill now to resent the last award of the night, the Album of the Year. It really has to be Outkast, but don’t be surprised if Justin Timberlake sneaks in. The Grammy goes to Outkast…the funk is on top. For the first time in a while, the album that was the best actually was the one that won. Stank you very much for everyone checking this out. Stank you, stank you, stank you.