A TIME list of some of the best, worst, and most baffling Grammy performances

Best and Worst Performances
by Josh Tyrangiel E-Mail this
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Corinne Bailey Rae, John Legend and John Mayer
Like a Star/Coming Home/Gravity
Grade: C

Rae, Legend and Mayer were asked to fill six minutes of television with low energy songs—despite the fact that all of them have songbooks full of animated, uptempo numbers. Rae did a creditable job on Like a Star, but it's not a song you can get away with playing on an acoustic guitar while sitting on a stool. Legend's vocal from behind his piano was similarly low-key, though there was a nice moment of three-part harmony on the chorus. Mayer broke free to show off some blues guitar chops, but the whole thing was a snooze.





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