A Grand Night For Singing

Despite such diversions, the four-hour, titanically tedious show seemed longer than ever. And the Grammy itself actually got bigger-it’s 30 percent larger than in previous years. (This could prove useful: it might well double as an ear trumpet, something many heavy metallites may soon need.) Luther Vandross, on the other hand, got smaller. He has dropped 106 pounds, and after taking R&B honors said, “I’d like to thank my diet doctor.” There was room for the medico as well as the star in the oversize flamingo-pink suit Vandross wore (with matching lounge-lizard boots) to a pre-Grammy whammy at the Plaza Hotel. Cyndi Lauper, sporting hair from a similar dye vat, showed up at the same party, where she schmoozed with the more sedately coiffed Al B. Sure. Young rap group TLC dropped in in drop-dead duds. Ungrammyed, to be sure, but definitely livelier than the show.

title: “A Grand Night For Singing” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-30” author: “Joseph Nieves”

Despite such diversions, the four-hour, titanically tedious show seemed longer than ever. And the Grammy itself actually got bigger-it’s 30 percent larger than in previous years. (This could prove useful: it might well double as an ear trumpet, something many heavy metallites may soon need.) Luther Vandross, on the other hand, got smaller. He has dropped 106 pounds, and after taking R&B honors said, “I’d like to thank my diet doctor.” There was room for the medico as well as the star in the oversize flamingo-pink suit Vandross wore (with matching lounge-lizard boots) to a pre-Grammy whammy at the Plaza Hotel. Cyndi Lauper, sporting hair from a similar dye vat, showed up at the same party, where she schmoozed with the more sedately coiffed Al B. Sure. Young rap group TLC dropped in in drop-dead duds. Ungrammyed, to be sure, but definitely livelier than the show.