Anybody think that Dido should have appeared at the Grammy's instead of Elton John? After all, it was HER song.

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>Anybody think that Dido should have appeared at the Grammy's instead of Elton John? After all, it was HER song.</div>

[ak404]

<div style='font: 9pt Verdana, Arial, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 0% 0% 1%; '>Politics. It had to be Elton John.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Could someone fill me in?</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>Eminem and Elton John appeared and did Eminem's Stan with EJ doing the piano/singing part that is from Dido's song "Thank You". Frankly, EJ's singing didn't do the song justice.</div>

[silver_moon]

<div style='font: 12pt Modern; text-align: left; '>Did you mean that because EJ is gay, the duet will get more attention?</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>No. It's like David Duke kissing black babies. He's trying to portray he's not anti-gay.</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>I doubt that. When you're in the music business you usually have respect for other artists in the same field, especially those that are accomplished like Elton John. I'm pretty sure Eminem isn't concerned with pleasing the general public.</div>

[ak404]

<div style='font: 9pt Verdana, Arial, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 0% 0% 1%; '>Stan is Mather's most straightforward song about the self-image artists put on themsevles and the reality behind it. Any shit about Mathers, no, Eminem, was centered around said self-image. Elton John is an artist who is both talented and sells his self-image. Mathers and Elton both have these images that should by all right come into conflict, yet both artists are singing about sold images, and present a very different image at the end (which involved the camera lowering down an inch or so to avoid Mather's raised middle finger).

There's a very beautiful irony behind the whole thing.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>No, but the people who put the Grammy's on are.</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>The statement was Eminem is trying to protray he's not anti-gay, not the Grammy's. :)</div>

[Gentz]

<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Wait, are you saying that Eminem performing with Elton John had nothing to do with the fact that he's gay?</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>What happened at the end?</div>

[Ishamael]

<div style='font: 12pt Modern; text-align: left; '>No, because she's not gay. BTW, Elton sucked...</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>No, I'm saying that artists have respect for each other at a certain level, and race, sexual preference, and such don't really effect thy opinion.</div>

[Crono]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Well, that is because a man can not match that kind of augmented female tone (without some abnormality in his vocal chords, anyhow).</div>

[Crono]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Well, but there's also the fact that Elton stuck up for Eminen on countless occassions, even back before the album (these interviews from last year). That was also a key part in it, because he said he was "glad to do it" rather than just "going along."</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>EJ is not the issue here. It's M&M's gay bashing lyrics(which I've yet to hear). And then suddenly he plays a duet with EJ? Well, I'm pretty sure they picked him coz he's gay.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Respect? Hehe.....I thought M&M made fun of those boy bands Crono likes.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>Maybe if she admitted her homosexuality...</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>But, those aren't artists. Those are puppet dancers.</div>

[Imakeholesinu]

<div style='font: 10pt Arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Just because they are from the UK doesn't mean they are gay. Just because they have a funny accent doesn't mean they are homosexual, jeez. :P</div>

[Little Washu]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>Yeah, he wasn't that great.</div>

[Little Washu]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>Maybe a little because he's gay but mainly because Elton is gay too. ;)</div>

[Little Washu]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>They hugged.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>They got a lot of shit for nominating his album, I could easily see this as their way to say 'See, he's not all bad.'</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Heh....didn't think of that. Homophobes(I'm not saying MnM is) are likely to have gay tendencies deep inside. J. Edgar Hoover is well known as one.</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>Ummmmmmm G-man, Britany Spears, Christina Agulara, and N'SYNC aren't what I call GREAT artisits, otherwise he'd be dissing Whitney Houston too, but he has respect for her now doesn't he?</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>He was still screwed out of albam of the year.</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>The grammy's picked him right? Eminem could have easily have told them to fuck off. :P</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Whitney's a boy band?</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>You don't know who Whitney Houston is?!</div>

[Gentz]

<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Do you honestly mean to assert that Eminem, the artist who has, as of late, been hounded nonstop by pro-homosexual groups for his anti-gay lyrics, simply picked Elton John, one of the world's most prominent and respected gay performers, simply for the lone fact that he is a good musician? That's a pretty big stretch.</div>

[Gentz]

<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>hee hee. you noticed the ambiguous wording there too, eh? : )</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>I know who she is. Sheesh. You have this idea tha MnM is some nice guy who respects others simply coz they're artists.</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>I said he respects other artists, period.</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Helvetica, Modern; text-align: left; '>His lyrics are nothing worth than what you'd hear in your average high-school gym class... maybe if he was gay he could use the word faggot in songs... I mean BLACK rappers can say Nigga this and nigga that all they want.</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>I take it you saw that movie Threesome a couple of times.</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>Who said Eminem picked Elton John? I'm pretty sure the grammy's picked him, and Eminem went along with it because he has respect for Elton John as an accomplished artist. We all know Eminem could just as well told them to piss off.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>I'm have no complaint about his songs. It's the Gay Rights people who do. I'm just saying that he did some politicking by duetting with EJ.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Or he didn't want the hassle of having to deflect more criticisms if he refused.</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>I'm just trying to figure out why none of you seem to think he has respect for Elton John.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>They are just words.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>Are you stereotyping? I thought you didn't use stereotypes.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>Like I give a shit...they are all MTV dicksucking posers anyway...</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>I was just kidding, Barret.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>It in basic psychology, Sine. Go back to school.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Who says he doesn't? No one did. We're just saying he did that for publicity. At least I think he is.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Heh....memories of 10th grade high school.....that's EXACTLY what the jock said to the principal after I kicked his ass for calling me a chink in Geography class.</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>"You think I give a damn about a grammy? Half of you pricks can't even stomach me, let alone stand me."</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Heh...wonder why?</div>