Thursday, September 03, 2009

paltrow produces radiohead



at about the 7:36 moment of this video you can hear gwyneth paltrow's introduction of radiohead at the grammies. at the end of her intro, "utterly brilliant."

paltrow's intro:
the extraordinary band about to play for us begins the next song with these
beautiful words: "how come i end up where i started? how come i end up where i
went wrong?" yet in truth, they have never went wrong. together they've become
one of the most influential, adventurous and thoroughly artistic musical groups
of all-time. performing '15 step,' from 'in rainbows,' nominated tonight as
album of the year, and accompanied by the usc trojan marching band, the utterly
brilliant, radiohead.
this gwyneth paltrow impresses me. in addition to her refined speech, she finds just the right balance in introducing the artists of our day. how does one do that without sounding worshipful or snobbish or self-centered or something? well, paltrow figured it out. she lays the praise on thick but she keeps it brief. she allows herself to be seen as a sycophantic schoolgirl for radiohead for a moment when she dubs them one of the most thoroughly artistic musical groups of all-time. she sums with "utterly brilliant," which radiohead simply is, and only adds to her own legend, (through affiliation,) as a classy and accomplished artist in her own right.

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