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[0:06] Robert Bannon: Are you ready? It's the Roundtable with me, Robert Bannon. Well, hey everybody. Thank you for joining us here at the Roundtable. You know, our award season continues. This is like my Super Bowl. This is an event that I love. I love the Grammy Awards. I don't care that I'm old. I don't care that Adrienne's gonna say that she doesn't know half of the acts or more. I don't care that you Broadway fans that are listening to us right now don't care about best rap album. We are gonna go through some of the best awards, and we're gonna talk about the awards, and I'm gonna fill you. I'm gonna school you. Adrienne Garzillo is our resident award show expert, and she is back.

[0:45] Adrienne Garzillo: Hello everyone. I'm back, but this is your Roman Empire. This is not mine. This is fun. Yes, I'm gonna teach you. I was looking at this list and I'm like, am I really that old? I mean, my birthday is next week, and I'm like, oh my god, like I don't even know the song. Like I know some of the artists, but I'm like, I don't even know these songs. And I listen to TikToks. I'm sure these are on TikTok.

[1:08] Robert Bannon: Adrienne, it's your birthday next week.

[1:10] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes.

[1:11] Robert Bannon: You have to we have to celebrate it.

[1:13] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes, we will.

[1:14] Robert Bannon: We will. I still have your Christmas presents, Adrienne.

[1:16] Adrienne Garzillo: I have yours too.

[1:19] Robert Bannon: I'm just gonna give them to you for your birthday.

[1:21] Adrienne Garzillo: That's cheating.

[1:22] Robert Bannon: No, I'm not. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. That's cheating. That's cheating. Well, I'm excited for you to be another year older and another year where the acts will be less and less.

[1:26] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes.

[1:26] Robert Bannon: We have our list. Yes. This is, you know, a show that's usually fun. It's usually very performance heavy, and it's usually very funky outfits. And I know you enjoy the fashion.

[1:44] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh, yes.

[1:44] Robert Bannon: This is a very and this is a long, this is also a long day. Um, because we you actually, because you know, for those that don't just watch regular television, um, they are showing the pre-awards where they give the other 89 awards out um that are not televised. You can I believe watch it on the YouTube, the Grammy YouTube channel, I believe. This year is the first time that they're having performers on that portion of the show featuring Sheila E and Pentatonics and Kirk Franklin and Jordan Starks.

[2:16] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh, Kirk Franklin.

[2:17] Robert Bannon: J Ivy, and I love that Kirk Franklin and more. We met waited for Kirk Franklin once and I got Adrienne late for work. I think she got fired because of Kirk Franklin.

[2:28] Adrienne Garzillo: There are new awards this year as well, like best dance recording.

[2:32] Robert Bannon: I love that. I'm all about that. Give me a good dance song. That's great.

[2:36] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes.

[2:37] Robert Bannon: What is a dance song in 2024? I have no clue. But it's not last dance or we are family, I'm sure, but I but you know.

[2:47] Adrienne Garzillo: Or the electric slide.

[2:49] Robert Bannon: Who knows? Or the electric slide. Well, it's hosted by the one and only Trevor Noah for the third time in a row.

[2:54] Adrienne Garzillo: Love Trevor Noah, he's a great host.

[2:56] Robert Bannon: And it will be live this year. Last year was from Las Vegas. This year it's back in LA to the poorly named Crypto.com arena.

[3:05] Adrienne Garzillo: It's just awful.

[3:07] Robert Bannon: Awful. Can't can't we come up with a better name? All those corporations.

[3:13] Adrienne Garzillo: The corporations of it all.

[3:15] Robert Bannon: Like what could be worse than crypto.com? I mean, dot com. Even you know, like just crypto, okay, but dot com. I don't even know what crypto. I know these performers more than I know crypto, what crypto means.

[3:29] Adrienne Garzillo: I agree. I'm with you there a hundred percent.

[3:32] Robert Bannon: Hundred percent. We before we talk about the nominations, can we talk about who's singing?

[3:36] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes, I so that's that is one of the things that I really enjoy because and the Grammys have been doing this for a really long time. They like to put opposite genres of music together, and they have these amazing performances. Um I'm hoping there's a few surprises in there too. So tell me who will be performing.

[3:55] Robert Bannon: Well, I think the show is Sunday, and I know the show is Sunday, and I know the show is on CBS. So if you are um if you're interested in in watching it, obviously I'm just letting you know that it is uh February 4th, and you can uh check it out on CBS or on what is that Paramount Plus. It'll also be so who is performing? Sizza, who has a hundred and sixty-five nominations from New Jersey herself. Uh or or is she will be performing. Um you too will be performing live from the sphere in Las Vegas.

[4:29] Adrienne Garzillo: Which I just saw the sphere in Las Vegas in person.

[4:34] Robert Bannon: Yep.

[4:35] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh, okay. It's a little creepy, it's a little loud, it blinks like an eyeball, and I don't really know why it's there, but but uh it's it's large, right?

[4:45] Robert Bannon: It's kind of like you can't miss it. It's big, it's not as big as you think.

[4:50] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh, okay.

[4:51] Robert Bannon: That's what she said. I was gonna make a joke, but I A said it before me. Um also speaking of the oldies but goodies, the people we know, eh?

[5:00] Adrienne Garzillo: Let me do the people we know first.

[5:02] Robert Bannon: Yes. Billy Joel will be performing.

[5:06] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes, John is my husband, is very excited. He's a huge Billy Joel fan, so that is very, very exciting. Billy has five Grammy wins, and he released his first single in I don't know, twenty something years.

[5:19] Robert Bannon: Yeah, that's amazing.

[5:20] Adrienne Garzillo: So he'll be performing as well as the first time ever on the Grammy stage, Joni Mitchell will be performing as well.

[5:20] Robert Bannon: The first time ever. He's never performed on the Grammys.

[5:33] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh my gosh.

[5:34] Robert Bannon: How old is she? Crazy.

[5:38] Adrienne Garzillo: Wow. And Dua Lipa, which I mean, come on, Dua Lipa.

[5:43] Robert Bannon: Oh, then John likes Dua Lipa too. She's she's great though. I I enjoy her music. She's that's a fun. Um, hopefully, it's the Barbie song. Uminated, and I'm sure it's the Barbie song. And you know, Dua Lipa is is really tall and really beautiful, and her hair changes a lot. I wouldn't recognize her if I walked down the street for one million dollars. I would not know it's her.

[6:03] Adrienne Garzillo: I actually did an SNL with Dualipa.

[6:07] Robert Bannon: I actually met Dualipa also at the shoe Oscars. I walked her.

[6:11] Adrienne Garzillo: That's right.

[6:12] Robert Bannon: And I still didn't know it was Dualipa because she just is um um and what is the word? Uh does she have a particular look?

[6:21] Adrienne Garzillo: She just looks gen like a generic human.

[6:24] Robert Bannon: Oh god almighty. I'm already in trouble. I called Dua Lipa a generic human.

[6:29] Adrienne Garzillo: Well, no, do you know what? I I understand I I don't think you mean androgynous, because I think that's maybe no, but I think so woman. She's she's yeah, but sometimes she could you could still be a woman and have an androgynous look like Grace Jones and things like that. But I think she's very I know this is gonna I'm getting in trouble too. I think she's very simple, she's not super duper flashy, she doesn't wear a lot of makeup, her hair is kind of simple, and you know she reminds me of looks-wise, kind of like Katy Perry, because Katie Perry would change her hair all the time. But Katy Perry was kind of like a regular girl next door type of look, and I think Dua Lipa is the same.

[7:06] Robert Bannon: Dua Lipa is beautiful, gorgeous. Gorgeous. Very true. And um, and I I enjoy her music, it's fun. Super fun. Uh, Olivia Rodrigo, who has her new album out. She's nominated for a lot of.

[7:19] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh, Adrian rolled her eyes. We're gonna have to get to our comments about Olivia Rodrigo as we get closer to the Olympics that she's nominated for. She's such an angry person.

[7:28] Robert Bannon: Olivia. And Burnaboy from Africa, you know, uh, he has uh he's fun. If you're in the club and you want to drop it like it's hot, you Burna Boy will be performing. Travis Scott, ooh, Travis Scott. Um, you know, he is the he gets into trouble sometimes because he he had that awful festival that people died, and he's on tour right now, and he will be performing. Um Billie Eilish.

[7:53] Adrienne Garzillo: Are we okay?

[7:54] Robert Bannon: I won't say Nick. Yeah, Billie Eilish will be. Billie Eilish, we'll we'll discuss her. We are all day. We are old, right? We are because I'm sure most people are very excited about Billie Eilish. I but she's been around a while now, and I think now the new person is Olivia Rodrigo. Because here's the thing. Let's just just briefly when we were younger and we watched the Grammys, okay. I was not a huge Grammy fan because the artists that I enjoyed were never nominated for Grammys, like hardly ever.

[8:31] Adrienne Garzillo: And now, don't make fun. I enjoyed New Kids on the Block. They were not nominated. I do not believe they were ever nominated for a Grammy. But like, you know, nowadays, what is it? BT BTS, you know, and things like that. But I remember the one year, I forget who it was, the Eagles won or something, and everybody lost their stuff because they're like, how could the Eagles win? So the Grammys are very different musically, how they nominate people and people that win. Um I think it's they get a lot of flack because um they it is not a popularity contest, as is say the Billboard Music Awards or the American Music Awards, which are sometimes based on charts and sales. It is voted upon the Grammy Awards, have extended their eligibility for membership so that they have a more diverse body of voting.

They tried to get a younger demographic to come in to nominate because people would give them a lot of hard time that they would give music to older people. They were a little out of sync with the current time.

[9:31] Adrienne Garzillo: So then you see the listen, the lists have changed to reflect more of a younger school music. Without a doubt, Beyonce, Adele, you know, from back in even then, I mean it's been a few years now, and and they've definitely Harry Styles, it's definitely come up to it's a more well-rounded um yes, and it's a very unique list of people this year because you know, there hasn't been a lot of the uh traditionally big artists that have eligible music this year, aside from the Taylors and we'll get to it all. Um and Luke Holmes is also performing Luke Holmes, who has his hit his cover of Fast Car, which if you're Adrienne and Mai's age, then you know that from Chasey Chapman. But he's got a real fun country version. So let's get to it. Do you want to uh can we start with the with the what the people here will want to know about?

[10:20] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes, let's do that.

[10:21] Robert Bannon: Give the people what they want. They don't want to know they're gonna only the the diehards are gonna last to get to some of the diehard ones. Can we talk about traditional pop vocal album for a moment?

[10:28] Adrienne Garzillo: Can we?

[10:34] Robert Bannon: Sure. So firstly, Sondheim Unplugged the New York Session Sessions Volume Three, which is a various artists, and congrats to the Broadway Records and the Robbie Rosells for being a part of that album. Conkudos to that. I know that that's nominated, as is only the strong survive, which is Bruce Springsteen, who I didn't know Bruce was a traditional pop artist. I I thought he was a rock, but okay. Holidays around the world by Pentatonics, which is their new Christmas album. Bewitched by Loffy, Pieces of Treasure by Ricky Lee Jones, who is a rockabilly kind of not also a traditional pop vocal album person. This is a category that's won by Tony Bennett and Barbara Streisand and Michael Bublé.

[11:19] Adrienne Garzillo: That's what I thought.

[11:20] Robert Bannon: Yeah, that kind of okay. And then to Steve with Love with Friends of this show, Liz Callaway. Liz Callaway, who is you know a Tony nominee and uh the voice of Anastasia and Broadway's baby from Miss Saigon to everything to Baby, the show baby. Um she this is a self-funded album, it was self-produced. She submitted the album herself for Grammy consideration. So to get nominated is kudos to her.

[11:48] Adrienne Garzillo: Now we'll change her to win.

[11:50] Robert Bannon: You did?

[11:51] Adrienne Garzillo: I did. Because I looked at the I said they're not gonna give it to Bruce.

[11:55] Robert Bannon: They're not. I just because I don't think so. The Sondheim Unplugged, which I'm sure is amazing, and I actually didn't know it existed.

[12:01] Robert Bannon: I will probably download it because I would probably enjoy that very much. Um, I don't know the Bewitched person. Um, Ricky Lee Jones, I wasn't sure. I was just like Liz Callaway. I was like, I think they're gonna give it to her. Well, I think that that is really lovely, and I hope she wins. I had kind of thought if name recognition was gonna win, then Bruce or Pentatonix are the ones that you know. But if Liz wins, I'll do a dance. Yes, super excited, and then before we get into the mud of it, before where you all start to tune out off of the show, I just want to talk about Best Musical Theater Album for a minute.

[12:42] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes, please.

[12:45] Robert Bannon: No, I do have the A list and I have the B list too. Well, I want to say that the Best Musical Theater Album we just had an interview with the one and only Victoria. We had a wonderful chat with Victoria Clark from Kimberly Akimbo, where she is nominated for the Kimberly Akimbo soundtrack, and she says it's the only show that's still open on Broadway. What she means is that Sweeney Todd is still open on Broadway as well. But what she means is the cast of Kimberly Akimbo is still there, so they are the only nominated show on this list. The cast is still there. So you have Kimberly Akimbo, which won Best Musical, you have Parade, which won Best Revival of a Musical. You have Shucked, which has got a lot of country heavy hitter songwriters.

You have Some Like It Hot, which is Mark Shaman, who is another heavy hitter songwriter, and then you have Sweeney Todd, which is with Josh Groban and Annalie Ashford, and is by Steven Sondheim. So this is a hard wow, like how do you wow? That is really that is stacked. I mean, those are all fantastic, and I love Sweeney Todd. It's my favorite Sondheim. So I don't know what's gonna happen, but it's a good one.

[14:03] Adrienne Garzillo: It is a good one.

[14:04] Robert Bannon: Do you know who could be the one that could? I think Shucked. It is a good look. They have the songwriting team of that show is super famous and super great. And aren't they getting like a Disney Plus movie made about the musical?

[14:20] Adrienne Garzillo: They are saying that they're gonna film, yes. They announced it at the closing that they're gonna do a pro shot as the cool people call it.

[14:27] Robert Bannon: Yeah, the pro shot, the pro shot. Can we also talk about just one other category that's in there? You can probably find it quicker than me. Is the, you know, the people that read the books or whatever.

[14:39] Adrienne Garzillo: Like you have great minds think alike. My dog even is excited.

[14:42] Robert Bannon: Best Audiobook and Storytelling Record or Narration is Big Tree by Meryl Streep, Bold the Go, Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder by William Shatner, The Creative Act, A Way of Being by Rick Rubin, who is, you know, co-founder of, you know, that Def Jam. Thank you. Woohoo! It's okay to be angry about capitalism by Bernie Sanders. The Light We Carry, Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama. Oh well, that's easy. I'm sorry, Meryl Streep, but you this is one you're gonna lose. Michelle Obama is gonna win. Sorry, Meryl. Meryl, you're out.

[15:26] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh, I'm so upset. Michelle Williams wasn't nominated for Britney Spears' book.

[15:31] Robert Bannon: She was not with her accent and all. With everything, I was so hoping she would win a Grammy. Unless maybe did she miss the cutoff? Maybe she missed, maybe she'll be on next year. Maybe she'll be nice because I thought she did a really wonderful job with that.

[15:44] Adrienne Garzillo: Yeah.

[15:45] Robert Bannon: Michelle Obama all the way.

[15:46] Adrienne Garzillo: All the way. Well, how about Best Comedy Album?

[15:50] Robert Bannon: Ooh. I Wish You Would, Trevor Noah, who's hosting the show. I'm an Entertainer, Wanda Sykes, Selective Outrage by Chris Rock, Someone You Love, Sarah Silverman, and What's in a Name by Dave Chappelle. Another heavy oh my gosh. Wow. That is, I mean, he's hosting, so of course, that's always nice to do that. But I'd like to maybe see Chris Rock get a little something.

[16:12] Adrienne Garzillo: Me too. I love Chris.

[16:13] Robert Bannon: And I mean, but really any one of them? I mean, my gosh. Well, Dave Chappelle, he mm-mm. He's good, but he's not on my favorite person list. Well, he makes some inappropriate commentary. He's funny. He's a funny guy, don't get me wrong. But sometimes I think he just doesn't, um, yeah, inappropriate. That's fine with some of his stuff, but he is a funny guy.

[16:35] Adrienne Garzillo: Um, then you have I just want to give a shout out to people who have been on the show. Best New Age Ambient or Champ Music. Kristen Agresta Copley, her album Aquamarine. If you haven't listened to it, she's a harpist that works on Broadway and in the Radio City Music Hall. She's nominated and she's here. So kudos to her. I hope she wins. And then I'm gonna go to her house in New Jersey and drink a Diet Coke out of her Grammy. I um, yeah, that's my plan. That's what I'm doing.

[17:00] Robert Bannon: Then there's a lot of Latin awards, and there's a lot of fun global music performances and African music performances. And then let me talk about something that I'm just gonna take a moment to take a moment because we're here. Can I talk about Best Gospel Album? Because I want to just give a shout-out to another artist. I Love You by Erica Campbell. Erica Campbell is a friend to the show as well. Her album is gorgeous. I love it, love it, love it. She's one half of Mary Mary. I am so proud of her and her work. Also, Tasha Cobbs Leonard for Hymns Live, Maverick City Music The Maverick Way, which we'll probably win, is the gorgeous album from beginning to end. My Truth by Jonathan McReynolds, who is one of my favorite gospel singers, and then All Things New Live in Orlando by Ty Trippett.

Jonathan McReynolds and Erica Campbell are on tour this spring, so go see them together. It is a great concert. But Maverick City Music, which went on tour with Kirk Franklin and the Clark Sisters, is a gorgeous album. So I just wanted to give a shout out, though, to my friend Erica Campbell, who is also nominated for Feeling Alright, Blessed for Best Gospel Song of the Year. So kudos to her.

[18:04] Adrienne Garzillo: I love that.

[18:04] Robert Bannon: That's fantastic. Also, friend to the show, Rufus Wainwright. Congratulations for his Best Folk Album nomination. He's a weird bird, eh?

[18:16] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes, he is, but his music is, yeah.

[18:20] Robert Bannon: And he's up against Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell and groups I've never heard of that probably eat granola.

[18:26] Adrienne Garzillo: And that's just how Earthy Crunchy.

[18:31] Robert Bannon: Yes, I love Earthy Crunchy person. And as we truck along here, Best Country Album. Hey, I don't know any of these people. So um, I do know Kelsey Ballerini. She's great. Her grandparents lived three houses away from me in Richfield, New Jersey. So her grandparents lived on the corner when I lived at my cousin's house. And they were nasty people. They were not nice. They would not give Halloween candy. But Kelsey, I'm not saying Kelsey's like that.

[19:05] Adrienne Garzillo: Right.

[19:09] Robert Bannon: That't well, I don't know if she'll win. I was giving it to Laney Wilson.

[19:20] Adrienne Garzillo: Sure.

[19:21] Robert Bannon: Laney Kazan. Arnie Wilson. Um, yeah, because I don't really know the other people. No, I thought Jelly Roll would have gotten a nomination.

[19:32] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes, and we'll talk about him because he's got some fancy ones in the Best Country Song. You know, even, you know, Chris Stapleton is a and Brandy Clark and some of the heavy hitters are there, as well. Casey Musgraves, who is great. She loves um, yeah. Dolly Parton’s got a nomination this year. So much, there's a lot of good stuff. Vince Gill is still here, and we love him.

[19:55] Robert Bannon: Um, so we're moving along. There's only 178 categories here.

[20:01] Adrienne Garzillo: I know, there's so many.

[20:02] Robert Bannon: There's a lot, and we're only gonna give you our favorites, but um, and some of my favorites. Can we go to hip hop for a minute? Because you know, I am someone who is a little bit of a hip hop head.

[20:12] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes, you are, but the hip hop category even makes me feel old.

[20:19] Robert Bannon: Yep, me too. Even the R&B category makes me feel old. Terrible. When did we get this old? I know the Best Rap Album, Her Lost, Drake and 21 Savage, Michael by Killer Mike, Heroes and Villains by Metro Boomin, King Disease the Third by Nas, and Utopia by Travis Scott. Now let me tell you something. I'm gonna teach you something.

[20:39] Adrienne Garzillo: Okay.

[20:40] Robert Bannon: Killer Mike is a rapper from Atlanta, and Metro Boomin is a producer, and he is from St. Louis.

[20:49] Adrienne Garzillo: Okay.

[20:52] Robert Bannon: Do any of these people really matter? And do we really care about any of them? Probably not. Probably not. I'm sure they're really talented. Like, hey, kudos for getting a nomination. Like, that's great. Yeah, Killer Mike. It's not my jam. I get Killer Mike has a song called Scientists and Engineers, which is nominated for Best Rap Song that features Andre 3000 back from Adrian in my time. Shake it like a Polaroid picture. And Future. We know I know that. Yes, I know that.

[21:22] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh, that was, is that which one is that rap performance? Is that one that's Best Rap Album?

[21:27] Robert Bannon: We're still there. But Best Rap Song, Best Rap Song. You have Attention by Doja Cat. You have Barbie World, which is Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice, which is a very fun jam. Yep. She's a little off the edge, Nicki Minaj.

[21:44] Adrienne Garzillo: She's a little kooky crazy.

[21:45] Robert Bannon: She is. I enjoy her. Just Wanna Rock by Lil Uzi Vert, who my brother arrested, but that's besides the point. Um, am I allowed to say that? Probably. My brother will get so mad. Then we have First Flex by Drake and 21 Savage, and then Scientists and Engineers by Killer Mike Andrew 3000 Future. My brother didn't arrest Lil Uzi Vert. It's public knowledge. Someone arrested Lil Uzi Vert for allegedly shooting at someone at the T-Nack nightclub that used to be Geronimos. So if you're from New Jersey.

[22:20] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh boy.

[22:21] Robert Bannon: Now you're dating us. Now you're really dating us, Robert.

[22:24] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh boy. Well, look, the Doja Cat is a weird bird for me. But you know, I kind of like her a little bit. I think Doja Cat, I do like her some of her music, and I think she's very fashion forward. She and I can't win. She's almost kind of taken Lady Gaga's place at the Grammys because she really has some amazing and out there fashion, and I think that's great. So I'm excited to see. I like the craziness of the fashion at the Grammys because that's where you can be fun.

[22:51] Robert Bannon: Yes. Well, I just know that the rap performance category, the Hillbillies, by Baby Kim and featuring Kendrick Lamar, and then Love Letters, which is by Black Thought, which she's a member of The Roots, but Rich Flex with Drake and 21 Savage, Scientists and Engineers, which we talked about earlier, and then Players by Coi Lorray, who is from Boston, so is an East Coast rapper. I love the name. I don't know who's gonna win, but I pick Scientists and Engineers. Because I knew Andre 3000 and Future. See, come on now. Future had the baby with somebody.

[23:31] Adrienne Garzillo: Sierra.

[23:32] Robert Bannon: Yes, he had a baby with Sierra. Kardashian. Oh, who can keep up?

[23:36] Adrienne Garzillo: So Best R&B Album.

[23:42] Robert Bannon: Do we want to do this?

[23:43] Adrienne Garzillo: Yeah, we're gonna just talk about it quickly. Girls Night Out by Babyface. What I didn't tell you by Coco Jones, Special Occasions by Emily King, Jaguar the Second by Victoria Monet, Clear Two by Summer Walker. I just want to say we're gonna talk about Coco Jones later because she's nominated for a couple of different awards.

[24:02] Adrienne Garzillo: She is Mike Jones, the rapper's daughter.

[24:05] Robert Bannon: Wow.

[24:08] Adrienne Garzillo: And I don't know who's gonna win, but I just figured I'd say it just for fun.

[24:12] Robert Bannon: Yes, why not?

[24:13] Adrienne Garzillo: Just Babyface.

[24:15] Robert Bannon: You know, is who?

[24:17] Adrienne Garzillo: Does Babyface have a Grammy?

[24:18] Robert Bannon: Oh, a lot of them.

[24:19] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh, okay.

[24:20] Robert Bannon: All right.

[24:21] Adrienne Garzillo: A lot of them. Someone name I kind of knew. I'm sure he maybe he will add another one. I find it interesting that Best Progressive R&B album, the controversy of this category, is besides Janelle Monáe and SZA being nominated, which I'm sure SZA will win because she's nominated for a lot of awards, is Diddy is nominated.

[24:40] Robert Bannon: Oh.

[24:41] Adrienne Garzillo: For his love album, Off the Grid.

[24:45] Robert Bannon: I'm not saying.

[24:46] Adrienne Garzillo: So your bigger question is will he show?

[24:48] Robert Bannon: I'm not giving a commentary because I'm not—no Illuminati is coming to get me.

[24:53] Adrienne Garzillo: Nope. Good luck.

[24:57] Robert Bannon: We wish you the best. Hope you win. That's it. Well, we look at Best R&B song, "Angel" by Hailey of the Hailey and the other Hailey.

[25:07] Adrienne Garzillo: Hailey and the non-From the New Little Mermaid movie.

[25:10] Robert Bannon: Yes.

[25:11] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes. And then we also have "Back to Love" by Robert Glasper, which he has five Grammys. He's a producer and a singer, and he has five Grammys for Behind the Scenes, but now he's there. Coco Jones for "I See You" by Mike Jones' daughter. Then "On My Mama," which I wish I had a song called "On My Mama." Why did I come up with a song called "On My Mama"?

[25:34] Robert Bannon: Now she's from Atlanta.

[25:35] Adrienne Garzillo: And she's a writer. Is she related to Janelle Monáe?

[25:38] Robert Bannon: No.

[25:39] Adrienne Garzillo: Okay. She's from Atlanta and she's a writer, and she wrote half of the Ariana Grande album, the last one that everyone bumped and danced to. She's done a ton of songs for a ton of people. So she's out here on her own and then "Snooze" by SZA, which again, I think it's SZA's year, even though she makes me want to snooze a little bit.

[25:57] Robert Bannon: She's a little boring.

[25:59] Adrienne Garzillo: A little bit. Um, I picked "On My Mama" for the song.

[26:02] Robert Bannon: Good.

[26:04] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes, come on. Hey, I like that "On My Mama."

[26:08] Robert Bannon: Mm-hmm.

[26:10] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes, "On My Mama." The hell picks these people. All right. This is the year I'm going to become a member.

[26:19] Robert Bannon: Yes.

[26:19] Adrienne Garzillo: It's gonna be Barry Manilow, best song. Barry Manilow, best album. Barry Manilow, best rap album. Barry Manilow, best a cappella jazz album.

[26:30] Robert Bannon: Can I give a little shout out to Barry and also to our friend of the show as well, Bruce Sussman? Um, they were recently on the Drew Barrymore show, and Drew was lucky enough. She got to go to her family's theater where Harmony has been playing, and she got to interview Barry and Bruce as well, and I was cheering them on because we were fortunate enough to get to see the show, which was beautiful, and just how important it was, you know, that it got out that it got done. So yeah, your tickets will see Harmony before it closes in February. You have like a week, like a week to go.

[27:06] Adrienne Garzillo: Best rock song. I didn't even know they still make rock music.

[27:10] Robert Bannon: See, and that's what—okay. So now I'm gonna—I miss the rock. Like where—where like that really wasn't like rock was like heavy metal, like Pantera. I'm dating myself again, or like Metallica, but like where is the—I know they're out there. I listen to a lot of it, but maybe I just listened to the older stations on Sirius, and that's why I—well, best rock album. There's some people you know, the Foo Fighters are there, yes, and Metallica and Paramore, and Queens of the Stone Age, and someone named Greta Van Fleet, which I don't know.

[27:44] Adrienne Garzillo: The only fleet I know is the enema and well that Greta got nominated.

[27:51] Robert Bannon: The other one didn't.

[27:53] Adrienne Garzillo: What's the other Greta?

[27:55] Robert Bannon: Oh, from the Oscars.

[27:58] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh, Gerwig.

[28:00] Robert Bannon: Yes. She's trying to make a joke. She doesn't have an enema in her name. But you know, Best Rock song. The Rolling Stones are nominated.

[28:10] Adrienne Garzillo: I know.

[28:11] Robert Bannon: That was exciting. Olivia Rodrigo is rock.

[28:16] Adrienne Garzillo: See, so this—no.

[28:18] Robert Bannon: No.

[28:20] Adrienne Garzillo: Can you be pop and rock?

[28:22] Robert Bannon: I don't know. I guess you can.

[28:24] Adrienne Garzillo: I'm okay. I'm voting for the Foo Fighters because I enjoy the Foo Fighters and I enjoy Dave Grohl and I think they're a really great band, and they're still around.

[28:33] Robert Bannon: So yes, they're still around. And so are we. And even Best Metal performance, Disturbed and Metallica and Slipknot and all these, they're scary for me, but that's not my cup of tea. But my brother loves Metallica. He went to go see them and craziness, and he's going to see them again. So I say go Metallica. They're legendary.

[28:54] Adrienne Garzillo: Yes. Let's talk about Best Dance Recording, because it is the first year this award will ever have been given out. Why hasn't it been given to Gloria Gaynor? Why hasn't it been given to somebody? So you have "Baby Don't Hurt Me" by David Guetta and Koy LaRae, which is the cover of the "Baby Don't Hurt Me" that we know, but it's with a dance beat and it's fun. Then we have "Miracle" by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding. Then we have the gay anthem. But um, but um Kylie Minogue. She just keeps on going. She's like an Australian Cher, the gays love her, and she doesn't go away.

[29:34] Robert Bannon: That's a good song.

[29:35] Adrienne Garzillo: It's a great song. It's a good bop. We have "One in a Million" by Bebe Rexha and David Guetta. When I went to the Knicks game, Bebe Rexha was there. She's someone else who I would run into her on the street, and I would never know who she is. I like her. I think she's got a really nice voice. I enjoy her, and I like she has good collabs. And the "One in a Million," I think, is also from the movie that Sandra Bullock did, um, Miss Congeniality. I think that's like the—the hit, not the hit. The hit—the hitch.

[30:03] Robert Bannon: No, I can't.

[30:05] Adrienne Garzillo: I'm not the hook. The hook.

[30:07] Robert Bannon: Hey, you got it. You're good, eh?

[30:09] Adrienne Garzillo: Don't worry. Don't worry about it. Some people can book a trip to Disney, and some people can talk about a hook.

[30:16] Robert Bannon: There you go. Then you have "Rush" by Troye Sivan. So that'll be fun. Someone will win that award for the first time. If we go on, if we move on, best—we talked about Best Pop Vocal album.

[30:29] Adrienne Garzillo: No, we did not.

[30:30] Robert Bannon: No, we did not.

[30:31] Adrienne Garzillo: Best Pop Vocal album.

[30:33] Robert Bannon: Bum boom.

[30:36] Adrienne Garzillo: "Chemistry" by Kelly Clarkson.

[30:38] Robert Bannon: Kelly all the way.

[30:40] Adrienne Garzillo: I loves it. She watches her show. I love Kelly.

[30:44] Robert Bannon: "Endless Summer Vacation" by Miley Cyrus. "Guts" by Olivia Rodrigo. "Subtract" by Ed Sheeran. Why did I say mid? Oh, because "Midnights" by Taylor Swift. This is a heavy hitter category.

[30:54] Adrienne Garzillo: This is a good category.

[30:55] Robert Bannon: This is an excellent category.

[30:57] Adrienne Garzillo: And so Olivia Rodrigo.

[31:00] Robert Bannon: Yeah.

[31:00] Adrienne Garzillo: I don't—again, I don't get her music. I mean it—it doesn't. I can't relate to it because I am older. And I know some of my younger cousins live for her. And I get that because that's who she's speaking to. I—she's very talented. I think she's got a very, very pretty voice. And if she's, you know, I believe she writes most of her stuff or you know, whatnot. So hey, I think that's—that's awesome. I do think, um, Taylor probably is gonna win. Um, but I would love it if Kelly could pull one out. Cause her album is—she's got some beautiful songs on there, and um, she was going through a lot, and uh she just put it all out there, and I—I—she was very vulnerable with what she wrote, and I really enjoyed it.

[31:47] Robert Bannon: I enjoy her too. I'm sure it may be Taylor Swift's award to win or Miley, you know, she got nominated for Record of the Year, etc.

[31:54] Adrienne Garzillo: So but so does Miley. I think she came out of nowhere too. Because I mean I—I always like Miley, but this was a really good album, too.

[32:02] Robert Bannon: So yeah, it's—it's a—and Ed Sheeran. I mean, it's really—you've got really amazing artists there. Well, this Best Pop Duo or Group. You have "Thousand Mile" by Miley Cyrus and Brandi Carlile, who's such a great singer. You have "Candy Necklace," which is Lana Del Rey and Jon Batiste. Now I'll talk about Jon Batiste's week closer to the big categories, but I really love him. Lana Del Rey is not my personal cup of tea unless it's "Summertime Sadness" because she's so sad.

[32:29] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh.

[32:30] Robert Bannon: Her voice is beautiful.

[32:32] Adrienne Garzillo: Hauntingly beautiful.

[32:33] Robert Bannon: Yes, it—and um she did a Disney song for I think the Maleficent movie with Angelina Jolie.

[32:40] Adrienne Garzillo: Right.

[32:40] Robert Bannon: And it's really very—it's a very haunting voice, yes.

[32:44] Adrienne Garzillo: Yeah, never felt so alone. Labyrinth is an amazing voice. If you don't know Labyrinth, you should listen to him with Billie Eilish. "Karma," which is Taylor Swift with the cover with Ice Spice, and then "Ghost in the Machine" by SZA with Phoebe Bridgers. It's a good category.

[32:56] Robert Bannon: There's such good categories.

[32:58] Adrienne Garzillo: There's some good categories. I put "Karma." I'm thinking that's a good bet.

[33:02] Robert Bannon: But it could go to SZA too.

[33:06] Adrienne Garzillo: Absolutely.

[33:07] Robert Bannon: Yeah. Best pop solo performance. It's a good one.

[33:09] Adrienne Garzillo: Here we go. I can grab my own flowers.

[33:13] Robert Bannon: Hey, Miley Cyrus.

[33:15] Adrienne Garzillo: "Paint the Town Red" by Doja Cat. I'm not even gonna try to sing that one. What was I made for?

[33:20] Robert Bannon: Oh, I'm so tired of this song. Can I—can we put this song to bug?

[33:28] Adrienne Garzillo: It's not nominated for at the Oscars, too.

[33:31] Robert Bannon: I'm—oh god.

[33:32] Adrienne Garzillo: "Vampire" by Olivia Rodrigo and then "Antihero," which is, you know, I hope that when I die, they open a will, and that my daughter-in-law thinks she's in it and she's not. I feel you, Taylor. You to go get them. Drag them.

[33:49] Robert Bannon: Taylor Swift, "Antihero."

[33:51] Adrienne Garzillo: Oh, see, I think they're gonna give that to Miley.

[33:54] Robert Bannon: But it's a good song.

[33:56] Adrienne Garzillo: Because it's a solo performance. And see, this is where I get confused with the Grammys, because sometimes it's like, oh, we're giving it to the producers, not the singer. Like I think confused about that. So for this one, I think "Flowers" was such a powerful anthem. Not that "Antihero" wasn't, but I think because Taylor's probably gonna win other awards, they're like, we'll give this one to Miley because she deserves it.

[34:17] Robert Bannon: I'm here for it.

[34:19] Adrienne Garzillo: Okay, I hear you.

[34:20] Robert Bannon: Yeah. Let's see what happens. We're gonna move ahead. I'm ready to go to the big.

[34:25] Adrienne Garzillo: Hey, I'm ready for the big four.

[34:27] Robert Bannon: Oh, what about new artists?

[34:29] Adrienne Garzillo: That's one of them.

[34:30] Robert Bannon: Oh, okay. Sorry. Next.

[34:32] Adrienne Garzillo: So Best New Artists. How many of these have you heard of, eh?

[34:38] Robert Bannon: Two.

[34:39] Adrienne Garzillo: It's a sad group. If they're on TikTok, I probably have heard the song, but I don't know the artist, to be fair.

[34:47] Robert Bannon: Yeah, that's fair.

[34:48] Adrienne Garzillo: Well, you have Gracie Abrams, no idea who she is, but God bless her heart. You have Fred again, which is a UK producer that has now put out a music.

[34:57] Robert Bannon: Okay.

[34:57] Adrienne Garzillo: You have The Ice Spice, which she's from New York. She's a little thing that sings with Taylor Swift, and the young people like her.

[35:05] Robert Bannon: And every time I see Ice Spice, I think that she's like a Spice Girl, but she's not.

[35:09] Adrienne Garzillo: No.

[35:09] Robert Bannon: No. Because we're old.

[35:11] Adrienne Garzillo: Mm-hmm. Then you have Ace Person, which was Jelly Roll, who is the Tennessee country rapper with the tattooed face. Well, I know him because my—I'm not a super duper huge fan. I do—I have listened to some of his music. Some of my family members enjoy his music, and I think he's come from a very different place, and he's trying to make his like do good in the world and put good out there, and I appreciate that.

[35:42] Robert Bannon: My friend Kristen in Texas, they are all about the Jelly Roll because they live in Texas.

[35:48] Adrienne Garzillo: Gotcha. Coco Jones, who we talked about before, she is Mike Jones' daughter, if that means something to you. Then you have Noah Kahan, who is a mental—who is a singer who wrote an album about mental health. He's a folk artist.

[36:01] Robert Bannon: Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay. And then you have Victoria Monet, who's from Atlanta, who is the one who co-wrote the Ariana Grande album. And then you have, I love they're not gonna win, but I love them. Then you have the Warren Treaty, which is a husband and wife gospel duo who put out a... Yes, they performed at the Emmys, right? That was the couple that performed. Oh, I do. Oh, see, I know three. They're cute. No, I really like them. They probably won't win, but I really would like it. And I'm sure maybe I like Jelly Roll to win, but I would like it if the Warren Treaty won. I'm sure it's, in my head, I said, okay, it could be Jelly Roll, it could be Ice Spice, could be Coco Jones, Victoria Monet, because she wrote with Ariana Grande.

It could be Coco Jones, it could be Coco Chanel, it could be Coca-Cola, it could be... Would you ever think about what name you would have if you were like that? Like, what would you be? Cheddar cheese. We were just talking about A loves a cheddar cheese. I do. I don't know. Like what, like, you know, like the... what? I don't know. It's so weird. Diet Coke should sponsor you, by the way. Or Double Donuts or something. I mean, they're... Dunkin' Donuts. Hey, hey. Yeah, that's right. Mr. Ben Affleck, he's got the commercials. Why can't we do a little? We'll promote, right? We'll do it. Ben Affleck is the commercials for Dunkin' Donuts? He, Robert, he loves Dunkin' as much as you love Dunkin'.

See, I always knew there was something about Ben Affleck I liked. Right? I know. We did meet him that one time. There's really not much I like about Ben. Different. You know what? There's an interview that surfaced recently of him where I have a different outlook on him, and I have a lot more respect for him now and understand his celebrity way better. And I was like, wow, I get it. Okay. I hear that. We will have to do a show about that.

[38:00] Robert Bannon: Here we go. Let's do Song of the Year. Even though that says it shows here that it's the big category, but Song of the Year is not the big category. So let me explain to the people. Okay, Song of the Year. Thank you. And explain to me too, because I always get this confused. Song of the Year goes to the person who wrote the song. Record of the Year goes to the song, not the album, the song's performance, the singer, and the production of a song. So the one goes to the way Song of the Year is how the song is written and the writers of the song. Record of the Year is the singer and the producer of the song. So you could be, you could write, you know, "Anti-Hero" and be Taylor Swift, and you could win because the way the song was written, but then you could be Billie Eilish and win Record of the Year because how she sounded and how the production of the song came to life.

It's one thing to write a song on a piano or a guitar and write a beautiful song. Then it's another thing to perform it and produce it to sound a certain way. Understood. Okay. Then Album of the Year is the big one, which is the entire album. So that it's not a song, it's not a songwriter, it is the entire body of work. It is the 10 or 12 that people even make albums, apparently. It's the entire album. It goes to the performer and the producer. So if someone you... So if my album came out, it would go Album of the Year. This is how it would work. My album out now, it goes to "Unfinished Business" and by me. If "Unfinished Business" won Album of the Year, it would go to me and the producer, which I don't talk about to that producer anymore, but let's pretend that it's with that guy.

Let's talk about "Rewind." "Rewind" is a better album of mine. Better album, yes. "Rewind" won Album of the Year, I would win as the singer. Right. And the producer of the album would win, which is Robbie Rosella, Yashuhiko Fukuoka, and Robert Bannon. Oh, how exciting! I love that. That would be a great little team to see up on stage. Now, if Record of the Year won, yes, then take "I Think He Knew," okay, which is on course. That would go to me and the producers of the album because it's on the performance and the production. But if it won Song, it would go to Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews because they wrote the song. Oh. So that's hopefully explained it better. Well, if people listening don't give a crap about my music, we didn't help them out at all.

No, but that's really... that was a great explanation, and that might change my little guesses here, but that was good. That was very good, Robert. Well, let's start with Song of the Year, if you don't mind, because then we'll move to the Album of the Year. So Song of the Year is "AW," which is an Alana Del Rey song written by Jack Antonoff, who's from New Jersey, who got married at the Jersey Shore, and he was in that group Fun. I think they were Fun. Yes. Okay. Then you have Taylor Swift for "Anti-Hero," which is also by Jack Antonoff. Then you have "Butterfly," which is one of my favorite songs. If you listen, if you have not listened to "Butterfly," please go listen to it. You will cry if you have lost someone you love, if you are in love with somebody, if you hate everybody, if you love everybody, if you have feelings about anything.

It's a beautiful, beautiful song that John Baptiste wrote to his wife when she was fighting a battle with cancer, and I love it. I don't think it will win, but it should. And "Dance the Night," which you can't even put in the same category as the John Baptiste song in my head, but it is a really fun song by Dua Lipa, "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus, and "Kill Bill" by SZA, not by Quentin Tarantino and Vivica A. Fox. I hate this show. Again, this freaking ass song. They're gonna make me listen to at the show. Then you're gonna make me listen to it at the Oscars. I'm so... I'm over it. I'm done.

[41:45] Robert Bannon: I'm over it by Billie Eilish and the Barbie. Who do I think's gonna win? I'm gonna pretend I care. I think it's between... you want to know my truth, honest truth? Yes, I want to know. I'll give you... give me yours, and then I'll give you... I want John Baptiste to win. Okay, but I think, and you're gonna maybe disagree, and there's gonna be some backlash. I think Taylor Swift is gonna win. Oh, I did not... that's not who I thought you were going to say. Okay, I will listen to "Butterfly." I probably will cry if it's about something like that because you know me, I cry reading a Hallmark reading card. And I love John Baptiste. I think he's an amazing musician and performer, and he's just a fun... he seems like a fun person.

I don't know. I miss him on Stephen Colbert because he's done so many wonderful things, and he's done, you know, stuff for film and everything, and I'm just so happy for him, and I'm sure that's a really beautiful song. I think it's gonna go to Taylor too. Oh, right. Look at us. Maybe it'll go to SZA, maybe it'll go to Miley Cyrus. Well, when you're talking about the song, like as it's... because that's what I kind of thought. "Anti-Hero" really kind of... I agree. Maybe it'll go to Lionel Richie, maybe it'll go to Cyndi Lauper, maybe... no. Do you know why? Because none of them exist. Outrageous. That's outrageous. Record of the Year, worship. This is for the performer, performance. Gotcha.

"Worship" by John Baptiste, "Not Strong Enough" by Boy Genius, which I don't really know who they are. And "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus, "What Was I Made For" by Billie Eilish, "On My Mama," that's that Victoria Monet, "Vampire" Olivia Rodrigo, "Anti-Hero" Taylor Swift, and "Kill Bill" SZA. Maybe it's SZA's year, maybe it's Taylor's year, maybe they give it to John Baptiste, maybe they give it to Miley Cyrus, maybe they give it to Billie Eilish. Do they sweep? Like, could a different person win each of these big categories? Yes, they could. Because it could go to Taylor. Yeah. It could go to Billie. I picked John Baptiste for this one. You know, I think it's a good choice, actually. Yeah, I do. John Baptiste.

I know. Yeah. That's why I was like, I think they give one, like, you give one to someone, you give one to another one, and then when you look at the whole, then you really have to... then you gotta really look at everything. You know, they never gave an award to Paul Shaffer. Crazy. And he's a band lead. Well, I'm just busting, but John Baptiste, you know, is more than just the band leader, but it's amazing what he did with that platform. And if you watch his documentary on Netflix, how he took that and kind of ran it. It's very interesting. Very interesting. And then the Big Kahuna, the monster, the mother of all Grammy Awards, the Album of the... which no one gets, but we tried to explain it. Album of the Year.

[44:47] Robert Bannon: Which is so good. The indie group Boy Genius, "The Record." Miley Cyrus for "Endless Summer Vacation." Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard by Lana Del Rey? I have nothing else to say to that. The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe. Oh, I didn't say that right. Did you know there's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard by Lana Del Rey? And then The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe. Yes. It rhymes. It does. I just realized her album is called The Age of Pleasure. Yeah, I've actually... well, yeah, she performed one of the songs. I forget where she was, and I was like, oh, I enjoyed Janelle Monáe. I also think she's an amazing actress. She is definitely a well-rounded artist and performer.

I enjoy her very, very much. My mom even enjoys her. I don't know if she's heard her new stuff, but she likes the record "Put the Records On" from back in the day. Yes, this is a little different for her. She, I think she said she had it, or they had an awakening. And this... I saw her years ago when she was doing her "Tightrope" song when her first album came out. She's an amazing talent. Guts, very iconic, and another one can't wait to see the fashion that she'll... that they will be wearing. Usually in black and white, usually it, but has changed a little. It has changed a little, black, white, and red, I believe is a little something there, but I'm excited because I think that will be fabulous.

Then you have "Guts" by Olivia Rodrigo, "Midnights" by Taylor Swift, and "SOS" by SZA. You know, SZA is nominated with the most nominations, and I think they gotta give her... they're gonna give her something. I just don't know. Yes. Will she get one of the bigger ones? I don't know. I mean, that's why I think maybe she might get like song, like R&B song, and like a couple of those. She has the most nominations though. Yes, with seven, which is a lot, but not a lot, but a lot because sometimes they're even more than that. But it's... I mean, she could get Song of the Year, Record of the Year too. Absolutely, absolutely, because it's the same song, song and record are the same, so that could be, you know, I mean, maybe who knows?

It'll be interesting. It's... you got some really good competition. Yeah, I'm excited. I'm excited to see the fun stuff that may happen. And I will say, I believe it was last year. What I enjoyed very much so last year was when Trevor Noah had all the people, all the fans up on the stage, and allowed that lovely little old lady to say Harry Styles. And I thought that was the cutest thing ever. And he was so gracious and so sweet. And I loved how everyone was happy and excited for him. Adele, Lizzo was like super duper excited. Lizzo's been a little quiet lately. Haven't really heard from her. Well. I understood, understood stuff going on. But there's also a lot of disgruntled employees out there, just saying. But we'll never know the full story.

[48:02] Robert Bannon: We'll never know the full story, but I just would I wish she would kind of say something about it. But I was away this weekend. Oh, here he comes with his tea and his nastiness. I was away this weekend with some people. There's been a lot of talk about how difficult and not nice she is. There were some wonderful people from a pride in the Midwest, not Motor City, but another pride. You know, Lizzo for a long time lived in Detroit and was found in Detroit and worked on all the street in Detroit. And surrounding Pride, north of Detroit, like northwest of Detroit, had her and said before she was Lizzo, she was not easy to work with. I am she's a little difficult. She's cute and fun and important.

Her message is important. Maybe she just needed to get knocked a peg. You know, sometimes we get a little too big for our britches. Just think about, you know, I said this to my dad the other day. They're gonna make Taylor Swift and this football guy, this big thing, you know. And then they're alone. I love that they're in love, and I love that she's supporting him and is nice to his mom, and he's cute sweet with her. Like, let them be, these poor people. And then we're gonna wait for them to get engaged, then we're gonna wait for them to get married, and then we're gonna wait for them to get divorced because that's what we do in this country. We love to build you up and knock you down. That is, and you know what?

I was listening to a podcast today, a different part. I'm sorry, while I was working, well, I listen to yours all the time. So, but what they said was, and they were it was in reference to like reality shows, and what they started with a long time ago was how wonderful it is, and you're getting married and you're having kids and this, that, and the other, and then all of a sudden, around 2016, 2017, when things shifted in the world, President Trump was elected. I didn't say it. I wasn't me. I did not say that. He even deserved the title president, but that's besides it. It's besides the point. Um, that everything kind of shifted, and it was like, oh no, you need to hate each other, you need to be getting divorced, you need to do all of this.

Like, and like J Lo and Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, they were she says they were meant to be together. She was even though she did marry other people and hedge, she loved Ben. She always loved Ben, and I just think it's very interesting. He loved prostitutes, cocaine, and strippers, and they broke up. And sometimes people like prostitutes, cocaine, and strippers, and they break up. It happens, but I just think that, but even now it's like, oh, Ben's always making that face. Is he not happy with her and things like that? And it's like, maybe he's all he's old too. He's older than us, and he's like, I just want to have my dinner and be with my wife. Like, leave me alone. Why do you let me say these things?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I know I brought it up. That's me. But in regards to Taylor, we'll talk about the current Taylor and Travis. Well, that was Kelsey. Yes. First of all, first of all, he's a huge football player, extremely well known. Him and his brother have a very cute little podcast as well that I've listened to on occasion, little snippets here and there. They're very funny. I kind of like the brother a little more than Travis because he's kind of funny. But I think they're like he really likes her. Like each other. It's cute. And it's cute. And again, let this poor let her be happy. She is so she is bigger. I mean, it's like Taylor and Beyonce. Like those are the two listen, people get sick and tired of hearing about people's significant others.

I know it's been in our face because the media makes it into a big thing. She's supporting her man. I talk about my man on this show every single week. That's right. If I went out to lunch with UA, you would talk about your man. Like that's what we do. Shout out to my man, by the way. He has the flu. Oh no. Oh, Darius, feel better. Oh no, we need to send you chicken soup. And I sent him a cinnamon raisin bagel toasted with just butter. And I see cinnamon roll because he loves them. And they didn't have any ginger ale. So they sent an orange juice instead. And he doesn't really drink orange juice, but he was so moved by that. I tried to be sweet. And then he actually went to work because he's training because he got a promotion.

And if he didn't go for his training today, he would have to wait another month till he officially moves to his position. So he went in for two hours. And I said to him, It's really bad when your boss tells you you have to go home. Like, please go home. So wow. Feel better. I wish I was there so I could annoy him and I could feed him and I could pester him and annoy him. But no, you would take care of him and make sure he had what he needed, but you do need to you would need to let him rest. I'm letting him rest tonight, Adrian. I'm going to host karaoke, which is literally the Grammy Awards of New Jersey. Oh, listen, I am way I am living for the videos, Robert. Please, please post some. I'm hoping they'll be back again this week.

The cowboy hat man. Last week, if you're still listening to this, I'm sorry. Last week, this is my issue with karaoke. I don't normally host karaoke. I'm very grateful to host karaoke. My friend Deb Toscano runs karaoke at curtains. I love Jan Tab is great. So wherever you are listening in the world, if you ever end up in Avenel, New Jersey, go to Curtins on Wednesday. They could should be paying us for this. So what ends up happening is because you know the round table is up 146% in the month of January. Kudos to us. And so we go to curtains and some people are nasty to me, eh? Oh no. How is that? They say things like my microphone's not loud enough. I don't like this version of the song. Why did we have to end the night on this song?

We should have picked something more fun. Why is it not my turn? Everyone, calm yourselves down. Oh my goodness. What is happening? Don't they know who you are? Who are you? Anita Baker? Sit down. Listen, uh what's that? First of all, how do you know what song is going to end the night? Do you have like this is the last song? Look, it was the it was Bridgerton theme week. So the it just ended with on the Bridgerton people who were dressed like Bridgerton, and they asked to end the night with God Save the Queen. Okay. Transitioned into the Sex Pistols, that's great. We'll end it on the theme because they're dressed like Bridgerton. Oh, that's what that was. Okay. If the theme is Bridgerton and you're dressed like Siegfried and Roy or something, I don't know what they were dressed like.

What is the theme this week? Leave Robert the hell alone. It should have been like Grammy Award winners. Yeah. It should have been Broadway. It should have been sing the hits of Hall of Notes or something. But this week it is a regular schmegular event. Oh, but it will be an event because you never know what's gonna happen. Oh, they bring instruments, they bring microphone covers, like they call them microphone condoms, and they put them on top so they don't spread the oh well that's okay. That I get because this is an easy job. I'm gonna invite you next Wednesday to come to the curtains at the Avenel. I will even buy you a sweet potato fry or a hamburger, and I'm gonna and you need to come and you should sing I Wanna Dance with Somebody, and you will be like the Kelly Clarkson of Me, I Robert, hold on now.

We know I was in chorus as well with the fabulous swami aka Paul Simeone. I could project my voice, I wasn't always on tune. Listen, I sang it once, and you were there for my birthday when I sang it at the museum. Yes, she sang it at the Whitney Houston exhibit at the Grammy Hall of Fame. Why I did that, I don't know. But that video is somewhere. I don't know where it is. I have it, and the reality is you would sound like Celine Dion. Not at the other people. Some people are great. There's a girl who does like a country, and she sings like also um Linda Ronstadt and all of that, like all those blue body. Oh good. Then you have someone who gets up and sings. And I don't care if you're not a good singer.

That's the point. But they ask you to clear the floor. They ask to check their mic. They ask people to stand up. Then they ask people to sit down. Then they tell you that they don't like this version. Can you go on YouTube and find the sound choice version that has the background book? Listen, everyone here. Listen, Barbara Streisand. Sit down. So I love music. And Adrian loves the music. We all love music. I hear there's a really good documentary we all should watch about the behind the scenes on Netflix of the day they filmed We Are the World. I cannot wait. We are watching it tonight. I am super duper excited because I remembered watching it on HBO when they I don't think it's the same one.

I think it's a different one, but of the making of it. And I loved it because I loved We Are the World. So that's on there. I'm gonna watch it right after I finish The Kidnap Couple, the American Nightmare couple on Netflix, where the girl gets kidnapped and they don't believe her and they think it's Gone Girl, but she's really kidnapped, but no one believed her, and she's got a boyfriend, and it's very interesting and disturbing, and you need to watch it called American Nightmare. It's on Netflix, it's three hours, and it's weird. What a weird you'll never sleep again, but it will be interesting. Then on the interim, we're all gonna prepare ourselves for the Grammy Awards, which are on Sunday at eight o'clock on CBS or streaming on Paramount.

You can watch it wherever you are, and you can join us next week when we re-judge and recalibrate and re-talk about. And I don't know what the heck we're gonna do, but we're gonna talk about the Grammy Awards next week with a full litany of roundtable shows. So if you're still with us, that means we entertained you somewhat. Make sure that you stay tuned for the round table. This Thursday night show is Ginger Minge and Mirage from the from so excited for that one. Tribute to the one and only Chita Rivera. Plus, we also have Darwin Melfabo, who's on we have the cast of King Lear, we have the cast of Russian Troll Farm, which is playing on next week on February 8th. It's a special Valentine's week before Valentine's Day show, where MJ Harris is going to tell it you like it is, and he is going to tell you how to get your life together if you need to date or you're in a toxic relationship.

Plus, Jackie Goldschneider is here from the Real Housewives of New Jersey. Wow, Robert, stacked guests. Then the week after that, we have Tony winning Grammy nominated Melba Moore here to talk about her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Plus, hey, just today, Miss Robbie, the star of Sweetie Pie that was on Own that got into that trouble with her son, stole the money from her and all this stuff. She will be here, but we're not gonna talk about the negative drama. We are only gonna talk about her new single. Okay. Oh, but that's very exciting. They said, Do you want to talk? Yes, I want to talk to her. Yes, you want to talk to her. That is plus the red carpets will be abound, more events to come, more interviews to come, and Adrian and I will take you all the way through Oscar season.

So there you go. All right, we'll be ready. So Sunday night, watch the Grammy. Let's go. Adrian, thank you so much for being here. Thank you for coming into our crazy. And the best is shortly yet to come. See you all, Grammy Sunday, and we'll talk to you all again next week here on the round table. Bye. Bye everyone. Bye. I did it again. Why do I always hit the wrong sound effect?