The Grammys - Flat and embarrassing?

Is it just us, or was this year's Grammy broadcast laced with too many moments of musical disaster? Performing live is fraught with danger even when you are blessed with talent, but by 10:45 PM, the procession of bad dresses and weak renderings made us wish we had watched Boston Legal. J-Low was flat, no surprise there, but so were too many voices in the Free Bird number. The over-hyped "All Star" fund raiser for tsunami relief was just plain tragic. John Lennon must be rolling over in his grave. The joke going around our living room was, "hey, if we pledge some money, will you STOP singing this thing?" I'll be interested to see if ITunes gets any downloads at all. There were some good performances. Green Day was the tightest band of the night, giving punk some added class. And Jamie Foxx and Queen Latifah sounded great. But overall, the program was a reminiscent of Shakespeare's tale told by an idiot. "Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."