By Olumide Adesida
Kanye’s stunt saw him almost crashing Beck‘s Album of the Year acceptance speech before changing his mind and the president of the Grammys says it was a ‘fun moment’ at the ceremony.
Neil Portnow, who presides over the Recording Academy, was humoured by the ‘Stronger’ rapper’s and told USA Today: ‘That’s what’s great about live television. Live is live. It’s unpredictable. You don’t know what’s going to happen. You want to be there.
‘Whatever happens is part of the culture of the people in the room. They do all kinds of things that they want to do, comfortable doing. That turned out to be a fun moment, at the end of the day.’
Despite Kanye’s apparent upset at the fact that Beck beat Beyonce to the coveted prize, the 44-year old singer’s album was clearly a hit with fans as the LP ‘Morning Phase’ saw a 524 per cent increase in streams across Spotify worldwide immediately after he was crowned the winner.
While Neil was full of praise for the 37-year old rapper, Kanye wasn’t in quite such a generous mood and slammed the voting system for the prestigious awards ceremony as ‘flawed’.
He said: ‘The Grammys could adjust their voting system. I think it’s a bit flawed and we’re gonna work on that.
‘I’m not gonna complain on stage about it. I’m gonna work on it from the inside.’
Other stars in attendance at the bash included Taylor Swift, whose acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was also infamously crashed by Kanye.
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have never heard one note sung by Kanye West. Nor have I heard him speak.
Yet I now know Kanye West rushed the stage at the recent Grammy Award Ceremony when a musician named Beck (also not known to me) received a Grammy Award, because Kanye West believed Beyonce' should have won instead.
I also know that Pharrell Williams won a Grammy Award the same evening for his song "Happy."
I have written the parody below, which I dedicate to the memory of Jose Jimenez.
Not Happy
Or:
Beyond Beyonce
A Parody By Caleb Boone.
To be sung to the tune of "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.
It might seem crazy what I'm about to say,
Beyonce she's here, Kanye can't take a break,
In a baggy Zoot Suit he could jump up on stage,
To shove Beck and curse the audience by the way!
Because he's not happy!
Clap along if you feel like a hoodlum with an Armenian wife.
Because he's not happy!
Clap along if you feel like stabbing Beck with a twelve-inch knife.
Because he's not happy!
Clap along if you know what violence and mayhem means to you.
Because he's not happy!
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do.
Here comes an angry Kanye who can't sing a note or count to two,
Kanye can only shout, grunt and beat up others 'till they're black and blue!
Well, I should probably warn you that Beck will thank the audience for what he has,
While Kanye will be in a Paddy Wagon, on the way to Alcatraz!
Here's why:
Because he's not happy!
Clap along if you feel like you have an IQ of 1.
Because he's not happy!
Clap along if you feel like cursing on live tel-e-vi-si-on.
Because he's not happy!
Clap along if you can't remember Beyonce is not married to you.
Because he's not happy!
Clap along if you feel socking everyone 'till they're black and blue.
Bring him down,
He knows nothing,
What a clown,
His pants are too high,
He has a frown,
What a nut,
In music town,
I said (let me tell you now)
Head full of Eiderdown,
Or leftover bunting,
Not verb or noun,
His alcohol level's too high,
At Cedars-Sinai downtown,
Give him a sedative,
And strap him down,
I said:
Because he's not happy!
Surely we can all ignore him, for he has nothing to say.
Because he's not happy!
But he's a Housewife of Beverly Hills now, on "The View" both night and day.
Because he's not happy!
Lip-Syncing and trying to figure out what a quarter note is.
Because he's not happy!
He'll wear a mink collar and a broad-brimmed hat and hold hands with a Taylor named Liz.
Because he's not happy!
Bless his heart, he needs to work in a job for which he's qualified:
Because he's not happy!
One where you can order a "Whopper" with sliced potatoes that have been fried.
Because he's not happy!
Or perhaps in a large concrete building with cars on many floors,
Because he's not happy!
When ladies finish shopping he could carry their Neiman-Marcus bags and open their doors.
Sew him up,
He has pink-eye,
Coffee cup,
He's not Louie Nye,
In Tinsel Town,
Or Malibu hut,
He'll wear no crown,
I said (let me tell you now)
No wedding gown,
No suit or tie,
No melodious sound,
With pumpkin pie,
Or muffins brown,
Just soap of lye,
To wash out his mouth,
I said:
Because he's not happy!
Send him to Alaska, where he can play outside in snow.
Because he's not happy!
We'll tell him he's a Malamute, an Inuit, or some kind of Eskimo.
Because he's not happy!
Put him in a rowboat to Kamchatka, to buy caviar,
Because he's not happy!
He watch whales and walruses swimming and he'll navigate by star.
Because he's not happy!
Perhaps he would be more at home in Portugal or Spain,
Because he's not happy!
We could send him on a donkey or maybe on a train.
Because he's not happy!
Pack a picnic lunch for him with beans taken from a can.
Because he's not happy!
When he gets off at Madrid he can have coffee and some flán.
February 12, 2015.
Have a Dovely.
Sincerely yours,
Caleb.