So Who Watched The 2020 Grammys Sunday Night?

Nope.  I went out for killer Mexican food.  

Was it that compelling, or were you just bored?

I watched a recording of it. Glad I was able to fast forward through much of it. I know a lot of people complained, but I use to find it entertaining when they paired two acts (often an older with a newer) to give a broad audience some appeal for a performance. Other than the two performances with Tanya Tucker singing with Brandi Carlile on piano, Alicia Keys with Britney Howard playing guitar... they sort of moved away from this.

Did not enjoy most of the performances, sadly. But the ones I did think were really satisfying were from:
- Billie Eilish - one of her better songs IMO and I've seen her do this type of stripped down thing before. It shows her raw talent and emotion.
- Lil Nas X - not a high bar here since the Grammys had some stinkers of songs, but this was one of the few tunes performed that has a banger sing along chorus. I don't think it's country, but that doesn't matter. The sets thing was fun. He's not a great singer, but if the song works I'm usually happy.
- H.E.R. the whole thing was fantastic. I don't have the album, but I should. Second time seeing her perform and she's talented.
- Bonnie Raitt token tribute for John Prine's lifetime achievement. Heard it a million times, but she's still good at it.
- Gary Clark Jr. with the Roots was great. I think the live production was a little rough, but they still pulled off a good showing.
- Lizzo was alright. I think she's doing some good things, but somehow just don't connect with it at all.

The Spanish singer Rosalía was a bit interesting and totally new to me. Not sure I'm loving the autotune in there, but I get that she's trying to modernize a traditional sound. The outfit she had was not very good, but the lighting and dancing, etc. was pretty well done.

Aerosmith/RUN DMC was pretty bad, and I liked that version back in the day. They've just lost the juice.

Tanya Tucker sounded really bad. Most of the other stuff is just generic pop in my eyes. I don't get the interest in Tyler the Creator. He's not a very strong singer and yes, he's pushing the artistic direction of rap, but I still don't hear a strong chorus or a reason to want to hang with it.

I'm really surprised they didn't have Yola. That album is killer and she'd appeal to a wide audience.

I totally agree on the Joey Kramer thing.
Also I thought Tanya was fine, given the overall performance bar.
Chris

Yola did perform on the pre-telecast.

That was Tyler the Creator. I get bored with that sort of stuff pretty quickly. All the typical old-people complaints. I couldn't understand his words. Too much distortion. LOL But really, you're supposed to get the message of rap in the vocals.