The Best Frozen Moments From the 2014 Grammys
After hours of performance and six minutes of awards, we made it through the 2014 Grammys. We’ve told you the winners (congrats, Daft Punk), picked the highs and lows, GIF’ed Taylor Swift (twice), and pulled out videos of all the noteworthy performances (shouts to Kendrick and his Dragons, Lorde’s claw, Katy Perry’s horse, Mrs. and Mr. Surfbort, the Disco Stus, Queen Latifah, and everything that is Taylor Swift). Now it’s time to look back at the moments between those moments. The weird reaction shots, the surprising camera angles, basically everything Beyoncé and Jay Z did in their seats, and more. By the power vested in Queen Latifah, here are the best frozen moments from the 2014 Grammys.
Is there a greater defense of monogamy than Jay Z holding Beyoncé's hand while she walks down stairs during their Grammy-opening performance?
"Sure, sure, recording Rubber Soul was probably chill, but I want to hear about the time when you all had moustaches!" —Fun.'s Nate Ruess
P!nk: Forever just happy to be there.
"I'm going to crush it so hard, I deserve high-fives an hour before my performance."
Anna Kendrick, after Pharrell pulled a rabbi out of his hat. Not rabbit — rabbi. No typo. It's a big hat.
The funny thing is that Daft Punk wanted to speak, but CBS has a strict no French accent policy.
It's great that the Grammys always make sure to pay tribute to our musical legends: The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, the guy from The Lone Ranger.
Katy Perry, the Supreme.
Alan Thicke's dream came true.
Chicago finishes, and Ringo can take it or leave it. It takes more than a few horns to impress the zillionaire former Beatle: He has a live-in brass q...
Chicago finishes, and Ringo can take it or leave it. It takes more than a few horns to impress the zillionaire former Beatle: He has a live-in brass quartet to act as his alarm clock.
Get a room.
"I'm sorry," a nation of boyfriends compulsively said in unison.
These three actors just added "P!nk-spinning" to the "Skills" section of their résumé this morning.
Lorde's surprised face No. 1: "Wait, what did you say?"
What's aged more: LL Cool J or LL Cool J's taste in hats?
"Paul! Paul? Paul McCartney? I thought that was you." —Dave Grohl, rock's Ned Ryerson.
This was after Jamie Foxx made a joke about Beyoncé's body. This is the expression Queens used to make before throwing jesters to the lions.
"I'll show you one day!" —Kacey Musgraves, in elementary school, after kids wearing L.A. Lights mocked her cowboy boots.
"No one needs to see Imagine Dragons. Save your spotlight energy for when Taylor Swift is dancing in the audience." —Smart Grammys director.
..."No one needs to see Imagine Dragons. Save your spotlight energy for when Taylor Swift is dancing in the audience." —Smart Grammys director.
Even worse than getting played off mid-acceptance speech is seeing Jay Z visibly bored by you and your life.
"I still have hair. Yeehaw."
The tall robot stares longingly at Stevie and wonders what it would feel like to have that much human emotion.
Yoko casts the oxymoronic "Peace curse."
"Hi, Yoko."
In a room of people singing and dancing to "Get Lucky," this guy got a full second of screentime. Who is he? Is he on a CBS show? Is he one ...
In a room of people singing and dancing to "Get Lucky," this guy got a full second of screentime. Who is he? Is he on a CBS show? Is he one of the generic hipster extras on 2 Broke Girls?
This is the second year in a row Beyoncé and Jay Z have sipped cognac in the front row. Who is their beverage caddy?
Lorde's surprised face No. 2: "Oooooooooooooooo!"
Imagine Dragons was asked not to clean off their performance debris so people would recognize them without their drums.
Somewhere Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is crying tears of joy into a caramel macchiato.
"Please stop singing my song, Steven. This is my armaggedon: I do want to miss this thing."
Rock and roll.
Rock and roll part 2.
"By the power vested in me by my Queendom, I pronounce you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and yo...
"By the power vested in me by my Queendom, I pronounce you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you and you married."
What? I wsn't crying! It's just that I'm allergic to, umm, touching moments.
It even made an Australian cry.
Uh-oh, these robots have developed the emotion of pride. I give them three years before they rise up and kill us with music.
Lindsey Buckingham's performance was cut short last night. Do the Grammys have the same producer as "What Up With That?"