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An assortment of real-life Lego favorites, including construction workers and cowboys, subsequently joined the Lonely Island, while Oprah Winfrey and Steve Carell received Lego-fied Academy Awards in the crowd. After fittingly opening with an animated Lego chorus, the pop sister duo appeared on a purposely primitive stage made to look like a 10-year-old designed it.
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With help from the Lonely Island, Questlove, Will Arnett and Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh, Tegan and Sara turned a room full of adults in tuxedos and evening gowns into children with their ebullient performance of the popular Lego Movie track. Tegan and Sara/The Lonely Island, “Everything Is Awesome” (From The Lego Movie) The country superstar was handpicked by Campbell’s family to fill his Oscar shoes, as the legendary singer is now in the later stages of the devastating illness. McGraw delivered the tearjerker alone - sitting on a stool without a guitar or visible backing band - and allowed the poignant lyrics to take center stage. The last recorded song of the iconic entertainer’s 60-year career was written during the earliest stages of his Alzheimer’s disease, as he and co-writer Julian Raymond put to music both the dark cloud and silver lining of someday soon forgetting his loved ones. Gwyneth Paltrow took the stage to introduce Tim McGraw’s “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” performance, setting a somber scene with the backstory of the Glen Campbell-penned tune. Tim McGraw, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” (From Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me) By the time the rest of the band entered, he was back on his feet, emoting the lead song from the comedy-drama. Wearing a jacket-less tuxedo with rolled-up shirt sleeves, Levine looked like a guest wrapping up a wedding, dropping to his left knee at one point while gripping the mic stand. Flanked by guitarists James Valentine and Jesse Carmichael, Levine performed “Lost Stars” in a small, circular stage-within-a-stage. Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine took center stage during the band’s performance of “Lost Stars” from Begin Again. Maroon 5, “Lost Stars” (From Begin Again) Lady Gaga paid tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Sound of Music with a gorgeous medley of songs from the film, while Jennifer Hudson performed “I Can’t Let Go” from Smash following the In Memoriam segment. Watch all the Best Original Song performances below. As Billboard recently noted, “Let It Go” from Frozen and Adele’s “Skyfall” - the last two winners of the award - saw 42 percent and 88 percent sales increases, respectively.Ĭommon and Legend were hardly the only performers of the night, though. If history is any indicator, “Glory” can expect to see a big sales bump over the next few weeks. “It brings the soul of Selma home,” wrote Travers. In his Oscar preview, Rolling Stone‘s Peter Travers predicted that the song would win. This is who I want to be as a person - to be able to speak up and say things that can impact people’s lives, and things that can be inspiring to human beings.” “This is what I live for,” Common told Rolling Stone before the Grammys. Beyonce introduced the song - after an intro herself from Gwyneth Paltrow - with a booming, emotional performance of the gospel standard “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” The duo have performed the song at many high-profile events in recent months, none more so than a stirring rendition at the Grammys earlier this month. So many of our great soul artists grew up in the church as I did and I think understanding that connection between the spiritual and the secular and putting that to music is an important part of what we do.” I really thought about the music I grew up on, which was gospel music, and how important it was in the movement.
“He threw out some title ideas and one of was ‘Glory.’ As soon as I heard that word, it inspired me to write the chorus. “Common called me and asked me to help him write this song,” Legend said (Via Hitfix). Legend explained the song’s genesis at the Golden Globes last month, after the song beat out Lana Del Rey “Big Eyes” ( Big Eyes), Patti Smith’s “Mercy Is” ( Noah), Sia’s “Opportunity” ( Annie) and Lorde’s “Yellow Flicker Beat” ( The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1) to win Best Original Song, Motion Picture. “The spirit of this bridge transcends race, gender, religion, sexual orientation and social status.” “This bridge was once a landmark of a divided nation, but now is a symbol for change,” Common said. Common noted that the duo recently performed “Glory” on Selma, Alabama’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, the structure that became a civil rights focal point after armed policemen attacked civil rights protestors in 1965.