The GRAMMYs love a rap-rock performance. Where does the collaboration between Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. rank?
Unfortunately, many of these performances are train wrecks, and at best they still fall short of any kind of groundbreaking clash of styles. Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Last night, Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. shared the Grammys stage to re-create their classic 1986 “Walk This Way” collaboration, a natural end point for the near-annual procession of rap-rock collaborations that have dotted the ceremony over the past two decades.
Unfortunately, many of these performances are train wrecks, and at best they still fall short of any kind of groundbreaking clash of styles. But where does last night’s medley rank in this dubious tradition?Remember when mash-ups were all the rage? Well, about five years later, the Grammys tried to get in on the fun with the “live mash-up” that opened the 2005 telecast.
9. Sly Stone, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Fantasia, Will.i.am, John Legend, Maroon 5, Ciara, Van Hunt, Robert Randolph, and Joss Stone The reclusive Sly Stone gave his first public performance in nearly 20 years at the 2006 Grammys, showing up with a bright blond Mohawk toward the end of an all-star medley of Sly & the Family Stone hits to deliver a brief, barely audible vocal on “I Want to Take You Higher.” Sly reportedly waited in a car until the performance began, and immediately left the building and drove off after his cameo.
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