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Ive always been a dreamer
I've rewatched the performance several times and have a few more thoughts after letting it 'sink in' for a few days. As has been discussed here, I think the biggest problem I had with it was the technical production and the rough transition we saw. I wonder if these problems were as noticable to the live audience?
It seems to me that it would have made all the difference in the world if there had been a commercial break or long pause before launching right into Glenn's video in mid-sentence. I also think the segment on Irving by Anna Kendrick that followed the performance should have preceded it. Then she could have made a smoother segue into the video.
And then there is the video itself. I actually liked the idea of the video - to me it suggested that Glenn needed no introduction and it was the band's way of letting him have the final word. However, it was very poorly executed to say the least. As many here have commented, it seems an odd choice to have Glenn speak of how fun it was to sing harmonies. There were so many other great clips that could have been used, but I would have thought that Irving, the band members, and/or Glenn's family selected that particular one. I was thinking that many people may not even know what he was talking about from what the way it was shown on TV. Did the video begin in mid-sentence live or did that happen just for the TV audience? If a longer segment of the clip was used, it may have provided more context and made a bit more sense.
And, this has nothing to do with the technical production, but I was surprise to see Steuart on the stage too. I noticed he did not come back on stage and take a bow.