I know you probably wouldn't think it, but I am kind of a hopeless romantic. Yes, that is perhaps what has contributed to the multiple marriages and the current residence in Chez Basement, but I refuse to let go. It is with that in mind that I love the story but can't find a photo of Tom Higgenson and Delilah DiCrescenzo who made an appearance together at the awards.
If you are not familiar with the story, it goes a little something like this. Back in 2003, Tom met Delilah in Chicago and promptly fell head over heels for her. One problem is that she had a boyfriend and still has the same boyfriend by the way. Instead of becoming a stalker he got himself a record deal and stalked her through the radio by writing and performing Hey There Delilah which was nominated for song of the year and best pop performance.
After the nominations Tom worked up all of his nerd courage and asked DiCrescenzo out on a date. The date of course being to accompany him to the Grammy Awards. However, while DiCrescenzo accompanied Higgenson to the Los Angeles event, where fans began singing Hey There Delilah to her, she made it clear the two are not romantically involved as she has a boyfriend of six years. She said, "He's not jealous. It's (relationship with Higgenson) strictly platonic. I played a pretty important role in Hey There Delilah, so I wanted to be here. "Being here is a very surreal experience. It is not normally my scene, which is normally training for my Olympic shot."
I think she should have been a little more positive as the song was shut out at the awards, but hey, I bet you anything Tom doesn't give a rat's ass because he got his date, and the perv in me probably thinks he had a choice of groupies back at his hotel at the end of the night.
My other favorite story has to do with Aretha Franklin. Seems the Queen wanted some tea in her dressing room. A tea service was brought to her. Ummm. She wanted a silver tea service. Runners were sent out to find Ms. Franklin a tea service and at the end of the night when no one could find it, no one really thought it wise to go and ask Ms. Franklin if she wouldn't mind returning it.
Ahhh Aretha. She knows how to flex. My fave is when she was super famous and recording down in Muscle Shoals (sp?), and she would drive down in her big caddy, and leave the engine running, lights on, door open, AC blowin' the whole time she was recording. Just cos she could. THAT, is rock'n'roll excess at it's classiest.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/corys_photos/2097154968/ pic of delilah
ReplyDeleteHow is that a sweet love story? Delilah actually sounds like a bitch. "I played a pretty important role"...please. Great song, though.
ReplyDeleteHey deliah seemed like a great song the first 100 times I heard it.
ReplyDelete"Deliah" seems a little bitchy. Now I wanna know what it is she's training for...
My opinion of Aretha suffered after I went to see her live a few years ago. The woman pitched a fit because the AC was on. It was June and 90 degrees outside. They cut off the air and I sweated my ass off through the whole mediocre performance.
Delilah is a steeplechaser and is training for the Olympics in Beijing. She's actually really very sweet in person.
ReplyDeleteliz....i went to see whitney houston years back, and she did the same.....by the time we left, i looked like i had just climbed out of a swimming pool.I know they claim they need to save their vocal cords....but come on...how bout taking care of the fans who paid $100+ to come see the show.
ReplyDeleteOh my God, I loathe that song soooo much...
ReplyDeleteI heard the Delilah story on E's red carpet arrival show. I thought it was so sweet.
ReplyDeleteAll I could think about while Aretha was singing was... if one of those teeny weeny straps holding her dress up breaks, boobs are going to be flopping. Talk about a wardrobe malfunction.
Here is a picture of them on the red carpet.
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