Normally, I don't think much of award shows. They're just ego snacks, with flat live performances. But, the 51st annual Grammy Awards on Sunday were STEAMING with some of the sweetest 'Grammy Moments' we've had in a long, long time, and gave us in the music world a bit to get jolted about. It's tough to pick the best moment of the night though. Let's recount the night, shall we?

Blink182 announced their bid to return to the rock music world after a bitter cold war-like breakup a few years back. Try and tell me seeing Mark Hoppus' devilishly goofy smile lighting up a stage doesn't make you happy. Cool moment, but Tom was so awkward, and it's not like they performed a song or anything. It was a bigger deal when The Police made a return at the Grammys two years ago.

Green Day handed off the album of the year award to Robert Plant & Allison Krause...though Coldplay and/or Radiohead most certainly deserved that award more in my book (GD also recently announced their followup to American Idiot will hit shelves this May and be called 21st Century Breakdown. Nice.)

Despite being due to deliver a KID Sunday, a ridiculously pregnant M.I.A. performed the soon-to-be-classic "Swagga Like Us" on stage alongside "The Rap Pack" (Jay-Z, Kanye, TI, and Lil Wayne). And it was awesome.

Speaking of awesome, I'm in love with Kate Beckinsale. Paul McCartney couldn't have gotten a sweeter lady to introduce his tight performance of the classic "I Saw Her Standing There." Wish he would have played something else though. Like a song of his he doesn't have to pay Michael Jackson to play.

Kid Rock's medley was startlingly good, especially the opening with "Amen."

That new U2 song, "Get On Your Boots," was a lot better than the first single from their last album. You know, the one where the chorus was: "Yeah, yeah, yeah."

Stevie Wonder. Al Green. Fantastic night for soul.

And who doesn't love when Neil Diamond shows up and busts out "Sweet Caroline"?

But the finest moment of the night goes to... Radiohead.

Seriously. Ho. Ly. Crap! That performance of "15 Steps" with a full drum line was too good. If you've seen them live, you know you can always count on caliber like that, but it's rare that it translates with such electricity onto an award show. They definitely delivered here. I think this performance is one of the most definitive moments that shows what makes Radiohead so special. Notice the attitude ala The Sex Pistols, the anthemic quality and beauty ala U2, the extraordinary sense of fluid experimentation ala Pink Floyd, that swagger ala The Rap Pack, and especially that vigorous soul ala vintage Al Green.