No, Glenn Close did not take home a trophy tonight . But she did win something and it was almost as good as Oscar: respect from music aficionados. During an interstitial game conducted by this year’s musical director Questlove a
nd emceed by Lil Rel Howery, snippets of movie music were played and various stars were asked whether they were nominated for Oscars, won, or none of the above. Prince’s “Purple Rain” was not nominated did win. Daniel Kaluuya didn’t know that. And if you didn’t know, now you knowditty. Anyone who paid a lot of attention to late ‘80s rap
instantly knew it was E.U.’s “Da Butt.” Well, so did Glenn Close because out from her mouth tumbled a Wiki entry. Here I present it in full: That’s “Da Butt.” Yeah, it’s “Da Butt,” I know that. “Da Butt” was a classic song by the great Washington, D.C., go-go band E.U. Shoutouts to Sugar Bear [E.U.’s lead singer aka Gregory Elliot], the Backyard Band [another D.C. go-go band], and the whole DMV...I remember this, so Spike Lee had it written for his brilliant movie. And, um, my friends at the Oscars, um, missed it and it wasn’t nominated so it couldn’t have won, which I think is an effing tragedy.
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