The Most Memorable Grammy Acceptance Speeches of All Time

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards will take place this weekend. It's the night of the year that the record industry sets aside to celebrate its own. As with any of the major award shows, there's always speculation on who will win, and who will get snubbed. In the past 53 years there have been plenty examples of head-scratching winners and losers.

With each winner, no matter whether it made sense to us at the time or not, there has been an acceptance speech. Grammy acceptance speeches tend to be a little looser than those one could hear at the Oscars or the Golden Globes. Musicians tend to have a little less problem sliding in jokes and digs at the industry or in some cases even past winners.

Here now are some of the most memorable Grammy acceptance speeches.

Metallica Disses Jethro Tull - In 1989, the Best Metal Performance went to Jethro Tull, and not to the presumed favorites, Metallica. The controversy was less about whether Jethro Tull was a good band, and more about whether they deserved a Grammy in a Metal category, since no one on the face of the Earth would even consider them a Metal band. So in 1992 when Metallica did win for the self-titled megahit album known as "The Black Album," drummer Lars Ulrich got big laughs when he thanked Jethro Tull for not putting out an album the previous year.

Milli Vanilli Fakes Their Way Into Grammy Gold - Those of us who were around in 1990 will never forget the controversy that was wrapped up in the band known as Milli Vanilli. The group won Best New Artist that year for their smash hit debut album. The problem was they forgot to tell everyone that the two men in the music videos and at concerts were in no way actually singing on the record or live. When the story broke, and the pair admitted to lip syncing, they were stripped of their awards. This speech will live on though, proving that nominees should be vetted a little more thoroughly.

Yoko Ono Accepts John Lennon's Last Grammy - In early 1982, just over a year after he was murdered by a fan, John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono won the Album of the Year award for the last album he ever released, "Double Fantasy." Yoko brought the couple's young son Sean up on stage with her for the acceptance speech. The emotion of the moment was accentuated by Yoko's struggle to articulate much of anything. She even asked Sean if he'd like to speak but the little boy declined, leaving Yoko to quickly say that she and John were always proud of the music they created, and she thanked the audience for their support.

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