VMA Wrapup
(Pictures were gratuitously ripped from MTV . COM )
If this is what MTV is resorting to to get people to watch their show, then it is a sad day. Although I was entertained by it, and it did draw attention away from that horrible song that Madonna was performing, is this how you want to be known? Also, why was Missy Elliott even there? In related news, there is no way a song as bad as Missy Elliott’s can win video of the year. It is horrible no matter how “cool” the video looks.
I thought all the performances were bad and/or forced last night. I thought Mary J. Blige, who did an incredible job a couple years ago with “No More Drama,” was less than impressive this year. She sounded ok, but I didn’t like the song. 50 Cent sounded sloppy as hell and the Snoop Dogg pimp thing didn’t work that well. Coldplay sounded good, but they didn’t do anything special. Metallica sounded forced with the medley of covers and then their own song sounded just ok. As they were celebrating and dropping confetti from the roof, I wanted to ask them to vaccum it back up and do a better job before celebrating.
As a final note, why was Justin Timberlake on camera all night long? Why did he need to react to everything going on onstage and why did they cut to it for us? Is he the Ed McMahon of the VMA’s? And why did he keep trying to pump us up about Duran Duran getting back together? I liked some of Duran Duran’s music back in the day, but I am probably one of the only ones left who still watches MTV who even remembers them. I guarantee a huge portion of Timberlake’s audience has no idea who they are. It’s really funny, because the producers of MTV really should have read my post the other day. “You can’t force moments…”
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2003 VMA Wrapup
(Pictures were gratuitously ripped from MTV . COM ) If this is what MTV is resorting to to get people
I flipped back and forth between the VMAs and the horrible cheesy movie on ABC Family, but I can safely say that the kissing was the funniest moment of the show. The only reaction of Justin’s that I found watchable was his reaction to The Kiss, and it wasn’t even validated. I mean, the kid’s been spotted dry-humping Cameron Diaz in nightclubs. He can’t really get pissy over the fact that his ex was smooching on Madonna.
And you’re not alone with the Duran-Duran thing. Heck, I still remember when MTV used to play videos, and how they had programming that revolved around videos, not just straight-up programming.
I didn’t see the first hour or so of the thing, so I missed this whole kissing business, which is disappointing to me. Not that I won’t be able to watch one of the 206 “encore” performances this weekend, but still.
Justin Timberlake was the Ed McMahon of the VMAs. I would have liked to see him go up there with 50 Cent and have an exchange like this:
50 Cent: “Thanks, everyone.”
Justin: “HA-hA! Yes!”
50 Cent: “Thanks for coming out and making this a big event. Goodnight!”
Justin: “YOU are correct sir, YES!”
Kelly Osbourne and Avril Levine springing the surprise lifetime award on Duran Duran was amusing, especially because Avril Levine clearly had no clue who they were. Kelly Osbourne grew up with music, and she was obviously a fan. Avril Levine was like “Well, I have no idea what this is all aboot.”
Also amusing was Avril Levine being nominated for best pop video. Would have liked for her to win so she could get up there and tell us all how punk she was.
I watched to the end on the off chance that Johnny Cash was there and would be awarded Video of the Year, and that led to my favorite part of the show.
Snoop Dogg: “Y’all know I got love for Johnny Cash, right? I mean, he’s my nephew.”
Here here. Well spoken, Bruce.
Anyway, I don’t have a problem with Missy Elliot winning, because her video was different. The song did suck, but they are supposed to be rewarding these people on the merit of the videos themselves, no? The grammies are for the audio end. This one’s about the visual.
Thanks Dr.Craig, I don’t feel so old now. I was thinking the show was horrible, barely a memorable performance, and the rest of the music sucked. After the “kissing” thing I turned it off and started…gulp…cleaning up the house. I wrote those feelings off as yet another example of how tragically un-hip I have become. Now I see that others felt the same. phew. I may still be less than hip, but maybe not tragically so.
No worries Mark, it was an exercise in horribly unnecessary self celebration. I actually made it to the end and was watching the post-show as I was going to bed. It was really funny to hear all the VJ’s sit there and try and pump up the “amazing” moments. They continued to make a big deal about Duran Duran even though nobody really cared.
If I had to pick two favorite moments, I would pick Eminem beating up the puppet onstage before 50 Cent’s horrible performance, and Fred Durst with Jack Black while Black pretended to get an award for being a “Super-Genius.” I will admit being partial to Jack Black though, so that isn’t really fair. When Black looked at Durst and triumphantly said, “you still can’t take my trophy.” I just about lost it.
Hey man Christina has some hefty mooseknuckle in the picture to the furthest right. I think I would have been “shocked” if they actually started dyking out hardcore, someone needs to step up and take this lesbian exhibitionisim thing to the next level. I appreciate the effort and all but the girl/girl open mouth kiss is so last year! Shock would have come from some bowling pin or parking cone DVDA action on the podium with a sweet pyro show!
Those are just my ideas though. Regradless of what they did, it all probably would have taken a backseat to Duran Durans triumphant return. Weren’t they the band that preformed with Cherry Bomb in Howard the Duck?
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