VMAs 2013

FRED HALE SR. · 08-27-2013, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Goofle11

Apparently JT bossed it? Gonna have to check it out.

He was clearly the only guy that had vocal chops that night. Thicke would have been fine if he didn't have Cyrus on stage with him. Timberlake was actually really good, regardless of what people think of the guy. Gotta say though NSYNC looked out of shape trying to keep up with him.

Arya Stark · 08-27-2013, 09:01 AM

I loved watching Gaga! I don't think the performance was amazing but her voice always is. I loved it and I love that song.

For anyone that wants to know, MTV has the entire show on Demand in clips on their website.

The Batlord · 08-27-2013, 09:01 AM

Good god I am sick of Miley Cyrus. As has been said her twerking is weak. The fact that people actually care shows just how clueless white people are. If you don't even know what a nice ass looks like then don't even say the word "twerk". But my real gripe with her is that she's just boring. She couldn't be any more obvious with her whole schtick. Why anyone thinks she's in any way controversial is a mystery to me. Bu yao.

P.S. GaGa's ass is breathtaking.

Burning Down · 08-27-2013, 09:19 AM

And Miley's ass is not lol

Arya Stark · 08-27-2013, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

I remember Madonnas performance. The uproar over basically nothing was hilarious.

As for the VMA'S I was not very impressed in the least when Justin Timberlake was really the only decent performance that says something. I think Thicke should have performed his hit with the hitmakers and left Cyrus on the sidelines, what a freakshow she was. Kanye West was disgustingly bad. I think he must be deaf because he was so out of tune autotune couldn;t save him. What a deplorable performance. Why don't the VMAS have rock acts anymore? And how the **** does One Direction beat out Blurred Lines and Get Lucky for best song? What a crock of **** the VMAS has turned into.

HOW DIDN'T YOU LIKE THE KANYE PERFORMANCE. I mean I know I'm like in love with him so I may be a little baised but he wasn't out of tune at all! AHHHHHHHHH FRED!!

I'm watching it again, I loved it. He didn't even need the light on for you to be able to see how into the performance he is. Oh my god I loved it.

TheBig3 · 08-27-2013, 09:52 AM

Checking in from cranky old man world:

Its just the same recycled BS all the time. a bunch of 14 year olds pretend that what someone did was "so extreme" (re: sex) and news anchors pretend to ask with concern "should we be outraged."

Its boring. We don't even talk about the attempts that don't work. Remember when Nicki Minaj did that roman's Catholic church nonsense? Well people feigned outrage then too. It just didn't catch. The only thing preventing MTV for feeling the effects of the laws of diminishing returns is that we usher in a new crowd every other year.

The only outrage I have is that Miley Cyrus is having her 20's-phase on television for someone elses profit. People ought to be ashamed of that. Otherwise, she's just another stupid 20 year old who thinks pushing the envelope. The old men in my dive bar saw the same thing with Marilyn Monroe.

FRED HALE SR. · 08-27-2013, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Arya Stark

HOW DIDN'T YOU LIKE THE KANYE PERFORMANCE. I mean I know I'm like in love with him so I may be a little baised but he wasn't out of tune at all! AHHHHHHHHH FRED!!

I'm watching it again, I loved it. He didn't even need the light on for you to be able to see how into the performance he is. Oh my god I loved it.

Putting my bias aside. I feel like people in general really try too hard anymore on these award shows. I didn't get any feeling from his performance. Sure he jumped around and did the rap pose thing and autotuned, but there wasn't anything relevant in his lyrics or intelligent. The backing beats didn't even move me whatsoever. I have tried many times to hear what people are talking about when it comes to Kanye, but it fails everytime for me.

My girl loves Kanye and agrees with you on his performance. I think music is being overproduced to the point where it sounds like a computer enhanced performance. I long for the days when people used DATS and got that smooth sound and the vocal tracks were comprehendable and warm. I'm hoping there will be a renaissance period where producers go back to that format.

djchameleon · 08-27-2013, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Arya Stark

The sad part is that she's trying to twerk.

I only saw the Miley performance but here are the things that bothered me:

- Cultural Appropriation
- Making black girls follow her around w/ teddy bears while she does a dance they can do better
- Singing with Robin Thicke when everyone on that record should have been doing it with him
- Her voice didn't sound as good as it does in other performances
- The backlash and slutshaming that everyone all over the place is giving her for no reason

I was with you up until the slutshaming bit. Do you honestly not see why people would do that? I'm against slut shaming in general but come on now. It's pretty plain to see why they would do that.

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

Why don't the VMAS have rock acts anymore? And how the **** does One Direction beat out Blurred Lines and Get Lucky for best song? What a crock of **** the VMAS has turned into.

Rock acts have kind of died off in the sense that they aren't making it into the Top 40 anymore. There just isn't a high enough demand for rock acts so that's why they pass on them. As far as One Direction beating other those other two songs. It is because they were viewer voted and One Direction has some fans called directioners or some stupid **** like that and they flooded the voting sites and texting lines to make sure that they won best song. It's all about who has the craziest most dedicated fans. Same thing happened with Twilight during the MTV Movie Awards.

**Goofle** · 08-27-2013, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Arya Stark

HOW DIDN'T YOU LIKE THE KANYE PERFORMANCE. I mean I know I'm like in love with him so I may be a little baised but he wasn't out of tune at all! AHHHHHHHHH FRED!!

I'm watching it again, I loved it. He didn't even need the light on for you to be able to see how into the performance he is. Oh my god I loved it.

I love his music as much as the next fan, but I don't understand the love of Kanye as a person. He's an incredible tool.

Arya Stark · 08-27-2013, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I was with you up until the slutshaming bit. Do you honestly not see why people would do that? I'm against slut shaming in general but come on now. It's pretty plain to see why they would do that.

No, I can't see why they would do that.
I can see people saying what she did is inappropriate or too sexual for family television, or I can see them saying it's weird because Robin Thicke is so much older than her but to call her a whore and a slut and all of these horrible things? That's just stupid girl hate and disrespect.

08-27-2013, 09:52 AM	#66 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	Checking in from cranky old man world: Its just the same recycled BS all the time. a bunch of 14 year olds pretend that what someone did was "so extreme" (re: sex) and news anchors pretend to ask with concern "should we be outraged." Its boring. We don't even talk about the attempts that don't work. Remember when Nicki Minaj did that roman's Catholic church nonsense? Well people feigned outrage then too. It just didn't catch. The only thing preventing MTV for feeling the effects of the laws of diminishing returns is that we usher in a new crowd every other year. The only outrage I have is that Miley Cyrus is having her 20's-phase on television for someone elses profit. People ought to be ashamed of that. Otherwise, she's just another stupid 20 year old who thinks pushing the envelope. The old men in my dive bar saw the same thing with Marilyn Monroe. __________________ I've moved to a new address

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Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	And Miley's ass is not lol