VMAs

So on the eve of starting my senior year of college I'm sitting relaxing with my housemates watching the MTV Video Music Awards. Instead of driving everyone I'm sitting with nuts, I'll critique it here.
Let me start off by saying, everyone who listens to music knows MTV has gone downhill, but I think this year they have hit rock bottom. The first shot of the awards was in an area that has clearly been significantly downsized from previous years. The stage is tiny and the audience has been reduced. There is no center area where the crowd gather for the performances. Oddly enough, as of 45 minutes through the show the best part is Russell Brands intro and jokes about George W. and Republicans......which wasn't anything the Daily Show hasn't said before.

The introductions to performances are lackluster, everyone sounds exactly like they are reading off a teleprompter, which granted they are, but at least try and sound better. The entire show looks like it was thrown together. Winners don't know where they are supposed to go, people have to scramble for mics. The audience doesn't even look like they want to be there.

The performances thus far are sub par, Rhianna can't sing live, Katy Perry can't sing in tune to her own songs and T-pain needs to pull his pants up. What happened to the VMAs of many years ago. Memorable performances by NSync and others are past. Instead we get Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers.

Pop music really has gone down the crapper. My housemates made the observation that we have no idea who most of these people who are up for awards are. Even I, and I'm pretty up in the music scene, have no idea who some of these people are. Where is the creativity? The showmanship? The experience that pop music used to be. Paramore thank goodness wasn't completely terrible. They know how put on a show and Haley is a pretty fabulous live singer.

But even after that, I'm still not sure why I have watched just over an hour of this show. I think I keep hoping it will get better, even while secretly knowing it never will. I keep being told "things aren't what they seem" tonight....but so far I haven't seen that to be the case.

I had hope for the Best Rock Vid category with the Foo Fighters in there and Paramore, hell I might have been okay with FOB....instead it was Linkin Park, while not awful, not amazing....they are slightly washed up and a little bit sissy now.

Oh hey, Pink is still around.....shes decent enough....So with 45 minutes remaining I give up. I'm off to watch House and listen to Jack's Mannequin.