My thoughts on the VMAs!
Aug. 30th, 2002 05:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
foxmonkeyYeah, like the world's gonna stop to hear what I have to say. ;-)
But, if you're interested,
I couldn't tape and re-run for repeated viewings, (ranted about that enough last night)...so I took notes while I was watching. Here's what I thought.
Who coordinated this show? Longest-ass opening I've ever seen -
Let's see, they started with Bruce Springsteen, then the official opening with Jimmy Fallon. The song parodies were funny. I loved that he skewered Nelly for the "herre" in the song title, but after about a million minutes of Fallon going on about it, I was ready for the joke to end.
I was already impatient for Justin, too, so that might have had something to do with it, too. ;-)
and a weird way to open the show, too, especially the Michael Jackson birthday bit. Save for later in the show perhaps? At least he kept it somewhat short.
Well, that was weird, wasn't it? What a friggin' great way to completely stall the bit of momentum they had going. Just...odd. MJ is just too freaky to be seen in public these days.
Chris seemed overcome with emotion at Gwen Stefani. Cute.
Without benefit of repeated viewings, all I thought at the time was that he was having a fanboy crush. He's the cutest thing. :-)
Nas - ewww.
I wasn't feeling that performance. He sounded weird, and I thought it was his voice until I read another LJ that mentioned the poor sound quality overall. I'll give Nas the benefit the doubt.
Jimmy Fallon - not that great?
Waaaay under-impressed with Jimmy Fallon. I liked the opening, very funny, but I don't think he had the personality to carry off the hosting duties. The Wayans are always entertaining, and Chris Rock is a hoot - Jimmy Fallon? Never again, please.
Shakira - that song - ick!
Man, I'm pretty sure I heard that song, but you can't prove it. She sure knows how to work those hips, though, and that was entertaining. I'd love to see her go back to her natural hair color.
Avril Lavigne - woohoo! She'll fade away!
I wrote that when she won Best New Artist. Why? Because at least for the Grammys, BNA is the kiss of death. I figure that the BNA award is like the groundhog seeing his shadow: six more months of Avril and she'll be gone. Yeehaw!
Is it boring, or is it boring because I'm waiting for Justin?
Yeah, it was boring. I remembered why I hate MTV, and even more to the point, why I tape these things. Oh. My. God. That was *painful.* And what was with the weird tape thing? It looked like a taped show, not live at all.
Also - why no friggin' JC?!
At this point I was beyond frustrated that they'd showed Justin repeatedly, and Chris and Joey were onscreen a few times. JC, my poor sweetie, got one split-second shot, and I think they only showed, like, the side of his head. Fortunately, pictures in friends' LJs have provided lots of tasty JC pics. :-)
Eminem? Yes, he's an asshole - hittin' a man with glasses.
I don't have the words to properly convey my disgust with this guy. What a moron. He needs behavior-control drugs - strong ones - anger management classes and lots and lots of therapy.
I'm so glad that he got booed. I've never understood why someone who raps about wanting to kill his wife is held up as some kind of musical genius. When I heard the MTV commercials calling him "the year's most enigmatic nominee," I was appalled. Enigmatic? If he worked at Dunkin' Donuts I'm pretty sure people would say, "Man, that dude's psycho."
Eminem needs help.
Moby, on the other hand, is a complete class act.
This is driving me crazy! Not so crazy about Puffy Diddy.
See, I didn't know that Justin was closing the show, so every time they came back from the commercial - and they kept saying his name!!! - I thought he'd be coming up. Oh, the drama.
Puffy/Diddy. Same show he put on before the boys came out on tour. Eeee! Not crazy about Mr. Diddy, at all. The man sure knows how to put on a spectacle though, doesn't he? The bouncy-jumper guys were the coolest thing ever! Can you imagine JC on one of those kangaroo-foot jumper deals? He'd probably be laughing his ass off while bounding about 50 feet in the air. He's so cute. :-)
Was that a nod to Michael Jackson's entrance last year? - The rapping guy (no idea who) that burst through the paper screen during Puffy's gig. If it was a nod to MJ's entrance during NSync's appearance...very cool.
But, if you're interested,
I couldn't tape and re-run for repeated viewings, (ranted about that enough last night)...so I took notes while I was watching. Here's what I thought.
Who coordinated this show? Longest-ass opening I've ever seen -
Let's see, they started with Bruce Springsteen, then the official opening with Jimmy Fallon. The song parodies were funny. I loved that he skewered Nelly for the "herre" in the song title, but after about a million minutes of Fallon going on about it, I was ready for the joke to end.
I was already impatient for Justin, too, so that might have had something to do with it, too. ;-)
and a weird way to open the show, too, especially the Michael Jackson birthday bit. Save for later in the show perhaps? At least he kept it somewhat short.
Well, that was weird, wasn't it? What a friggin' great way to completely stall the bit of momentum they had going. Just...odd. MJ is just too freaky to be seen in public these days.
Chris seemed overcome with emotion at Gwen Stefani. Cute.
Without benefit of repeated viewings, all I thought at the time was that he was having a fanboy crush. He's the cutest thing. :-)
Nas - ewww.
I wasn't feeling that performance. He sounded weird, and I thought it was his voice until I read another LJ that mentioned the poor sound quality overall. I'll give Nas the benefit the doubt.
Jimmy Fallon - not that great?
Waaaay under-impressed with Jimmy Fallon. I liked the opening, very funny, but I don't think he had the personality to carry off the hosting duties. The Wayans are always entertaining, and Chris Rock is a hoot - Jimmy Fallon? Never again, please.
Shakira - that song - ick!
Man, I'm pretty sure I heard that song, but you can't prove it. She sure knows how to work those hips, though, and that was entertaining. I'd love to see her go back to her natural hair color.
Avril Lavigne - woohoo! She'll fade away!
I wrote that when she won Best New Artist. Why? Because at least for the Grammys, BNA is the kiss of death. I figure that the BNA award is like the groundhog seeing his shadow: six more months of Avril and she'll be gone. Yeehaw!
Is it boring, or is it boring because I'm waiting for Justin?
Yeah, it was boring. I remembered why I hate MTV, and even more to the point, why I tape these things. Oh. My. God. That was *painful.* And what was with the weird tape thing? It looked like a taped show, not live at all.
Also - why no friggin' JC?!
At this point I was beyond frustrated that they'd showed Justin repeatedly, and Chris and Joey were onscreen a few times. JC, my poor sweetie, got one split-second shot, and I think they only showed, like, the side of his head. Fortunately, pictures in friends' LJs have provided lots of tasty JC pics. :-)
Eminem? Yes, he's an asshole - hittin' a man with glasses.
I don't have the words to properly convey my disgust with this guy. What a moron. He needs behavior-control drugs - strong ones - anger management classes and lots and lots of therapy.
I'm so glad that he got booed. I've never understood why someone who raps about wanting to kill his wife is held up as some kind of musical genius. When I heard the MTV commercials calling him "the year's most enigmatic nominee," I was appalled. Enigmatic? If he worked at Dunkin' Donuts I'm pretty sure people would say, "Man, that dude's psycho."
Eminem needs help.
Moby, on the other hand, is a complete class act.
This is driving me crazy! Not so crazy about Puffy Diddy.
See, I didn't know that Justin was closing the show, so every time they came back from the commercial - and they kept saying his name!!! - I thought he'd be coming up. Oh, the drama.
Puffy/Diddy. Same show he put on before the boys came out on tour. Eeee! Not crazy about Mr. Diddy, at all. The man sure knows how to put on a spectacle though, doesn't he? The bouncy-jumper guys were the coolest thing ever! Can you imagine JC on one of those kangaroo-foot jumper deals? He'd probably be laughing his ass off while bounding about 50 feet in the air. He's so cute. :-)
Was that a nod to Michael Jackson's entrance last year? - The rapping guy (no idea who) that burst through the paper screen during Puffy's gig. If it was a nod to MJ's entrance during NSync's appearance...very cool.
