From Rihanna's creepy opening performance to Nicki Minaj's over-dramatized, most articulate acceptance speech to Taylor Swift's mediocre lip-synching, I'd say this year's VMA's were an excellent flop.
Frankly, I don't care a whole lot about who won and who didn't. The VMA's are a dopey substitute to the Grammy video category, run by bigwigs and preteens, and the nominees / winners usually don't come as too much of a surprise. Nowadays, I can't find anything that stands out between most U.S. pop videos, and I couldn't tell you the difference in some of the categories, or why they exist. e.g. "Best Editing in a Video" ...How can you tell which video has better airbrushing?
Remember when R.E.M., Nirvana, and The Smashing Pumpkins took home VMA awards? Why not them now? Or Tool? Or RHCP? Or even the Foo Fighters? They're still coming up with creative (often-times meaningful) stuff. (Sidenote: Despite the majority of the nominations, I still approve of a few of this year's, like Maroon 5, Jack White, and Adele.)
Maybe I'm biased, but I'd just like to see award shows like this come back around to good music. But sometimes I have to remind myself that this isn't the 90's anymore.
At least most of America found priority in the President's address.
And where the hell was this guy?
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