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Now I was going to post some thoughts, but Stereogum’s entry, captions and comments are so much funnier than anything that I could have come up with, so just some random observations:
The Killers at least won one award, yay. However, I think I don’t “get” Brandon – I mean, first of all, cleavage ya’ll – and seriously, my mother has a jacket like the one he was wearing. And what part exactly was supposed to be “history” about The Killers accepting an award from Snoop Dogg? Or was that a joke I didn’t get?
Their performace was pretty good, not mindblowing or anything, but it had some great moments. My favourite performance of the evening was Kanye West I think, the energy was brilliant. I had been looking forward to Coldplay, but thought that Chris Martin’s voice was a little disappointing that night. However, the VERY yummy bass player managed to save the performance with v. lovely backing vocals. And I’m not Bridget Jones.
I also have to confess that My Chemical Romance have somewhat become a guilty pleasure of mine. I know I know, I ain’t no teenie no mo’, but I do actually find “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” to be a very entertaining album. Having said that, however debatable their music may be, “Helena” was a fantastic video, and they really would have deserved an award for that in my humble opinion. Actually I’m pretty annoyed they didn’t get a single one.
Their surprise performance sadly revealed one of their major weaknesses – their lead singer, Gerard Way, unfortunately does not sing live very well. You can tell he wants to do well, but it simply doesn’t work out, and that is kinda sad to watch. Ah well, their show was great nevertheless, and let’s admit it, he is very handsome, so one can be forgiving about small potatoes such as a singer’s voice here *laughs*.
Do I embarrass myself further and slag off the horrible horrible outfits that some of the ladies were wearing that night? Such as Kirsten Dunst (oh.my.god), Jessica Simpson (WTF!!!!!!!!), Eva Longoria (Eh?), Fergie BEP (???) and Kelly Clarkson’s outfit for the finale? No, I don’t think I will do that. At least there were plenty of well-dressed men that night.
I would like to focus my entire evil energy on R Kelly, but words fail me here, they really do. I was so embarrassed by his atrocious performance that I was literally shuffling uncomfortably in my chair. First of all this over-the-top, whacked-out story, and then the worst lip-synching I have ever seen. It was so bad that I’m starting to think that this was some kind of last minute substitute act, this couldn’t possibly have been a rehearsed performance!
Some closing thoughts on this year’s festivities:
Hahahaha, no award for Eminem. Diddy is the epitomy of megalomania. Ricky Martin is looking gayer by the year. Ciara always looks like she forgot to pull down her top. Alicia Keys is divine. How old is Kelly Clarkson? My guess would be about 17. I will try to not watch it again next year.
