Blogging the VMAs!
Never done this before, let’s see how it goes! It will probably be very boring unless you’re actually watching them. Which you aren’t because 1) they’ll be over by the time I hit ‘PUBLISH’ and therefore by the time you read this, and also 2) I’m watching them a whole day later than most of my (I assume) USA-based readers.
So. Here goes!
- Madonna. Good speech in places. What’s with the uber botoxed face? Shouldn’t be surprised, but I never noticed before.
- I like the Michael Jackson dance medley, especially Janet’s performance. That must’ve been really hard.
- Is it time for the New Moon preview yet? No? Crap.
- Ohhhh, I get it – Katy Perry and Joe Perry. Nice one.
- Bit of an egocentric entrance there, Russell Brand. I’d expect nothing less!
- Oops! Once again, Mr Brand, the Americans didn’t get your jokes.
- Lady Gaga, what.are.you.wearing. and WHY?!
- Russell, I did wonder how long it would take before you mentioned your twig and berries. You lasted longer than I thought!
- Ah! See what you did there! Taylor Lautner and Shakira presenting together because he plays a werewolf and her (ridiculous) song/video is called She Wolf. Laaaaame! Um, I probably would’ve voted for Pink on this one, but I like them all.
- Best Female video. *cringe* I know what’s coming.. Kanye is about to ruin it for her.. SO out of order.
- Ugh, what an asshole. Quick! It’s awkward! Go to commercial! Or something! Poor girl…
- Jack Black is funny.. who’s that chick next to him?
- My vote for Best Rock Video has to be ‘Decode’ by Paramore. (But if it weren’t for the Twilight fixation, I’d say Fall Out Boy.) Congrats anyway to Green Day! They’ve earned it, if only just for longevity.
- Now is it time for the New Moon preview? Not yet? Dang!
- Aw, Taylor Swift singing on the underground.. that’s cute! Except for the whole cheesy people dancing in the train car and running through the station thing. Not so much. I didn’t know subway trains had multi-colored strobe lights!?
- To her credit, though, she’s not lip synching, and she’s doing a good job staying in tune while doing all the skipping and running around.
- Whoa, I forgot how short Pete Wentz is!!
- Oh dear, Lady Gaga again. *braces self* Why is she singing all weird? I’m so confused. Girl in a wheelchair, Lady using a cane. And then, no more. It doesn’t make sense. Aaaaaaand now she’s bleeding. This is too weird to be cool. Don’t like it at all.
- I’m going to go fold my laundry while Russell talks some more bollocks.
- Best Pop Video. I don’t really think that any of them were that fantastic. But ‘Womanizer’ was probably my favourite song of the lot.
- Hi Seth Cohen, hi!!! (I’m not even really watching Green Day’s performance now, I’m just Google-imaging Adam Brody.)
- New Moon trailer in 6 minutes!?!?! Don’t mess with me, you better not be lying, Faceless Announcer Woman!
- Squeee! OH MY GOSH I CAN’T WAIT TIL 20TH NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man!!
- Do I even bother watching the rest of this now? Is there really a point? I got what I came for!
- Oooh, Best Male Video – gotta be Eminem. TI though? Really? Lame.
- Hey! Alexa Cheung!! And Gerard Butler! Brits are representing!
- Muuuuuuuse!!! Sweet. (Although Ush did distract me during their performance with this. (It’s hilarious – just ignore the Georgian bits in the beginning and end.))
- Tracy Morgan and Cyndi Lauper!! Love it! Though I prefer Randy’s version from My Name is Earl
- Best Hip Hop video. Again, it’s gotta be Eminem. But, ooooh, I do like the Flo Rida song too. And I also like Love Lockdown, but I no longer like Kanye.
- Eminem! Woo!!
- Best New Act. Oh geez, Lady Gaga is going to win it, isn’t she? Yes, yes she did. And she’s covered, no, seriously, covered in red fabric. Oh. Kay.
- Good one, Serena.
- Pink!!! Blindfolded? With a heart sticker over her boobie? Hmm… I do like the trapeze-ness. Pretty dang cool performance.
- Video of the Year. Waiting for a ‘jizz in my pants’ reference… Ah! They didn’t do it. Guess that’s old news. My vote goes to: um, none of the above really.
- Firstly, Lady Gaga is wearing a birds nest on her face.
- Also, HUGE props to Beyonce for calling Taylor up to have her moment. That’s pretty huge.
- Jay-Z, featuring Alicia Keys. Interested to see how this one will go…
- Not really empathising with the tribute to New York. I’ve never been and wonder if it might be a bit overrated? I don’t know. I think this performance is made by Alicia, though. Jay-Z’s rapping isn’t really up to scratch.
- Aaaand, a brief but nice final MJ tribute. A bit anticlimactic, but good!
So there you go. 2009 VMA’s.
Was it good for you?
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