As most of you know, or probably watched, MTV’s annual Video
Music Awards were this past week. Now I am not usually the person that
anxiously waits for the start of the award show and then sits through the
entire show, in fact I have never actually sat and watched an entire awards
show. But living in West Hall, it was all anyone could talk about so I decided this
year I would watch it from start to finish. Now I know I have definitely not
been missing anything all these years.
Besides the fact that undeserving
artists win awards simply because teen-angst 13 years-old girls vote for them,
the performances are sub-par at best. To me the VMA’s just prove how much less talented
musicians have become. The performers’ music was so loud that you could barely
even hear the singer, which in most cases was better anyway. Most of them
didn’t sing over half the song, only occasionally sang a few notes while heavily
relying on their prerecorded track. But not all of the performances were
terrible. Despite the shaking beginning, Frank Ocean’s performance was unique
and well done. The simplicity of the setup of the stage went along perfectly
with the purity of his voice. Although I’m not sure I agree with all of the
awards they received, I was pleasantly surprised by One Directions performance.
Simply relying on their voices and their crazed fans, they didn’t wear crazy
outfits or have silly dance moves; they just went on stage and sang. I think
when it comes to VMA performances, less is definitely more.
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