My Take on The VMA's

You can always count on The MTV Video Music Awards to provide something worth talking about the following Monday morning. Last night's VMAs did not disappoint in that regard. There was no Kanye West blowup, no Lady Gaga dance number involving blood, no makeout between Madonna and Britney Spears BUT there was plenty other things that went down.

Gaga Goes Guy-

The show began with a bold, daring move by the current queen of pop Lady Gaga giving a jarring monologue about identity from her newly unveiled alter-ego Jo Calderone. The idea of it blew me away. The execution was impressive but one thing drove me nuts. The teenie-bopper, over-privileged kids allowed to be up front that insisted on screaming at the top of their lungs every time Gaga/Calderone said anything. Allow me to write down how the speech went:

Gaga/Calderone: SO Gaga can't be here tonight because she's a *bleep*
Audience: SCREAMS
G/C: I remember playing open mic nights in New York City for nothing
Audience: SCREAMS
G/C: Then I would walk home
Audience: SCREAMS
G/C: And I would sit on the couch
Audience: UNCONTROLLABLE SCREAMS

That was about how it went. I felt like Gaga was trying to say something with her opening speech but the screamers made it really hard to hear. Overall, I thought what she did was genius. I will admit, the whole Gaga thing has kind of gotten a little old to me as of late. It felt like it was getting old and the whole egg thing went down and that of sent me over the edge (of glory.) But, last night was crazy enough to get me back on board. Touche Jo Calderone!


Beyonce Be Preggers- 

I will admit right now I let out an audible gasp when Beyonce grabbed her belly. Then I began to think about how cool this kid is going to be. His Dad is widely known as the "best rapper alive" and his mother many people classify as the "sexiest woman alive." So this kid in my opinion will probably born with my Swag than I can ever hope to achieve in my life.


Adele, You are Ridiculously More Talented Than Anyone-
If you didn't see the performance last night. Stop reading this and watch that right now!

After watching something like this I am reinstilled the faith that talented people are still allowed to make music and perform for large audiences.

Adele, sans a giant yellow block on her head, or high wire harness, or 42 piece band, took the stage just her and a piano and stole the show. Her haunting performance of "Someone Like You" allowed everyone watching to feel her pain and have the urge to beat the crap out of her ex-boyfriend.
Adele, you are wonderful!

How Many People are in Odd Future?

The answer to this questions is... No one really knows. And the actual band name is Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. Yep, seriously! But I will forever appreciate this band and founder, Tyler The Creator for his acceptance speech of Best New Artist. He in my opinion was the anti-Justin Bieber who decided to show up dressed like an 8 year old who broke into Kanye West's closet.

Tyler The Creator gave the most heartfelt, actually honored acceptance speech of the night. It made me cheer for him amidst me trying to count how many people were up there with him.

Who is Hungry Tall Giant or Young Jack and the Beanstalk?

OK, apparently their name is Young the Giant. Now, if you are a regular reader of my Wednesday Mix Tape then you know I consider myself a music snob. I try to find out about the cool new indie-band before anyone else does. This year's VMA was a swift kick to my music snobness, and it might be the first sign in me beginning to feel really old. I had never heard of this band, or 3 of the Best New Artist nominees... and is there anyone out there who can tell me who the hell is Kreayshawn and why so many letters?

But, Young the Giant was one of my favorite performances of the night. It was pure indie rock at its finest and the energy was the most honest of any performer's of the night.

Quick Other Notes- 
- Britney Spears should stop smoking
- Bruno Mar's tribute to Amy Winehouse along with Russell Brand's speech was very nice
- The opening comedian guy was not funny
- Why did the Jersey Shore girls get to present? I don't care about them. Just let Pauley D talk!
- Only in America, do you get to go from beating Rihanna to doing somersaults over 100s of teens screaming your name... Chris Brown... Not a fan
- Cloris Leachman, you are old
- Wait! Did they really just give a Lifetime Achievement Award to Britney Spears?
- I discovered nothing impresses Justin Bieber
- Jay-Z and Kanye West are cooler than about 99.5% of the population
- Katy Perry, Are you TRYING to look like Marge Simpson?
- Is Hunger Games the New Twilight?
- I am surprised that Twilight didn't win anything
- Never ever let Lil Wayne close out your Awards show. The audience wants to hear at least a minute of the final 3 minute performance. And also Lil Wayne, you have to play a guitar for more than 10 seconds before you can smash it.