The VMAs

The perfect tool, you can bash stuff with it, put it under a short table leg, play catch with it, probably jackhammer a hole with it as well. Geez, you could probably say the same thing for the moon man.
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I actually didnt watch the VMAs but saw this picture this morning. He really is a tool.

who is that?

my question exactly.

James Blunt

this is why the VMAs suck

You are way off. This is why the general music-buying public sucks.

Originally posted by bizou311:
this is why the VMAs suck

Wow…isn't this a bit like reviewing a concert you didn't go to…or slamming an album you haven't listened to? I like James Blunt; I've heard him live, and I like this album - altho the genre isn't my "mainstream" preference. Of all the ugly, mysogynist crap that went on with the hip hop/crunk/gangster crowd at the VMA's last night, I'm shocked the forumites are complaining about James Blunt.

Originally posted by Bartelby:
Wow…isn't this a bit like reviewing a concert you didn't go to…or slamming an album you haven't listened to?

nothing like that at all, i didnt need to watch the vmas to know James Blunt is a tool, i have witnessed it elsewhere

don't be so mean to badsushi … james blunt tries his hardest every day, and isn't that all we should ask of our entertainers?

i seriously thought that was napoleon dynamite at first. he'd probably make a better record than james blunt.

Originally posted by Bartelby:
Wow…isn't this a bit like reviewing a concert you didn't go to…or slamming an album you haven't listened to?

If it's any consolation, I read all your posts before deciding that you were a complete fucking nutcase.

Originally posted by Bartelby:
Wow…isn't this a bit like reviewing a concert you didn't go to…or slamming an album you haven't listened to? I like James Blunt; I've heard him live, and I like this album - altho the genre isn't my "mainstream" preference. Of all the ugly, mysogynist crap that went on with the hip hop/crunk/gangster crowd at the VMA's last night, I'm shocked the forumites are complaining about James Blunt.

i've heard his album and it sucks. its so unoriginal is not even funny. and if you really want , i'll tell you again, once i see him in October. ok?

and do you really think that EVERYTHING is mysogynist?

What's better? Mysogyny or racism? Just curious.

Originally posted by Bartelby:
Of all the ugly, mysogynist crap that went on with the hip hop/crunk/gangster crowd

Originally posted by nkotb:
What's better? Mysogyny or racism? Just curious.

Originally posted by Bartelby:
Of all the ugly, mysogynist crap that went on with the hip hop/crunk/gangster crowd

i thought mysogyny was the new racism.

I flipped it on and the Raconteurs were playing Steady As She Goes, and it was great, and not even 1/3 of the way through they cut to show Pink, Christina Aguilera and someone else backstage and then went to commercial. That was totally pathetic. I don't blame the Raconteurs, though, for showing up and getting publicity.

Saw T.I. perform, defining the triumph of Diddy-esque bombast over substance. Diddy Jay-Z 50 Cent (by making money rather than quality the goal of hip-hop culture - even if they have been attached to certain quality tracks) and the ATL have done untold damage to hip-hop. Folks are making money, but the glorification of nursery rhymes + lifestyles of the rich and famous fantasies has gotten completely retarded.

Jack Black as host was surprisingly flat and not funny. The writing was awful. Then he did the I'm Jack Black and your Jack White thing with Jack White which made Letterman's Oprah / Uma thing look like comedy gold.

Then the guy from Linkin Park won for "best ringtone" and gave a 10 minute acceptance speech. That said a lot about a lot.

That's about all I saw (so far).

The VMAs are like a sh*tstorm of the modern popular music culture. . . some may connect to whatever the hell is going on and survive intact (teenage girls? pre-schoolers? immigrants who think it makes them more american to like this?), while others will be repulsed and fall by the wayside realizing this has passed them by (thank g*d). Of course I say that every year, and always watch . . . . and yeah, always perversely enjoy it.

Just to be safe, I only hate black women.

Originally posted by le sonick:

Originally posted by nkotb:
What's better? Mysogyny or racism? Just curious.

Originally posted by Bartelby:
Of all the ugly, mysogynist crap that went on with the hip hop/crunk/gangster crowd

i thought mysogyny was the new racism.

what about the raconteurs playing "white light, white heat" with lou reed? that was fucking awesome but not a very mtv-like thing to do. not too many vmas viewers would know who the raconteurs are, let alone lou reed. when afi won best rock video, and the singer said "lou reed everybody!" hardly anyone clapped or showed recognition. it was depressing.

who all performed last night?

Are you serious? They seem custom-built for MTV in my opinion.

Originally posted by shtee223:
not too many vmas viewers would know who the raconteurs are

Originally posted by nkotb:
Just to be safe, I only hate black women.

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