Eva Longoria<\/p>\n
I guess MTV has finally matured.\u00c2\u00a0 Just like the networks, it now employs TV
stars to goose ratings.\u00c2\u00a0 USED to be that the music stars were bigger than any
TV star.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s not that TV stars have gotten any better, it’s that music stars
have gotten worse.<\/p>\n
Mariah Carey<\/p>\n
The biggest selling female artist of all time?\u00c2\u00a0 Should I just shoot myself
now?<\/p>\n
Couldn’t Aretha Franklin come out of the wings and blow her off the stage?<\/p>\n
And why does Mariah get to do two songs?<\/p>\n
And the background singers rapping about HER??\u00c2\u00a0 The emancipation of Mimi?\u00c2\u00a0
She’s just as bad as the men are.<\/p>\n
And the thanking of the audience when she was done.\u00c2\u00a0 Reminded me of nothing
so much as Sally Field…you LIKE me, you REALLY REALLY like me.\u00c2\u00a0 Killed Sally
Field’s career, could SOMEONE please kill Mariah Carey’s?\u00c2\u00a0 Or is she like
Jason in "Halloween", is she just UNKILLABLE?<\/p>\n
Kelly Clarkson<\/p>\n
Did she really change outfits?\u00c2\u00a0 Remember in the seventies, when you wore what
you wore on the street on stage, when it was about the MUSIC, not the LOOK!<\/p>\n
Jamie Foxx<\/p>\n
Isn’t his year up?\u00c2\u00a0 He didn’t sing in "Ray", why does he get to sing here?<\/p>\n
\nPepsi Chicken Ad<\/p>\n
Highlight of the show so far.\u00c2\u00a0 Better than their Super Bowl ads last
February.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s more innovation in advertising than there is music.<\/p>\n
The Comedian<\/p>\n
Bring back Andrew Dice Clay.\u00c2\u00a0 At least use someone we’ve HEARD of.\u00c2\u00a0 Who did
this guy’s agent blow to get on this show?\u00c2\u00a0 Meanwhile, since he DID blow, don’t
expect to hear from him in the future.<\/p>\n
Oh yeah, that was back when you had to be good.\u00c2\u00a0 The old days.\u00c2\u00a0 We’ll
probably hear from this guy again and again and again.\u00c2\u00a0 There’ll be a feature in
"People".\u00c2\u00a0 He’ll be on "Extra" and "E.T.", and, of course, on MTV, since they have
an investment in him.<\/p>\n
50 Cent<\/p>\n
Living proof that rap falls flat live.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, could it be that all the hype on this show for 50’s movie, "Get
Rich Or Die Tryin’" is because it’s an MTV\/Paramount production?\u00c2\u00a0 Two Viacom
companies?<\/p>\n
Well, 50’s getting more than one song…<\/p>\n
One thing’s for sure, 50’s movie aint’ gonna do the business of Eminem’s.\u00c2\u00a0
Unless, of course, it’s actually good.\u00c2\u00a0 Nah, that’s impossible.<\/p>\n
How about the Dr. Dre biopic?\u00c2\u00a0 THAT’S what we really want to see…<\/p>\n
\nGwen Stefani<\/p>\n
Did she know she was going to get the $100,000 fashion award in advance?\u00c2\u00a0
Looks like it, she said who she wanted the money donated to without missing a
beat.\u00c2\u00a0 Normally, you win, your heart starts to beat, you can’t think straight,
you don’t make commitments instantly, you can’t even come up with answers!<\/p>\n
"Hello It’s Me"<\/p>\n
Did John Legend really sing this in the Gap ad?<\/p>\n
Musical highlight of the evening.<\/p>\n
\nParis and Bow Wow<\/p>\n
A new cultural low.\u00c2\u00a0 Debating who has the most valuable ice.<\/p>\n
These are the values of our youth.\u00c2\u00a0 Education is for pussies.\u00c2\u00a0 Get plastic
surgery and tattoos and be famous for nothing.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, as Mark Knopfler would say,
that’s the way they do it on the MTV.<\/p>\n
More Jamie Foxx<\/p>\n
Will Clive Davis have power from the GRAVE?<\/p>\n
It appears that Jamie got on this show because he’s got a new album.\u00c2\u00a0 On J.\u00c2\u00a0
But he didn’t tell us, the MTV ANNOUNCER DID!\u00c2\u00a0 Seems like a package deal to
me.\u00c2\u00a0 You want Alicia Keys?\u00c2\u00a0 You get Jamie Foxx.<\/p>\n
Destiny’s Child<\/p>\n
God, if only Jamie Foxx’s introduction had led to Mya Rudolph and Gemini’s
Twin, from SNL.<\/p>\n
Biggest selling girl group of all time?<\/p>\n
I guess the Supremes are irrelevant.<\/p>\n
\nKelly Clarkson<\/p>\n
"What you are about to see is incredible!"<\/p>\n
God Diddy, you self-immolating, the Beatles reuniting, one more show from
Pink Floyd this year…THAT would be incredible.\u00c2\u00a0 Kelly Clarkson draining all the
specialness from her ubiquitous hit.\u00c2\u00a0 THAT’S not incredible.<\/p>\n
God, she won "American Idol" because of her voice.\u00c2\u00a0 But here, she wavers in
pitch, her shouts sound like she’s hoarse.\u00c2\u00a0 To think the likes of Prince used
to close the VMAs.\u00c2\u00a0 To think there was a day when MTV represented all music,
and didn’t just pander to a consuming younger demo.<\/p>\n
There was actually a moment you could believe in MTV.\u00c2\u00a0 They seemed to be
having fun, like Diddy said umpteen times tonight, ANYTHING could happen.\u00c2\u00a0 It had
the irreverent spirit of rock and roll.\u00c2\u00a0 At least for a while.<\/p>\n
Hell, it even BROKE like a band.\u00c2\u00a0 Via word of mouth.\u00c2\u00a0 Slowly.\u00c2\u00a0 Uniting fans
to petition cable owners to add the channel to their systems.<\/p>\n
Despite the overhype, it’s true.\u00c2\u00a0 MySpace is the new MTV.<\/p>\n
That’s how the world works.\u00c2\u00a0 People with nothing to lose test the limits, do
something the suits can’t even conceive of, and own the future.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kelly Clarkson has an amazing ass.<\/p>\n
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