There was plenty of lip syncing "back in the day." Stop pretending to be nostalgic when you don't even know what happened "pre-Madonna."

And this is a problem I see in this thread. There's more to performing than just singing and dancing.

And it was BEYONCE'S idea to use that technology in her performance at the BMAs. And her team worked in cooperation with HER ideas.

No One thought of Madonna when Beyonce' brought Terry Mugler out of retirement and wore one of his original pieces. NO ONE.

The point of Beyonce wearing the wedding dress during Ave Maria because it was the song she walked down the aisle to. It had nothing to do with Madonna's WHORISH antics.

I mean...

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Why do ya'll insist on being so dense? Essentially ya'll are saying Madonna's extraordinary "skill" is drawing in people's attention.

Beyoncé can also draw people's attention. And without props at that. That's a testament to her performing skills. Madonna's "artistic" vision doesn't make her a better performer than Beyoncé. Madonna's vision is a way for her to express a story or an idea. You can't say Beyoncé can't express a story or an idea simply because she doesn't live for controversy.

They both tell stories, the difference is Madonna needs her props and controversy to get the same attention raw performers like Michael and Beyoncé get.

Not to Donny, lol.

If Beyonce wore that wedding dress in a performance at the VMAs I assure you people in general and the media would compare it to Madonna's iconic 'Like a virgin' performance based off the wedding dress alone.

Yet he can claim Nicki Minaj and defend her Grammy's performance. He's always been a hypocrite. Nothing new.

I didn't say it had to do with Madonna. Again, if she pulled that at the VMAs it would easily look Madonna inspired. And let's not get into "whorish" antics.

WaiT! This is a good point we should get into. Are "performing" and "entertaining" the same thing?

No, you can perform without being entertaining. We all sat through the 2012 Grammys.

There were also PLENTY of people who couldn't "actually sing." Not everybody was an Aretha Franklin. MY point is that you should stop putting on airs and realize that there has never been some homogenous level of "talent" within the music industry. I know there's a term for this false nostalgia and idolization of the past, but it escapes me.

I need you to understand there's more to performing than just singing and dancing. Look at the Stevie Wonder video I posted. Is that not a good performance sing he's not singing, dancing, or using props/visuals? Being able to perform is your ability to project your audio artistry into visual artistry.

Entertaining is the product of performing. Either you're entertained by the performance or you're not.