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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
It's funny, I totally disagree. I thought this ceremony had some of the best energy of any award show over the past few years. I thought almost all the performances were at least good. I was surprised by how much I liked Lady Antebellum but it reminded me that I have to keep an open mind.
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Well, I guess that energy flew completely over my head.
It was actually Gaga's "Poker Face" tidbit that had been entirely too weak. If there'd had been any energy at all, it probably emanated from Elton John and Gaga performing "Speechless" and "Your Song". I can tell that they both, at least, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Beyoncé was a letdown, primarily because, despite the energy and charisma being there, her presence wasn't. A lot of her notes had fallen flat, which made me cringe several times. I'm still confused as to why she chose that song in the first place, and even if so, she has had far superior performances of it. Well, at least she didn't perform "Single Ladies".
Two thoughts popped into my head as I saw P!nk progress into her performance: "This song is drab", and "She's flying again?". What did amaze, though, is that, unlike her VMA performance where she had been connected to numerous wires and ropes, the only thing that held her up was the cloth she had strewn beneath her underarms. I thought that was pretty amazing.
Taylor was passive and boring, and Stevie didn't provide much assistance either.
The Black Eyed Peas were sort of lame.
The "Blame It" performance was pretty awkward, from start to finish.
Some performances [i.e. The "Forever" performance, Lady Antebellum] I'd completely forgotten about. I'm guessing they hadn't piqued my interest to begin with.
The only performance that I can honestly say I somewhat enjoyed was the Michael Jackson tribute, though that is probably only due to the fact that the "Earth Song" an emotional song one way or another, no matter who performs it.
Basically, these performances were all too "serious", for lack of a better word, and even the more practical ones were somewhat restrained.
I guess what I'm getting at is:
VMA Performances >>>>>>>>>> Grammy Performances.