All right. It's my time to 'play critic'.
This year's ceremony may have probably been the best in about the last three years or so. Since the tribute with Madonna, who looked extremely magnificent and (without exaggeration) at least in her 30's, I knew this would probably be something special.
The performances, however, were.....
hmm.
Janet - In my opinion, I honestly didn't feel like Janet lived up to the hype of her performance, basically because of the duration (how short it actually was) of it. On top of that, she looked extremely emotional, and even a bit out of it (so to speak). Kudos to her moves - she proved she still has it.
Katy - Although her performance of Queen's
"We Will Rock You" was basically a 'side-thing', I was blown away by how beautiful she looked [and how well she sang
].
Gaga - Hmm. (Again) in my opinion, Gaga basically did what I expected her to do - a 10 on the weird-o-meter. I don't know, it's just that I expected more from her - generally because of all the hype. I personally set a bar for the performances, and Gaga met my expectations. I just thought that her being...
herself, that she would actually surpass my expectations. Nevertheless, the performance was spectacular.
Beyoncé -
. The hype. I was actually literally disappointed for the rest of the night up until the time that I went to sleep. The intro was amazing, don't get me wrong. Then I continued to watch, and my 'meter' just fell. Like many said, the performance was good; it was okay, basically. Everyone expected
Sweet Dreams; she's performed
Single Ladies a million times.
The show, IMO, failed to live up the hype as well, sadly. The inception was favorable, then it all managed to go south. They only presented about four awards, the excessive commercial breaks, the vexatious side performances. [Kid Cudi, Pitbull, Wale -
FAIL.]
Kanye.
Despicable.
Green Day was probably my biggest let-down performance-wise, and what's worse is that I actually thought that Muse had the better performance. Taylor's performance had managed to be very original, though. Simple, but original.
I didn't catch Jay-Z and Alicia's performance, but from what I heard, it was the best of the night. Kudos to P!nk as well. She was one of the underdogs in the performance line-up, being second to Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, but managed to outshine them all. Her performance was definitely unanticipated and unforeseen. This was probably the best performance, for me, of the night.
Then Beyoncé willingly let Taylor have what should have been her moment, which made up for her performance for me. It really wasn't as surprising, though; Beyoncé has always been a wonderful person.
Sadly, though, the VMAs failed, in sorts, to live up the hype circulating around it.
Was I the only one that noticed Beyoncé's donk last night?
Much better than last year, I'm glad it's back in NYC, my fave city in the whole world. 
