Because you know I had to post it - Britney Spears VMA performance

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007/09/britney-vmas-pe.html

Britney's VMAs 'performance'

Sep 9, 2007, 11:11 PM | by Dawnie Walton
Categories: Britney Spears, Music, Television

I should have known that Britney Spears' big Video Music Awards performance would have been uncomfortable to watch the moment it opened, with that closeup of the weave tracks in the back of her head (seriously, MTV camera folks, didja think that was a flattering angle?). But I wasn't quite prepared for the awkward mess in store, as Britney gallumphed around like a zombie while lip-synching to her new single, "Gimme More."
I was really rooting for Britney to be awesome and get the show off on the right foot. And by all rights, she should have rocked — "Gimme More" has been received amazingly well (it's no "Toxic," but admit it, it's better than you expected) — and we have all those fond memories of Brit Brit from VMAs past (with the python, with Madonna and Xtina). But instead of watching a sexy, exciting performance — a resounding statement that yes, she IS Britney, bitch — I saw a tentative, confused-looking girl who could barely muster the energy to mouth along with the backing track, let alone work those stilleto boots. Britney, if you're gonna lip-synch, at least be entertaining!
PopWatchers, am I being too harsh?
UPDATE: If you haven't seen Britney's performance, you can watch it after the jump, via this clip from AOL Music. (If you watch the clip on the AOL Music page, it's preceded by an anti-drug PSA. Think AOL is trying to send a message?)

Den 18 years ago
JCH I can't believe those photographers. Fucking morons! What do they think might happen if they almost crawl onto the car?

On the other hand, knowing her life is like that, that girl needs to hire a driver, and just be done with it.
Sergon 18 years ago
http://www.tmz.com/\


She shirks her responsibilities yet again. I guess it was more important for her to get her lips done than see the counselor yesterday.

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ROzbeans 18 years ago
I wish she would go away.
Sergon 18 years ago
You can listen to the new album on VH1 they have it streaming. It's fucking horrid. I was never a fan of hers but this album really highlights just how poor of a singer she is.

Wow, All I can say is Wow this is awful.

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ROzbeans 18 years ago
It'll sell millions.
Sergon 18 years ago
Ive heard cats fuck with better rhythm.

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ROzbeans 18 years ago
I didn't say it would be worth the millions :teehee I like her old stuff. =x
Vishanti 18 years ago
I think most guys prefer her old stuff as well. Not necessarily the music.
Sergon 18 years ago
http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/26/britneys-a-disaster/

She really just does not give a fuck. Pay special attention to what she said to a reporter coming out of the bathroom for the 3rd time.

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ROzbeans 18 years ago
She has lost her mind.
Lolanae 18 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/30/britney.spears.ap/index.html

I'm sorry...but with a two year old and a one year old....wouldn't childproofing be a top priority and not something you have to be told to do?

/baffle
Laschae 18 years ago
You'd think so. But stupid people never cease to amaze.
Darsa 18 years ago
Sorta goes along the same lines as a law for buckling up or for putting your lights on when it rains. Sad that people need a law to do things that should be common sense :rolleyes
Laschae 18 years ago
I've read alot of this "oh she's a fuck up because she had kids so very very young" and that really gets to me. I had mine when I was 19 and 20 and I haven't gone whack job on em yet. Making excuses for her being a selfish asshole won't help her or those kids. I hate how our society gives everyone a crutch to lean on so they can excuse being accountable.

GD Hormones making me all pissy!
Lolanae 18 years ago
American's always seem to try to find something/someone to "blame" rather than facing the problem itself.
Laschae 18 years ago
I know! It's a fucking epidemic. She's 25 not 15 she hasn't got the right to act like a spoiled brat anymore. Grow the fuck up already ><
Sergon 18 years ago
Histrionic Personality Disorder
SYMPTOMS

A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

(1) is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention
(2) interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior
(3) displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions
(4) consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self
(5) has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail
(6) shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion
(7) is suggestible, i.e., easily influenced by others or circumstances
(8) considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are
Sergon 18 years ago
This is a spot on review of Whiteout er Blackout.

“Her record company would no doubt like us to consider this album a bold assertion of Spears’ identity and, by extension, relative sanity. “Crazy” is acceptable in pop, clinically insane is not. But the self-consciously stylish tin-can beats on “Blackout,” referencing every ’80s synth phenom from Trio to Berlin and smothered with vocal tics cribbed from Beyoncé and Christina Aguilera, actually testify to Spears’ absence, and point to the irrelevance of her modest contribution to the process of building her brand. With so many hot producers competing with one another, what you hear on “Blackout” are not songs so much as commercials for songs — a team of professional songwriters frantically overselling and spinning the image of a celebrity who has essentially left the building.”

- Salon.com’s review of Brtney’s new album, Blackout
ROzbeans 18 years ago
I wonder if it's selling out of morbid curiosity or if its actually any good?