MTV VMAs: Lady Gaga's Joe Calderone is theatrics gone wrong

August 28, 2011 | 6:33pm

I liked Joe.

but to see Jay Z 's facial expression and body language was priceless.

behind him,but no monkey was going to stop his show. Kayne

[Edited 8/30/11 1:20am]

paniuroczy said:

I liked Joe.

Me too. I thinks she looks hot as man.

RKJCNE said:

I don't think Beyonce was lipping

Beyonce lipped for her life

Love on Top from her 4 Intimate Nights

Love on Top via VMA

Play them at the same time .. same vocals...

A few friend and I were at that first performance and while she did sing to a the track and the background vocals were pre-recorded, she was not lip-syncing. I'd put money it...

Didn't watch the show at all (well I literally couldn't anyway, no lights then ) but then again I didn't miss much. It's MTV after all...

alphastreet said:

How the tables have turned now on how 20 years ago, being tech-savvy made you a geek, and now not being one makes you an outcast. I got rid of facebook recently and I don't miss it. I have a twitter account that I only check few times a year, I ALWAYS hated the idea of twitter and thought it was stupid how celebs were tweeting during childbirth instead of enjoying the moment, but got it for keeping up with Jackson family members updates though now I couldn't care less. And though I have apps on my phone, I don't have a large amount, and if I use mapquest, it's only for if I'm going somewhere new,and get VERY irritated with people who don't know basic Toronto roads and highways and their order,and how to solve problems when getting lost by simply knowing N.E.W.S. and they get annoyed with me for knowing and coming off as a human GPS, especially if it's guys.

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[Edited 8/29/11 18:01pm]

You said it! I was coming back from VA to NY with some friends of mine who are addicted to their smart phones. My friend in VA who refuses to get a cell phone, get on twitter, or get on facebook and who knows roads & directions like the back of his hand was willing to give them verbal directions back to NY. They said know we'll just use our GPS. The result, a normally 6 hr car ride turned into a 10 hour car ride because their stupid device kept taking them off course. What's worse they could not admit that their GPS app was useless and were too proud to stop & ask for direction. We finally get to Brooklyn and instead of asking me "Ok which way do we go?" They still relied on that freaking app, so I finally just starting blurting out the directions out of frustration "go straight, make a left at the next block, make another left, then stop! I think I pissed them off, but I didn't care. All of this "technology" has made people obnoxious, lazy, stupid, thoughtless, mean, inconsiderate & annoying. I refuse to let anyone make me feel like an outcast for not reveling in all of this tech minutia. I stand my fucking ground, all my friends know you have to CALL me, no texting. This tech crap would be cool if people were not so willing to give up control of their lives, the use of their brains, their privacy, and all types of social graces....for $100 a month no less.

Oh and nice mop of gray curls, Brian!

shorttrini said:

A few friend and I were at that first performance and while she did sing to a the track and the background vocals were pre-recorded, she was not lip-syncing. I'd put money it...

Yea I didn't think she was lipsynching either...at the VMA's that is.

ViintageJunkiie said:

RKJCNE said:

I don't think Beyonce was lipping

Beyonce lipped for her life

Love on Top from her 4 Intimate Nights

Love on Top via VMA

Play them at the same time .. same vocals...

I remain un convinced, how can you tell?

If she is lipping, then I have never seen it done that well.

ViintageJunkiie said:

RKJCNE said:

I don't think Beyonce was lipping

Beyonce lipped for her life

Love on Top from her 4 Intimate Nights

Love on Top via VMA

Play them at the same time .. same vocals...

... No they're not...

You can basically hear in the first track that her rhythm was slightly off and made a few mistakes, also shes a tad off key.

The second video is more polished, less rhythm discrepancies,

Se's in key here

I'm no Beyonce sympathizer, but I'm not gonna take away anything from her

steelyd said:

alphastreet said:

How the tables have turned now on how 20 years ago, being tech-savvy made you a geek, and now not being one makes you an outcast. I got rid of facebook recently and I don't miss it. I have a twitter account that I only check few times a year, I ALWAYS hated the idea of twitter and thought it was stupid how celebs were tweeting during childbirth instead of enjoying the moment, but got it for keeping up with Jackson family members updates though now I couldn't care less. And though I have apps on my phone, I don't have a large amount, and if I use mapquest, it's only for if I'm going somewhere new,and get VERY irritated with people who don't know basic Toronto roads and highways and their order,and how to solve problems when getting lost by simply knowing N.E.W.S. and they get annoyed with me for knowing and coming off as a human GPS, especially if it's guys.

[Edited 8/29/11 17:59pm]

[Edited 8/29/11 18:01pm]

You said it! I was coming back from VA to NY with some friends of mine who are addicted to their smart phones. My friend in VA who refuses to get a cell phone, get on twitter, or get on facebook and who knows roads & directions like the back of his hand was willing to give them verbal directions back to NY. They said know we'll just use our GPS. The result, a normally 6 hr car ride turned into a 10 hour car ride because their stupid device kept taking them off course. What's worse they could not admit that their GPS app was useless and were too proud to stop & ask for direction. We finally get to Brooklyn and instead of asking me "Ok which way do we go?" They still relied on that freaking app, so I finally just starting blurting out the directions out of frustration "go straight, make a left at the next block, make another left, then stop! I think I pissed them off, but I didn't care. All of this "technology" has made people obnoxious, lazy, stupid, thoughtless, mean, inconsiderate & annoying. I refuse to let anyone make me feel like an outcast for not reveling in all of this tech minutia. I stand my fucking ground, all my friends know you have to CALL me, no texting. This tech crap would be cool if people were not so willing to give up control of their lives, the use of their brains, their privacy, and all types of social graces....for $100 a month no less.

I have to admit I like texting a lot though it depends who I'm talking to and what it's about. I'm always very awkward on the telephone though more open in text, internet and in person so it's more comfortable for me. But yeah, that does sound frustrating and it sucks being ignored like that, my ex was an asshole to me for that, and the one time I was a tiny bit unsure about somewhere we were going but I resolved it very quickly, he was sooo mad despite the fact we didn't even get lost! I think it was jealousy.

HermesReborn said:

... No they're not...

You can basically hear in the first track that her rhythm was slightly off and made a few mistakes, also shes a tad off key.

The second video is more polished, less rhythm discrepancies,

Se's in key here

I'm no Beyonce sympathizer, but I'm not gonna take away anything from her

I agree with you here. I don't think she's lipsyncing at alll. I think some people are going too far to try to criticize her. You have to give her some credit .

I don't know if Beyonce lip synched or not, but I enjoyed her performance and "Love On Top" is probably my fave song on "4". It's a great song.

Love On Top is the best song off 4, I love it so much. I don't like the album very much and don't plan on buying it. I guess the jacket she wore had a 1999 era vibe to it, though I mostly thought of Jackson 5

I agree with three comments, love on top is great! And I love the look she had, instead of the usual leotard/dress enesemble.

lets not act like that beyonce performances was just so amazing. It was alright. It look a little cabaret.

and she could be using prerecorded live vocals. So while they are not studio vocals, they are still not live while she is performing.

the dancing was so cheesy, and i honestly thought that song was from an old Destiny's child record. Lady gaga was in the audience looking so confused that was freaking hilarious

TotalAlisa said:

lets not act like that beyonce performances was just so amazing. It was alright. It look a little cabaret.

and she could be using prerecorded live vocals. So while they are not studio vocals, they are still not live while she is performing.

the dancing was so cheesy, and i honestly thought that song was from an old Destiny's child record. Lady gaga was in the audience looking so confused that was freaking hilarious

IYO.

IdentityCrisis said:

TotalAlisa said:

lets not act like that beyonce performances was just so amazing. It was alright. It look a little cabaret.

and she could be using prerecorded live vocals. So while they are not studio vocals, they are still not live while she is performing.

the dancing was so cheesy, and i honestly thought that song was from an old Destiny's child record. Lady gaga was in the audience looking so confused that was freaking hilarious

IYO.

Call it cheesey or what ever you likes, you wouldn't like Beyonce if she cured cancer. I thought it was the performance of the night.

RKJCNE said:

I agree with three comments, love on top is great! And I love the look she had, instead of the usual leotard/dress enesemble.

It was refreshing to see her clothed and I did like the Jacket.

yes it was refreshing to see her in full clothing. lol. the performance was nice. it kinda made me like the song more b/c you can tell she was so happy.

goodwillt7 said:

yes it was refreshing to see her in full clothing. lol. the performance was nice. it kinda made me like the song more b/c you can tell she was so happy.

I agree to even though I still think the song is okay but the thing that the media does with Beyonce that takes away from that is they overrate it or they'll hype it up with any of her performances when its really JUST average or just a "good" performance nothing spetacular amazing or that should be compared to another legend. I guess since music is so bad now people will over hype anything. I thought Adele had the best performance.

TotalAlisa said:

lets not act like that beyonce performances was just so amazing. It was alright. It look a little cabaret.

and she could be using prerecorded live vocals. So while they are not studio vocals, they are still not live while she is performing.

the dancing was so cheesy, and i honestly thought that song was from an old Destiny's child record. Lady gaga was in the audience looking so confused that was freaking hilarious

I feel like you're making a big effort to dislike her. Like there's nothing good about her whatsoever.

paniuroczy said:

TotalAlisa said:

lets not act like that beyonce performances was just so amazing. It was alright. It look a little cabaret.

and she could be using prerecorded live vocals. So while they are not studio vocals, they are still not live while she is performing.

the dancing was so cheesy, and i honestly thought that song was from an old Destiny's child record. Lady gaga was in the audience looking so confused that was freaking hilarious

I feel like you're making a big effort to dislike her. Like there's nothing good about her whatsoever.

didn't you say it was depressing that people don't think for themselves?????

you were okay when everyone agreed with your opinions on that performance. Now that someone doesn't agree you take offense.

The sequin jacket, the old motown moves and over the top facial expressions. It was freaking hilarious to see the look on lady gagas face. Not to mention someone posted earlier a review of the MTV awards and they said her performance was lackluster.

I think if people really thought that performances was the best, then her plan (showing off her pregnant belly) worked. Just like you think people who don't like the performance make a big effort to dislike her.

I remember the first time she performed solo on the MTV awards, now that was the best of that show.

TotalAlisa said:

paniuroczy said:

I feel like you're making a big effort to dislike her. Like there's nothing good about her whatsoever.

didn't you say it was depressing that people don't think for themselves?????

you were okay when everyone agreed with your opinions on that performance. Now that someone doesn't agree you take offense.

The sequin jacket, the old motown moves and over the top facial expressions. It was freaking hilarious to see the look on lady gagas face. Not to mention someone posted earlier a review of the MTV awards and they said her performance was lackluster.

I think if people really thought that performances was the best, then her plan (showing off her pregnant belly) worked. Just like you think people who don't like the performance make a big effort to dislike her.

I remember the first time she performed solo on the MTV awards, now that was the best of that show.

I never said it was the best of that show. I didn't like the performance that much either, as I said before. I don't even understand, you are taking my posts way out of context. I am not offended whatsoever. I just feel like you are trying to rag on her, when we're just talking about what makes her not so great. I do not see how she lip synced at all, if you listen really closely you can hear tiny parts that are out of key.

I do think it's depressing that people don't think for themselves. I don't even understand what that has to do with anything. Just because I disagreed with you I don't think for myself?

what´s the use of a music awards show on a channel that doesn´t feature any anymore...

MTV you´re history... your time is up