dancerella said:

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

There were a lot of regrets onstage. As i was watching the show i was counting all the folks who would be spending a lifetime living down some of this shit. All the idiots with the crappy tattoos on their faces for example. Being young, stupid and on drugs.

I did end up catching some of the show later on....I'm huge Madge fan but that tribute was quite bad. And what kind of look is she going for? I don't understand it.

The outfit was horrendous, god knows what she was going for there!

The speech though ... apparently she was asked just before she went out to share any anecdotes she had about her career and Aretha, which is exactly what she did. I don't see the harm in that. It wasn't meant to be any sort of official tribute and its not like she said anything bad about the lady, it was positive stuff.

People are too quick to get offended these days ... Twitter blows up about stuff like this while truly onerous things in the world get a pass

DaveT said:

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

DaveT said:

The outfit was horrendous, god knows what she was going for there!

The speech though ... apparently she was asked just before she went out to share any anecdotes she had about her career and Aretha, which is exactly what she did. I don't see the harm in that. It wasn't meant to be any sort of official tribute and its not like she said anything bad about the lady, it was positive stuff.

People are too quick to get offended these days ... Twitter blows up about stuff like this while truly onerous things in the world get a pass

No no no, she sounded like she was drunk or high and stupid.

Well, if its the worst thing that happens in the world this week I think we can consider the goal of world peace and unity well and truly achieved ... this will be waaaaaaaay down the list of 'things to get your knickers in a twist over' for me.

DaveT said:

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

The only thing good about it was Kevin hart and Tiffany Haddish making fun of everyone.

As well they should because they deserve being made fun of.

And if Crooked Hillary didn't get locked up, why lock up Crooked Donald? Hypocritical much?

Both Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj had some production value to their performances. Jennifer Lopez did a great presentation for winning the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award.

A friend of mine who is 21 is visiting New York and happened to be outside before the show, and he said "I forgot MTV existed".

Purplestar88 said:

I find it strange that they did a " tribute" to Aretha Franklin but did nothing for Prince, Bowie, or George Michael if I remember correctly. Just strange to me.

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What tribute? Madonna's ramblings was not a tribute. They could have pulled together a couple of real singers to do a proper tribute but, oh, I forgot, the demographic who watches the MTV Awards probably don't know or care who Aretha was or probably only know her because their great-grandmothers used to play her music. So MTV really didn't give a rat's behind about a proper Aretha tribute. But, I'm sure the other awards shows will do fitting tributes.

1contessa said:

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

1contessa said:

As well they should because they deserve being made fun of.

And if Crooked Hillary didn't get locked up, why lock up Crooked Donald? Hypocritical much?

Oh that’s easy, and nothing hypocritical. Crooked Donnie has committed crimes and he will be locked up.

Very hypocritical, because we all know that Crooked Hillary along with her husband, committed many crimes, and absolutely nothing was done, so if they lock Donnie up they should lock them up right along with him.

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1contessa said:

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

DaveT said:

The outfit was horrendous, god knows what she was going for there!

The speech though ... apparently she was asked just before she went out to share any anecdotes she had about her career and Aretha, which is exactly what she did. I don't see the harm in that. It wasn't meant to be any sort of official tribute and its not like she said anything bad about the lady, it was positive stuff.

People are too quick to get offended these days ... Twitter blows up about stuff like this while truly onerous things in the world get a pass

No no no, she sounded like she was drunk or high and stupid.

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But not British she seems to have left that accent behind with her teeth/tooth gap in favor of mumbling through "grillz".

Is Madonna's portion on YouTube yet? I'm sorry I missed it but I had to do something else right then.

onlyforaminute said:

RodeoSchro said:

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

dancerella said:

I did end up catching some of the show later on....I'm huge Madge fan but that tribute was quite bad. And what kind of look is she going for? I don't understand it.

I don’t even believe in “cultural appropriation” being a real thing, but it looked like she was going for a cultural appropriation vomit of everything she could think of.

I think she was auditioning for some STAR WARS NOMAD or something... or some generalized hippie trash from VENICE BEACH. You could literally just cut and paste her into some STAR WARS land... PATO BANTON or whatever da fuq they're calling the new places...

Minutes after leaving the stage, she was seen fidgeting around for her pockets, then asking passerby for ANY SMOKES?...ANYTHING?

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dancerella said:

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

dancerella said:

Aerosmith played with Post Malone? WTF??

Yeah! Well, Post joined in miming guitar playing or something while Aerosmith ROCKED the place. Honestly the best act on the stage by FAR!!. And I am not even a big Aerosmith fan.

sadly. Steven Tyler went to Twitter to proclaim "post .." - "the future of music"


I don't think he was being sardonic or trash talkin... I think he might have meant it? Or maybe he just wants better quality young broads

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2045RadicalMattZ said:

It sucked this year, and it wasn't very much of a tribute to Aretha.

Nicki always seems to be feuding with someone, every award show.

I so miss the days of old, when music was great, and people actually had talent....those day are long gone.

1contessa said:

I so miss the days of old, when music was great, and people actually had talent....those day are long gone.

That's why they have to resort and rely on comedic skits and props in order to carry out the show...

They didn't have to do that in the 80s

the industry knows the music is done, the real music is done...

I read what Madonna said about Aretha. Much ado about nothing.

As far as her outfit... I just didn't realize she'd been cast on Game of Thrones!

GoT? Nah. Lost Boys?

I didn't see the show (actually I don't have a TV), but.....how come the music I hear about on this forum (which, btw, proves that music is NOT dead) never gets an award? Like, how come someone like Jacob Collier never gets anything??

...talking of which, where do you guys get to hear about these artists from???

PennyPurple said:

Nicki always seems to be feuding with someone, every award show.

It is a very obvious gimmick but doesn't put her in the best light. Beefing with people because she hit #2 on the charts instead of #1.

Cinny said:

PennyPurple said:

Nicki always seems to be feuding with someone, every award show.

It is a very obvious gimmick but doesn't put her in the best light. Beefing with people because she hit #2 on the charts instead of #1.

I thought it was a gimmick at first also, and thought that "what if these 2 are just faking a beef in order to get people to buy both their albums?"..because it's what they do these days, fake everything and fool the public, in order to sell their goods (thanks Kartrashians!)..but I read somewhere that it's not a gimmick on her part, that she's really pissed, and just wants to expose the lies and fakeness of the business, and that she's pissed at the games they play in the business.