Can it possibly be that I’m too damn old for MTV? I missed the VMA’s the first night it was shown but true to form, MTV has been re-running that puppy damn near non-stop over the past few days.
I still can’t force myself to watch it.
Have I gotten too damn old for MTV’s shanannigan’s? I know that Madonna and still-ho’n-strong Spears gave up some tongue action on stage. I’ve been seeing that image posted on their main site for the last 3 days. Oddly enough, I have seen hotter kisses… between cuter woman… in person.
I found this Salon article via Fraction’s site which summed up all I needed to know about the awards. Here’s a snippet from that article:
7 p.m.
Britney and Christina and Madonna — 20 years of slutty pop iconography! — dance together somewhat suggestively and sludge through “Hollywood,” which ends with a complaint about how the radio plays all the same songs all the time. I don’t have to explain the hypocrisy. Missy Elliott busts out of a “Wedding Chapel” rapping that stupid “Work It” song. The four of them gallivant around for a while. Everyone else is going to make a big deal of the fact that Madonna tongue-kisses Christina and Britney, but to me it just reeks of desperation. Tatu is hotter, ladies.9:54 p.m.
Metallica then performs a limp show-tunes medley of MTV’s greatest rock hits. I picked out “Seven Nation Army,” “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” and “Beat It.” Metallica plays one of its own songs, to slightly greater effect, but cannot undo the fact that they’ve just killed rock ‘n’ roll. The hall fills with silvery confetti. I take a deep breath and a slug of wine. And then I am free.
And there it is. Pop marketing ploys and has-been rock bands scampering for that last bit of limelight before they officially fade away (Great Maker please let that be soon). Is that all that’s left of the once mighty-showed-hella-more-videos MTV empire? And what’s with The White Stripes not getting their due? Come on people. Wake up and smell the fucking peppermint!
Maybe I’ve hit that point where I should gracefully slip into VH1 mode and quit my bitchin’. No more MTV for this bloke.
Damnit! I wonder if I can finally catch the season finale of The Osbournes this week…
-Groonk
