I just finished watching the (DVRed) MTV VMAs. Here is what I learned\u2026<\/p>\n
1. I like Justin Bieber. Is he Paul McCartney? No. But no one is. Can he actually sing unlike 99% of the shitbirds pumped out into pop music? Yes. His YouTube videos sound better than most of crap MTV “professionally” puts out (when they bother with music at all.) Might that change when he hits puberty and his voice changes? Sure. So you can\u2019t really blame him (and Usher) for cashing in now. Plus he reminds me of my little brother. When my brother was actually little. <\/p>\n
2. I like Taylor Swift. I\u2019ve liked her since her first song was put out on the internet. I\u2019ve seen her live and know she can sing live and sound good. Does she have the range of Carrie Underwood? No. Does she have the best voice in the whole wide world? No. So. She has a pretty voice for the songs she does. Did you hear Rihanna with Eminem? She sounded like the cat whose tail is slammed in the door. Actually almost all of the singers on the show sounded like that. Plus Taylor actually comes across sweet and nice. So weird in the music industry. And frankly, I think country artists are the only ones left with real voices. Well, them and gospel singers.<\/p>\n
3. I still like Eminem. I know he is very likely a freakazoid. But I don\u2019t want to marry him, so I don\u2019t care. He does have good stage presence.<\/p>\n
4. No one cares, or will pay good money to see, \u201cThe Social Network\u201d except desperate Justin Timberlake fans. Mark Zuckerburg simply doesn\u2019t have that many groupies.<\/p>\n
5. The majority of \u201cpop\u201d music created today is just that – created. Without the help of the studio most of these guys sound like crap. Pretty sure the Monkees could at least hit their notes. <\/p>\n
6. I was really, really hoping a light fixture would have fallen in the hot tub set they had the Jersey Shore cast in…<\/p>\n
All of this was learned while fast forwarding thru the 2+ hour show. It took 23 minutes from start to finish. Booyah.<\/p>\n
p.s. I wish I could have 15 of those minutes back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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