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2007 VMAs Live Blog: Britney and Loathing in Las Vegas

9/9/07, 8:09 pm EST


Welcome to the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards — bringing the real craps to Vegas! It’s always the TV party of the year. But it’s just never the same without Britney, is it? She needs them; they need her. So who’s nominated for awards this year? Well, I hate to get all “who cares” on you, but you know who cares? Me neither. You don’t care who’s nominated. I don’t care. If Mariah Carey had a best friend Harry who had a brother Larry, HE wouldn’t care. What we want to know is: Britney! In Vegas! Roll the bones!

(Click here for our 2007 VMA photo gallery, featuring Britney Spears, Kanye West, Panic! At the Disco and more)

8:20 PM: MTV’s live Preshow Royale is already a red-carpet fashion clusterfuck, but nobody is going to top Lil’ Mama’s Bo Peep outfit. This woman is a lip-gloss shepherdess fashion goddess!

Lil’ Mama, explaining her costume: “This is the birth of hip-pop, and I’m basically the baby of that. My album is coming soon, going to the young people, so we just celebrating that and just keeping it funky fresh with my stizzyle!” It’s going to be that kind of night.

8:22 PM: SuChin Pak predicts that Nicole Scherzinger’s live pre-show performance is going to be “blistering.” Nice way to put it.

8:24 PM: Maybe if we put Pete Wentz and Nelly Furtado together we could get a not-totally-defeated-by-life smile? Probably not.

8:36 PM: What the hell kind of stripper name is Nicole Scherzinger? Even Lil Wayne admits he can’t pronounce it. Shouldn’t she be “Nicole from the Pussycat Dolls,” just so people can tell what she’s doing here? She looks a little shaky, but maybe she’s not used to standing upright this far from a pole.

8:38 PM: Excuse me, we’re halfway through the pre-show and nobody’s mentioned Vanessa Hudgens yet? MTV, you disappoint me. Get Sarah Silverman out here, stat!
8:40 PM: SuChin did not lie … I’m pretty blistered right now.

8:46 PM: Kanye: “If I win video of the year, that’s good, because that goes down in history.” You may want to discuss this with Sammy Hagar, Ye.

8:42 PM: PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAris!

8:49 PM: All right! An interview with Jennifer Garner and Jamie Foxx hyping their new movie, “The Kingdom.” They literally cannot BELIEVE how hot this movie is! And now, let’s cut — right into an AD FOR THE MOVIE!

8:51 PM: Calling Paris “a very lovely young lady” is like putting “SERVE WELL CHILLED” on a Zima. Sway, why in God’s name are you letting her talk about her charity work and “just giving back”? Paris’ haircut is SO PHILANTHROPIST.

9:00 PM: It’s Britney, bitch! She CAME HERE FOR TROUBLE.

9:02 PM: Remember when Britney hit Vegas a few years ago for that HBO special in the white Elvis jumpsuit? Ah, Britney. Now that was a Britney Elvis move. I like the dancer in the eyepatch, though.

9:06 PM: Oh, Britney. That was not a not-terrible idea. Intensely reminiscent of Paula Abdul’s rendition of “Vibeology” on the 1991 VMAs.

9:07 PM: Sarah Silverman’s out of gas. We’re only eight minutes into the show and it’s already coated in suck dust.

9:12 PM: Whoever thought Alicia Keys would look better all botox’d out is probably the same person who thought Britney was ready to go back to public performance. Wait, we’re getting live feeds from Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Pete Wentz, except these performances are not on the show?

9:13 PM: The scary thought is, Britney might not be the most depressing moment of the night.

9:15 PM: Rihanna just thanked Jay-Z for “helping me spread my wings”? How Rod Stewart is that? Eve, you’re pretty foxy. Probably Lil’ Mama’s only fashion competition of the evening.

9:17 PM: Wait, they only let Kanye West do a couple minutes of his song? They’re cutting him off? They have something better to cut to? Like, an ad for Newport Harbor? Seriously, does MTV even know the show is on?

9:21 PM: Oh, Britney. I’m watching it again during the commercial break and I literally cannot believe this is happening. It’s like she gave up dancing two minutes into the song, and started trying to hide.

9:24 PM: Now we’re back, and Akon is singing thirty seconds of his hit from a year ago, with a completely shitty wedding band behind him — who is that, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy? We’re almost a half hour into the show, and the only star who’s been allowed to do a whole song is Britney?

9:27 PM: Justin! “I wanna challenge MTV right now to play more videos!” Fuck, yeah! Congrats, Justin — you are now officially old. I wonder why he’s in such a bubbly mood? Maybe because he just saw the Britney clip? Remember how sad he looked at the 2003 VMAs, watching Britney kiss Madonna? A little cheerier now, isn’t he?

9:34 PM: When the Foo Fighters seem like a breath of fresh air, you can tell this show is bombing hard. Even the cellist looks like she’s having more fun than the actual people on the show. Pat Smear’s all like, “Sure, I understand why we’re not on the main stage.”

9:41 PM: I think we’re all in agreeance, as Fred Durst would say, that this VMA show might be even worse than the one Diddy hosted. At least Diddy didn’t do diarrhea jokes. What’s strange is the terrible wedding swing-ska band is Mark Ronson, making me yearn for “Zoot Suit Riot.” MTV keeps hyping the online extras for the show … but where’s the show? Seriously, this is Sunday night, right? Zima, do your magic!

9:46 PM: Rosario Dawson: “Southern hospitality is killing it right now!” And by “it,” she means “the will to live of anybody watching this show and wondering why T.I. gets twenty seconds of airtime!” Now it’s time for Chris Brown doing a Liza Minnelli-as-Charlie-Chaplin routine. Oh, joy. By the way, just in case you get Turner Classic Movies, right now they’re showing “Love & Death,” one of Woody Allen’s funniest movies. “Yeah, I’m back from the war — I would’ve stayed longer but they ran out of medals.”

9:52 PM: Holy shit, they’re playing the first thirty seconds of “Billie Jean,” it’s like somebody lifted the shades for a moment. And Michael Jackson isn’t even here. Looks like some “surprise Michael Jackson appearance” check didn’t cash out. Or maybe Chris Brown gave his DJ the gang sign for “I’m dying out here, put on some music.”

9:54 PM: And the trophy for Worst Idea of the Night has swiftly gone from Britney to Sarah Silverman to Mark Ronson to RIHANNA KEEPING HER CLOTHES ON. Now THAT was a shitty idea.

9:59 PM: Letting Justin talk = letting Rihanna keep her clothes on.

10:04 PM: They just cut off Cee-Lo and the Foo Fighters doing “Darling Nikki.” To go into a commercial for a reality show nobody will ever watch, then another ten seconds of Foo Fighters doing another song, into another commercial. The only people they’ve indulged with an entire song are Britney and Chris Brown, neither of whom brought a song. On the bright side, it looks like they’re not bringing Sarah Silverman back.

10:11 PM: If you were Ludacris, wouldn’t you refuse to go up onstage too? Maybe the only moment of lucid career self-preservation all night. What’s going on with this show when the smartest, funniest line comes from from PAMELA ANDERSON? “I had my tongue so far down his throat I could taste his Beyoncé.”

10:17 PM: Everybody’s killing it in the comments section, but I have to give special shout to this one:

JJR | 9/9/2007, 10:05 pm EST
On behalf of the MTV Network, I would like to address the negative feedback we’ve been receiving about the new format for the show.Switching between performances allows us to
Oooh look!
Shiny things!
Where was I?

10:22 PM: Just grabbed a bit of “Love & Death” on TCM. Woody: “Nothingness … non-existence … black emptiness.” Diane Keaton: “What did you say?” Woody: “Oh, I was just planning my future.” Hey, he’s watching the show too! Now here’s Linkin Park urging us all to “Bleed It Out,” not bad advice at all.

10:26 PM: Just watched Pamela Anderson again and she definitely said “fiancee” not “Beyoncé” … but Pete Wentz is obviously so drunk I can smell HIS Beyoncé. Hey, who is that doing “Holiday in Cambodia” with the Foo Fighters? And why did they cut it off before the fucking chorus?

10:31 PM: Okay, that was Serj. He was pretty rad. I have a question: MANDY MOORE, WHERE ARE YOU? That girl in the shampoo commercial looked kind of like Mandy Moore and made me miss her, what with all the teen-pop rehab love they’re giving Britney and Justin tonight. “You know who you are…Your love is as sweet as candy … I’ll be forever yours … Love always, Mandy!” Let’s see Rihanna top that.

10:35 PM: Rihanna + Fall Out Boy = something actually resembling popular music. That was actually really fucking great for ALL FORTY-FIVE SECONDS.

10:39 PM: Let me guess, Alicia — your favorite scene in The Bodyguard is the “Queen of the Night” bit, right? BTW, one of Robert Mitchum’s best movies is on Turner Classic Movies tomorrow, “Blood on the Moon,” a noir Western from 1948, 11:15 AM to 12:45 PM. Also has Barbara Bel Geddes, from Vertigo and Dallas. TiVo that shit! Oh, Alicia, you’re still singing?

10:31 PM: Wait, where’s George Michael? Alicia! Bad, Alicia, bad! When you do somebody else’s song, they’re supposed to mysteriously appear rising up out of the floor, like Stevie Wonder did when you sang “I Wish” a couple years ago. George Michael is pretty fucking stoked he blew off this show, don’t you think? FREEDOM! FREEDOM!

10:47 PM: The Farrelly brothers are still making movies? Jamie Foxx is still on TV? The show is still on? Man, this night is full of sad shit. I agree with T-Cap — the Led Zep reunion has to happen. They could get up there with Mandy Moore and do “Your Time Is Gonna Come.”

10:50 PM: Miss Teen South Carolina! Finally, a U.S. American! “In Da Club” sounds great — if you can’t get a good new song, a good old song will do.

10:52 PM: “Our Surprise Musical Master…” that’s gotta be Led Zeppelin. Tommy Lee and Kid Rock had a fight and they didn’t get that onscreen because they were too busy hyping Jamie Foxx or Tila Tequila … SAD. But not as sad as George Michael not showing up.

10:58 PM: Gym Class Fallout … now that sounds like a good time, which we don’t have to take our clothes off for. The TCM schedule is actually pretty hot tonight: Zelig, that’s a good one, I Vitelloni one of my fave Fellini films, The Set-Up is a little hokey but still any noir with Robert Ryan is worth your time, Curse of the Cat People not really a sequel to Cat People, but a very affecting precursor to Pan’s Labyrinth. Holy shit, the VMAs are still going on? Mary J and Dr. Dre? Uh, why? Is it his birthday?

10:59 PM: Looks like a Dre and Eminem reunion that was scheduled to happen BUT DIDN’T… MTV sure had bad luck with getting people to show up this year. Love Rihanna’s handjob motion!!

11:00 PM: “We gotta stop the violence in rock & roll” — excellent!

11:05 PM: Queens of the Stone Age showed up to play with the Foo Fighters and they opted to broadcast eight seconds of it? The only thing that could redeem the final minutes of this show is Britney comes back out, announces “that was just a joke, y’all,” and then makes out with Mandy Moore while Kid Rock and Tommy Lee and George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley beat the crap out of each other with Rihanna’s umbrella-ella-ella! But instead, I see feathers. And … Nelly Furtado? WHIIIIIIIIIFF!

11:08 PM: Help me, Justin-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.

11:10 PM: Nice try, Timbaland and Justin … but you waited WAAAAAAY too long for this “Get up out your seats” shit.

11:12 PM: Let me get this straight. The VMAs’ big climax was NELLY FURTADO? Plus Justin and Timbaland doing the same shit they did better on last year’s show? CHOKE! Take a bow, George Michael, Michael Jackson, Eminem and everybody else who didn’t show up.

11:17 PM: You know how every year everybody says “that was the worst VMA show in history?” This time it’s impossible to think anything else. I love Britney too much to feel any pleasure in what happened tonight, and all I can say is that in Britney world, “disaster” and “comeback” are on the same page of the dictionary. Because it’s a short dictionary! And on that note, I’m going to go lock myself in the basement with a case of Zima and a shoebox of Mandy Moore cassingles. Thanks to everybody who watched along and suffered through this experience together — for the rest of our lives, we’ll be recognizing Britney-shaped scars on each other’s souls. Good night, y’all!

(Re-live this year’s weird VMAs with our photo gallery! Click here to check out shots of Britney Spears, Kanye West, Panic! At the Disco, Chris Brown, Rihanna and more.)


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liawayBlomo | 10/30/2007, 8:59 pm EST

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DAVID | 9/18/2007, 10:45 pm EST

Iactully liked it. Its a show kinda like beauty and the geek. Its the show where you laugh alot at how pathetic the people are…Its was grade A comedy in my humple opinion. And am the onlyone who like last years? This years VMA SUKED , but did any1 else like last years one?

Supergroup: Morrison, Piss and | 9/14/2007, 10:34 pm EST

Vinegar:

YOU’RE ALL A BUNCH OF FUCKIN’ SLAVES!!!

lyle | 9/14/2007, 9:26 pm EST

well this was smugly clever.

and congrats on liking fellini…jesus can we get some writers?

meow | 9/14/2007, 4:28 am EST

imagine vma without britney…..maybe were gonne talk how boring that would be…and yey rihanna

Martin | 9/14/2007, 1:11 am EST

“Switching between performances allows us to
Oooh look!
Shiny things!
Where was I?”

Priceless. Sums up the whole debacle perfectly !

Evie | 9/12/2007, 5:56 pm EST

This VMA was a complete joke! It had nothing to do with the damn music. The producers let everyone down and completely dropped the ball on this one. MTV is dedicated to MUSIC right? MTV needs to really get back into the music, not everything else, just the music!

Joe Millionaire | 9/11/2007, 11:47 pm EST

I skipped the VMAs and watched porn instead. The stars know up front they are going to get f**cked, the sucking is intentional, to “blow” is a good thing, and there’s always a happy ending.

Cheney | 9/11/2007, 11:42 pm EST

The Terrorists have won…

TU-CULION | 9/11/2007, 7:48 pm EST

I LOVE AMERICAN TRAIN-WRECK SHOWS.THANKS MTV OOPS! U DID IT AGAIN.NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME

TU-CULION | 9/11/2007, 7:43 pm EST

THANK YOU AMERICANS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND YO!MTV I WANT MY MOOFOO.TIME WASTED BACK OR REDO THIS!

Chris | 9/11/2007, 4:56 pm EST

Oh MTV - so lost and out of touch on your little island. Forget about the main stage lip syncing. If it is the Music awards - shouldn’t it be about the music. If I remember correctly the show is not called the MTV Video Dancing Awards - so lip syncing is unacceptable and quite embarrassing. Then throw in Silverman, and Alicia Keys and you have a show that starts off like a Methadone clinic. Where were the sparks - the enthusiasm. Viewer’s choice winners Gym Class Hero’s were too busy pounding vodka cran’s to even see, or yet alone embrace their Moon Man. How fitting that it is a Moon Man by the way - floating hopelessly in space - out of communication range. “Ground control to Major Tom” should have been a 8 second clip - before they cut away to a commercial about another reality show no one will watch. Ms. beauty pageant - really?!
Moreover, I grew up listening to Video of the Year going to rediculous recipients - and their excuse was to give it to the best VIDEO of the year. So why did this year’s winner not even thank her director? Why was 50 even up there with Kanye as he did all the talking - oh and blabbering incorherent run on, grammerless sentences about our President doesn’t make you a political activist - or yet alone a triple threat. What happened to all the awards - because 6 of them is not going to cut it.
One last thing - I love how they let us rate Mastodon - who they labeled the Foo Fighters when they got their 10 seconds of glory. But don’t allow us to rate Britney’s blunders. They must already know that she would average 1/2 a moon man out of 5. This was the worst Music Award show they have ever done - congradulations! We will all look back and laugh at the white sunglass lunacy, and laugh - as we now laugh at White Snake/Winger videos. The end must be near - because music is the last thing they know or even focus on. They’re as fake as Time Square - what a perfect location for their outfit. My award goes to Ludacris - because I wouldn’t want to go up on that stage either.

Bob | 9/11/2007, 3:47 pm EST

hey britney. get some new moves && more clothes!!

allright, allright | 9/11/2007, 3:43 am EST

maybe rs isn’t a cokehead, but i have it on good authority that he’s a full-blown smack junkie!

am i too old? | 9/10/2007, 8:56 pm EST

I haven’t watched a VMA in probably 10 years b/c they got really bad.

i am sorry i spent last night watching it an hoping it would get better. i can never get those hours back…

and i LOVE las vegas, but it made vegas look stupid.

the vma’s belong in NY, they seem to be better there.

i feel older than i am they sucked so bad.

Tammie | 9/10/2007, 8:43 pm EST

MTV Award producers - need to be fired!!!!
Britney - this girl is no Madonna …GAME OVER
Sarah S. - You are NOT funny!
Chris Brown - kid has talent , this was the first time I saw him lip synch, hopefully he will polish his act
Rihanna - boring, generic pop singer… pretty girl but she CANNOT sing.
Kanye- enjoyed his performace of the Good Life but I wish he would stop whining!
Justin - always sexy!!

LLC | 9/10/2007, 8:12 pm EST

britney and that other annoying bitch’s nasally voice. what a night.

LLC | 9/10/2007, 7:58 pm EST

she looks like she’s sucking in her belly a little bit

JP | 9/10/2007, 3:53 pm EST

I literally live up the street from The Palms Casino. I could not have been more uninterested this year to watch the VMA’s. When the “monster” single of the year is awarded to a lame sexual metaphor of a song called “Umbrella”. Another nominated video is a teenager singing about lip gloss. It shows that MTV isn’t interested in showcasing music anymore. I can honestly think that a nature channel could have done a better job with a music video award show than what MTV have done the past 5 years.

DAVID | 9/10/2007, 3:43 pm EST

hey lameez, good one.

Angel | 9/10/2007, 2:48 pm EST

This years “production” was a complete disgrace and an embarrassment to any producer and right-minded music listener. I remember the days when the VMA’s were the place to be. The red carpet was flooded with A-list music, movie, and television stars. Sure there were always the few that liked to rage against conformity and brought us headlines of shoddy fashion choices and brash red carpet comments but what award show doesn’t have them? Faulty fashion aside those VMA’s still proved to be the stellar yet slightly naughty stepchild in a line of super structured network award shows. What I saw last night was not only yet another misstep by the unfortunately infamous Spears but a serious swan dive by the producers of the VMA’s. Off to a hideous and uncomfortable start by Brit the show never recovered…nor did it even have a chance had the show been opened by someone far more talented. Did anyone bother to do a rehearsal of any kind? Was it a cooky MTV style twist to have presenters look like lost children in Home Depot leaving such stars as Jennifer Garner and Shia LeBeouf looking left and right for some sign of structure? Lets not forget the classy in audience brawl of Tommy Lee and Kid Rock followed by the emotionally moving (please note a SEVERE sarcastic tone) acceptance of Best New Artist Gym Class Heroes which was executed without a single word but plenty of on camera chugging. Gone are the days of finely tuned, sensational showcases of singing and dancing and all around heart racing presentations. Long story short at the conclusion of this embarassing display I was left waiting for Ashton Kutcher to walk on camera and announce that the viewing public had been Punk’d and the farce I had just witnessed was merely a prank…sadly, I’m still waiting.

basiltherat | 9/10/2007, 2:11 pm EST

I can’t wait for the “Inside the VMAs” special in which the show’s producers brag about how wild and out of control and, ya know, “rock and roll” this whole catastrophe was. Weee, look at us, we’re rebels.

Bartman3020 | 9/10/2007, 2:02 pm EST

Guess I just love Britney no matter what she does– thought she was soo good last night- made my day !!

balo | 9/10/2007, 1:57 pm EST

Sorry to say this , but … Spears really sucks !!!!

Molly | 9/10/2007, 1:21 pm EST

Was it me, or did John Norris just look down right scary? Was he auditioning to be a member of Duran Duran?

midevil | 9/10/2007, 12:55 pm EST

Ooops, I mean, I had to wait to see it online because I don’t have TV. Not that I’d watch that performance more than once–I’m not a masochist.

wereallgonnadie | 9/10/2007, 12:51 pm EST

I’m sorry, I just can’t help it… It’s from Bye Bye Birdie… a movie from my childhood. Cue Paul Lynde.. and a one and a two and a…

Kids!
I don’t know what’s wrong with these kids today!
Kids!
Who can understand anything they say?
Kids!
They a disobedient, disrespectful oafs!
Noisy, crazy, dirty, lazy, loafers!
While we’re on the subject:
Kids!
You can talk and talk till your face is blue!
Kids!
But they still just do what they want to do!
Why can’t they be like we were,
Perfect in every way?
What’s the matter with kids today?
Kids!
I’ve tried to raise him the best I could
Kids! Kids!
Laughing, singing, dancing, grinning, morons!
And while we’re on the subject!
Kids! They are just impossible to control!
Kids! With their awful clothes and their rock an’ roll!
Why can’t they dance like we did
What’s wrong with Sammy Caine?
What’s the matter with kids today!

and grammar has two m’s.

BOOOO!!!! | 9/10/2007, 12:50 pm EST

Sine we could only stand to see the first award given out ( to watch any longer….UGH! ) I thought I was going to have a seizure as they announced the nominations. Britney… did she almost fall, how many times??? Sad, sad, sad.

midevil | 9/10/2007, 12:47 pm EST

It must have taken her a lotta guts to get up there on that stage, knowing she’s not the Hollyrude body anymore. Girl has to stop basing her self-worth on what kind of sex object the audience sees her as. Performance wise, girl wasn’t there. She was clearly stiff and uncomfortable. Her gig last night says so much about our society and how fucked up it is. What’s worse, I waited and waited until the clip cropped up on video to watch it after it aired!

missy687 | 9/10/2007, 12:26 pm EST

okay, one little gem no one’s commented on– John Norris’ make-up! Was that supposed to be glam rock? Hmmm…

Lawrence | 9/10/2007, 12:00 pm EST

I have seen a lot of these shows, but that was the worst of everything! Production, catagories, no one looked like they gave a crap. The Foo’s were the only thing worth watching. Overall the show was UNWATCHABLE!

Morgan | 9/10/2007, 11:31 am EST

Awesome blow by blow, Rob. And that’s what it felt like trying to watch that fucking travesty of an awards show. Damn right, they say every year it can’t get much worse, well, I don’t see how they could ever top that one in the realm of suckdom….Wait a minute, it’s MTV. Someday, somehow, they’ll top it. I also find it interesting that they’re still calling the show the “Video Music Awards”….hmmm. It’d be all fine except….THEY DON’T PLAY ANY FUCKING VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Incidentally, I thought it was hilarious when Justin accepted the whatever it was award (best male performer or something, who cares) and blew off those spoiled little Hills girls without even looking in their direction as they were shooed to the other side of the stage. And for him to twice call MTV out on their need to play videos? Props Justin…..Too bad I’m not still in college as I could probably write a pretty good thesis on why that network and that show was and is so bad. Britney!!!! You did not disapoint.

BanBritney | 9/10/2007, 10:59 am EST

Britney SUCKS! And all her excuses for her horrid performance don’t fly. Blame mtv, blame sara silverman, blame her alleged broken heel that magically seemed fine when she ran off stage, blame everyone but your sad sad self…because you chose to wear that slutty outfit that made you look like an overweight hooker on crack. And by the way- the fake blue contacts made you look even crazier then normal…were you trying to hide your bloodshot eyes and dilated pupils? Most importantly- we know you can’t sing and never could- but at least try to lip synch as though it is real, you might fool a few die hard fans while the rest of us laugh. You forgot the words to your own song- and stopped lip singing altogether at one point. Considering that there are only 2 words to your whole song- gimme more= pretty sad that you couldn’t remember that. Perhaps it was the drugs you were on. Go away!

Waitin on the King! | 9/10/2007, 10:58 am EST

I will patiently wait for the return of the true King of Pop. Not a KOP wannabe, not some young lil man doing a so-so imitation, not new songs on the radio with a ‘MJ feel’ to them, but the real true King of Pop. A true talent, a trail blazer, a real artist. Sometimes you never know what you had until you miss it. I feel bad for you youngins, because you are all being jipped. You are being fed a bunch of junk. The majority of these so called performers today need to go get day jobs. I will never forget back in the 80’s and 90’s, how people waited for the award shows to come on, it was an event, you brought your ass home, you did your homework, took your bath, got your school clothes out and ironed for the next day, you got all that out the way so there would be NOTHING between you and the show. I witnessed Motown 25 live, nothing will ever beat that. I watched the Grammys and the AMA’s when they didn’t make you wanna throw up, I watched MJ go up and get dam near 50 awards, all well deserved, because nobody could come close to what he was doing. Blazing trials that still can’t be walked on. I watched the beginning of hip hop and rap, when the words meant something and you knew you were witnessing history being made. I’ve seen performances by true Diva’s that can actually sing, that commanded the stage and gave their best. They all blazed hardcore, and I am thankful I got to witness it. What is this shit today? Why are you all buying this crap? Demand real talent! Ya’ll know dam well your grandma can sing and dance better than most of these chumps. MTV needs to hang it up, it’s over. Shame on me for even watching the show. Made me feel proud to be getting old. I have been spoiled on good music and will not accept this garbage. Now back to my corner, to wait on the King. And when he gets here, you bitches better bow down!

Beltway Greg | 9/10/2007, 10:56 am EST

Concerning MTV, that Wal-Mat whore Don Henley sang it best:

“Out on the road today I saw a deadhead sticker on a cadillac, little voice inside my head said don’t look back, you can never look back.”

Regarding Dame Spears:

It’s only a matter of time before Britney is doing Trimspa commercials and boning that Larry Blackhead guy and relying on Howard “Special K” Stern for emotional sustinance. But, I bet your mamma didn’t look like that when she had two kids now did she. She’s not a girl not yet a woman (certainly an airhead) but definitely a MILF. Let Vanessa Huggies try that after she has some youngins yaw!

Concerning da fight: White folks can’t so you better stop frontin Kid before Tommy whips out the old you no what and beats you half silly. Actually, if Bret Michaels were to get involved we’d have us a Texas Death Cage Match rockers would pay to see. Anyway, Kid’s just jealous because he didn’t get to make a movie like the other boys. I know I’d be….

Beltway Greg.

VMA | 9/10/2007, 10:16 am EST

ROCK N ROLL on MTV is dead my friends thats why you guys suffer through it and I didn’t! nanan ha!
CLEOSINSANE!

Tushar | 9/10/2007, 10:09 am EST

MTV should retire. We should air YouTube videos of amateur artists doing better renditions of these songs than the overrated singers killin em with lipsynching!!

Kolt | 9/10/2007, 9:48 am EST

This would have been the single worst award show ever if not for one minor detail that, as a result, made it the single greatest award show ever. What detail would that be? Well, I’ll tell you.

Forget Britneys zombie slob performance, forget Silvermans wannabe attempt to be funny and hip, forget Kanyes bitching and whinning, forget Kid Rock and Tommy Lees eye scratching-hair pulling fight, forget Justin, forget, Beyonce, forget the Foo Fighters, forget all of those drunken cracked out overrated botox face MTV stars and the disgusting lifestyles that they live.

The reason the 2007 Video Music Awards was the greatest show on earth can be summed up with nine awe inspiring words:

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL!

Booyaaaa!

Teef | 9/10/2007, 9:42 am EST

That was the best most random and most hilarious thing I’ve ever read , that blog is embodies the reason why people love Rolling Stone, keep up the awesome work.

Whalespoon | 9/10/2007, 9:15 am EST

Thanks Rob! Absolutely one of the funniest blogs I have ever read. And SO TRUE!

K FED HER A LINE | 9/10/2007, 8:30 am EST

Sorry I missed it, I was watching paint dry.

Britney is a JOKE | 9/10/2007, 8:24 am EST

I laughed until I cried watching that idiot Britney on stage. I won’t even say “perform” because she didn’t. She couldn’t even remember the words to her own song & the lip-syncing was worse than ever!!

Now she is blaming Sara Silverman for her joke of a performance.

Let’s all pray that Brit will now realize she is a has-been & take a cue from the REAL performers that rocked the house, like Chris Brown, Alicia & Justin - - those were stellar performances.

leave her alone | 9/10/2007, 8:18 am EST

well, thats it, i’m standing by my girl, i loved from her days in locker room halls, and i’ll love her lookin like amatuer porn star. I am going down with the ship !!!

Anonymous | 9/10/2007, 7:30 am EST

MTV just blew a lot of money on the VMAs and they were one of the worst thigns I have ever seen on TV. Brittany looked like she was high while performing. She looked like she had no idea of what she was supposed to to on stage, which wasnt singing because she was lip sinking. Chris brown was insane as expected, it is a shame that he had the only performance with watching. I think MTV has lost sight of why people watch the VMAs because watching celebs rocking out in a big hotel room with stripper poles and a DJ was not appealing for a second.

Laura | 9/10/2007, 5:45 am EST

so, why is MTV still on the air? it’s like a giant baton of suck was passed around tonight.

dear happyboy | 9/10/2007, 4:13 am EST

i think that britney is still in her 20’s. she is way too young (yet too old) for ashton.

franzchick66 | 9/10/2007, 3:29 am EST

I felt that the Britney Spears performance fell flat, and Rock took a backseat (like always), it didn’t take a backseat, it got thrown off the car.

DPF | 9/10/2007, 3:18 am EST

Were these the VMA’s or the BET Awards

summary | 9/10/2007, 3:01 am EST

Brit’s a fat has-been
Dre is on roids
We all feel old, like Justin
The best part of the show didn’t air (Kid and Tommy’s fight)
I’m ashamed to be part of the MTV generation.

lameez | 9/10/2007, 2:19 am EST

she is capable of doin way WAY better - she isnt on top of her game yet. but i’m sure she’ll make it

lameez | 9/10/2007, 2:14 am EST

BRING BACK THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS!

Has MTV taken the Video out of the MTV Video Music Awards? Have they tried to do with Video Music Awards what they have done with the MTV Movie Awards? With eccentric first time categories such as Monster Single of the Year, have they taken what makes the MTV Movie Awards unique and have added that to this year’s VMA’s? While this works well for the MTV Movie Awards, it doesn’t quite work for the MTV Video Music Awards.

Missing categories this year, such as Best Rock Video, Best Hip-Hop Video and so on, celebrated the best videos per category for the year. It shone a spotlight on the groundbreaking videos for the past year, highlighted artists who were pushing the visual envelope. All that’s really left to celebrate the art of video are the only Video Awards still existing i.e. Video of the Year, Best Director and Best Editing. With fewer categories also come fewer videos being highlighted. Newer categories don’t celebrate the video but perchance the hype.

From the time nominations were released to the Awards themselves I was left wanting. MTV has already taken the music video out of MTV, now they take the Video out of the MTV Video Music Awards. Clearly the plot has been lost. The videos are no longer the forefront; the hype of what is so-hot-right-now has taken center stage. This plot was slowly being lost over the years but this year it seemed to be thrown out the window. Justin Timberlake is right, bring videos back to MTV.

Last year’s VMA’s was one for the books. All the awards were voted for by the fans, which took the old VMA formula and provided more input from the viewers. As a result it was a no holds barred affair ensuing an opportunity for the underdog to rule. It was a fresh twist on the awards and it worked. This year however left a lot unsatisfied.

While previous years’ awards had more categories, another element missed this year were the many performances. This year we saw mostly snippets of party performances in different areas of the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, where the show was hosted. While the performers were impressive, the visual allure was missing. Missed were the performances in their entirety, with the over the top stage designs, the lights and the action. A handful of the performances were aired in full and the rest were like scenes from a wild party.

Surprise performances helped MTV’s cause a little bit, but didn’t quite fill the void. Surprise performances and collaborations were perhaps all that really made the show worth watching this year. Ne-Yo performing with Gym Class Heroes and Fall Out Boy, Cee-Lo and Foo Fighters were amongst those collaborations. Britney Spears’s big come back performance had perhaps the most hype but also wasn’t quite enough either to make the show very memorable. But this was surely the first step in her comeback and she will have a lot more to offer later sooner than we imagine. And the closer was definitely the showstopper this year as it had the visual elements the rest of the performances lacked, plus they were among the hottest songs of the year being performed collectively.

Perhaps MTV has their reasons. Perhaps it’s a budget thing. Perhaps it’s an attempt to be innovative. Whatever it is it just didn’t seem to work. Perhaps we were just meant to enjoy the music and party like we too were in Vegas. Perhaps we will have to wait until after the votes are in for the best performances and the edited viewers’ choice edition is aired. Perhaps then some needs will be fulfilled. Perhaps those are too many perhapses, but we can only assume can’t we?

Don’t get me wrong, I am not entirely dissatisfied with this year’s show. There were some great performances. And Justin Timberlake and Fall Out Boy were among the winners which wasn’t bad at all considering the fact that they had some great videos this year. This was for Best Male and Best Group though, not for Male Video or Group Video, which leads me back to the argument with which I began… This is the Video Music Awards we are talking about. But I will assume they won for their videos. I can also celebrate with the fact that Gym Class Heroes won the Best New Artist Award (as I voted for them). This was the only award voted for the viewers, and, well, I guess the viewers know best. They are the ones watching after all.

Maybe change isn’t that bad and I should embrace it, but why take the video out of the Video Music Awards? Because it has really just become the MTV Music Awards it seems. And where’s the fun in that? Or is that where the funny new category names come in? I just wish they’d focus on the videos. I was looking forward to seeing videos such as 30 Seconds To Mars “From Yesterday” and The Used “The Bird and the Worm” being nominated as well, but alas. Videos weren’t being celebrated this year it seems. I look forward to the show each year and I hope that will never change. I can only hope this was an experiment or a Vegas thing… Let’s hope they leave what happened in Vegas, really stays in Vegas.

– Lameez

happyboy | 9/10/2007, 2:04 am EST

i thought brittney looked good for 40 yo. Ashton will be knocking on her door

eVry | 9/10/2007, 1:46 am EST

one knows what MTV’s best broadcasts were…those were a long time ago…what happened between then and now? terrible is the only word to describe what MTV has come to.

allman bros | 9/10/2007, 1:38 am EST

i kind of liked the show, very snappy

sc expatriate | 9/10/2007, 1:37 am EST

i hope the comment from eric v above was verberg. wassup fool?

WTF??? | 9/10/2007, 1:36 am EST

Anybody who thinks that the MTV awards was the worst piece of shit waste of time since TV was invented is completely…right. And Chunky Spears was just plain horrible.

Leslie | 9/10/2007, 1:35 am EST

This year’s VMA’s were just plain awkward.
I did end up watching most of the three Woody Allen movies shown on TCM tonight; I didn’t need much persuassion to watch them obviously, but the shitty VMA’s gave me a push toward the remote.

DAVID | 9/10/2007, 1:22 am EST

I allready know that all you Rollingstone people and the people who comment are complete bitxhes, but please prove me wrong. I really want to see the full show on my PC. I missed soome, the begining mainly wit Sara Silverman. and some in the middle. whatever. Please, someone Email me a link to where i can see the Full Show or at least the 5 minute Sara Silverman Clip.please be nive. My Email is homeworkhater5@yahoo.com
plea se people.plese. and this aint off topic, RS dont remove this.

Dean (not Gene) | 9/10/2007, 1:20 am EST

Most importantly on the night: Turner Classic Movies was TEARIN’ IT UP!! Like Rob mentioned, they had “Love & Death” and “Zelig” on, but before that they kicked off with “Radio Days”!!! So awesome!!!

Advantage: TURNER

Lee | 9/10/2007, 1:11 am EST

I like how the show is a one-time deal, but then repeated IMMEDIATELY after the original ended. Stupid. The show was lame.

k1 | 9/10/2007, 1:09 am EST

MTV and its 60 registered jolts per given minute per viewer. This year’s VMAs didn’t completely underperform. The show doesn’t need syndication, it needs ritalin.

auramac | 9/10/2007, 1:05 am EST

Britney did not seem nervous. She looked medicated. I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought the whole show sucked. In fact, everyone on it did!

oh mtv . . . | 9/10/2007, 1:03 am EST

mtv decided to put everything they had into this years vmas and completely revamp it. as if the pre-show description wasn’t confusing enough, the actual show proved to delve us deeper into the black abyss. the vmas were a two hour retort to 50, j. timbs, and timbaland, screaming ay-no technology! pick one: tv or the internet best of both worlds clearly need not apply.

oh mtv . . . | 9/10/2007, 1:02 am EST

mtv decided to put everything they had into this years vmas and completely revamp it. as if the pre-show description wasn’t confusing enough, the actual show proved to delve us deeper into the black abyss. the vmas were a two hour retort to 50, j. timbs, and timbaland, screaming ay-no technology! pick one: tv or the internet.

eman_1293 | 9/10/2007, 12:59 am EST

‘WOW!’ is the only phrase that can truly describe tonight’s show…

First off, was Britney constipated? Paralyzed? No? Then here’s a suggestion, Brit: LIFT A GODDAMN LEG! Seriously! There are only two possible explanations for her lackluster performance tonight: (1) She realized five seconds into the performance her career was actually over, or (2) She was distracted by the confused glare of the audience. Honestly, I’ve never seen that face on so many celebrities when they weren’t getting arrested for DUI!

Secondly, Sarah Silverman must’ve been trying to make Britney feel better. If not, I’d appreciate if she could name the person that actually writes the jokes on her show! And did that Paris Hilton ‘joke’ slip into personal territory or did Sarah think it was actually funny?

*Sighs* I’ll rant some more once I finish watching it on the ‘Net. Apparently, it’s just as bad on your computer!

DAVID please read my sh!t | 9/10/2007, 12:59 am EST

wow,so funny. Two things to say that i hope some people will read. 1. I just relised that I just watched the whole f–king thing and i have no fuking idea who won what. no, im not kidding. I seriously have no idea who won what fucking award. I wind that funny. All i remember id that Justin won the first two awards and its all black from ther. The “Switching between performances allows us to
Oooh look!
Shiny things!
Where was I?” comment was so frikin true its erie. and i the only one who felt that way?? and also, The most exiting thing was britney. does anyone see how messed up that is? The most exciting, memorable thing of the night was watcxhing somebody crash and burn miserably. wow.

Erik V. | 9/10/2007, 12:57 am EST

One true positive about the VMA’s - it does show the state of the current music industry. And right now, that state is a suckass one indeed. Just ask Miss SC where it’s located - give her a map with nothing but locations for toxic waste dumps and cesspools.

Chris | 9/10/2007, 12:42 am EST

wtf!! Maroon 5 was on for all of 30 seconds…Britney, can u at least open your mouth and pretend to lipsynch. So much 4 the Cris Angel ’spectacle.’ ….Chris Brown brought the house down, props 2 him…

SWV | 9/10/2007, 12:42 am EST

What! Lil’ Mama, explaining her costume: “This is the birth of hip-pop, and I’m basically the baby of that? What? How old is this girl?

mr britney | 9/10/2007, 12:36 am EST

woah. britney looks flabby.

Huh? | 9/10/2007, 12:33 am EST

Why did MTV try to pass off Cortney Love as Britney Spears? For Shame!

caro | 9/10/2007, 12:24 am EST

MTV biggest piece of shit ever… A little kid could have pulled that off… so amateurs…don’t blaime it all on Britney the entire show was horrible and pathetic, it was so boring and akward. If I wanted to watch the Justin Timberlake concert once again I would have watched it on HBO. MTV is going to have to fire the producers of the show it sucked big time…

Peep This | 9/10/2007, 12:23 am EST

Little Mama looked like a rejected umpa lumpa from Willie Wonkas Chocolate Factory, and as for Briteny I think LL said it best “Don’t call it a comeback” because it was’nt

I Must Say! | 9/10/2007, 12:16 am EST

I must Say! Btitney looked a Hot Ass Mess, I’ve seen better performances in teenage talent shows, he outfit looked like it came from the Slawson swap-meet, and she should have went to see Saaphyrie on 54th and Crenshaw to tighten up that horrible weave!

chet | 9/10/2007, 12:12 am EST

How did it go from Nirvana, Guns n’ Roses, and Pearl Jam to this? MTV needs to give it up. It has no creditability anymore. How do you have a VIDEO music award show and only have one award for a video? They should just stick to showing reality shows.

Coque | 9/10/2007, 12:11 am EST

Worste show ever…did any of you guys see 50cents diss Beyonce by not kissing her, she was like “ok then” and man did she look pissed!!!!

Phillip | 9/10/2007, 12:10 am EST

that shit was worse than rush hour 3.

mdw225 | 9/10/2007, 12:10 am EST

justin may have been drunk but he’s not an idiot. when he said “no more simpsons reality shows” he meant jessica and ashlee. i second that justin!

Michael | 9/9/2007, 11:52 pm EST

This years VMA’s were horrible, its pathetic to think Britney’s performance was the only highlight of the show, except for Justin’s amazing singing…..

brian gallagher | 9/9/2007, 11:46 pm EST

it`s official America is out of talent. Worse show ever, Britney blows.

A.J cr | 9/9/2007, 11:46 pm EST

OMG! These are the WORST VMAs ever ever and ever!!! Everything was horrible!!! Britney, honey, go home now, rest, raise your children and maybe come back later when you are yourself again. What a waste of time I feel I just had…not gonna happen next yearm that I assure. VMAs are officially done for me.

Lau | 9/9/2007, 11:38 pm EST

WTF!!!!!! BIGGEST SHIT ever…is there a golden girls special soon??? i’m feeling old like justin

pam | 9/9/2007, 11:38 pm EST

MTV is done.
Spears is done, thank God.

They both hung themselves tonite.

Maybe now we can get back to REAL music???????????????

weinerhead | 9/9/2007, 11:27 pm EST

this mtv vma licked my nuts. it was the worst thing i have ever witnessed on television, and i witnessed a lot of shit. this was the cream of the crop, and britney spears stands a top of it.

Chocolate Rain: Best Song Ever | 9/9/2007, 11:23 pm EST

They should have had tay Zonday close the show.

LH | 9/9/2007, 11:19 pm EST

OH SHIT now we have to re-live the moments again. Hmm, maybe now that the rest of the country is drunk these moments will be entertaining?

WHY? | 9/9/2007, 11:19 pm EST

Why were there so few awards?

Why were athe majority of the performance not on the main stage?

Why were the performances cut off for commercials?

Why didn’t we see Tommy and Kid duke it out?

Why did they have Sarah Silverman on in the first place?

Why are they showing this again?

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 11:17 pm EST

Let me get this straight. Not ONE camera on Kid Rock and Tommy Lee?

AAAAand here’s Britney again. We’ll be seeing this a lot tommorrow, trust me.

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 11:17 pm EST

Let me get this straight. Not ONE camera on Kid Rock and Tommy Lee?

AAAAan here’s Britney again. We’ll be seeing this a lot tommorrow, trust me.

Critique | 9/9/2007, 11:16 pm EST

Just wanted to thank all of you fellow bloggers for making these 2 painful hours at least somewhat entertaining!!

My dog has to poop so I must depart to the back yard…

Jennie | 9/9/2007, 11:16 pm EST

Well that’s 2 hours of my life I’ll never get back and a bottle of wine to get thru it. Why didn’t they just air JT’s HBO concert. Oh Wait, they did at the end…..what’s that…….shiny things..

OH MY! | 9/9/2007, 11:14 pm EST

wow, now we get to watch the “after party”. wonder if all the performers will get together to talk about how “great” the show was.

Critique | 9/9/2007, 11:14 pm EST

wait, they called Britney’s song a “LIVE DEBUT”

doesn’t that lead one to believe it was actually sung…”live” like as in by a real person at the very moment??

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 11:13 pm EST

I think the fitting end song would have been Radiohead’s “How to Disappear Completely”. It captures the entire feel of the show in just under six minutes.

the one and only | 9/9/2007, 11:13 pm EST

the bad news: that was one of the worst things to ever grace my television set

the good news: supposedly according to mtv it will never be shown on TV again

Anonymous | 9/9/2007, 11:13 pm EST

Oh thank god so many people in the music industry can dance. Are all of the singers in the dancing industry?

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 11:12 pm EST

They should’ve brought on Radiohead. Seriously.

Critique | 9/9/2007, 11:12 pm EST

back on Britney..I think they should fire the person who forgot to stock the RED BULL in her dressing room..she obviously is addicted to it and probably hadn’t had a can in 10 minutes or more
;-)

name | 9/9/2007, 11:12 pm EST

i think this was all just an episode of “made: i wanna direct the vmas.”

Britney Makes K Fed look good | 9/9/2007, 11:11 pm EST

she cant dance, sing - unprepared and looked like Elvis did at the end of his career. this was a joke!

MT | 9/9/2007, 11:11 pm EST

it’s over? the end was worse than the beginning…

Babygirl | 9/9/2007, 11:11 pm EST

sayy yeeeaaaa
yeeaaa this show sucked.

JoJoJoJo | 9/9/2007, 11:11 pm EST

All-in-all a totally shiteous evening.

Anne | 9/9/2007, 11:11 pm EST

Make the performance stop. At least their not lip-syncing, but END THIS HORRIBLE EVENT NOW!

lisa | 9/9/2007, 11:10 pm EST

wow a preformace on the main stage. not my taste but at least its a performance that looks planned and rehearsed.

Casey | 9/9/2007, 11:10 pm EST

They would have held a lot more people through this show if they’d opened with this… poor poor MTV

OH MY! | 9/9/2007, 11:09 pm EST

gag me!!!! this is the finale??? what a waste!

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 11:09 pm EST

I could have SWORN I saw K-Fed as one of Justin’s backup dancers.

lilwheeze | 9/9/2007, 11:09 pm EST

JT- champion of the weak longjump

BB | 9/9/2007, 11:08 pm EST

Why, why, why do they refuse to have one entire performance? I’m glad I don’t have seizures, because this show would’ve given me about 32.

kygirl | 9/9/2007, 11:08 pm EST

Anyone else see Justin almost fall doing his footwork onto stage? Drunk ass.

Babygirl | 9/9/2007, 11:08 pm EST

timbaland singing about being poor
oh well at least he looks good
and he is actually playing music
justin actually signing somethin other then ayo? wtf is this

Critique | 9/9/2007, 11:08 pm EST

I think a great finale would have been Van Halen (with David Lee Roth) kicking off their hyped reunion tour…(not sure that’s even still happening)..but that would redeem MTV back to its roots

Michelle B. | 9/9/2007, 11:07 pm EST

Wait it isn’t the end. The lights just made the whole fucking show for me.

Erin | 9/9/2007, 11:07 pm EST

Assessment: Bad club music.

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 11:07 pm EST

Shouldn’t the object of SURPRISES be to SURPRISE?

Karen | 9/9/2007, 11:06 pm EST

Nelly furtado looking like Madonna, huh?

Michelle B. | 9/9/2007, 11:06 pm EST

well, this was the worst VMAs ever.

Michelle B. | 9/9/2007, 11:06 pm EST

well, this was the wors VMAs ever.

Joe | 9/9/2007, 11:06 pm EST

Nelly Furtado dyed her eyebrows. That’s dedication.

BB | 9/9/2007, 11:06 pm EST

Timberlake and Nelly Furtado are the suprise? Hahahaha, thats appropriate.

~TMac | 9/9/2007, 11:06 pm EST

whoa nelly!!!! the hat???

kygirl | 9/9/2007, 11:06 pm EST

For the record, this is my fav Nelly F song….

Critique | 9/9/2007, 11:05 pm EST

Nelly Furtado is a blonde now?

MTV sucks | 9/9/2007, 11:05 pm EST

Tommy Lee v. Kid Rock would have saved this show!! MTV was to busy pushing their reality crack!

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 11:05 pm EST

I have a strange urge to listen to “Bullet the Blue Sky”. I heard it SOMEWHERE.

Babygirl | 9/9/2007, 11:05 pm EST

oh a whole preformance not lip synched lets watch????

Anne | 9/9/2007, 11:04 pm EST

Gym Class Fallout? Seriously… that was added comedy.

name | 9/9/2007, 11:04 pm EST

so wait. how many awards did we actually see? seven? and oh look! yet another preview for the kingdom!

mjfan | 9/9/2007, 11:03 pm EST

I think a surprise appearance from MJ could have actually lent a little pizazz to this otherwise dull show. I mean it couldn’t have made any worse. And yeah Mtv needs to go back to what they were originally put on the air for….VIDEOS!!!!!!! I mean we have other channels made for all that reality crap. Let’s start a chant…WE WANT OUR MTV…THE WAY IT WAS.

jeff williams | 9/9/2007, 11:03 pm EST

MASTODON AND JOSH HOMME FROM QUEENS….WOW!!!

Kevin The Robot | 9/9/2007, 11:03 pm EST

Dr. Dre - Strait outta Gold’s Gym.

JoJoJoJo | 9/9/2007, 11:02 pm EST

Charles Manson escaped and it playing with Queens of the Stone Age

Babygirl | 9/9/2007, 11:02 pm EST

oh look pink dress

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 11:02 pm EST

They DEFINITELY need more scary dudes with beards on this show. Or Eddie Vedder.

jeff williams | 9/9/2007, 11:02 pm EST

holy shit…MASTODON!!! they should be headlining this crappy show

DeathSquad | 9/9/2007, 11:02 pm EST

MASTADON!!!!!!!!!!

Critique | 9/9/2007, 11:01 pm EST

Boy, We should consider ourselves pretty damn lucky to have Rihanna, Beyonce, Justin and gang..without them, I guess it would be “the day the music died.”

Bye, bye ms.american pie..

tv | 9/9/2007, 11:00 pm EST

yea. So i’ll probably be the only one who sort of agrees with the win for best video. Other than Justice, her video probably did not cost more than the GDP of half of the countries in Africa

Michelle B. | 9/9/2007, 10:59 pm EST

NO!

Jenn | 9/9/2007, 10:59 pm EST

I heart Dre. It’s over. I’m going to the bar to forget I wasted two hours of my life.

Jonesy | 9/9/2007, 10:59 pm EST

Best comment just made by my lady:

I think last year’s K-Fed performance was BETTER than Brit’s. Wow, talk about perspective. This is horrible.

mnbsd | 9/9/2007, 10:59 pm EST

Dre’s been in the gym!!!

Jonesy | 9/9/2007, 10:59 pm EST

Best comment just made by my lady:

I think last year’s K-Fed performance was BETTER than Brit’s. Wow, talk about perspective. This is horrible.

Tony | 9/9/2007, 10:59 pm EST

Dr. Dre looks like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Michelle B. | 9/9/2007, 10:59 pm EST

justice better win.

Mark | 9/9/2007, 10:58 pm EST

Dre looks like his shirt is inflated by hot air

kygirl | 9/9/2007, 10:58 pm EST

Is Dr. Dre on roids? HA!

name | 9/9/2007, 10:58 pm EST

when did dre get on the roids?!?

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 10:58 pm EST

No Eminem duet? Pfft.

Mark | 9/9/2007, 10:58 pm EST

Dre looks like his shirt is inflated but hot air

LH | 9/9/2007, 10:58 pm EST

Mary J. Blige= either has smoked way to much pot and has brain cell loss or the teleprompter is screwed.

Michelle B. | 9/9/2007, 10:58 pm EST

who?

lilwheeze | 9/9/2007, 10:57 pm EST

Oh, it’s just Dre. I thought Jeebus was going to make his 1st VMA appearance

Joe | 9/9/2007, 10:57 pm EST

Dre? Retox is coming out?

Critique | 9/9/2007, 10:57 pm EST

EVERYDAY IS DRE DAY

hee hee

Name Here | 9/9/2007, 10:56 pm EST

Rob-

PLEASE do me a favor. I sat through this horrible event, can you make it worth it by giving me a shoutout on the RS blog? It would make me feel better, because if not, my head will explode soon from all the crappy music. Thank you, and if you will give the shoutout to Nolan haha.

Thank you,
Here’s to your valor and courage in watching/reporting on this crappy show!

Rachael | 9/9/2007, 10:56 pm EST

after watching this britney was the highlight. wow. maybe it will be her comeback after all!

shelby | 9/9/2007, 10:55 pm EST

Wtf ! Why am I still watching this show to see if it can possibly get any worse? My life sucks. Mtv sucks. Britney sucks.

the one and only | 9/9/2007, 10:55 pm EST

this is pretty funny, it’s like mtv execs just decided you know what this award is really pretty meaningless, let’s just turn this into an excuse to watch celebrities and random reality stars make idiots out of themselves, I gotta give it up to JT though I think he is the only one who realizes how ridiculous this whole thing is and he gave a pretty good speech considering he was wasted,

i’m really speechless, mtv is officially dead

Babygirl | 9/9/2007, 10:55 pm EST

wow gym class fallout followed by another dumbass that cant speak
no wonder i dyed my hair so i wouldnt be confused with anything resembling a blonde

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 10:54 pm EST

I say they play the whole, like 11 minute Achilles Last Stand. Kind of as a warmup.

Jenn | 9/9/2007, 10:54 pm EST

Karen, I agree. At least Britney created (-) buzz, everything else is just stale or artists stroking their hideous egos.

Michelle B. | 9/9/2007, 10:54 pm EST

Yeah. I’ve got to agree. Brittany was the highlight of the show. That’s not saying much.

kygirl | 9/9/2007, 10:53 pm EST

I hope the beauty queen is at least smart enough to know she should be embarrassed.

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 10:53 pm EST

Almost missed my name in there. I’m chock full of wondrous suggestions.

JJR | 9/9/2007, 10:52 pm EST

I think we just found out who has been writing/producing/directing this show.
The greatest US American such as….

JoJoJoJo | 9/9/2007, 10:52 pm EST

We could use a Led Zep reunion right now and the could sing the one song to express what this steaming pile has felt like — “10 Years Gone”.

Karen | 9/9/2007, 10:51 pm EST

This is bad….not funny…..jeez. Fire everybody and Kill kanye, justin, alicia, rihanna and whoever else is ANNOYING ME! I think the best performance at this point was Britney. Anyone agree?

Anonymous | 9/9/2007, 10:51 pm EST

I AM BLOND AND SPEAK LIKE A ROBOT

Critique | 9/9/2007, 10:51 pm EST

the only way to redeem this show is if Chris Angel does make Brit Brit disappear for the finale!

Babygirl | 9/9/2007, 10:51 pm EST

teen usa girl you still cant speak and oh yeah spoofs are only funny if someone else spoofs you. so the worst um britney or the tila reality show?

Jenn | 9/9/2007, 10:51 pm EST

Wu-Tang teaser? Junior Miss USA girl talking more? My boxer just barked at the television.

JoJoJoJo | 9/9/2007, 10:50 pm EST

Miss F&*%king junior South Carolina? Did Dick Clark produce this shit?

BB | 9/9/2007, 10:50 pm EST

Acceptance speech:”I’d like to thank this drink in my hand and uh…gulp…gulp…gulp.”

rizzy | 9/9/2007, 10:50 pm EST

After the commercial break
KEG STANDS!!! woohooo

omg i NEED A Map!!!
just cant afford one…weep…
Where is the United States Miss SC???

OH MY! | 9/9/2007, 10:50 pm EST

what the f***? jamie fox and jennifer garner? followed by Miss North Carolina? perfect..the whole show sucks…such as.

Anne | 9/9/2007, 10:50 pm EST

No more… just NO MORE!

MT | 9/9/2007, 10:49 pm EST

Can anyone understand what the fuck miss teen USA just said?

rocco | 9/9/2007, 10:49 pm EST

WHAT Amy Winehouse should have won best new artist…. she is the ONLY artist with a orginal sound. She would have looked sober compared to this lot….

tv | 9/9/2007, 10:49 pm EST

did she really get gym class heroes’s name wrong… gym class fall out?

LH | 9/9/2007, 10:49 pm EST

K so um someone asked if there is one person in this country actually loving this show? Well there is one, my friend. Don’t worry people, she has bad taste in everything lol

BB | 9/9/2007, 10:49 pm EST

This is the strangest thing I’ve ever seen. What was with that Gym Class Heroes acceptance?

JoJoJoJo | 9/9/2007, 10:48 pm EST

Gym class heroes? Obviously no one over 14 years old knows how to text A for Amy Winehouse.

Critique | 9/9/2007, 10:48 pm EST

Again, what’s with showing the irresponsible drinking in the suites?

Michelle B. | 9/9/2007, 10:48 pm EST

You better be fucking kidding me!

Old Woman | 9/9/2007, 10:48 pm EST

Did she really just say “Gym Class Fallout?” WTF?!!

~TMac | 9/9/2007, 10:48 pm EST

jennifer and jamie just came from sharin a joint backstage… Gym Class Fallout????

Dissapointed As Usual | 9/9/2007, 10:48 pm EST

I should hope that who ever came up with the idea for this new formal will be fired and never allowed near an awards show ever again!

Joe | 9/9/2007, 10:47 pm EST

Jamie Foxx, demonstrating what would happen if this show HAD A HOST.

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 10:47 pm EST

I wanted Peter, Bjorn and John to win. Just to see the confusion that would have followed.

ls | 9/9/2007, 10:47 pm EST

Tommy Lee and Kid Roc fight?!?!?! now that would have made the show

Erin | 9/9/2007, 10:47 pm EST

Where is Silverman? Why hire someone who is off color if you don’t want off color comedy?

Casey | 9/9/2007, 10:46 pm EST

Jennifer just wiped Jamie’s spit out of her eye

JoJoJoJo | 9/9/2007, 10:46 pm EST

An actual live performance where you can hear the whole song is on HBO2E (repeat of Justin’s Labor Day concert).

BB | 9/9/2007, 10:45 pm EST

Did Tommy Lee and Kid Rock have a fight? Why can’t they show that! I want to see that.

rizzy | 9/9/2007, 10:45 pm EST

for craps sake is that a DeBarge cover I am gonna piddle myself laughing Comedy Central should get in on this!

Babygirl | 9/9/2007, 10:45 pm EST

oh look a white girl…

Jenn | 9/9/2007, 10:45 pm EST

Thanks Rob for the TCM schedule. Its a pleasant distraction from this complete meltdown we all keep flicking the channel back to.

Babygirl | 9/9/2007, 10:44 pm EST

oh look a white girl…

Anonymous | 9/9/2007, 10:44 pm EST

Gym Class Heroes+FOB+Ne-Yo? WHY ISN’T THIS THE ACTUAL SHOW?

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 10:44 pm EST

I was half-expecting FOB to break into Ginuwine’s “Pony”.

dack | 9/9/2007, 10:44 pm EST

Kanye needs a big ass clock because he looks like flavor flav in those glasses.

MTV sucks | 9/9/2007, 10:44 pm EST

the same reality commercials over and over and over and over and over…STOP THE MADNESS!!!!

Name Here | 9/9/2007, 10:44 pm EST

Mark Ronson wrote that craptacular song “Stop Me” all about tonight’s VMA awards.

Jesus Christ, will someone stop this awards show, especially because I’ve heard all this shit before.

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 10:43 pm EST

ANOTHER suggestion for the “big surprise”.

Led Zeppelin. Reunion.

It’s happening anyway. Just saying.

Boo VMAs | 9/9/2007, 10:42 pm EST

I never thought it would come to this…but I’m missing an R.Kelly performance right about now.

Erin | 9/9/2007, 10:42 pm EST

FREEDOM!!! I’d free myself from this and change the channel if it wasn’t such a great train wreck. Although, thank the MTV man on the moon and the music of George Michael for one actually performed performance!

Babygirl | 9/9/2007, 10:42 pm EST

FoB even sounded bad but heyy at least its their own voices…
Lets see our choices shitty sounding voices or obnoxiously dressed bad lip synching….
or britney aka all of the above.

~TMac | 9/9/2007, 10:41 pm EST

Sugar Were goin down… finally!!!!

JoJoJoJo | 9/9/2007, 10:41 pm EST

That really was Pat playing with the Foo Fighters. I guess it was a guest performance, but I wouldn’t know because the ASS PILOTS running this show won’t let us watch anything long enough to figure it out.

Kevin The Robot | 9/9/2007, 10:40 pm EST

A George Michael cover? Let’s just be thankful that he didn’t come out hand in hand with Sen. Craig… actually that would have the highlight of the night.

Becs | 9/9/2007, 10:40 pm EST

If I have to see Kanye one more time…I swear!

Critique | 9/9/2007, 10:39 pm EST

The real tragedy is that tomorrow I will be at my job all day, working to pay my mortgage while these idiots live the high life..

1000000channels | 9/9/2007, 10:39 pm EST

this is why i don’t watch tv.

kygirl | 9/9/2007, 10:39 pm EST

Alicia looks like ass. I wish someone would knock those white glasses off Kanye’s obnoxious face.

T-Cap | 9/9/2007, 10:39 pm EST

Oh, THAT’s why the song was in “Chuck and Larry”.

kygirl | 9/9/2007, 10:38 pm EST

Alicia looks like ass. I wish someone would knock those white glasses off Kanye’s obnoxious face.

JoJoJoJo | 9/9/2007, 10:38 pm EST

Alicia - Red beans and rice obviously didn’t miss her.

Jenn | 9/9/2007, 10:38 pm EST

Oh, aha! Thanks, I don’t even have an ipod. I appreciate the education.

Casey | 9/9/2007, 10:38 pm EST

I really want George Michael to walk out right now

Jennie | 9/9/2007, 10:38 pm EST

I have a 12 year old and she is laughing her ass off at these people. So I guess this is a form of entertainment. But I don’t think that’s how MTV indended it to be.

Gideon | 9/9/2007, 10:38 pm EST

Just read the joke about Pat Smear and it’s got me confused. He left the Foos 10 years ago. Did he pop up again or is Rob confused? I missed the performance so can’t verify…

Casey | 9/9/2007, 10:38 pm EST

I really want George Michael to walk out right now

Anonymous | 9/9/2007, 10:37 pm EST

Alicia’s Ass is now officially the high point of this show

Karen | 9/9/2007, 10:37 pm EST

Alicia Keys, what the fuck? She’s a lil chubby there. What is she singing?

rizzy | 9/9/2007, 10:37 pm EST

George Michael cover…really???
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