The American Music Awards last night spent some time reminiscing on "the good ol' days" throughout the show, but now it's time to see more. I wanted to compare last night's sights with those of the past.
Boy band performances... NSYNC in 2000 vs. The Wanted in 2012
Dirrty Christina in 2003 vs. last night
Cyndi Lauper in 1985 and 2012
Gloria Estefan rockin the stage in 1988, and the carpet in 2012.
Rappers on the red carpet... Snoop Dogg in 1998 and Luda returning in 2012
Jenny McCarthy co-hosted the show in 2003! And molested Justin Bieber last night.
In 1992, Boys II Men won the R&B/Soul award... while Usher [drunkenly] accepted it last night.
In 2003, Pink took the stage with an acoustic version of "Trouble..."
And last night she killed it with her "Try" performance...
And just for fun, here's what Britney Spears looked like in 2003, just two years after rocking that denim look with Justin Timberlake.
Last night's show was pretty good, I'm not going to act like I hated it. I was a tweeting machine most of the night, so you can see how I felt about it there...
I had a lot of haterade to spill last night during the American Music Awards, but like I said, it was well deserved honesty. The show was overall awful with a couple moments that were good enough to make fun of.
No need to get into all those again, I'm going to say some nice things about the way people looked in order to gain some good karma.
Yes, Ellen sent little Sophia Grace and Rosie to work the red carpet.. and I can't wait to see and share the video evidence of it tomorrow.
Only Adam Lambert can pull off something like this, but he did, and he looks fiercely fabulous. As for Mario- if the man I marry could wear this outfit at our wedding, I would not be mad about it. Quirky hott.
First of all- so excited to see Karmin there, rappin along to all the songs, and all after winning an award! Amy has such a unique style that's not too much and it was good to see her stay true to herself and rock a cute outfit! As for Nicki- considering how crazy she normally gets, this is cute! I'd ixnay the choker necklace, but I kinda like the dress for her!
No, I haven't caught the Twilight/vampire fever, but he's a clever one, that Lil Jon. It makes me giggle.
Body language between the Biebs and Selena isn't the greatest, but they've been through a lot. Minus her tassels, her dress is gorgeous. Now we just need to remind him to never do the velvet suit again. Normally he knows better. Jennifer Hudson looks amazing. Does anything else really need to be said?
Let's be honest, this moment saved the show. It was at the very end, but damnit if it isn't the Hoff stripping down his clothes and gyrating in my face, it's not worth watching.
Unless, of course, there's a boner involved.
Or if this hott mess is looking like this-
Sorry, had to do it. I couldn't do a whole post without a little dose of "WTF ARE YOU DOING?!" Homegirl's veins were popping out of her boobs and she looks like a drag queen. When will someone tell her how to dress for her new figure? FLATTER YOURSELF. Take notes from Kelly Clarkson.
And that's all the niceness regarding last night I can handle for right now.
It's been a while since I've done a full-out post on an award show or anything of the sort, but it's time to talk about last night's American Music Awards!
First up: Let's visit the Red Carpet and see how everyone was lookin'.
My faves:
Making me cringe:
The rest:
And now... For the performances..
There werethree former Idols to perform... And people say the song produces no one?
Kelly Clarkson, looking bigger than her best, but sounding just as amazing as she did in her American Idol days.
Adam Lambert, who everyone is FREAKING OUT about for this performance. [I guess that's why they picked him over Kris... He'll make people talk.] He's still a little too showy to me, but it's probably time I admit that's what everyone likes- Someone who will entertain in any and every way. And don't tell anyone, but his song is totally growing on me.
As for the raunchiness of this performance- I say work it if you can! Work the system, that is. They don't always let things happen like this, he's an adult, he's putting on a show! [Did I just say something nice about Glambert?! Uh oh.]
Carrie Underwood looked, sounded, everything perfectly... As usual. I noticed her outfit looks a lot like one of my faves from the Project Runway finale... Anyone else catch it?!
Two daring performers stepped out in very odd outfits. Lady Gaga doesn't surprise me any, of course... And I guess Rihanna has been going down the "odd" trail for a little while now, too. Who's was worse/crazier/whatever?
A skeleton is just never really an OK look. Even though they both have the same skeletal idea I feel, Gaga's is obviously too much.
Some people sound way better on the radio, but I appreciate their effort to sing live. [But maybe a little technical help would in fact be better...]
Shakira is hott, but that's about it.
The Black Eyed Peas are just not good live.
There were some performers that maybe you forgot could still make good music, but they're still talented and doin' their thing!
Whitney Houston had an emotional return to the AMA stage, but I think she did great. I'm so happy for her!
J.Lo has definitely been missed [I've missed her, at least]. Minus the absolutely hilarious fall right before her big solo dance, I'd give her an A!
As for other notable performances, I don't really have any complaints minus Eminem obviously being satellited. Everyone did pretty great, and I love that the AMA's have so much music.
Jay Z and Alicia Keys [Please take note of Perez having the time of his life during this song, but not really knowing the words.]
And last but not least, the opening performance of the night was Janet Jackson. She definitely put on quite a show. She looks great, and she sounded great [with the obvious help of pre-recorded music ;)]. I love hearing some of these songs with a new touch on them. One question: Has she gotten more surgery recently?!
As for the winners, I'll just tell you that Taylor Swift won the most awards with 5, and I'm mad about it. I still don't get how she can beat people like Michael Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney.... Yeah, her music is cute... But is nowhere near legendary.
So, because I'm mad, you can read all of the winners for yourself here. Sorry. Kinda.
And that'll do it for my thoughts! I tried to get it all straight to the point for those of you who didn't get to watch last night!
love, elizabethany
PS: I'm still shocked Kate Hudson's nip didn't slip when she presented the Black Eyed Peas.
