… it happened moments ago. Live. For the first time, she has been in the MAJOR spotlight, doing her thing, live… and how did she do?
Well, I think, considering what she has done for the past 4 years in regards to her music career (which was basically nothing), I think she did fine. In fact, considering the pressure that was on her, I think she did better than fine. However, I was kind of surprised to see how nervous she seemed, considering that she has pretty much been a superstar since she was 16.
While I think she could have pulled out a little “more” (ha!), I honestly think that Britney is back. I have been listening to the song she performed tonight, “Gimme More”, ever since it leaked on the net, and I have to say, that I was glad to see that Britney was not only prepared to “bring it”, but she totally nailed it with this song. The song is great, and it is pop at its best. Exactly what we want from Britney… a pop princess; albeit a redneck one, is back to claim her throne.
Gimme More is a great first single. The performance is evidence of a potential great comeback. I, for one, believe It’s gonna happen. It was great to see Britney tonight, and even though she was a bit timid, I think that she totally showed us that there is a reason to continue to watch Ms. Spears…
I can’t wait to see what the record has in store for us. I, for one, have always been a Britney fan, and I don’t give a shit what anyone else says… the girl is pop, and there is a reason people focus on her; she’s got something… what is it? I don’t know, but I know that I have always liked her music, and I am glad to see that she’s still got some more in her. I was also pleased to see the positive words and support that she was getting from all the celebrities on the red carpet; people really want to see her make the comeback that she is totally capable of making… and I think that she will.
I am sure that there will be plenty of haters, based on anything she has done, or did tonight, but everyone should know, that there is not a single hater here at duanemoody.com… and just for for the record, Britney, we have always, and continue to LOVE YOU!
And a message to the haters, she’s right you know… it IS Britney, BITCH. So yeah.
UPDATE: Now, say what you want about the performance, I don’t really care if you thought it was flawless or whether you thought it sucked, but this is just completely low brow, and down right shameful: in this “article”, they describe everything “wrong” with Britney’s performance, throwing in the gem, “The paunch in place of Spears’ once-taut belly.”, as another indicator of the performance gone bad. I’m sorry, but, there is one thing that DEFINITELY WASN’T wrong with Britney, and that was her body; she has given birth to two children, and gotten back to a body that many women could only dream of, and the press has the nerve to insult her figure? Fuck you. Fuck you big time. THIS is WHY so many women (and men) have issues with their bodies, and why so many have eating disorders in this country. Statements like this are completely despicable and do so much harm to the self esteem of so many, and for what? All in the name of insult? SHAME, shame, shame.
Um… did you watch the same thing I did? in HD? She looked like crap… she sounded ok, but that was only because she was lip-synching… poorly.
Oh wait! The most important part… her hair was a hot mess… you think she could have paid just a little bit more for some decent extensions. Ugh.
I agree with hakeber, that performance stank up the joint worse than any VMA performance I’ve ever seen… I’m not sure what song she was lip-syncing, but it wasn’t the one being played. I couldn’t help but laugh at the end when everyone’s like “uhh…okay?” *clap clap* “that’s it?”
Truly pitiful really
oh shit! I smell TWO haters!
Seriously man, rewatch tomorrow on YouTube or some shit, even she looked so disinterested…
TRUTH!
Greg, I get where you are coming from, but I saw it more as stress and worry than disinterest. She seem really freaked out to me.
Not to mention that the entire show was a trainwreck.
screw britney.. I’m waiting on Whitney
ok.. when i made the previous comment, i hadn’t actually seen the performance. I just went to youtube and watched it.
Jesus… christ… now I’m a little irritated with her. Someone went through a LOT of work putting together a pretty flawless set and a lot of really good choreography, and she shit all over it. That was supposed to be a really good stage show, and it wasn’t that she was nervous. It looked like she didn’t care. That was just crap through and through… on her part. Whoever put that together did a great job.
joey… Whitney’s comeback, if it happens, would be awesome (I hope). As for Britney not being interested, I still stand by the opinion that she looked nervous, and frankly, a little bit scared. I mean, she RAN off the stage the moment the performance ended, and based on past performances I have seen of hers (many, I might add), the whole thing just seemed out of character for her. I think that the pressure really was just too much, and unfortunately, it showed. I think that you are more than entitled to your opinion, but I also think that she could have gotten up on that stage an slayed a dragon and it wouldn’t of been good enough; people were just expecting something that no matter what they were given, they would find something wrong with it.
“people were just expecting something that no matter what they were given, they would find something wrong with it.”
I think you have it backwards. You want this Britney comeback to happen so badly that you’re willing to find some good in that awful performance.
I wasn’t expecting much from that performance. But man oh man, she jacked it up.
Joey, I think that regardless of how much I “want a comeback”, it is clear the amount of pressure that was riding on this performance (whether from you or not) was massive. It is well known that people love to see this girl in particular fail, and regardless of how well she did, there would always be room for criticism. Does that mean that she did perfectly? No, and I even indicated that I too would have liked to have seen a little more; but that doesn’t mean the pressure wasn’t there. You’re entitled to your opinion, and I to mine… I just happen to see anxiety getting the better of her where you see her not caring about the performance and “phoning it in”.
You contradict yourself man, one moment you’re like you wanted to see more but then you’re like “dude, she tatally NAILED IT!”
She did phone it in, and it was absolutely abysmal… You might think I’m just hating or whatever, but I went in with zero expectations and walked away wishing I could get those 5 or so minutes back. and FYI I do like Britney, she’s my shameful iPod secret, and I was sorely disappointed
Sigh.
I wanted her to be back, but.. yeah, not so much. She looked really uncomfortable, maybe she should have practiced in those shoes and wore something else.
I agree that she looks great for someone who’s recently had 2 kids, but she needs to realize that she’s not 19 anymore. Kids, getting wasted every night starts taking its toll.
Greg, when I said “she nailed it”, I was referring to the song; which I really like. I’m sorry if there was confusion there. (I edited the entry to reflect this) The performance was flawed, and was, in my opinion, an indicator of pressure and stress. I hope that clears that up, because I don’t want to sound like I am contradicting myself in the least; and upon reading my original entry, I can see where there may have been some confusion.
As for the “hating”/”haters” comments… the “LOL” is totally implied there; I was being silly and a little sarcastic. I don’t really care if people “hate” or not, really; performance or otherwise. Overall, it really was just 5 minutes, right? The VMA’s are nothing but a big joke anyways… or as with this year, a trainwreck overall, but that is another story, isn’t it!
Nervous? Scared? I’m sorry, but this is Britney Spears. If anything, the girl was engineered since pre-teen to perform before a crowd. Performance is the beginning and end of her purpose on this planet. And so, I stand pretty firm in my opinion that her VMA comeback was resolutely awful.
She looked tired and disinterested. While it was pretty obvious that someone had put a lot of time into the choreography, she seemed only to remember her subsequent move about a half-step after her cues.
And she lip-synched. I know, I know, it’s the VMAs and dancing doesn’t allow for effective actual singing, but if that’s the case, then why bother to mic her wirelessly. As it was, she just had to wear that useless brick of a transmitter on her ass for nothing. When someone said that it looked liked a high school talent show performance, I can’t disagree, especially after the poor girl forgot which parts of the song she was supposed to pretend to sing.
“You lookin’ for trouble?” That was the most disappointing part, really. She started off with the come-on intro to “Trouble,” the song that Elvis used in 1968 to kick off his famous Comeback Special. I can’t help but think how much cooler it would’ve been for someone to have dressed her in Elvis motorcycle leathers, had her come out and actually sing “Trouble” … then have some kind of stage magic transition into the costume she ended up wearing for “Gimme More.” Wasn’t that the whole reason behind her hanging out with Criss Angel for the last week or two?
So no, Duane, I can’t get on the bus with you. Britney isn’t back. She’s just along for the ride.
Thomas, I hear you, and you are totally entitled to your opinion. However, I don’t think this is an isolated incident of her showing us that something isn’t quite the same with the Britney of the past. If you ask me, she is in the process of having a very long nervous breakdown, and can’t stay out of the public eye long enough to just get through it. After seeing her cave under the pressure of this performance, I think that perhaps should have waited a little longer; because clearly, the pressure of being in the spotlight 100% of the time has gotten to her. I don’t think anyone could maintain a sense of flawless performance for as long as it has been required of her.
It honestly makes me worried for her; mostly because there have been others in this position, and their outcomes haven’t been very favorable at all. Again, you are totally entitled to your opinion; mine just happens to be different.
I wouldn’t worry too much about the impact that this performance has on her comeback. The music is what will make or break it… not her vma performance. And so far, though I’m not the worlds biggest britney fan, I don’t hate the music that I’ve heard so far. It’s very marketable. So long as she doesn’t breakdown(which is likely), she’ll be fine.
After watching it a second time it didn’t seem as bad. But she just seemed to half-ass the whole thing.
She looked good, and it’s a good song. So I guess that counts for something.
Thanks yet again for giving me an unintended laugh. Also, thanks for the inspiration provided in the previous post. You don’t know how many people have called me Christine instead of Christian over the years Usually I just crawl up in fetal position and weep, but you’ve given me the strength to confront the bullies. Today I stand tall!
Keep the parodies coming.
ah… good to see you continuing to hang on my every word.
What makes hakeber and Greg “haters”? Is it simply because their opinion is different than your own?
My Brittney .02
Body; kickin and smokin.
Hair; atrocious.
Choreography; lazy
Execution; nerves or not, she didn’t pull off the bad choreography
The song; indifferent.
Her performance; She’s never been known as a great singer. She was known as being a great performer and last night showed us that she is not even close to regaining her former self.
Her impending breakdown; I wish she would be smart enough to lock herself in her house, get through this tough period in her life, and then stage the come back. She losing all of her credibility one step at a time.
>>THIS is WHY so many women (and men) have issues with their bodies, and why so many have eating disorders in this country. Statements like this are completely despicable and do so much harm to the self esteem of so many, and for what? All in the name of insult? SHAME, shame, shame.
AMAZING post, Duane!
You totally NAILED it!
Britney Spears is all about delivering healthy messages about body image and sexuality to America’s youth. These media people just need to quit being haters and RECOGNIZE.
I thought she looked bored and completely uninterested in what she was doing…there was no need to be up there looking like a hot mess in bra and panties and a bad wig…she was completely off on her lip-synching - I couldn’t care less about what she does, but if she advertises it up as much as she did, she should deliver and she failed…I want to hear her new album as much as anyone, but all she did with this was continue her trend of the last 5 years of getting press for all the wrong reasons…
Whatever……..When the performance was over, it left me with a “you did it girl” attitude. Yes, you could tell she was nervous, but who wouldn’t be with everything she has gone thru and what has been said about her in recent months. It took balls for her to even agree to perform much less open the show. I say BRAVO BRIT! I hate the fact that folks just love to kick on you when you’re trying your pick yourself up. Let the girl find her way again.
Wow. I think you got me there, Andy! Oh wait… Nope, missed again!
First of all I can see by your comment that you didn’t “recognize” that, instead of what you made up and latched onto, I was actually highlighting my disgust with the media, for saying that someone that is clearly of a desirable size, is fat. On top of the first missed assertion, you also seemed to have mis-”recognized” that the reason I focused on this instance of the media’s definition of fat, is because it feeds into a major part of the problem with our societal issues with body image. Additionally, it also appears that you missed the reason I said what I did. I am disgusted that someone who has had two children, and still manages to be in the physical shape Britney appeared to be last night, could be called, or even considered, fat by anyone, especially the media (and considering the aforementioned ramifications). I guess you didn’t get that stuff, though, as evidenced by your childish (and mis-”recognized”) attempt to mock and belittle me. Nice try, though.
The fact is, Andy, that I didn’t suggest or insinuate that Britney was delivering any message; you made that up, which is typical in your “analysis” of what I write. What I did say, (again, as sometimes it helps to repeat things that are hard for some to understand) was that the media calling Britney fat, especially when she is extremely fit and by all accounts skinny, is contributing to the negative societal views we have of our bodies in this country. The fact is, that this is exactly the type of negativity that contributes to the unrealistic, media-developed “ideal body”; which is a direct cause of low self esteem, and even worse, eating disorders in this country. So to put it simply for you: media call Britney fat = that bad for already body conscious society.
If, in the future, you wish to “make fun of me” by jabbing me with your “vicious wit”, perhaps you should make sure that you are actually being witty with regards to what I say; not just what you have convinced yourself that you think I have said.
Both you and atlmalcontent seem to be plagued by this problem; perhaps you both should practice reading comprehension, if for no other reason than to avoid these run ins here at my blog? Your choice really; they say that you can’t force someone to learn if they are unwilling to do so.
dave, please see this comment, for the answer to your question.
Russell, I agree with this:
and would add, that I think it was in large part, due to the pressure she was under, and what else she is going through/has gone through. If she’s in a bad spot right now, she should just lay low, instead of getting in too deep, too soon… I think that’s what happened, and it unfortunately showed.
Do we really care this much about some redneck girl who has a net worth of atleast $100 million dollars? The poor girl is SO NERVOUS! WAH!!!
She should have stayed in bed that day. She didn’t and so the scrutiny is well deserved.
Duane, do you know any of her dance moves? I gotta see them:)
I read the same article you did and was astonished that someone would mock her body. By any rational standard, her appearance is fit and healthy.
But, Duane, if you truly cared about the negative messages about body image propogated by the media, you’d be “shame-shame-shaming” Britney Spears for her music videos, TV performances, posters, and David LaChappelle photos. Her influence is far more negative and widespread than some bitchy Associated Press hack.
Andy, at least we agree on the article. I don’t, however, think that a woman showing her body in a provocative or sexy manner is a bad or negative image. With that being said, I do think that taking that the next step, and promoting the super-thin “perfection” as the “ideal” is the problem. As this issue relates to Britney, I would place more blame, again, on the media; as it both portrayed her in a “negative” (although, I don’t think that by being “sexy”, a woman is spreading negative influence) and continued to give her the spotlight to highlight her “assets”. Sure, she is to “blame” for having access to good genes, and an amazing trainer, but is she a negative role model because she cashes in on the fact that she is a sexy woman? I don’t think that is so. I think that there are things that she has done that may classify her as the less than perfect role model; but being a sexy woman and showing a little skin are certainly not part of them.
one good thing for Britney is that she will always have people like you to support her.
At the end of the day who really gives a crap about her. She is mindless candy.
By the way, what do you think about the way she treats her children? She needs to focus on being a good mom instead of raising what will most likely, unless she changes, two very screwed up kids.
The performance was so bad I didn’t even hear the song. I’ll have to go back and have a listen.
As for how she looked, I don’t think she’s fat but she’s not exactly the Brit of yesteryear that she thinks she is. That wasn’t the best outfit choice.
I think it’s really sad that this much has been written about a pre-processed pop star.
I am not going to say anything on the grounds that Duane might come over and smack me.
But I am really so over britney I don’t care if I ever see her again.
And I think, with her legals battles heating up for the custody of her kids, she should be spending more time with that than like looking like a ho on MTV.
Now, Celine is where it’s at!
You know my last comment was almost downright grumpy! I am having a bad day. I will try to be more positive now!
I did see britney Spears’s performance and although it wasn’t the best she has ever done, I belive she didnt have a chance from teh getgo. People have been crushing her reputation for months. They always see the bad in her instead of realizing she is a normal person like you and I with normal problems. Throughout the months the tabloids have only written horribly negative articles about her, that in my opinion would send anyone into depression. She is all alone struggling to raise two kids after a failed marriage. She is trying to get her career back but everytime she attempts to, the press are down her throat depicting her as a nutcase, freak, mentally ill, a whore, a bad mother etc… The pictures they capture of her are always badly taken and favor the story they are trying to tell. She does seem that she has lost touch of things but I dont blame her. Who is that strong to receive beating upon beating and still get up with a smile.
As for her performance, it wasnt that she did not care. The poor girl looked scared stiff, thrown out on stage to the pack of lions. Her expressions were of fear, the playing with the hair, the way her mouth trembled when she first turned around and looked into the camera. She seemed like she vas very uncomfortable on that stage, wearing those awful clothes. It was not her anymore. After all the horrible publicity and tabloids we see out there, no wonder she didnt have the confidence to give it her best. Her legs seemed stiff with nerves and her singing was badly affected by those nerves as well. I really dont think she looked out of shape. Are you kidding??? After 2 kids her body looks great. I myself who have had kids, dont even have a body like that and I train really hard. Shame on those people who say she looked fat. They are the ones that should look in the mirror. Its so easy to be mean in this world and criticize. That is why people are so sick with anorexia and bulemia.
I still think one day she will come back but it wont be now. She needs time to be on her own, to recuperate and get her mind healthy again away from all publicity and negative people. Its sad to see her like this and that people only make the matter worse by bashing her reputation for their own entertainment.
BRITNEY isn’t ready for comeback! I was so disappointed! I want to see her dance and prove it again to the people that she really is coping up but she isn’t. ok she’s nervous and she cried badly after the performance coz she knows she screwed it up. Well I hope she watches her performance again and again and stand up, breathe deeply and say to herself “I’m going to prove to them that I am still worthy to be called the POP PRINCESS.”
who is this other Vanessa?