MTV Video Music Awards 2013 Vlog

Todd: Um...normally when I do my MTV Vlogs, I start out complaining that MTV doesn't matter anymore, and while it's true that MTV does not matter anymore, I think this VMAs does, in fact, matter, [laughs a little] 'cause it's all anyone's been talking about for the last two days. So, you know, I figured I'd better speak about it.

So first off, let's talk about the important thing—let's talk about [image of...] that Katy Perry. So any... I'm kidding. Let's talk about Miley. Um...well, you know, it's been really weird watching all the shock, you know, gasp, all the.... I don't wanna join it, but, yeah, it was a pretty interesting performance. I can't say I don't understand why people are talking about it. Um...well, let's just get it out of the way. It was really, really kind of sad. Um...there's, like, a real element of you know, like, the Girls Gone Wild things. Like, this is not a...


 * Video of Miley's performance

Todd (VO): ...healthy expression or a very wise way to say that you're a sexy person that has all sorts of sex and stuff. You know I don't wanna be like Fox News, like, "oh, my gosh" and... You know, it's the VMAs. Girls do shocking things at the VMAs. That said, can I ask this—does...

Todd: ...any... did anybody enjoy it? The performance as a whole. Did anybody like watching it? Did anybody like the dancing? Which was terrible. The singing, which was also terrible.

Todd (VO): Um...I don't think anyone did, whereas, you know...people, I think, will watch Madonna doing "Like a Virgin" on the VMAs and enjoy it, or even Britney and Christina doing the VMAs and singing "Like a Virgin"; I think people will enjoy that more than that. Then there's the racial aspect, which I don't even wanna go into. That's a...that's a whole other can of worms that I'm probably not bright enough to...to go into. Well, let me say this. Say this for Miley—she seemed genuine enough, like when...

Todd: Like, she seemed like she enjoyed doing it, like it was something she wanted to do, like...Britney making out with Madonna, that's... I don't think she was doing that like, "I would really like to make out with Madonna," or even like, "I would really like the attention I would get for making out with Madonna." Like, it's not even genuinely attention-seeking. It was like, "well, you know, it's showbiz...

Todd (VO): ...I gotta do something," versus Miley, who seemed to be really into it, who... [catching his breath] she seemed to be throwing herself into the role, let's say. You know, I can imagine like she would do it, like, at a club or anywhere else, like she... this is what she wants to be doing, whether or not she should want to do it or not; that's definitely what she likes. I can definitely see her pretending to lick a girl's ass when she's just normally out in public.

That's a...like...it's an enormously sad song, like I did in the... Like I said in the review, it's just a...

Todd: ...depressing unhappy song, and with her looking so desperate to shock, it looked even more desperate. And I just think she sounded terrible, she sounded really terrible and unrehearsed, and... You know, she's been singing for awhile; I don't like her voice, but she can hit a note. Like, it's pretty clear where her priorities were, as far as that performance went.

And then she did "Blurred Lines" with Robin Thicke, and..."Blurred Line", ooh. Whatever good things about "Blurred Lines" are, it's its smooth groove, and that gets...got thrown off way hard when Miley Cyrus starts interjecting her very, very sharp voice in it and starts grinding on Robin Thicke. Ugh, Miley seemed to be enjoying that a lot more than Robin Thicke did; he seemed really uncomfortable, honestly. He seemed like he did not want to be there, he wasn't quite sure why he was doing it. And to be fair, he also kinda sounded pretty bad. At least during "Blurred Lines"...and then 2 Chainz showed up, he and 2 Chainz did a thing, and that's...honestly, that was probably...


 * Video of Robin Thicke's performance

Todd (VO): ...one of the better performances of the night. 2 Chainz did a better job with his vocals than Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus did.

Well, what else was there besides that? I noticed they didn't even give out the Rock awards. I read later that they gave it during the pre-show, which I didn't watch. Um, that's kinda sad, how little rock matters anymore, except if you care about it, which I'm not sure many people do anymore.

Todd:

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