Ladies Hit and Miss at the AMAs

In case you missed the American Music Awards (God/ddess for bid), here's pretty much what you need to see. Oh, and Taylor Swift beat out Michael Jackson for the "Artist of the Year." She was very humble about it, and was totally floored. As was the audience. Hey Kanye, Taylor thanks you!



HITS:



because you know how i feel about Shakira, and the song has a positive, inspirational message ("anything you want you can make it yours"), and the women dancing on stage and in the aisles are powerful! people say i'm biased b/c of my love for her, and i am, but it was jammin'. that's a serious workout too, trust. stepping may not be her forte and the lyrics are simple, but it doesn't have to be profound, it's entertainment. big up.







i loved Gaga's performance...she shines on stage, theatrics to the max and rawe emotion. she can sing and play music...she's a bit out there but she's badass. i didn't get all the hype until she performed Paparazzi at the VMAS; now I'm a believer. *kicks self for not getting tickets to her show at Radio City*







and the Queen Janet Jackson, doing a medley of joints from "Control," "Rhythm Nation," "Janet," and "the Velvet Rope" and executing her old signature moves beautifully. i feel lucky to have grown up with her.







MISSES:



damn Rihanna, you know i'm cheering for you. but i also know that you're a studio singer and you make hot radio and album cuts, and you are not really a performer. i've seen her do better but you know, i still rock out to her joints on the album. in the meantime though, singing lessons for Ri-Ri?







and a million sighs and shaken heads for this performance from Jennifer Lopez debuting her new song, "Louboutins." The dancing was eh, but can we move on from these songs about shoes, clothes, labels, bullshit? An entire song advertising some expensive ass shoes? I know it's entertainment as I stated earlier, but this is wack. The beat isn't even club-worthy. Don't you have something better to sing about? Anything? Maybe you could write a song? And as I'm sure you know she falls in this performance...which isn't what makes it bad (I actually cringe seeing it)...maybe she's just trying to hard. (take cues from Janet's performance) thanks.



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A.Keys, I dunno. I don't like to pigeonhole artists because people want to try different things and expand but I'm not feeling the dancing. 1) because it wasn't that good, and 2) because it's what Beyonce does, and Bey does it much better. And Alicia's vocals aren't that strong for her to be moving around that much. She's incredible behind the piano but tone down dancing, please. Or at least, try something original. (peep the floating piano too...i dunno)







FOR GOOD MEASURE:



Jay-Z isn't a lady as per the title of this post but with Alicia with him, it counts. The song of the moment-or last 3 months...especially if you're a Yankee fan (Holla!!!) and/or live in New York, and probably everywhere else. Unfortunately, I can't find a link that includes A-Rod introducing them. I love it...so appropriate on so many levels! A-Rod love to get his celebrity on, bless his heart. Alicia's intro is gorgeous, again Yankee fans can certainly appreciate it.

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