I Shoulda Watched the Bears Game...

...yeah, I said it, I should have picked football over music.  I had my choice of the Bears Game or the MTV Video Music Awards.  I, unfortunately, chose the latter.  This year, the 25th Anniversary of the VMAs, can be summed up on one simple statement, "let's revive Britney Spears' career."  I don't know, maybe they owed it to her - after all, they did let her go out last year and make an ass out of herself.  But seriously, her video for Piece of Me won Best Female Video (okay, I can live with that), Best Pop Video (all right, I don't listen to that much pop music, so I'll give you that one, too), and Video of the Year (this is where I draw the line).  Admittedly, I'm not a big Britney fan - I kinda think she's bad for music.  But she has had significantly better videos than Piece of Me - which in my opinion is one of her most boring and uninspired videos to date.  And that's the one winning the awards?  

And so I've finally lost all faith in MTV - I used to have a glimmer of hope, but now that's gone, too.  Not to get all "back in my day" on you, but the VMAs used to mean something.  I did a quick scan of all of the Video of the Year Winners, and Piece of Me sticks out like a sore thumb.  MTV had been pretty good about rewarding innovative and relevant videos with their video of the year award - The Cars "You Might Think" was the first winner, and others have included R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion," TLC's "Waterfalls," Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop," and Outkast's "Hey Ya."  

So what happened this year?  Maybe it was a rebuilding year.  Nothing was very entertaining this time around - except for Pink, she IS still a rock star.  Xtina lip-synced (which she usually doesn't do), Rhianna looked a little dazed & confused (although that might have been part of her zombie-themed opening act), and Russell Brand was, unfortunately, not funny (I think that Americans would find his stream of consciousness style of humor funny if he was actually stringing together some witty stuff...listing off a stream of celebs/politicians & saying "wow that's awesome" or "can't believe she's pregnant" is kinda tired.  Although the jab about Levi Johnston never having sex again was pretty good).

So there you have it, I should've watched the Bears kick the crap out of the Colts - at least it would have been more entertaining!