Or it's the heels.

[This entry was typed live in front of the American Music Awards as it played on my DVR]

Watching the AMA's right now, I still can't really enjoy the artists. There's no one who "amazes" me. Maybe it's bad taste or me being a grouch but I'm not a fan of modern music. A few singers still have nice voices and catchy tunes. Not all of them though. It's all about the money and fame. What happened to music with soul and passion? What happened to the ART of singing? I think it's dead. Or at least hanging on by a ligament. That leads me to another point; autotune. If you don't sound good without the help of a computer then what the hell are you doing in the music business? Miley, Will.I.Am, I'm talking to you.

Rihanna starts us off with a medley and a light up tree. We're getting into a tribal dance here. I'm feeling the rhythm now!

Heck, there are only like three nominees per category.

Katy Perry and her boys choir are singing, um, "Firework" is it? She just came down on a metal sun thing. Very Glindaesque. Yeah, it's "Firework". Some backup dancers are spewing sparklers while they dance. Neat.

Okay so this weird girl in like a Cinco de Mayo themed dress and blonde/green hair, wait that's Nicki Minaj. Who? Anyways chick just interrupted the announcement by advertising her album that's supposed to come out tomorrow (yesterday). This is an award show no one wants to hear your stupid advert.

Oh no. Here comes Beiber. Well looks like puberty's starting for him. Little late though. He sings alright, but I still don't like him. Maybe it's because he has gained all this stardom and fame in such a short amount of time with little work. While some artists strive years to acheive that. I take what I said earlier back. His voice is weird singing this half gospel, half pop song. Stop trying to be like MJ Beibes, it will never happen. The teeneybopperrs continue to eat it up. Whatever.

Mandy Moore is really freaking tall. Or it's the heels. I can't tell.

Bon Jovi's rocking out. At least he still got it. Now some Old Navy kids are dancing "live". Interesting because the same dance was done in a commercial shown right afterwords. Weird, huh?

They're just about to say who the "Breakthrough Artist" winner is. It seems voting was done through text messages sent in during the show. Actually the entire AMA's were done through fan votes. Because that's how award shows do it now. Leave it to the public. Just one big popularity contest. The nominees are: Justin Beiber (Bleh.), Lady Antebellum (Yes please.), Travy McCoy (Who?), & Mike Posner (Again, who??). Arriving via text message, no fucking surprise, Beibes. I think I'm going to claw my eyes out now.

Pink is making up for that last ghastly reveal. She's so raw and so real I think that's what makes her a strong survivor of the late 90's/ early 2000's. One of the brave few. Ne-Yo's doing alright, Ms. Swift as well although she's putting me to sleep as she covers "Apologize", and Beibes won AGAIN. You remember how I mentioned MJ a while back? Well, you won't believe this. Beibes goes up to accept his award and he says, he says, "I want to thank Michael Jackson, because without Michael Jackson, none of us would be here." Wow. That statement doesn't even make much sense.

Christina Aguilera is showing off some skin to a song from her movie Burlesque, which I actually want to see. Partially because of Cher. Lady Antebellum won something so that makes me a little happy. Usher's background singers and 200 some dancers on the stage are proving to be a good ploy to distract from his wack singing. I used a hip word, yay. He sounds like he's out of breath and isn't even singing half the time. Avril Lavigne just used the word amazeballs and surprisingly I like it. Amazeballs amazeballs amazeballs.

Muse is English?

The lead singer of Train is wearing some funky sparkly pants. Don't know his name. A bunch of random young girls in black fingerless gloves and "Soul Sister" shirts came up and started dancing. I don't really understand why artists do that. Maybe that's just me.

Here we go, Ke$ha and her sing-talk robot voice. She is joined by an army of Bowie/Hedwig look alikes, as they dance is a shower of confetti. Satana and another guy are singing... something. Sorry I keep typing and forget to listen to what I'm watching. The way Santana plays a guitar makes me that much eager to learn how to play it. I think I'm going to take a class next semester. No, I AM going to take a class next semester. Back to the AMA's, this song is sending off an "Oh Ye Como Va" vibe.

Another thing that confuses me is why the network cuts to people in the audience that hardly anyone knows or can recognize in time before it cuts back. It's like, if you're gonna show them to me let me see who it is!

The main event of the night it seems is the combo performance of The Backstreet Boys (who I didn't know were still together, honestly) and New Kids on the Block. As I watch, I'm having flashbacks to younger days. To the days of my childhood listening to these groups on my CD player. Wow how long it's been. So far this is the best performance of the night and as moderatly good way to end it.

Oh yeah and Beibes won Artist of the Year. Screw you.



P.S. This became more of a rant then anything, so take it as you will.