How many songs did they perform on the AMA?

A friend of mine said that they came back and sang bed of roses and another song later in the show. I turned it off after the acceptance speech when the crappy music started again. Did I miss anything, or is she just messing around with me??? Did anyone actually watch that entire mess of a show?

thanks!

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What was such a mess about it? There were quite a few outstanding performances that exceeded Bon Jovi's.

As for your question...your friend is messing with you.

Exceeded Bon Jovi's? Umm...Gwen Stefani, Usher, and Alicia keys all becoming sluts and receiving awards for it...very unattractive. Alicia Keys' schtick is that she is a soulful pianist with unique vocals...yet she only brought the piano out as a prop and merely sat down at it for literally 5 seconds to plunk out some meaningless nothing in the midst of her sad Madonna immitation with flat vocals. Pitiful. She now looks like every woman who has ever appeared on tv. I muted it all and goofed off with my mates for the whole thing, excepting Jon Mayer, which is sad because I don't really enjoy his music, but he was the only authentic person there. And that is something to admire.

That's what that show was for me. And country music awards going to the howling Ms. 'po-dunk hill-billy white-trash no-teeth red-neck i-screw-my-brother' and Mr. 'i love my beer my broads and my bar'...please. There is much better country out there (and I don't really like all that much of it...but I know Whiskey Lullaby surely was better than any of that garbage). And with only three nominees in each catagory, how did ANY of these people actually get nominated let alone WIN? Not by people living in my world. Money money money. They are all image, and-like chameleons, they will slip their skin when it suits there advisors' wills.

And again I will ask, who was the prositute who introduced the band??? Haha. Funny stuff.

Thank God Kimmel was there to debase the whole mess.

Yes, it was a mess.



B

BTW - Thanks much for answering my question!!!

That's because "Karma" does not feature her on the piano...it's a major appearance to a wide audience...she is going to try to fit all she can into a short time span to get Alicia Keys across. Say and think what you will..but I personally think you are quite foolish to dismiss her. I know you are thinking of Madonna's Bye Bye Baby performance....however..that would have to involve being dressed in drag and simulating sex with another woman..not the mere use of a cane or whatever that thing is called.

I'd hardly call her piano playing "schtick." It's a major part of her music and performance. She's someone to keep an eye on.

Anyway....I actually paid attention to the Awards from beginning to end...you did not. Having it on with the sound on mute while screwing around with your buds making fun of what you see on the screen does not enable you to have an informed opinion. You simply prejudged and used the occasion as an excuse to flame everything and anything.

Also, if you paid attention....the rules for nominations and winners are explained several times throughout the show. It's based on Soundscan results....translation: Sales. Which means your world is simply just you...not the real world which is purchasing the albums by these artists and propelling them into winning status. You have the AMA confused with the Grammys.

Bon Jovi was fine...but if you talk to people (those with a wide taste in music) who actually paid attention to the show and took each performance as it came...they aren't going to rank their performance as a highlight unless they are a fan. It simply pales next to...yes...Alicia Keys and Usher, Maroon 5, Rod Stewart, and Josh Groban just to name some of them. All of those performances had much more soul. Bon Jovi has plenty, but they didn't choose to display it for this occasion. I had guessed they were going to do Last Man Standing electric for the first time with Jon putting his voice into it...it would have been more poignant and attention getting over playing the overplayed corporate rock, It's My Life, which threw off Have A Nice Day.

You don't call dry humping a staff for 3:30 dressed in chic black with about 6 other women singing lyrics (or not-so-singing lyrics) my dog could come up with while ****ing a french poodle similar to Madonna or Brittany Spears? I said similar, not identical. This is not artistry, just easy; not not authenticity, but pornography. And it has nothing to do with music. Call me a conservative, I don't care, but as far as I am concerned, only cheesy boinky guitar riffs are to be employed for such sequences. I don't enjoy mixing my leisures (feel free to take a shot here, I already did).

I'd hardly call her piano playing "schtick." It's a major part of her music and performance. She's someone to keep an eye on.

Her piano playing has been relegated to a schtick. Maybe it wasn't at first, but judging by this performance, that is all it is now. And that is what is being celebrated here. It's stupid, and she seems to love it. And that's ok, but it is nothing to be celebrated, just as this show is nothing to be celebrated or remembered. It just kinda...happened.

"Anyway....I actually paid attention to the Awards from beginning to end...you did not. Having it on with the sound on mute while screwing around with your buds making fun of what you see on the screen does not enable you to have an informed opinion."

It sure does. I have watched these silly awards shows for years, and this is exactly where they were headed. It's all the same, only the names have changed (if you get my drift).

You simply prejudged and used the occasion as an excuse to flame everything and anything.

Not true, Groban is a true vocal artist who is probably the only member of these performers who will be seen 10 or 15 years from now. I don't like his choice of lyric most of the time, but if I hear him on the radio I always leave it on because it is unique and authentic--undeniably authentic. There is nothing that Usher or Alisha keys does that ANYONE else couldn't do or hasn't done-nothing authentic.

And listen, the Grammy's are just as much of a mess as the AMAs. I am not trying to say how greedy people are or trying to smear corporate america. Money is money. Artistry is artistry. And until they make an awards show devoted to artistry and not the politics (and money) behind it, they will all remain (for the most part) silly wastes of time to anyone who isn't there. But this is impossible because the world revolves around people, and people are governed by money artistry and everything in between. That's life and it is amazing. I am not trying to judge that at all.

"Bon Jovi was fine...but...simply pales next to...yes...Alicia Keys and Usher"

No. There performance (and production) may have been flat, but it was not worse than those derivatives. Sorry, but if you consider Usher an Artist then it is Monet who was just a hack. Usher is an image. That is all. Nothing more, nothing less. He doesn't try to be more, just struggles to keep his status. Alicia Keys had potential for artistry, but judging by her performance on the AMAs (because it is the only recent imag I have of her) and willingness to be propelled by the calculated act of proximitizing herself to Usher, I just don't care if she is an artist. It's all a game, and it is boring. And it IS just a calculated act of imagery.

"...It's My Life, which threw off Have A Nice Day."

I agree, almost blocked out It's my life myself except for the fact that it was Bon Jovi--you're right. But have a nice day was really good.


I will agree with you on one thing though: Rod Stewart's pants alone had more soul than this entire show. I will concede you that They kicked Bon Jovi's ass to the mooon (or to a golf course).

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