Let's talk VMAs...

So, lets talk about the VMAs, shall we?

Let me get right to it; I was less than impressed with this years telecast.

The MTV Video Music Awards are all things wacky tacky pop culture. They are vibrant, fun and completely outlandish. They are supposed to give off a sleek, modern vibe, and give you something to talk about the next day. That last part, definitely still came true this year, but I can't help but think its more about how much they sucked compared to last year's epicness.

Let's talk about the things I did like...

Chelsea Handler KILLED it. I don't care what Perez says, and I don't care what Entertainment Weekly thought. Chelsea Handler is hands down one funny woman, and lets face it, anyone is better than Russell Brand.

Anything Eminem does, is sick, even if RiRi couldn't have looked anymore interested. Oh - and keep the short hair, babe. Not a fan of that Trya lookin' weave we had goin' on there!

Florenece + the Machine made a splashy debut into the homes of Americans, and I can't help but think, with a night of lackluster performances, she will stand out as the highlight for many, only doing wonders for her future record sales.

Yeah - That's it.

Oh, I did like Linkin Park's performance, only because they sounded good live. A lot like they do on the CD, but noticeably live singing.

Now - Lady Gaga was the top woman of the night, as if we all didn't know already. With 18 nominations total, 13 of them being solo noms for Bad Romance, you would expect the night to have a little more Gaga. WRONG, I guess. I don't know if MTV had their head so far up their ass or something, but they forgot to ask the biggest pop star in the world, who was going to be there regardless, to perform on their little show. This boggles my mind. You know this woman makes people's mouths go a flappin' the next day, why not get her to perform. You know she'd do something INSANE. In fact, why didn't you get her and Beyonce to do a mash-up Video Phone/Telephone. That would have been epic, but MTV missed their chance with that one. Instead, they chose to sit her on a throne in the front row and have her watch as people with a lot less talent paraded around in front of her like a bunch of court jesters. Her dress made of meat should not have been the biggest moment for Gaga last night, and unfortunately it was. This was a huge mistake on MTV's part last night.

I heard someone say on the white carpet, that "tonight is all about the collaborations." Well, you fooled me. Because Rihanna and Hayley Williams showing up for a performance of their own songs they share with rappers, doesn't really give me a "collaboration" vibe. Putting people like Ke$ha up next to Taylor Swift would have been a collaboration. Katy and Rihanna. Or Usher and Maroon 5. Could you imagine? And aside from the fact that Lady Gaga wasn't performing, MTV missed the mark and not having some of today's more exciting performers, like Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Rihanna (solo), Maroon 5, and Mike Posner. And putting acts like Robyn and Travie McCoy on during the commercial break was also a big issue.

One collaboration I would have loved to have seen would have been Taylor Swift and Kanye West. Now you know MTV had a serious hand in getting these two to perform their perspective tracks they wrote about last year's "incident." The reason the whole thing truly blew up in the first place is because most people in America have morals and realize how rude that incident was, and secondly, because Taylor Swift is so young and niavely sweet, most can see her as their little sister. Wrong move on Kanye's part, which kept us all talking for an extremely long period of time.

Now I have beef with the public, especially the ones to so quickly jump on the "I Hate Kanye" train, jumping off just as quickly this year and complaining about how "Taylor Swift just needs to get over it." First off, if you believe that, you didn't listen to the song. She's clearly, over it. She's also showing off an extreme amount of maturity with this track. And lastly, art stems from reality. This is a song she wrote when she wasn't over it, and now she is. It just so happens its on her new album. So how about you get over it, and just listen to the damn song. What I didn't understand is that Kanye sang a song about the whole thing as well, and no one told him he had to get over it. Why's that? We live in a hypocritical society, my friends. Hypocrites!

The last thing I need to say about the VMA's, is that they should be a New York City mainstay, and stop jumping from place to place as they do. MTV knows what they are doing when they hold this award show at Radio City Music Hall. The editing isn't awful, like last night (WTF?). and everything is as exciting as New York itself. I say, bring it back to its home and keep it there next year.

All in all, MTV did not out do itself, and last year remains one of my favorite VMAs ever. I have higher hopes for next year, but thats only because we'll have new music from VMA legend herself, Britney Spears!