No time or energy for pics or any embellishments. Just quick and dirty commentary. Apologies for errors.
Instead of opening with a performance, they’re opening with
the debut of Taylor Swift’s new video “Bad Blood.” The video features a ton of
singers and actresses. I was able to pick out Ellie Goulding, Cara DeLevigne
(sp?), Ellen Pompeo, Mariska Hargitay, Cindy Crawford and Lena Dunham, but
there were glimpses of many others.
Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen (aka Mrs. John Legend) are
hosting. How does Chrissy keep getting gigs? She’s also on Lip Sync Battle.
Good for her, I guess.
Van Halen performing. Ah, the nostalgia.
One Direction wins. The remaining 4 members accept, and they
graciously thank deserter Zayn too.
Why does Fallout Boy have dancers? Oh, their song borrows
from that song in Pulp Fiction, and
the dancers are all dressed like Uma Thurman’s character. Ok, gonna fast
forward now.
Taylor Swift wins. Shocking. (Not.)
Megan Trainor and John Legend are duetting. It’s a nice
song. I wonder if it’s on her cd. I might have to get her cd. She has lots of
fun songs, and she sounds pretty good live.
Wow, Ellen Pompeo looks very young, fresh and pretty
tonight!
Mariah Carey sounds decent singing her new song (at least I
think it’s new because I don’t recognize it), but it’s just sad hearing her
sing “Vision of Love.” Her voice isn’t what it used to be. Age is cruel to
vocalists. This is gonna happen to Bruno someday, and that makes me want to
cry!
Oh great, Wiz Khalifa is performing the song that stopped
“Uptown Funk” from breaking the Billboard record for most weeks at number one.
(Eye roll.) I admit I like the hook, sung by some new kid named Charlie Puth. I
don’t care for Wiz’s rap at all though.
Celine! I wonder if she
can still hit the power notes. She’s not performing, so we won’t get an answer
tonight.
Poor Sam Smith can’t be there to accept his award or perform
because of vocal surgery. It’s crazy that he and Adele had to go through this
at such a young age. I hope it never happens to Bruno. (Everything comes back
to Bruno and his precious, beautiful voice.)
People keep shouting out to Nicki Minaj, but they have yet
to cut to her in the audience.
Hozier can’t hit the high note in his song. And he doesn’t
have age to blame yet. Hmph.
John Legend wins Top Radio Song for the only song of his I
truly love, “All of Me.” Aw, he thanked his wife Chrissy for inspiring him to
write the song.
Everyone knows I’m not a country fan, but I’m kinda digging
this song “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town and Faith Hill. Faith Hill looks and
sounds terrific. She is working that short hair.
Gee, who will win Top Female Artist??? Taylor Swift, of
course. That girl is a physical giant btw. Seriously, she’s like 5’10” before
the heels.
Speaking of “girl crush,” (2 entries back), here’s mine:
Jennifer Lopez. And look at her abs in that cutout in front of her dress. How
does she get hotter and more beautiful as she gets older. It’s witchcraft or
voodoo or something.
Chris Brown and Pitbull. Not interested.
I don’t really care for this particular Ed Sheeran song.
Apparently it’s called “Bloodstream.” But he is putting his heart into it, and
I admire the commitment.
Top Hot 100 song goes to Meghan Trainor for “All About That
Bass.” Yay! T. Swift didn’t win one!
Britney and Iggy doing their new song. My bff Bridget warned
me that Britney did some horrible lip synching on this performance, but I still
wasn’t prepared for just how awful it is. Seriously, shouldn’t Britney be the
best lip syncher in the business by now? She’s been doing it forever!
This Prince Royce kid is pretty cute. Ugh—Taylor just won another one. Apparently it’s
a fan award, and the Swifties are a strong online fanbase, so Meghan and Iggy
never had a chance. I mean, do their fans even have a name?!
David Guetta is back, this time with Nicki Minaj on lead. I
don’t know this song, but Taylor and her girlfriends do. I know this because,
like every award show, they insist on cutting to her dancing and singing along
to every song in the front row. This has been going on for years. It really
needs to stop.
OMG—The Breakfast Club
was 30 years ago?!?! I’m so freakin’ old. They’re doing a little musical
tribute. And the crowd is feeling it, particularly J. Lo. Ed Sheeran, on the
other hand, seems bored. I don’t think he’s seen Breakfast Club. Simply Red probably hasn’t performed for a crowd
like this in decades.
Oh good, Kelly Clarkson went with more of an A-line dress
design this time. Much more flattering for her current figure. (She’s a yo-yoer
and she recently had a baby so she’s a little thicker these days.) As always,
she sounds great. Best thing to ever come out of American Idol.
Florida Georgia Line wins Top Country Artist. Really???
Imagine Dragons is singing “Stand By Me” in tribute to Ben
E. King, who recently passed away. It’s pretty good. I’ve never seen them doing
mellow, but it works. Ugh, Taylor
is emphatically singing along in the audience. Just stop, Mr. Cameraman!
Top Artist goes to Taylor Freakin’ Swift. Why is she the
only one surprised when she wins? For the rest of us, it’s a yawning, foregone
conclusion.
Kylie and Kendall Jenner introduce their brother-in-law
Kanye West. Wait—were people in the audience booing? Wow, lots of bleeping. Did
the sound just go out? Nope, just lots of bleeping. I am not a Kanye fan, but
the crowd is on their feet jammin’ out, bleeps and all. The way the stage is
lit, one can’t even be sure that’s Kanye on stage. Could be anybody. LOL.
All in all, a pretty entertaining show. I watched more of it
than I anticipated. “Uptown Funk” should figure prominently in next year’s
broadcast. Can’t wait!
