Showing posts with label Katy Perry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Katy Perry. Show all posts
Friday, February 10, 2012
Leak: Katy Perry - Part of Me
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The Top 30 Music Videos of 2011
30. Jessie J - Price Tag
Jessie J brings a fun, yet relatively simple video to our eyes with Price Tag, her first real US hit. The song is catchy and fun and Jessie's personality drags the audience into her world.
29. Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger
Cher Lloyd busts onto the scene with her debut video that had people in a frenzy. Some loved it, some hated it. My mother thought she needed to get her sweatpants fitted. No matter where you stand, you have to give her props, even if the chorus follows the tune of "My Darling Clementine." Here's the visually creative video for Swagger Jagger.
28. Taylor Swift - Mean
Love her or hate her, you have to respect her. She's dominating no matter what she is doing and she manages to remain a good role model. In the video for Mean, she takes a clever approach to addressing bullies and even incorporates a gay kid. This is something completely out of the box for a country video.
27. Dev - In the Dark
Nothing says sexual like a bunch of hands grabbing all over your body and chanting "I've got a sex drive that's push to start." This video was far from what I expected yet incredibly cool. This is the song that landed Dev on the Hot 100 charts and in everyone's database of artists. Now, if she would stop pushing her album off, she might be the next big pop star!
26. Taylor Swift - Sparks Fly
It may seem like Taylor is dominating the chart thus far, but, sadly, she ends up playing the backfield. This is one of the few live videos that I have loved. This song is intense and amazing. Enjoy!
25. Lady GaGa - Judas
Potentially her most normal video of the Born this Way era, except The Edge of Glory, which was so relatively normal that it was boring. Judas finds a happy medium between normal and "dumping cheerios on yourself" insane (*cough* Marry the Night *cough*). Despite making the disciples a bike gang, this video is pretty good!
24. Selena Gomez & the Scene - Hit the Lights
This video starts of slow but then leads into exactly what I had imagined it to be! Selena is amazing and the visuals are stunning. Not to mention, this is a damn good song! If you have yet to listen to it, hit the play button!
23. Taylor Swift - Ours
Here is Taylor again with her cutest song as well as video. The video may not be fast paced, but it has a great ending and some comedy along the way. I love this song!
22. Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All
Kelly's comeback single was aided with an exceptional video that may not move too fast or go anywhere spectacular, however Kelly looks absolutely stunning. The song is amazing and I love what they did with the video.
21. Jennifer Lopez - On the Floor (feat. Pitbull)
Jennifer Lopez came back hard with this single, however it wasn't enough to carry her album. The video is sexy and fun even with Pitbull in it. Barely Political on YouTube did a parody of the video which is probably better than the original but here's J Lo sitting pretty at #21.
20. Beyonce - Run the World (Girls)
I'll probably catch a lot of flack for placing this video so far back. It grabs you visually with the images it throws at you and some crazy dancing. However, despite being an incredible (and I guarantee expensive) video, it just wasn't something I kept watching over and over.
19. Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)
This video was incredibly fun and sexy. Adam looks so in-shape that it made me want to scurry over to the gym and Christina is beautiful as always. Definitely worth a watch.
18. LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It
This video was TOO MUCH, sometimes in a good way and sometimes in a bad way. It's hysterical but, after so long, all the groin jiggling gets to be a bit too much. Overall, you love to hate it!
17. Beyonce - Countdown
Countdown is one of the most fun songs off of 4 and the video was a bit unexpected. It blew me away with the editing job and took the song to a whole new level. It's sad to see that it isn't tearing up the Hot 100. Check out the visually stunning video for Countdown:
16. Jennifer Lopez - Papi
Despite the product placement of that damn car that no one wants no matter how hard J Lo pushes it, this video was hysterical! I cracked up! The product placement is getting a little pathetic though, Jen.
15. Jessie J - Who You Are
This video is probably the most simplistic video of 2011. It puts the emphasis of Jessie's amazing vocals and the beauty of the song. Then, the storm starts and puts a whole metaphor to the video that makes it such a good video. I did not care for it at first, so if you didn't, give it another watch!
14. Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
Before I got that the video symbolizes her life and career as a work of art, this video was cool, but I just shrugged it off. Now that I get that, it's amazing! The product placement is pathetic here as well though.
13. Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)
My favorite track off of Kelly's new album and hopefully her next smash single. This video showcases the beautiful Kelly and some random flash mob ideology. It all works out to be Kelly's best video of her 2 this year. I love her. All I have to say is get itttt, Kelly!
12. Britney Spears - Criminal
The song sucks. Let me just put that out there. However, this video is funny at the beginning then sultry and incredibly sexy as it progresses. It gets to certain points where parents may have to even cover their children's eyes. Dang, Brit. :)
11. Ke$ha - Blow
The first Ke$ha video that did not bore me. In fact, this video was sexy and downright hysterical. The video is what actually sold me on Ke$ha and actually prompted me to go to her concert when she came to town! Now, I love her!
10. Big Sean - Dance (A$$) Remix (with Nicki Minaj)
This strikes me as a ghetto 80's style rap video. It's also a video that could potentially teaching you a hundred different languages to say "ass" in. If it wasn't for Nicki, this video wouldn't even have made the list. Just for the record.
9. Beyonce - 1+1
I love this song. I want it to be my wedding song and I think this video is an amazing edit job and Beyonce is smoldering. Definitely the most sensual video of the year. I absolutely love it.
8. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
I love the dance. Much like Ke$ha's Blow, this was the first Nicki video that didn't totally bore me. I thought it was sexy and funny. I hope Nicki brings back some fun tracks like this on Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded because I haven't been getting into Roman in Moscow or Stupid Hoe the way I dig the tracks on Pink Friday
7. Demi Lovato - Skyscraper
One of the most emotionally charged videos of the year. The meaning behind the song reeled me in and never let go. I live by this song and the video just grabs me. Demi is beautiful and making a statement. Skyscraper also made me fall in love with Demi and to order Unbroken.
6. Britney Spears - I Wanna Go
Easily Britney's funniest video to date! The intro had me rolling on the floor because some days I feel like acting that way! I enjoy the fact that Britney doesn't take the rumors and crap surrounding her seriously and can poke fun at it. You can tell she's gotten stronger since her Blackout breakdown. Check out this kick-ass video!
5. Pink - F**kin' Perfect
Pink will always be my number one with a bullet and I adore the fact that she took the chance to make this song, make it a single, and call attention to an issue that many people sweep under the rug. As she says, "you can't move mountains by whispering at them." Here's the video for Perfect:
4. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
Second to only Firework off of the Teenage Dream album, this single amazes me. I was not completely sold on it, though I want her to crush MJ's record by having six consecutive number one singles off one album. The video did me in. It's a unique take on the song that is heart wrenching and intriguing. It also touches on my fear of doing something that I won't be able to make up for or apologize for before it's too late. Well played, Katy.
3. Rise Against - Make It Stop (September's Children)
I have not really been in a rock mood this year, but I saw an interview with Rise Against on Fuse at the gym one day where they said "I want everyone to feel like a family at a Rise Against show. If you discriminate against someone, then you're the one who doesn't belong there." This was during their time of releasing Help Is On the Way. Not long after, they released this video and stole my heart. Gay bullying is one thing I stress as an educator, well really bullying in any form. This video will play a key role in one of my lessons this spring. Please check out this video about the gay suicides of September 2010 in Rise Against's video for Make It Stop (September's Children)
2. Rihanna - We Found Love
This song and this woman have just dominated this year. Really, the top two spots were a toss up for me and I had a terrible time deciding. This video is full of imagery that an English major can feast on, such as the imploding building that has a banner reading "controlled chaos" on it. Plus, the video has a great message and Rihanna rules.
1. Rihanna - S&M
Besides being rivaled by We Found Love, no other video even comes close to comparing. This is an English majors dream with elements of allusion and metaphor in abundance. People were entirely outraged by this video, when honestly it's not dirty at all. The song is about how the media crucified her for her Rated R era material. Basically, the song is her way of sticking her tongue out and saying "If you thought Rude Boy was bad, watch this!" It completely flew over her target audience's head and they freaked out more about it. One thing I love about Rihanna is that she isn't scared of a little controversy and won't back down! If you didn't understand S&M's video before, check it out now and see if it makes more sense now that I have explained.
Monday, August 29, 2011
MTV VMAs Winners and Performance Reviews
This year's VMAs had quite a few shocks, poor performances, and disappointments. However, they also provided some killer performances, surprises, and some long deserved awards. To begin this review with, let's discuss the awards and how my predictions matched up.
Award Results:
The first award of the night to be given away, sadly during the pre-show and not even during the actual show, was Best Video with a Message. The award as I predicted went to Lady GaGa for Born this Way, despite my opinion being that Born this Way was the worst option of them all. I am utterly disgusted about this. This was the category I was looking forward to most and was disappointed as I predicted.
The second award to be presented in the event was Best Pop Video. Shockingly, the award went to Britney Spears' Till the World Ends. My prediction was that Adele would take the cake even though I would have picked Katy Perry's Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.). I still think someone paid someone off to get Britney that award. That or the fanbase that still thinks she's talented even though she hasn't sung live since like 2003.
Next, Best Rock Video was presented and the award went to my pick during the predictions which was Walk by the Foo Fighters. Shockingly, Foster the People did not pick up any awards. So much for that number one single on iTunes. Guess it didn't matter!
Best Hip-Hop Video blew me away when it was presented to Nicki Minaj's Super Bass. In the predictions, I referred to her as the underdog being the only female in this category. Bet Lil Kim is off fashioning an angry mix tape that will repeatedly cut her down as well as MTV. She'll toss it together in a week's time and sell it through PayPal...and then act like her career is still relevant. GO NICKI! Lil Wayne was my prediction and even though he was trumped by his protege, he was still an awesome sport about it and was incredibly happy for her.
Best Collaboration went to Katy Perry and Kayne West for E.T. as predicted. Katy Perry had me cracking up when she was like "This is the part where you interrupt me, Kayne." I thought it was scripted at first but the look on his face and the way he ignored it told me otherwise. I love me some Katy Perry.
Best Male Video as usual went to Justin Bieber for his song U Smile. I obviously was not in my right mind when I was predicting this category. I should have known the Biebs would suck this one up being that it was fan voted and he has a swarm of insane, almost possessed prepubescent teens on his side. Cee Lo Green as my prediction? I must have had temporary insanity!
Best New Astist went to Tyler, the Creator. Now all together...WHO THE HELL IS TYLER, THE CREATOR? I have to suggest that this category was rigged....or Wiz Khalifa's fanbase was just too stoned to vote for the right guy, saw a black dude and voted there.
Best Female Video went to Lady Gaga for Born this Way. Big shocker, I know, right. Once again, I was horribly disappointed. But, what can you do when the little monsters flock to the polls. I think it's funny that Gaga won this award, yet Katy Perry won Video of the Year. Adele has gotten beaten out to every award at this show. Granted, Rolling in the Deep wasn't a terribly exciting video, but I still think vocals should have snagged her something! Anyway, I was so happy my choice took the gold home for Video of the Year and Gaga missed the nomination all together!
Overall, I was 3 for 9. Fan voted award shows are tricky to guess!
Performances:
Now there was a plethora of performances last night, however, I am only going to touch on the ones I felt were worth mentioning.
Off the bat, we had Lady Gaga performing in her male alter ego. The performance was lacking in my opinion. She was crazy, but what else is new? She fell as Lady Gaga does every now and then. I just wasn't into it, I found the performance slightly creepy. However, to veer away from my usual hating on Lady Gaga, I actually enjoyed her in character after the performance, such as her crying and fist pumping after Beyonce's performance. She was more normal as a male. Kind of like she was a natural, no tranny pun intended. Her outlandish outfits found on her usual award outings met their match at the show though with Nicki Minaj's wardrobe malfunction from Hell, the malfunction being that it left her closet.
While not being a performance, one of my favorite moments in the show was the dialogue between Rick Ross and Paul Rudd. I searched desperately for it on YouTube but couldn't find it. So, I will quote my favorite part here that came when they were discussing how they get mixed up for each other occasionally.
Paul: I don't see how, I'm not an enormous black man.
Rick: Yeah, and I'm not stupid.
After the hilarious exchanges between the aforementioned duo, Pitbull came out and performed the same typical performance. I'm so over Pitbull and his product placement. You could make a drinking game out of how many times he says Kodak in Give Me Everything. Pitbull had me cracking up in the pre-show with leaving tickets at the door for Lindsay Lohan, basically taunting her after she attempted to sue for the line "I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan." Hysterical! How do you like them apples, Lindsay?
Adele gave one of the top vocal performances of the night. Who else can stand at a microphone and sing a heart wrenching slow song such as Someone Like You and simply keep everyone's attention with her vocal power? My only complaint is that I swear Adele has he same dress for every performance. Honey, you're rich! Splurge! And let the beehive die with Amy Winehouse (whose memorial thing annoyed me. Too long, in fact, was almost longer than her career). Also, I enjoy how Katy Perry addressed the way MTV screwed Rihanna over with no nominations by having Cheers (Drink to That) played as Perry came out to introduce the gorgeous woman named Adele. By the way, if I hear one more Adele is Fat joke, regardless of how funny it is, I'm going to scream! She looks great the way she is. Get up off her!
After Adele came Chris Brown with his stupid dance show during which he lip-synced. Like everyone who knows anything about pop culture knows Chris Brown can dance. The whole thing was a bunch of overkill that bored me to death.
Lady Gaga's presenting the Vanguard award to Britney as "Lamnia," her male alter ego, struck me as a bit insulting. Luckily, Brit didn't take it that way. I would have been mad if it was my tribute. The little kids did an awesome job with their performance but still, who wants to be honored with a megamix choreographed with elementary kids dancing. At least, Britney laughed the whole thing off
I saved the best performance for last and that would be Beyonce's terrific rendition of Love on Top. After announcing her pregnancy, she took to the stage and blew the entire crowd away. The best way to adequately describe the performance is to say watch it! I love Bey's retro outfit and, man, do her vocals blow you away. She never lip-syncs and that is how true talent rolls. This single performance just showed up Britney Spears' entire career. Wait, there was a tribute in this show like four minutes ago? I don't recall! I crack myself up. I wasn't a huge fan of the belly rub at the end but everyone else seems to be. My favorite moment is when the camera cuts to Adele and she is jamming along until she realizes the camera is on her and then she froze like a stone. If you missed it, watch the video below!
P.s. sorry that wasn't the greatest quality. You can find the good one at: http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/684908/love-on-top-live.jhtml
Below you can find some tweets that occurred during the show that I found amusing:
@MartianFatale: "Christina Aguilera was invited to this years ceremony, but she probably won't be done with the pre-show buffet in time."
@MartianFatale: "I'm not gonna watch Lady Gaga. I'm gonna listen from the kitchen. I don't want the Lamnia to crawl out of tv and drag me to hell."
@MartianFatale: "DEAD @ Pitbull leaving tickets for Lindsay at will call! I am SCREAMING."
@MartianFatale: "I'm so glad Britney's label bought that award! I didn't want her to go home empty handed!"
@BettyFckinWhite: "Why did they remove that guy who was just walking on stage? He was gonna let Kanye finish, he just wanted to say something. #vma"
@PerezHilton: "Beyonce would never lipsynch! And bitch would sing her face off! AND fly! And do it all in heels! #Respect"
@BettyFckinWhite: "I want to be the first to announce Beyonce is full. She had a large dinner and then rubbed her belly. #vmas"
@elprofe316: "Prayers go out to Katy Perry, who spent most of last nights #VMAs with a giant lego block lodged in her skull."
@crazedmonster: "did #tylerthecreator know that he was going to the #VMAs and not the homeless shelter? #fail"
@ImMatt_WhoRYou: "Recap of the #VMAS #LadyGaga came as a man, #NickiMinaj came as Lady Gaga & Jay-z came in #Beyonce"
@Jasonkinney: "Does Beyonce take a wind machine everywhere she goes or does she summon the natural elements like Halle Berry in X-Men? #VMAs"
Hope you all enjoyed the show!
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