Okay, so of course, like always, I cannot help but sit through the crap that is award shows these days in the hopes of witnessing a gem of a moment that would be of some or little relevance to my life.

So last night was the AMA's, unusually more sucky than normal. I think I even preferred this years VMA's which were pretty poorly hosted by P.Diddy. Last night I think I saw Cedric the Entertainer like 3 times? and he wasn't very funny at all. Of course I was switching back and forth between that and Gilmore Girls for the first hour so...maybe I missed one good line here or there. Anyways, I was apalled with the horrible performances.

Los Lonely Boys with Santana rocked, lovely, as was Rob Thomas, Sheryl Crow, and Keith Urban. Real Musicians, those who deserved to be there, and perform even though they won no awards. Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw were aiight. Cyndi Lauper done good with Sarah McLaughlan.

But seriously....I hate Omarion. Lip Synching. Bow Wow and Ciara were uneventful, but I still love them. Mariah opened and sucked it up...bad. She even apologized immediately after when she accepted her award. For the performance and for her dress, which apparently wasn't finished being sewn on when it came time for the show to start. Hint to Mariah--if you have to be sewn into particular clothes, you shouldn't be wearing them.

And WHAT!? I have to sit through LinLo AND Duff!? How the hell did they get here, and who let them in?! This is a music show. They should not be nominated much less PERFORMING. What will they perform? They can't SING! Hilary totally lipped it, and with her hands close to her face and her back to the audience half the time as if she could hide it. Seriously, your among your "peers", the people who do this for a living, you think they can't tell when someone is really singing?

Even Lindsay gets props for at least having a mic plugged in. Not that this means she sang (or sang well). She tried during some parts, but that doesn't mean you heard her the rest of the song. She had 10 back up singers! TEN! I counted. Even they should be fired, cause even though they were doing the job of drowning LL out they still didn't sound much nicer than her.

Biggest Heart Moment of the Night: THE FREAKIN EURYTHMICS REUNITED!!!! AGGGHHH!!! They did a mini-medly sorts, Missionary Man completely rocked my face off. For their techno 80s/90s stuff being so much more popular, they can rock. Especially Annie on those vocals, it was so awesome to hear that rock growl come back after she's been doing so much soul and soft rock oriented stuff the past few years. She's an amazing vocalist. Sweet Dreams was okay, but it seemed slow or lacking of something. Maybe I'm just used to the KC's rocked out version. Still, Eurythmics were the highlight. Rolling Stones, not so much.

But this much is true: I heart Annie Lennox. Even with all her spasmy awkward movements (the benefit of her being behind a piano with softer stuff is to prevent this ) I don't know why I enjoy it with her and Celine and can't stand Mariah and Jessica Simpson doing it. But then again, maybe I have a thing for chicks in pantsuits doing the spasmy dancing. It's just more humorous than annoying.

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