MTV Video Music Awards 2013 Highlights (VMAs)

There were several memorable performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). From Lady Gaga to Katy Perry to Justin Timberlake, the VMAs had something for everyone. Let’s take a look at some highlights and kindly talk about your favorite performance at the 2013 VMAs in the comments section.

‘N Sync Reunion
There were so many things that I loved about this VMAs performance. It started with Justin Timberlake repeatedly saying, “You asked for it.” To which I wondered, “Really?!? That’s news to me.” The celebrity crowd reactions were excellent. Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga looked like they were genuinely marking out (though Swift could have been salivating at five potential boyfriends/songwriting toys). One Direction looked positively bored. As for ‘N Sync, I was a little worried about the ones not named Justin Timberlake; Joey Fatone looked more like Joey Fat One and I was impressed/relieved that he made through the act. While Timberlake also had a solo performance, I thought it was incredibly generous of him to share the stage with the four other clowns members of ‘N Sync. Good on him.

Miley Cyrus Medley
If Cyclops from the X-Men and Gizmo from Gremlins had a giant lovechild, it would be the thing that Miley Cyrus emerged from at the beginning of her 2013 VMAs performance. Amazingly, that wasn’t the strangest thing in this bizarre set. I was amazed by how much unintentional comedy Cyrus packed into this act. Her outfit was garish, her dancing was whorish, her vocals were poor, and the stage was full of funky stuffed animals. Some of it was just uncomfortable and I felt bad for Billy Ray Cyrus; it was half a step away from him seeing his daughter perform at a strip club. It was awful, but also mesmerizing — the musical-performance equivalent of a car wreck.

Lady Gaga
You guys and dolls know that I’m a mark for Gaga. I love what she does for people that feel different and I love how she treats her fans. While I enjoy some of her music, there’s a lot of it that’s just okay to me. “Applause” fits into the latter category. That said, she put on a great show at the VMAs. It started with Gaga channeling Liza Minnelli show-tune vocals before shifting into the pop version of the song. Halfway through the act, she unveiled a seashell bikini, which is always hot (you know you wanted Ariel from The Little Mermaid). I thought it was a well-choreographed number and I really enjoyed watching it.

Katy Perry
Closing out the 2013 VMAs was Katy Perry singing “Roar.” It was cool to see an outdoor performance under the Brooklyn Bridge, but I didn’t enjoy this one was much as Gaga’s. The set looked like a LEGO version of the MGM Grand and putting Perry in boxing gear negates her sexiness. The most interesting part of the act was the silly jumprope exhibition in the middle of the song. I figured that there was a 69-percent chance that Perry would knock herself out with one of her boobs. Sadly, that didn’t happen.

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9 thoughts on “MTV Video Music Awards 2013 Highlights (VMAs)”

  1. I am now old. I don’t like any of this crap called music or performing.

    I hate all the young people, assholes at MTV, assholes on E!, and assholes at RIAA.

  2. Bah! They made Katy Perry look like some dyke boxer! They shouldve went with more tight fitting clothes, Wonder Woman-esque

  4. I just can’t get into this anymore. I have come to the realization that I (or we, for that matter) am not the target demographic for this and it shows. It’s great that you keep up with the pop scene and all, Mr. Padilla, but let’s face it, this kind of thing is for kids. Teenagers, girls, teenage girls, and guys who want to have sex with teenage girls (or other guys, whatever). I think you fall into segment #4, by the way. We are kind of too old for this stuff.

    It’s fine that you listen to the music and all, but if I ever encounter a (let’s say) 35-year-old man at one of these concerts, I don’t think I’d take them seriously… just like Bronies. Unless you have kids or teenagers, I don’t think this kind of thing is age-appropriate. We should be smoking cigars on our front porches talking about how much better Led Zeppelin was than The Doors and yelling at punk kids to get off our lawns as we discuss which acid reflux medicine is the best.

    -M

    2. You’re take on it is funny and possibly prescient. My friend has a project that he wants me to work on and the tone is similar to your comment’s.

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