(08-26-2013, 06:57 PM)miguel Wrote: I didn't see Katy's performance, but the tweets on Twitter indicated she was lip syncing and is a poor live performer. People seem to forgive her for it though.
As likeable as she may be, I think it's a shame someone like Haley is sitting at home while a music awards show highlights performances from people who can't sing as well.
Katy is certainly more of a personality. She also knows how to write pop music. (It's catchy...it's so catchy.) Although she actually started off as that indie alternative pop rock type, with a guitar. Alanis Morissette was her biggest influence outside of christian music. So much irony there..
She didn't lipsynch, she sang to a backtrack, which everyone at the VMA's did (except for maybe Bruno and Macklemore & Mary Lambert/JHud.) and she had the excuse of being outside and under a bridge. I don't know that Katy should have closed the show, but her performance was certainly better than a majority of artists. (Granted, there was such a gap between Timberlake and everyone else...And then another gap between Gaga and everyone else..)
Actually, I thought she sounded significantly better than she typically does.
But I agree with the sentiment that it's a shame that Haley was sitting at home.
And Katy's story with record companies is much worse than Haley's. She wasn't an instant success. So that's actually a reminder to be patient. Like Katy, Haley knows how to write catchy pop music. (Whether that's a direction she wants to go in is another question..) And at the end of the day, that's what gets you mainstream success.
