Have the music awards on right now. One Direction is going to be performing. I can't wait to hear how autotuned they are. They're about the only reason I am watching it. God, they are so freaking adorable. Especially Harry and Liam. I want to punch myself in the face for thinking this.
Okay. Can't hear over all of the incessant obnoxious screaming. STFU, you dumb tweens! Are they going to do anything besides just stand there and/or walk around? Sure, MGMT didn't really do much at their show, but uh, they play instruments. The boy bands in my day (god I sound like such an old person) used to dance like all holy hell. And while I do agree that there is no written law that boy bands have to dance, but well, um, when looks and half-decent singing are all you have....you have to do something.
The rest of the show, I am watching on mute with my iTunes library playing loudly. I'm just going to pretend everyone is lip-synching to my music. New hits or not, MGMT should be there. Why? Have you seen some of the people that are there? Why are they there? And just because MGMT is awesome. And because they are real musicians. And don't base any judgements on two songs. Seriously- look up how much work they put into their music. It's unbelievable. They write and compose all of their music. I think Andrew pretty much writes all of the lyrics.
And then their instrument talent. WHOA:
From OS:
- Andrew Vanwyngarden – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, drums, percussion
- Ben Goldwasser – vocals, keyboards rhythm guitars, percussion, synths and samples
From Congratulations:
- Andrew VanWyngarden: vocals, guitars, drums (3, 4-7, 9), bass (1-4,
6, 9), synths (2, 3, 6, 8), casio guitar (7), piano (2), fake flute (4),
harmonica (6), electric sitar (3, 6), percussion
- Ben Goldwasser: synths and samples (1, 3-9), organ (3-5, 7, 8),
piano (4, 8), omnichord (1, 2, 5), numerology (6), additional vocals (2,
4, 7), percussion
- James Richardson: guitars (1, 2, 5-8), synths (2), casio guitar (7),
synth drums (8), glockenspiel (2), saxophone (5), pan pipes (6),
additional vocals (7), percussion, electric sitar (3)
- Matt Asti: guitars (1, 4, 6), bass (4-7), piano (5), additional vocals (7), field recordings and treatments, percussion
- Will Berman: drums (1, 2, 4), guitars (4, 6), bass (4), additional vocals, percussion, synths
You seriously cannot tell me they are not extremely talented. And again, fuck the hate on
Congratulations. If I could take every person who criticized it and lock them in a room and force them to listen to it over and over again until they admit that it is not terrible, I would.
I watched their performance of "Electric Feel" from the 2009 V Fest again last night and I have to say Andrew has definitely improved since then in singing that song. I'm not going to say he was bad, but he definitely sang it better at Musikfest. Their performance of "Brian Eno" was significantly better than when I watched the 2010 Lollapalooza performance of it as well. But either way, I'd rather hear not-so-good live music than lip-synching.
MY KINGS! YOU SHOULD BE THERE!
They're so funny. Andrew looks like
an anime character. Ben looks like he is posing for a school picture. And how in the hell tall is Matt anyway? They're all at least close to 5'10, based on how they compare to Andrew, and if that is how tall he really is. And Matt is like a good half foot at least taller. I always wonder if he is really shy or something, because he always seems to be hiding in the back on stage. DON'T HIDE MATT! WE LOVE YOU TOO!
Now....if I had Photoshop, I would put crowns on each of their heads. Andrew would have the biggest, of course. And because I am feeling really randy, that just sounded incredibly dirty.
9:15PM: OMFG HOW IS THIS MUSIC?
Lil Wayne, please stop!
9:37PM: I am screaming along with "Metanoia" and I still sound better than most of these people performing. HELP ME! DRUMMER! TICKET! YEAH!
10:03PM: Hang it up, Rihanna, you insufferable cunt. God she makes me sick. She is about the only person on this earth who has less self-respect than me.
1:38AM: I bitched about Lil Wayne on Facebook and I just discovered I do in fact have friends who are fans of him. Nobody has said anything yet, but I swear if anyone makes one negative comment towards MGMT, I will administer an ass-whooping. You do not take the name of them in vain! Then again, I have plenty of friends on FB who hate Lil Wayne and would probably back me up.