Eminem feat. Rihanna - "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie"
Em is really on top of his game right now! He sounded great, and loved the backing orchestra/drum line he had...probably should have closed the show instead of opening! Rihanna actually sounded good too (normally not a fan of her live) and love the red hair! Everyone else at the VMAs had better do it big, they sure set the bar high!!
Justin Bieber - "Baby" and "Somebody to Love"
He sounds WAY too good to be live...and they are showing NO up closes until he's talking...and cool you can play the drums, thats great. Performance had lots of energy, just would have made it that much better had he not been lip synching!
Usher - "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" and "OMG"
It's the return of Usher tonight too!! Loved the sliding down the ramps! Definitely live, but some heavy backing tracks!! And half the time he wasn't even attempting to sing, just dance...but that was really fine with me, because it was a great performance!
Florence + The Machine - "Dog Days Are Over"
I am apparently the only person who has never heard this song/seen the video, but I have heard of her and have some of her other songs. Damn the girl has some lungs on her, definitely the best live sounding act of the night! She looked like she was having a good time too!!
N.E.R.D. and Ciara - "Hot and Fun"
You know I love me some N.E.R.D. and this performance was very random....was it an advertisement? Can i get a full performance cuz i love them!!
Taylor Swift - some sappy song she wrote about last years vmas...
BLEH. I really can't stand Taylor Swift, lol. She was definitely all live, but she sounds bad, and she has a lot of trouble hitting some notes. Her hair is actually different for once so she gets credit for that but Kanye should have performed with her, would have been much better!!
Drake feat. Mary J. Blige and Swizz Beatz - "Fancy"
Liked the song, and he did a great job for his first time!! It's hard to stand out against MJ too but he did pretty great, definitely reminds me of Eminem!!
B.O.B. feat. Paramore and Bruno Mars - "Nothin' on You" and "Airplanes" and then Paramore "Only Exception"
GOD I HATE AIRPLANES!! The first thing I said when they announced this was GREAT I hate this song!!! And I really dont' like Paramore. It stems back to them opening for No Doubt and just ugh...Luckily I really like B.O.B. and Bruno Mars sounded great, so not completely ruined....
Linkin Park - "The Catalyst"
Damn one of the best performances wasn't even at the VMAs!! Love this song, love them and they sounded great!
Kanye West - "Runaway"
Nothing to save. I love Kanye and that is that. Can't wait for the new cd :) I don't even care about the haters, you can't deny that he is amazingly talented!!
