While watching most of the Dick Clark New Years Eve special last night, I was often entertained, but probably not by what the event coordinators had intended. -First off, Jenny McCarthy is bat-shit crazy. Even when the party was loud and I couldnt hear the T.V. all that well, every time she was on, there was always this screw-loose gleam in her eye that made me think she had bodies buried somewhere. She made a joke about silicon freezing at 22 degrees and then pretended to knock on her own boob. Shes nuts. -Second, right out of the gate, I realized that there was a TON of canning, toastering, lip-synching and faking it going on. So the game Faking It Or Not? quickly sprung into existence. Iggy Azaleas entire intolerable performance was tracked, baked and faked. One drummer, cant remember for who, was faking it so bad there was a 16th note pattern going on the hi-hat and he was just flailing around on his cymbals like Animal. Fergie did it the right way. When she performed Big Girls Dont Cry, there were only two people on stage with her, neither of which were chosen for their ability to stimulate the nether region of 18-36 year olds, and when the full band kicked in, there was simply no band. Nobody faking it. Nobody pretending. Obviously, unashamedly tracked. She sang her ass off. Big Girls Dont Cry was my favorite performance of the night. - Elton John I think was the only performance given to anyone old enough to remember the Carter administration. Elton gave a spirited performance (with no faking it), but was cut off mid-intro to his 2nd song and never heard from again. Thanks Elton, ya old fart, Dick Clarks dead, Seacrest and Co. and here now and speaking of emphasis on youth... - Oddly enough, when the camera panned over to the audiences who were close to the musicians, the ratio of attractive girls in their early twenties compared to anyone else was approximately 90\10. Hmm. -Not knocking Seacrest at all. In fact, he had the best moment of the night. When he asked Taylor Swift if she was cold, Swift said Im freezing. This wasnt the best choice. After a moment, Seacrest started taking his coat off. Swift, not understanding what Seacrest was doing and thinking he was undressing himself so he would be half-naked and cold like her said What are you doing? Well, this is inappropriate. When Seacrest then put his coat on her to help her stay warm she said Oh! Thats what youre doing. and then proceeded to look intensely embarrassed and uncomfortable. Bravo, Mr. Seacrest. - I tapped out after the sixth One Direction song. I just couldnt take it anymore.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 22:26:34 +0000
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