Well, Lorde herself couldn't figure out why she won a rock award at the Billboard awards. I think with the state of popular music today these award shows find it hard to fill up the categories.
Royals being considered as a rock song is both baffling and hilarious. Then again didn't Sugababes win Best Dance Act at The Brit Awards in 2003? Says more about the people who draw the shortlists.
Lorde is pop. Her music might not sound like Oops! I Did It Again or Genie In A Bottle, but she's as pop as you can get in 2014.
The categories are messed up,
How can one person win best female video and another female win best overall or whatever it is.
Ugh.
They should just call it "here's a mixture of who's popular and who agreed to perform so get your tits out wooohooooo"
Doesn't it really prove how dead rock and indie are at the moment though?
I was looking at this year Reading/Leeds playlist and it struck me by and large its all older bands in the top slots. Nothing wrong with older bands, but there's a clear lack of youth coming through replenishing the ranks.
The MTV Awards are all rigged. MTV wanted Lorde there but they can't nominate her into the usual categories because they're already filled up, have no space left and already know who the winners are because they're coming/performing at the event.
So what do they do? They make sure she's nominated in a category regardless whether it's right and wrong and tell her she's the winner of it. End of story and a massive f you to all the rest.
MTV wins, Lorde wins, game over. The fact Lorde accepted the award knowing full well her winning was wrong shows how corrupt everything is. If she is as credible as she claims to be she should have refused it.
Okay it's a joke. It's also light entertainment for people who are into pop music and people who are into radio hits and celebrity lifestyle gossip etc etc.
Not seeing the point in taking it all so seriously.
Okay it's a joke. It's also light entertainment for people who are into pop music and people who are into radio hits and celebrity lifestyle gossip etc etc.
Not seeing the point in taking it all so seriously.
Because it plays itself as a serious show.
That's as bad as the people who say 'don't like it, don't watch it' about one of your favourite shows that's just changed. The reason you DO complain about things is because just sitting back and letting it slide isn't going to get anything done to change something that's unfair and silly. Especially if it's something you like and care about, you get pissed off about something like this making a mockery of it.
The MTV Awards are all rigged. MTV wanted Lorde there but they can't nominate her into the usual categories because they're already filled up, have no space left and already know who the winners are because they're coming/performing at the event.
So what do they do? They make sure she's nominated in a category regardless whether it's right and wrong and tell her she's the winner of it. End of story and a massive f you to all the rest.
MTV wins, Lorde wins, game over. The fact Lorde accepted the award knowing full well her winning was wrong shows how corrupt everything is. If she is as credible as she claims to be she should have refused it.
I like the VMAs but people take them too seriously. They're MTV fluff.
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Royals being considered as a rock song is both baffling and hilarious.
Lorde is pop. Her music might not sound like Oops! I Did It Again or Genie In A Bottle, but she's as pop as you can get in 2014.
How can one person win best female video and another female win best overall or whatever it is.
Ugh.
They should just call it "here's a mixture of who's popular and who agreed to perform so get your tits out wooohooooo"
Cue much hand wringing from the masses.
She had a hit with "Royals". I can't post a link because I'm at work. I think that she won a GRAMMY for it.
Doesn't sound familiar, sorry
Fair enough
I was looking at this year Reading/Leeds playlist and it struck me by and large its all older bands in the top slots. Nothing wrong with older bands, but there's a clear lack of youth coming through replenishing the ranks.
So what do they do? They make sure she's nominated in a category regardless whether it's right and wrong and tell her she's the winner of it. End of story and a massive f you to all the rest.
MTV wins, Lorde wins, game over. The fact Lorde accepted the award knowing full well her winning was wrong shows how corrupt everything is. If she is as credible as she claims to be she should have refused it.
And then when I read that it was Lorde (incidentally, this is Royals), I was thinking "WTF?", as there is no way she can be classed as rock.
Not seeing the point in taking it all so seriously.
Because it plays itself as a serious show.
That's as bad as the people who say 'don't like it, don't watch it' about one of your favourite shows that's just changed. The reason you DO complain about things is because just sitting back and letting it slide isn't going to get anything done to change something that's unfair and silly. Especially if it's something you like and care about, you get pissed off about something like this making a mockery of it.
Yes it does.
It's the law. ;-)
I like the VMAs but people take them too seriously. They're MTV fluff.
Keyboards/synths are allowed too but yes guitars & drums are mandatory
There was a point at the start of 00s that i thought we have hit rock bottom but i was wrong, you can go lower.