Could it get any worse for Britney?
Weekly shots and a daily supply of allergy meds couldn't keep the ragweed from making me ill once again this year. I was out of the office yesterday to get a shot and some rest and today I'm back although somewhat lightheaded still. So, I apologize for a few days without words.
This weekend I spent in Baton Rouge and more importantly in Death Valley watching LSU demolish Virginia Tech. It was a perfect game with the perfect company, Michael Roberts and Jarrod Brown.
I returned Sunday afternoon, just in time to crash on the couch for MTV's Video Music Awards. It was the usual, unpredictable MTV generation antics. But even more interesting, it was the night Britney Spears tried to make her big comeback. If you've read any entertainment sites this week, or watched the performance for yourself, you understand why I say tried.
There are a few simple suggestions and thoughts I have on the topic:
- Usually a comeback takes some reinvention. For instance, when Christina Aguilera came out of her dirty, X-tina phase she won disgruntled fans over again with a more elegant, polished, softer look. Although, I'm happy Britney has proven she actually DOES know how to put on panties, the performance gave fans nothing more than the same old thing.
- If you stage a comeback using the same tired, familiar approach it has to be hands-down better than the first time you did it. Britney has made us gasp by dancing with a python around her neck. She's seduced us in nothing more than a nude-colored, rhinestone clad skin suit. She's even french kissed Madonna. The comeback performance only proved one thing: Britney's not what she used to be.
- If she really wanted to impress us maybe she should sing her songs instead of just mouthing them. Oh, it also helps when you know the words.
- Maybe Britney could earn more fans back by getting her personal life together and being a good mom to her two boys. I think that would be her greatest comeback of all.
posted by Stephanie Netherton at 5:01 PM
7 Comments:
I've only seen the Britney clip from CNN, but yeah, that was pretty bad.
In better news (much better!)... How 'bout those Tigers! It was a great game. Did you get to do some good tailgating?? We set up shop a little late, just after noon, b/c for all the big games I have to go eat at IHOP first or else we don't win (see the Capital One Bowl v. Iowa for an example). Glad to read you had a good time.
It's all downhill for her from here. #1, guys don't really find her attractive anymore, for more reasons than one. #2, she never was that great of a singer. #3, the fad she was part of is over, and only the great singers will survive (i.e. the aforementioned Christina). #4, her new song can't touch "Sexyback".
MTV is sure to re-air the VMAs only 30 more times before the end of the week, so I'm sure you'll catch the performance at some point.
The game, the tailgate, the whole weekend was so awesome. The guys set up our tailgate around 9 a.m. and I made it out there at noon. Not too late of a start considering the game was a late one!
Glad you had a good time too Mindy!A friend of mine who works at Stray Cat said the place was so dead this weekend because everyone was in Baton Rouge!
Sammy, I completely agree with you. Her era is over. She can't really sing, although she's possibly the best breathy sing/talker in the biz.
Justin Timberlake is a perfect example of how to recreate yourself. He broke out of the boy band era just as it was starting to fade out AND in doing so he brought sexy back!
You only say she's the best breathy singer because she's one of the few doing that, because everyone else can actually sing and prefer to show off their pipes.
I didn't say I liked it. I just said it was obviously her thing. She's the Marilyn Monroe of our time.
If she's the Marilyn Monroe of our time, George W. needs to get in on some of that action.
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