Why Do Britney Spears Fans Accept Her Mediocrity? March 27, 2011
Posted by johnthrasher in Music.Tags: Britney Spears, Femme Fatale, GMA, Good Morning America, Perez Hilton, Till The World Ends
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Before I get all kinds of hate mail for this post, let me first tell you that I’m a fan of Britney Spears. ANYONE who grew up in the 90s/2000s pretty much is at this point. I think the point of this blog is to show that the entire pop music fandom is becoming a lot more astute to real talent, thus leaving a lip-syncing power-walking Britney Spears in the dust.
Today Britney taped a performance for Good Morning America, which will air on Tuesday. 99% of Britney fans think she WAS AMAZING TOO GOOD FOR WORDS, while 1% of us who remember who she used to be were left wondering why album after album, performance after performance, we get our hopes up only to be left deflated and underwhelmed. Why are Britney fans letting her off the hook for lackluster performing?! I honestly think that so many people are just so in love with Britney that they feel bad for her and don’t want to accept the fact that she’s the poor man’s Lady Gaga. People want to say Britney is the new Madonna but at least Madonna sang LIVE 99% of the time with a mediocre voice!
The performance wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good. I’ve seen better on American Idol (not being sarcastic). She performed “Till The World Ends,” a hot club-thumper written by Kesha and basically synchronized some walks around the front of the stage, held on to a rope for a few seconds (?), and then walked up stairs and stood on a platform for the last 60 seconds of the song.
WHAT?
If you’re going to hype up a performance/album/song and say it will be a “morning to remember” we’re going to need a little more than standing around flailing your arms, Britney Lynne!
The best comparison I can make is when you look at her dancers and how much energy they put in to every single movement, and then look at Britney. It’s like black and white, night and day. There WAS a time where Britney was a dancer/singer. Now, she’s just walking around lip-synching. I miss old Britney!
P.S. Perez Hilton, one of Britney’s biggest fans ever, made a great point on his blog:
The Britney that used to be able to dance fiercely is no longer. We’re not exactly sure why she’s gone, but – like we’ve said before – we’d love to find out!
If Spears gave an interviewing blaming her knee surgery and multiple knee injuries, then we’d understand why her movement has been impaired and our expectations would be different/lower. Or, there’s also speculation that medication she may be on might be impeding her ability to dance.
I feel the same, where is the old Britney? I was so disappointed with her performance, she just didn’t seen into it at all. Everyones saying she was amazing but that performance was almost upsetting for watch. I am 25, so I grew up with and love her music. This will not stop me from buying or downloading her music but what the hell is going on!
I am suprised this is the only thing I’ve read about that acknowledge Britney’s sadly week performance, is everyone blind? And, this is now the second time I’ve seen her do this. I think it was on MTV after she cut off her hair, it was her, believe it or not, come back performance, and was just like on GMA. Im suprised her manager or whatever allow her to perform like that and let that air.
I miss you Britney
I do agree with you both.
I’m not really what we can call a Britney Spears fan, but I used to be a huge one when I was a teenager. Anyway, seeing her on stage now make me feel sad for her.It’s painful to see her “dancing”. Her “performances” are so bad, that I just don’t understand how the manager or whatever he/she is called can let her being on stage with this lack of ernergy. If she has a knee problem it would be better to let people know.It would explain her bad dancing.
I heard or read people saying ” it’s because of her age, the smoke and stuff” but I really don’t think so, I mean ok after 2 babies you have to work a bit to be in good shape but come on ! she’s still young ! My sister is her age and she smokes A LOT (and not just tobacco) but she is a very good dancer, practicing 4 times a week.So maybe this is not about a bad physical condition but more about a bad mental one. She doesn’t look happy, on stage, on interview neither she might be sad in her life, so she lost her will to perform, she has no physical energy ’cause she has no mental one. The only thing I’m sure about is that it’s very painful to see her on stage, ’cause it’s ridiculous. She is not a singer and was better known and loved for her dancing/performances, now that she’s lost her moves … is Britney Spears still a performer ? Oh and maybe another thing, why does she have the worst video clip ever ? > ” Hold it against me”; ” I wanna go”
Britney’s songs have always been consistently good pop records, but you’re right; her performances always look like a hazy mess. I don’t really agree with the Madonna comment, though. Madonna isn’t a great live performer herself.
why does britney look so rough, i keep hearing about all these amazing photos of her and then when you see her she looks like a trucker, where are her stylists, why are her people letting her out letting her look like that, is it true the rumors that she is so over medicated, and they are just keeping her there for the money to churn, i agree i think people feel sorry for the hot girl from i’m a slave for you and now she looks actually even worse than madonna