Britney Spears' career has left the building (VMA Video)

[CatWoman]

Britney Bombs With MTV "Comeback" Performance... Watch

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2007/09/09/britney-spears-vmas-2007-performance/#more-20683

[LynneSin]

1. It was so so so sad

I'll admit - the girl had talent, she really could sing.

And tonight she could barely lip-sync and stay in step with the song.

[CatWoman]

3. I'm just the opposite

I never thought she could sing or dance.

All of her music is laced with extra tracks.

You never hear her sing anything with her voice alone.

I wasn't aware she couldn't dance until I saw her with Michael Jackson on the Jackson Family Honors (or whatever that show was named).

[LynneSin]

4. I don't doubt the voice

but that was a decade ago when she had nothing to lose.

[CatWoman]

5. It's obvious she wasn't prepared

perhaps she should have rehearsed more, and not spend her time flashing her ass and her privates to the world? :shrug:

[barb162]

52. Thank you!

I've seen too much of the gynecological/ proctological aspects of her anatomy already. I wish she would either wear some underwear or some longer outer clothes.

[grace0418]

13. Actually, she really can't sing. Never could. It's just a lot of work in the studio

to make her sound better. Honestly. I know of some folks in the industry who have talked about what a train wreck all her recordings are before they are mixed to the nth degree. Her live shows have always involved a lot of lip synching and backing tracks and mixing.

That's why I have a hard time feeling sorry for her. She never should've had a career to begin with, and yet she's worth millions. There are thousands of young, attractive women who are way more talented than she, but just weren't in the right place at the right time.

[LynneSin]

14. She did singing on the Mickey Mouse club

so she's got a voice

Perhaps it was the industry that ruined it by over dubbing it.

There were 3 famous people to come from the Mickey Mouse Club - it's nice to see that Christina Aguilara and Justin Timberlake have their heads screwed on straight

[mvd]

26. That's true

Also, on the song "Everytime," she shows she has a bit of a voice. Sure, I'm sure they used a lot of control, but she's at least a little better than someone who can't sing at all. I'm not a fan, but I like a few of her songs. The new song is not good, and her performance was pretty sad. Too bad, since In The Zone is actually her best CD. It's been a steep drop from there. She even looks so artificial now.

[mvd]

73. BTW

There's an artist who's a bit like Britney in style but better IMO - Lucy Walsh. Lucy is one of my new discoveries.

[ElizabethDC]

27. She also sang on Star Search when she was really young

and was actually quite good.

[enigmatic]

30. she never had much of a voice

Passable, but that's not saying much.

[LynneSin]

40. I beg to differ

She had one of those big voices. I'll agree that over the years it's deteriorated much, but give credit where it's due - the girl could sing at one point!

[grace0418]

43. I've never seen it but unless the MM Club aired live they can always fix

someone's bad singing. If they liked having Britney on the show for whatever reason and her singing wasn't up to par, it's quite easy to adjust things before the show airs. Or reshoot, or edit out the places where she really effed up.

If it aired live I stand corrected. But the only time I ever saw her do something live where she wasn't obviously lip-synching it was a complete disaster. She was absolutely horrendous, and this was before her recent melt-down. I actually did feel sorry for her because Christina Aguilera performed on the same show and sung circles around Britney.

[Lethe]

48. everybody uses pitch correcting software when recording now

like this:

http://www.antarestech.com/products/auto-tune5.shtml

[grace0418]

53. Everybody uses it. But not for every note they sing.

I mean, half of her songs have the vocals run through special effect filters so they sound like a robot. I have a feeling that's not just for effect.

[mvd]

55. Lately her music has a more techno feel

So that's part of it. Not all of it, of course. She is not a great singer. Probably a slightly above average one who benefited from the producers, who made some irresistible hits (to me - just bad for others.)

[QMPMom]

2. Just saw the openng bits on TV and it was pathetic.

She needs to hang it up and take a course to learn something new.

[Critters2]

6. Wow. I'm usually impressed with anyone who will sing and dance

in front of an audience, but even to me that seemed sad. It seemed obvious that she was lip-syncing (which, of course, means she was even doing that badly). And her dancing was so stiff. It almost makes me wonder if she has back trouble, the way she didn't seem to want to bend forward. And she's gotten a paunch!

Other than that...nicely done, Brit :thumbsup:

[CatWoman]

8. on the positive side,

she looks pretty damn good for someone who has had back-to-back pregnancies.

[Critters2]

10. That's true. Still, I would've worn something covering my paunch

however well-deserved.

[LynneSin]

15. Brit's got booty like Beyonce

But Beyonce looked like class in her dress.

[XemaSab]

16. Seriesly--

there's *NO LAW* that says you have to go onstage wearing something a Victoria's Secret model would be embarassed by. :P

[WCGreen]

29. Exactly, And I for one am glad she isn't rail thin and has some

curves to her body...

[ikojo]

7. The folks sitting at the tables looked less than

impressed with that train wreck.

Not even MTV, with all of their creative camera angles, could make that look like a decent performance.

Britney can always become a full fledged porn star instead of a soft porn star.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

9. It looks like drunk karaoke, no energy or presense

I loved how quickly they cut to and from the "what the fuck" look from 50 Cent.

[NYC Liberal]

11. Man, I'll be honest: even if it was just that she couldn't sing

I'd be ok with it if she at least put on a good show.

But the "performance" sucked too.

[Suich]

12. I don't want to watch the whole program...

Is she on in the beginning, middle, end?

[Mad_Dem_X]

38. She opened the show. n/t

[Skittles]

17. hideously bad

she has lost her confidence which is essential in the type of hooker-posturing she does

[GRLMGC]

18. Her dancing was horrible!

It's like she didn't even try. It looked like some high school student performing to some Britney Spears song at a school variety show.

[huskerlaw]

19. Train. Wreck.

But then again, the VMA's just started here on the West Coast and so far the ENTIRE show is dead. It's like a fucking funeral.

[Mad_Dem_X]

34. Exactly - she was f'ing awful

As I mentioned on another thread, it's the same type of performance she's always done: bad lip-synching, bad dancing, just BAD.

[bridgit]

20. poor Britney, at least when she had moves they still looked like dancing...

child was just walking through whatever moves she has left if any, h says "She's got the money, why bother anymore." :(

[begin_within]

21. They did finally locate her costume.

At least she can fall back on her true love - parenting.

[Mad_Dem_X]

35. HA!

[XemaSab]

22. Ouch.

Her body looks okay to me, but she looks... logy.

She's like 1/4 beat behind.

Her voice is so overproduced she looks like just another dancer in her song.

Finally, she should be wearing more clothes. :P

[Lone_Star_Dem]

23. Well, that was just sad.

I never thought she was anything great, but she could dance. I'll not deny her that.

She looked uncomfortable with the routine and as if she was slightly unsteady. She appeared actually to need the assistance of the other dancers as she was going up and down on the platform.

Whoever was in charge of getting her ready for that performance should be fired and ran out of the business.

The overall feeling one had upon viewing it was that it was painfully unprofessional.

[Mad_Dem_X]

36. "painfully unprofessional"

Good way to decribe it. Certainly not worthy of a "comeback" performance.

[Poiuyt]

24. Here's the AP story:

MTV Awards bounce back after Britney

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

LAS VEGAS - Somewhere, Kevin Federline is laughing. An out-of-shape, out-of-touch Britney Spears delivered what was destined to be the most talked about performance of the MTV Video Music Awards — but for all the wrong reasons.

Kicking off the show Sunday night with her new single, "Gimme More," Spears looked bleary and unprepared, much like her recent tabloid exploits on the streets of Los Angeles. She walked through her dance moves with little enthusiasm. She appeared to have forgotten the art of lip-synching. And, perhaps most unforgivable given her once-taut frame, she looked embarrassingly out of shape.

Even the celebrity-studded audience seemed bewildered. 50 Cent looked at Spears with a confused look on his face; Diddy, her new best friend, was expressionless.

Some comeback. Breathlessly hyped by MTV as the evening's most anticipated performance, it became the most shockingly bad of the night. Jive Records might want to push back that Nov. 13 album release date.

more -

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070910/ap_en_mu/mtv_awards;_ylt=AvR8GXha3VmGxvkPz9YVIAWs0NUE

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

25. wow

I didn't think it could get any worse, but there it is.. I've been drinking tonight and even I know it wasn't up to par. I understand that she's had a couple of kids but I mean come on.. that was was just pathetic.. trt to dance at least and lip sync to the actual words..

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

28. It was worse than the train wreck everyone predicted

...because it was more boring than anything else. She just looked haggard going through the motions.

I'm actually wondering if she wanted it to look that way.

Is this how people felt watching Elvis in his final concert on TV?

[Mythsaje]

31. Oh, probably not...

I think she's still got a few years in her. If she'd stop being a drunken twit and pull her head out of her ass, she might have some chance.

As far as talent goes, Christina has her flat-out whipped. If they were in a competition, Christina kicked her ass all over the place with the release of her latest album. Back to Basics kicks ass.

[CatWoman]

32. I concur about Christina

that woman is just full of talent.

What a voice!!!

[Mythsaje]

33. Tremendous voice...

Gives me chills sometimes.

Her new album should be getting awards all over the place. I love the juxposition between 40s swing and blues with the modern beats. Amazing talent and insight.

As I told my wife...Brittney's in it for her ego. Christina's in it for the music. It makes a world of difference.

[grace0418]

57. I'm not that into Christina's song choices, just not my thing, but she's definitely

got a lot of talent and a great voice. She could have a mouth full of cotton candy, a cold and a sore throat and still outsing Britney any day of the week.

[mvd]

58. She does have a voice

It's just I don't get those shivers like I do with some R&B/soul singers. Sometimes I don't think she has much nuance. But that's just my opinion. I think she's hit and miss with song selection.

[Mythsaje]

60. Have you heard the latest album?

It impressed the hell out of me. But I kinda like that '40s swing sound. Her voice is simply spectacular.

[grace0418]

61. Yeah, it's pretty darn good. I love forties swing too.

And while she sounds great it feels a little overproduced somehow. Almost like a Broadway revue of old showtunes. It's not really her fault, nor do I think she was going for total authenticity. I don't know, I can't really put my finger on it. Anyway, I do think it's a great effort and I hope it gets younger people into older music, but I still prefer the original music from that era. But it's a personal preference thing, not a comment on her talent or abilities.

[Mythsaje]

63. I like the modern spin on it...

:shrug:

Then again, I'm notoriously fond of new interpretations of music. I very much enjoy good covers of other music. More than most people, I've found.

[meegbear]

37. I thought of the time I was in Tiajuana watching the drugged out pole dancers ...

man, it's over Britney.

[zanne]

39. I'm the last person to defend Britney Spears, but...

Didn't she have about a dozen kids? She looks pretty good to me.

[LynneSin]

41. I don't think it's about how she looked, although that outfit did nothing for her

it's how she performed, which was something fiercely horrible to watch.

Weight-wise Britney looks great, but she's still trying to dress like she's some teenage pop-tart circa "Oops I did it again" era. Even Madonna clothes matured with age. Madonna took risks but not to the point she looked like a common streetwalker

[CatWoman]

49. Lynnesin, the wise

:)

Even Madonna's clothes matured with age. Madonna took risks but not to the point she looked like a common streetwalker

[Mike Daniels]

65. Madonna also wasn't photographed hitting the clubs nightly once she was a mom either

I have no doubt that Madonna used nannies to assist with child care but I definitely don't recall almost nightly images of Madonna hitting the clubs and falling out of cars half-dressed once she was a mother.

The only way Britney can really salvage her image at this time is to just retire for a few years, get her stuff together and figure out how to re-make her professional image into something more fitting of her life situation. It's not going to be easy as Britney's career doesn't seem to have been designed for durability or transition but it's been pulled off before by others so it's possible.

[LynneSin]

67. That's the same advise I would give her

She can't do the pop tartlet act anymore, but I truly think there is some talent there if she just stops listening to everyone and finds herself

[sampsonblk]

42. She is thick now. I'd still hit it.

That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh!

[Mojambo]

78. I like the thicker Britney a LOT more. n/t

[racaulk]

44. Oh GAWD that was awful!

Horrible lip synching, a stoned/glazed look in her eyes, and she wasn't even trying to dance. She had no energy at all, like she had just woken up.

So sad...

:puke:

[southpaw]

45. Here's some video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY_QDvS1amY

[AlCzervik]

46. i wish she wore some actual clothes last night, her whole bad girl sex kitten thing

isn't wearing well at all for her, truth be told i felt embarrassed for her last night, it was like she knew that we knew that her act is tired. Move on brit, change it up or retire.

[driver8]

47. Good Lord...that was pathetic.

Was that a rehearsal?

[Zookeeper]

50. Whoa. Now I'm starting to feel sorry for her....

that was really depressing. The fit and energetic dancers pretending to drool over her, made her look even more lethargic and inept.

Someone is giving her bad advice. Or she is ignoring good advice. Either way, I don't see her career ever again being what it was. If she put on some clothes, knocked off the hootchie dancing, and stopped flashing, she might have a career in Branson.

I'm not a fan of hers, but she does seem like another "child-star" casualty.

[Yavin4]

51. Madonna Doesn't Have A Great Voice Either, But She Had A Strong Work Ethic

And that's the difference between Britney and Madonna. Madonna tooled, re-tooled, and re-tooled her career over and over and over again. It was always a new look, new moves, new style. She did all of that with a somewhat pedestrian voice.

[grace0418]

54. True. And I also think Madonna does a lot of the retooling herself. It doesn't seem

like she just gets thrown from handler to handler. She actually puts in the time.

Not that she doesn't have a million people working for her and helping her, but she seems like she makes her own decisions. Britney seems like she stumbles from place to place, sometimes lucking into a handler that makes her look good and sometimes falling on her face. Actually, lately, USUALLY falling on her face.

[mvd]

56. Madonna might not have the most powerful voice, but..

I think she has a great tone and clarity that sets her apart. Also, she developed more range (compare "Like A Prayer" and "Like A Virgin.")

[racaulk]

74. That's so true about Madonna's range.

I've been a huge Madonna fan since I was a little boy, and it has been nice to witness her voice change and mature over the years.

[Ellen Forradalom]

68. Madonna is a true show-business trouper

of the old school.

[flamingyouth]

59. I feel sad for her.

She seems like someone who doesn't really care about much in her life - her career, her children or anything.

[DS1]

64. If I were her I'd have ran back out and booted S Silverman in the back

hard enough to launch her off the stage.

[crim son]

62. I read that she bombed but there was no video to prove it.

I now have no doubts.

[Mike Daniels]

66. And just a few days ago people were raving about her new song

After last night however would you pay money to see that performance repeated at a concert?

[GRLMGC]

69. The song was so unmemorable and bland.

I have to admit, I like Toxic. It's catchy in a mindless way. However, this new song does not possess the same catchiness that has made some of her other songs a success. I'm not saying they're good. I'm just saying they do have a tendency of sticking in the listener's head.

[crim son]

70. No. I did like the song!

But it didn't look like she was singing it, and she practically had to be handed down from the stage. Lastly, I'm 44 and am in the same physical shape as she is. It isn't pretty.

[NashVegas]

71. I LOVE This Video and Find It a BRILLIANT (Accidental) Social Commentary

Here's dear Brit, in her sequined bikini, on international television. Lovely girls and gorgeous boys are simulating sex with and/or around her, all the while there's a light show that could induce an epileptic seizure in a Buddhist monk.

And she looks so, so, soooo not into it.

Damn, the girl is making beaucoup dollars to sell empty, commercialized, sex. And there she is, showing the world that maybe it's not the most exciting thing, ever.

[mitchum]

72. She once possessed the marginal talent of being able to dance...

but she can't even do that any longer

[mtnester]

75. It appears the video has been pulled

it went poof!

[CatWoman]

76. it's still available on mtv.com

[judaspriestess]

77. the really thin 5 inch heel on her boot sure didn't help either

Who's to say the heel in the boot was not ready to fall off at any second. I have some high heels like that, they look great BUT once you put them on the heel is so wobbly. I don't even wear them at all anymore.