britney said “merry christmas!”
was at the britney concert tonight–and i use that term loosely. but it was entertaining. i was not expecting great things and i was pleasantly surprised. although i will say that comparing her to madonna is both necessary and completely unfair. necessary because madonna is fuckin’ fifty years old and while, yes, manages to do less dancing than she used to, still tears up a stage like nobody’s business, with precision, pop and far more style than someone half her age. which is why, at half her age, britney seemed like such a disappointment. i mean, she just seemed to stomp back and forth or get carried or wheeled around on stage. i think britney was actually having fun–hell, give me some glittery costumes and some britney songs to lip synch to and i’d have fun as well. she even yelled out “Merry Christmas!” at one point which makes me think she might not actually know what month it is. and she’s come a long way since that epic meltdown last year…but when madonna outdances you at FIFTY…when we all know that you can outdance her…maybe it’s not quite time to be back up on stage. the thing is madonna has never proven to be the best dancer/singer etc, but britney used to be a damn good dancer.
but it is unfair to compare them at the same time because none of what we saw up there on that stage was britney. aside from her walking around, spinning her weave and waving to the crowd, she had no input into that show, no say in anything. she never has had that kind of control. and madonna, obviously a control freak since the early days of her career, has a say in EVERYTHING that she does on stage, from the lighting to the costumes to the videos to guitar strings. madonna is controlling while brit is controlled. which leads us to the question: has anything that she’s done in the last ten or so years actually been the real britney? while madonna says “this is what i want to do” britney says “is this what i should do, y’all?”
the concert was what it was. it was a good show, the crowd of 20,000 girls and gay guys all seemed to have a ball although you did hear some bitching afterwards about her not singing live. and…uh, seriously, did you expect her to? has she ever? why on earth would you go into a britney spears concert expecting her to sing live? you are seriously retarded. that is like britney spears going into a britney spears concert expecting to sing live.
the pussycat dolls opened and like the last time i saw them perform, they actually do sing live–well, nicole does–and even though she was sick she still managed to hit a good note more often than not and i wonder if even though they are the opening act, they feel just a wee bit superior to miss spears since they do perform live.
so the gay kid in front of me…i almost murdered him. for one thing, he looked like gollum but with one of those hipster scarves on, he had absolutely no rhythm but assumed that if he swung his arms and ass around as much as possible that he too could be a pussy cat doll. at least upon arriving at our seats, he turned around and warned us that he was annoying. i mean, he literally turned to us and said “i’m sorry but i’m going to be so annoying”. he was not wrong. in addition to his ridiculous dancing and lack of arm muscles (the pussy cat dolls had bigger biceps than this kid) he would constantly turn, grab my arm and say “c’mon y’all!” where to, i don’t know…but boundries, kid. learn them. quit grabbing my arm or i will murder you.
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