2009 American Music Awards: ‘Just Jennifer’ Edition
Posted: November 23, 2009 Filed under: People, Pitts Indeed, The Food Of Love | Tags: 50 cent, adam lambert, Alicia Keys, american music awards 2009, angelina jolie, brad pitt, crack a bottle, cyndi lauper, eminem, indian jones and the last crusade, jay-z, jazze pha, jennifer lopez, jlo, kanye west, mashonda, performing live, rick ross, rihanna, swizz beatz, taylor swift, timbaland, val kilmer 3 Comments »
"Have your face set. I don't wanna end up just humping air."
After having my mind blown by Star Trek, I flipped over to the American Music Awards in time to see Jennifer Lopez’s comeback attempt performing a song whose name I don’t recall and am not inclined to look up.
While 1999-2000 really seems like just yesterday, the decade has, indeed, come to a close and things are not what they once were, as evidenced by Lopez’s tumble after vaulting off the back of a dancer while wearing five-inch heels. She recovered from the tumble, gathering herself enough to ask the crowd (via lip-synch) “You miss me?” The resounding response seemed to be “Once upon a time.”
Now, I could go in on Jennifer Lopez about the tumble or the singing poorly and such, but I have to admit: When she fell I gasped. I clapped my hand over my mouth and actually felt bad. Seeing any performer stumble is cringe-worthy because it really is like dying a thousand deaths on stage, but this emotion had something more to it.
I imagine anyone who saw it thought to themselves “JLo woulda nailed that. Jennifer Lopez, mother of two out of the limelight for a few years, apparently cannot.” Watching great performers lose a step always kind of hurts a little. Read the rest of this entry »
