Sting, Gaga save AMA's

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I pretty much could have written this exact article.  Modern commercial music is in the worst state it's ever been.

http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/11/21/sting-lady-gaga-save-interminable-american-music-awards-salute-to-junk-pop-and-commercialism

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Thank god for Sting and Lady Gaga. Other than their performances, and a couple of interesting moments, the American Music Awards would have been a total visit to junkland.

Lady Gaga’s simple and elegant performance of “Million Reasons” was a relief after what seemed like hours of terrible production values and presentations of crap pop so disposable it’s already gone down the sink drain. “Million Reasons” was direct and plaintive, and genuine. A shock.

Sting’s Merit Award copped him a three song medley– and they were without a doubt the best songs of the evening, and not just because there were almost no other songs. “I Can’t Stop Thinking About You,” “Message in a Bottle,” and “Every Breath You Take” must have seemed like a shock to the people in the theater– they could sing along, the songs were actually composed, and the second two have lasted 30 and 40 years. Amazing. Go out and get Sting’s “57th and 9th” or Gaga’s “Joanne.” Shocking.

 

and I could not agree more with this statement....

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what to do about Ariana Grande? She has a great voice. She’s wasting it on crap. No one will ever remember these “records” or whatever they are. She has to put her voice to some better purpose.

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So true, very good article!

I hope Ariana starts making some more decisions towards a more serious note to her career other than just bubble gum pop because she is simply better than that! (Just a Little Bit of Your Heart is a good example).

Gaga, Sting and 21 Pilots had the best performances imo. The Weeknd wasn't bad either, but the song itself is really good, the performance was nothing special obviously.

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I agree, most of the performances were basic and made me nostalgious of a time where music was better. Green Day was really good and was refreshing to watch too. Rap, hip hop and pop have replaced my beloved punk rock so much and I am so fed up with those kinds of music without any instruments and talent...  Green Day does not care about trends, they make music that they love and they give their 100% and are not scared to speak out (no trump no kkk no facist usa or when they sang American Idiot on tv)

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I am still bothered by how bad the presenters are esp the SNL guy, I suffer mental loss from this, I am gonna sue! 

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The guy who write all the articles to this site says good things about Gaga but he's obsessed with charts and sometimes I had to correct him through twitter. Joanne stayed on #1 Itunes US for two weeks but when it started to lose positions he wrote an article saying the album was in freefall. So I stopped reading his articles.

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