news EW lists ‘32 of the most shocking performances ever’ - Britney mentioned twice but not for the snake....

[jamesedward94]

https://ew.com/music/shocking-performances/

 

 

EDIT for anyone too lazy to read the full list: They listed Britney’s 2003 Madonna kiss and her 2007 VMAs performance.

What do you think....are these two performances her MOST shocking?  

[DignifiedLove]

VMA 2000 deserved a spot on that list, that was like the epitome of a shocking performance and the birth of Britney as the daring performer she became known for.  Mess list remains mess.

[tommy_boy]

Can someone put the full list? I got tired passing one by one at N°4. 

[nonoiseplz]

Without looking!!!!!!

VMA 2000 & VMA 2003??

The snake didn't shock me at all.

 

EDIT... their lame ***** put VMA 2007...

[falka]

Odd list, they mixed artistic choices with mishaps.   I didn't bother to see all, but I wouldn't be surprised if collapsing stage was there somewhere. The mess.

[One Kiss From You]

Well VMA 2003 was indeed shocking especially at that time,one of the most controversial and iconic performances of all time!!

LEGEND

[BritBreakitDown20]

Ashlee Simpsons lipsynch performance was that much of a shock to them? 

[fnfurter]

2001 wasn't that shocking after 2000's performance, it was just a snake. So I can agree with that. And I guess 2007 would make sense, though 2003 would be more fitting. I don't feel like going through that whole slideshow, though, so I'm going by the comments here. 

[Noname2022]

2 hours ago, BritBreakitDown20 said:

Ashlee Simpsons lipsynch performance was that much of a shock to them? 

If so, Britney should be mentioned much more

[Stannedforever]

2 hours ago, tommy_boy said:

Can someone put the full list? I got tired passing one by one at N°4. 

1. Lenny Kravitz for wearing too tight leather pants and no underwear.
2. Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake for the infamous wardrobe malfunction

3. Ozzy Osbourne for biting head off a bat

4. Britney kissing madonna

5. The dixie chicks for being too political

6. Beyoncé being pregnant 

7. Michael Jackson hair burning incident (it wasn't even performance)

8. Elvis for moving his hips then-controversially 

9. Bob Dylan for using electric guitar for the first time

10. Lady Gaga 2009 VMAs paparazzi bleeding performance

11. Iggy Pop for smothering his body in peanut butter

12. Ashlee Simpson lipsync fail in SNL

13. Green day for their stage rant in 2012

14. Guns N' Roses for ending their performance too early causing a riot

15. Jimi Hendrix for starting his guitar on fire on stage

16. Roseanne Barr for failing national anthem

17. Madonna for simulating ************ on stage

18. Corey Feldman for being viral meme after performance

19. Diana Ross for performing to 450 000 people in central park in stormy weather until it was impossible to continue

20. Beyoncé for singing when her hair was stuck in fan

21. Lady Gaga for getting puked on by millie brown (this wasn't performance either)

22. Metallica for stage fire

23. Nirvana for curt Cobain fake collapsing on the stage

24.  M.I.A for showing middle finger (NFL sued her for 16.6 million)

25. Miley Curys for grinding Robin Thicke 

26. The rolling stones for riot in their free concert

27. Britney for her 2007 gimme more performance

28. Elvis Costello for trying to perform controversial song in SNL

29. The Doors for Jim Morrison exposing himself to the crowd

30. The Who for using explosive on stage causing hearing loss to one of the band members

31. Madonna for her 2006 confess world tour live to tell performance where she is crucified 

32. The doors for singing "we couldn't get much higher" 

 

It's a messy list

[BabyBabyBay]

My first thought was 2007.

Stupidly ordered and generally stupid *** list

NEXT 

[fnfurter]

22 minutes ago, Stannedforever said:

14. Guns N' Roses for ending their performance too early causing a riot

 

23 minutes ago, Stannedforever said:

22. Metallica for stage fire

 

25 minutes ago, Stannedforever said:

3. Ozzy Osbourne for biting head off a bat

Okay, yeah, the list is messy, but these three are there rightfully. But this one....

23 minutes ago, Stannedforever said:

18. Corey Feldman for being viral meme after performance

Was just cringey compared to shocking. Anyone who's had the misfortune of watching an interview with Feldman expected it.

[really really cool guy]

32 minutes ago, Stannedforever said:

1. Lenny Kravitz for wearing too tight leather pants and no underwear.
2. Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake for the infamous wardrobe malfunction

3. Ozzy Osbourne for biting head off a bat

4. Britney kissing madonna

5. The dixie chicks for being too political

6. Beyoncé being pregnant 

7. Michael Jackson hair burning incident (it wasn't even performance)

8. Elvis for moving his hips then-controversially 

9. Bob Dylan for using electric guitar for the first time

10. Lady Gaga 2009 VMAs paparazzi bleeding performance

11. Iggy Pop for smothering his body in peanut butter

12. Ashlee Simpson lipsync fail in SNL

13. Green day for their stage rant in 2012

14. Guns N' Roses for ending their performance too early causing a riot

15. Jimi Hendrix for starting his guitar on fire on stage

16. Roseanne Barr for failing national anthem

17. Madonna for simulating ************ on stage

18. Corey Feldman for being viral meme after performance

19. Diana Ross for performing to 450 000 people in central park in stormy weather until it was impossible to continue

20. Beyoncé for singing when her hair was stuck in fan

21. Lady Gaga for getting puked on by millie brown (this wasn't performance either)

22. Metallica for stage fire

23. Nirvana for curt Cobain fake collapsing on the stage

24.  M.I.A for showing middle finger (NFL sued her for 16.6 million)

25. Miley Curys for grinding Robin Thicke 

26. The rolling stones for riot in their free concert

27. Britney for her 2007 gimme more performance

28. Elvis Costello for trying to perform controversial song in SNL

29. The Doors for Jim Morrison exposing himself to the crowd

30. The Who for using explosive on stage causing hearing loss to one of the band members

31. Madonna for her 2006 confess world tour live to tell performance where she is crucified 

32. The doors for singing "we couldn't get much higher" 

 

It's a messy list

Those performances are shocking though, except for the Beyonce being pregnant one which was not shocking at all  

It's not a "Best performances" list but I'd still add the VMA 2000's performance. It was shocking at the time seen as a "striptease" on stage.

[falka]

 

[troubleguy]

closed the list  when i see bey's pregnancy 

[shutup]

lmao so stupid as usual

[jamesedward94]

1 hour ago, troubleguy said:

closed the list  when i see bey's pregnancy 

Lol. 

[BritBreakitDown20]

4 hours ago, brintyjoan said:

If so, Britney should be mentioned much more

ikr 

[LostInAnImage]

How is BITING THE HEAD OFF OF A BAT not automatically #1? No one cares or even remembers that Lenny Kravitz once went commando with leather pants; what rocker hasn’t? 

I’m also surprised none of Marylin Manson’s performances are on the list. He’s done some really outrageous stuff, even for a shock rocker (at least in terms of what’s considered offensive with respect to stereotypical American sensibilities, such as both burning and ripping out the pages of the Bible while on stage, wiping his *** with the US flag, etc.):

Eminem was snubbed big time from this list too; he was the only 2000s artist more controversial than Britney. Just off the top of my head, his performance of “The Real Slim Shady” with an army of clones at the VMAs, and his embrace with Elton John at the Grammys following a performance of “Stan,” were literally talked about for years on end.

*There are still articles about how iconic and revolutionary the “Slim Shady” performance was:

*2015 article about how game-changing the performance was:

https://www.mtv.com/news/2249738/eminem-real-slim-shady-vma-2000-performance/

His detractors were seriously obsessed with him, to the point he almost always had hordes of protesters picketing him for hours outside of the arena/stadium (or even the hotel he was staying at) whenever he was performing somewhere. And, from the late 90s until present day, they have continually protested every single time he’s nominated for a Grammy. Even the MJ fans turned rabid whenever Eminem parodied him in “Without Me” (despite Eminem very famously having made fun of every single relevant artist/pop culture figure, ever):

As far as the 2003 VMAs, I still don’t quite see why two (or three) straight women kissing, particularly during a wedding-themed performance, is really THAT shocking.

If anything, Adam Lambert’s mess of a debut award show performance, wherein the actually gay singer made out with his bandmate mid-song, was far more “shocking,” especially since it was banned and censored thereafter, whereas Britney/Madonna/Xtina’s kiss never was.

Further, Madonna’s original performance of “Like A Virgin” at the VMAs, way back in 1984, was infinitely more shocking:

By 2004, it was very hard (if not practically impossible) for Madonna to do anything truly controversial in terms of novelty, and frankly, even the same statement remains true, albeit to a far lesser extent, with respect to both Britney and Xtina as well.

But with regard to Britney’s solo VMA performances, I agree that 2000 was far more shocking at the time than 2001. You have to remember how she was still the world’s most famous teenage virgin at the time. Hence all the reactions, even from fellow celebrities:

[LostInAnImage]

12 hours ago, troubleguy said:

closed the list  when i see bey's pregnancy 

The way it all transpired, and the subsequent feigned sense of shock, remains beyond stupid, but in all fairness, it actually could have been fairly “shocking” considering how famous and private both Beyoncé and Jay-Z have historically been.

But in order for that tactic to be successful, it would’ve obviously required her to remain in hiding beforehand, waiting for the actual reveal to occur mid-performance, rather than making it painfully obvious to everyone RIGHT BEFOREHAND whilst on the red carpet:

Like...who the **** is shocked that the above image depicted a pregnant woman? Who couldn’t have figured that out, even without her performing whilst wearing tight maternity clothes, very deliberately unpopping the blazer containing the obvious baby bump, and then literally rubbing her belly onstage? 

That’s not even a performance, but merely a (frankly rather desperate) PR announcement. Updating a bunch of teenagers on developments pertaining to a stranger’s family planning does not exactly equal entertainment. 

If Beyoncé had to be included in this list, I think her appearance at the 50th SB halftime show qualified as far more “shocking” in that its unapologetic message regarding police brutality generated a lot of controversy and criticism not just from the media and general public alike, but even extremely well-known politicians (e.g., even the corpse formerly known as Rudy Giuliani chimed in and called it “outrageous,” which might be the very last time he uttered a statement he genuinely personally believed to be true). 

Apparently, “#Boycott Beyonce” was even trending following the halftime show, and a protest about her performance was even planned—until literally no one bothered to show up (I guess the SJW brand of white supremacists are collectively a very lazy bunch).