Click above to watch Britney Spears on her Saturday performance at the U.K.’s The X-Factor [Website – Amy Grindhouse].
I watched this along with Britney’s other two European performances, in Germany and France, over the past few days. Is anyone else starting to feel like they know what Britney meant in interview, when she said everyday feels “like Groundhog Day”?!?
Watching the above, I am overwhelmed by two feelings. The first is the sense that my medication must not have kicked in yet, as I could swear that Brit has been swapped with a pod-person or a clone of herself circa 1998.
Secondly, sad Spears looks like a lost puppy wandering around on the stage looking for its owner. PNasty was right, Spears live ‘Womanizer’ performances, so far, have echos of her disastrous VMA ‘Gimme More’ performance. The glazed eyes, the unenthusiastic bobbing around stage, the exposed arse cheeks… all the warning signs are there.
DO YOU THINK BRITNEY STILL HAS ‘IT’?
AmyGrindhouse.com written by Amy Grindhouse © All rights reserved. When quoting, use excerpts with attribution only. Images, branding and original content should not be reproduced without prior permission.
I had to comment since I was commenting to my spouse yesterday after spying a photo of Brit leaving the German Awards. I was thinking – how many people does it take to get someone into shape like that (whether trainers, surgeons, chefs, etc). We decided a lot, and a little starvation too, then probably some uppers to get you lively enough to perform. Not saying that is the issue, just a lot of these performers seems to go from out of shape to amazingly fit in a matter of weeks and then everyone questions why they are loopy. Even body builders talk about how they spit into a jar for hours before a competition to make weight, and dehydrate enough to pop out their muscles more – and how taxing that is on the system – why would it be any different.
I feel sorry for her to a certain extent, I mean we have free will and all and she has made her choices – but they are always scrutinized and how much of who she is – is a product of how and who raised her?
Emily´s last blog post..My New Bike – Skulls
Hi Emily – Welcome to the community and thanks for commenting!
It takes an army to pull together a comeback like this one. There is no limit to the number of people needed to poke, prod and then push Spears back onto the stage.
Spears is hard wired to perform but watching these performances makes me question whether she is really ready yet…
Wow, hadn’t seen the performance until clicking on your clip. Thought that comes to mind, amateurish. Seriously the dance sequences looked like they were choreographed for a non-dancer. Nothing like the overly polished, fluid moves of by-gone Brit performances. I feel a tad sorry for her but, hey, she’s an adult and free will plays into our choices at some point. She has enough money and resources at her disposal that she can do something other than the entertainment bit. If she’s as unhappy as the snippets from her documentary would have us believe, the change would do her good. Seriously, every talentless celebspawn known to man has some sort of “designer clothing/accessory” line. Try that for a spell.
Hi Nola native – Welcome to the community and thanks for commenting!
No probs – I agree the moves are amateur and sluggish. She has nothing like the energy she used to.
I thought the German one was horrible and awkward, and then the French one rocked. But she does look like she is waiting for something. In rehearsals she looked awesome but I don’t know…
I’m sad for Brit Brit…I know she’ll come back like crazy after Tuesday. I bet my Cheetos on it… 
Taylor Blue´s last blog post..Robert Pattinson Walks Down The Street…Stays Sexy
Hi Taylor – You hit the nail on the head when you said it seemed like she was waiting for something. We’ll see what happens after Tuesday…
P.S. we can pool our Cheetos together (they’ll be worth more =)
She must have been running the routine in her head trying not to mess it up. I honestly wouldn’t think that that girl had been a sensation watching those.
I wonder if she would come over for a Cheetos party with us?
Taylor Blue´s last blog post..Robert Pattinson Walks Down The Street…Stays Sexy
I’ll Twitter to ask her… she might come
I’m sure she would love it..
I think that all the thing behind my dear Brit is the sadness where she lives on. She won´t let her sadness for a long time, and this has a reflection on her live appearences. It would be OK if she had something to keep her doing her thing, her kids are not enough. I still think that she has so much feelings for Justin that knowing he is at ease ( or seems to be) is something hard to do and hard to face.
It´s just my opinion, nothing more. I really wanted them to be happy together, and see the happiness in their eyes…
[...] Um… Spears, can you be a dear and take your FAIL performances back to the kitchen? The limp, X-Factor performance, of ‘Womanizer’, seemed particularly underdone. Stick it back in the oven at [...]