Britney Gimme More Performance

[Giuseppina Worster]

Iwas watching For the records again and in one scene after Larry told her that they were playing all of her past VMAs performances, she got nervous and asked if they played the one from the previous year which was Gimme more. I honestly feel so bad because personally, I love that performance and like Britney said you have good performances, ok performances and bad performances.

The media tore her down so fast after that. People were rushing to call her a mess, a party animal but no one wondered why she was acting that way. She went out almost every night because it made her depressed and sad to stay at home and think about the divorce. She was in a dark time but people still let her on stage and the VMAs got what they wanted: a news worthy performance.

Now the VMAs are coming again and they are doing the countdown which they do every year and of course Britney's performances were mentioned because of how iconic and timeless they are. Gimme more vma performance seemed to go into a black hole as no one would even mention it or think of it as like the worst performance ever.

I think it is not fair for people to criticize her so much for the performance as she was not mentally and physically ready to take the stage. It was a lack luster performance yes but she was in a dark place and it didn't help that people were calling her fat, overweight and harassed her every move. The media was doing what they did best, tearing down someone as fast as putting that person on a high pedestal.

I don't want Britney to feel ashamed of it because it was not the worst performance out there. The fact that she asked for a tape right after the performance was probably to see how it was because she had a feeling the media was going to give her a **** show for it.

I think the performance deserves better not some disaster people were deeming it to be. I just hate how people always think of it as the worst performance ever and lock it away like some bad thing. Let me know what you guys think!

It was blown out of proportion. Back then the media was all "omg she's so fat", "she's a pig", would post photoshopped images of her looking obese. It was just damn harmful and out of proportion. She looked extremely good for someone who's just had two kids. You still could see her muscles. She just had a motherly figure then -- bigger hips, slightly distended stomach.

You spoke my mind thank you for this comment. The media criticized her so much when they know what a dark time it was in Britney's life. They gave her so much **** for her body, her lifestyle, her relationship problems. It was just one thing after another and how a human being could take that much pressure.

Almost everyone but the fans turned their back on her after this performance. Even some "fans" were on Exhale talking about how they would drop Britney as their favourite artist and stuff after this (at least from what I've heard).

NO ONE has received as much hate as Britney did for a bad performance (it wasn't horrible but it wasn't her best.) the media owe her an apology especially for all of the rude things they said about her.

As a fan, i care about her more as a person not more as a performer and knowing what she went through, i am understanding what of led up to the performance and the performance itself. I agree it was not a good performance at all but was it the worst performance ever and that deserved all that hate on top the hate and the judgment she was already getting from the media at the time?

Now, I remember clearly that leading up to the performance there were rumors about Britney doing an Elvis cover, which I imagine had more to do with her doing that "if you're looking for trouble..." intro since that was in one of his songs, but in reality there was actually some substance to that.

The whole concept of the performance was a homage to Elvis, and it's quite fitting because there are a lot of parallels between Britney and Elvis in their fame, they occupy quite a similar place in their respective generations. As much as people always compare Britney to artists like Madonna and Michael, I think people underestimate the Elvis parallel to her.

do you think that this might come from nostalgia, and time proving to be kind with us becoming more aware of what was really happening with britney? i feel like the world is a lot kinder for the most part, regarding mental health and body image since the performance 13 years ago.

it makes me sad to think about her already struggling with her life, nonetheless with the world seemingly against her at the time. i think most of the hate against the performance at the time stems from the hate train that was going on against her, rather than the performance itself.

I love Britney and she's an icon, but yes I do think this performance was bad, but it has a reasoning to it. She was in a dark place during that time and she was obviously very nervous and not fully there.

Not good but I honestly saw worse performances so I never understood the outrage.. It was just cool to hate on Britney back then so people jumped on the hate train. I feel like if someone performed like this today people would be worried at least..

I hate her so much for doing this knowing damn well how hard it is for women in the business and the fact that Britney was there listening to it is just beyond crazy. MTV literally planned this and wanted her to fail.

I've never seen someone look so blatantly uncomfortable on stage. You can tell that she just wishes that she were anywhere but there, and it was in such a difficult period in her life. It makes me sad just thinking about that performance. I feel awful for her that she had to do it.

In the video, the comedian could be seen making several jokes at the singer's expense. "[She's] 25 years old and she's already accomplished everything she's going to accomplish in her life," Silverman said at the time. "It's mind-blowing. And she's so grown-up. She's a mother, you know? It's crazy. It's weird to think that just a few years ago on this very show, she was this, like, sweet, innocent little girl in slutty clothes riding around with a python."

The roast came after Spears' "Gimme More" VMAs performance The highly anticipated number received poor reviews, with The New York Times calling Spears "awful" and writing she looked "visibly nervous." At the time, a source told People the "Stronger" star was "just plain nervous because of all the hype" and was "embarrassed" about the performance.

In her reply to the Twitter user, Silverman noted she was known then for her roasts. "MTV asked me to mini-roast Britney after her big performance," she tweeted. "While she was performing I was having diarrhea & going over my jokes. Had no idea she didn't kill. Unfortunate. Art changes over yrs as we know more & the world changes."

She also seemed to express regret over making the jokes 14 years ago. "I wish I could delete it but I can't," she continued. "But you are posting it for people to see. So r u trying to be kind or right?"

Silverman isn't the only celebrity to receive criticism since the documentary's debut. Diane Sawyer also received backlash over her 2003 interview with Spears, which was featured in the film. Justin Timberlake, who dated Spears, came under fire, as well for his "Cry Me a River" music video, which appeared to feature a Spears look-alike, and the narrative around their split.

"Gimme More" is a song by American singer Britney Spears from her fifth studio album, Blackout (2007). It was released on August 31, 2007, by Jive Records, as the lead single from the album. "Gimme More" was recorded in 2006 during Spears' second pregnancy and was one of the first solo productions by Danja. The song opens with an intro in which Spears utters the phrase, "It's Britney, bitch." Musically, "Gimme More" is a song with elements from dance-pop, electropop and EDM using breathy vocals. The track closes with a speak-sing outro by Danja.

The song received critical acclaim and peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Spears' second highest-peaking single at the time. It also peaked at the top of the charts in Canada, also charting with top-five positions in 14 countries. The accompanying music video premiered on October 5, 2007. It displayed Spears as a stripper and featured a break from Spears's highly choreographed music videos. The video received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who panned Spears's pole dancing as well as the lack of storyline. An alternative cut was leaked on July 18, 2011.

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