At the American Music Awards Sunday night, in a show sandwiched between the biggest and brightest like Justin Timberlake, Lady GaGa, and Katy Perry, Imagine Dragons made the absolute most of their performance with a medley of Demons/Radioactive.
Frontman Dan Reynolds's towering figure commanded the stage while the rest of the band's intensity was just as equal. Their performance was so powerful because it's wasn't flashy. No choreographed dance moves. No big drama. It was all intensity start to finish.
The best part about the song was that it wasn't a charade. They did not tailor the performance to the AMA stage as other artists do. I saw them in Indianapolis earlier this year and that's what they do. They didn't make anything up for your amusement on a grand stage. The gave the AMA's the show they give every single fan. They were true to themselves and true to the music. Maybe that's why rock can't seem to find its place on these stages....
At one point in the performance every member of the band was playing some sort of percussion, all of the giving all the energy into the drums. Their performance and their Favorite Alternative Rock Artists award will keep the buzz going on a well deserved band.
When the crowd gave Imagine Dragons a standing ovation, I could not help but remember Arcade Fire. They won Album of the Year in 2011 and Dr. Dre's face was priceless--like he didn't even know who they were. I love how these bands show that rock will never die. It may fade, but it will never die.
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