So, it may be forgiven that the country music network did not quite reach the same heights this year--at least in terms of pure spectacle.

Even for those who care little for money and nobility, the pure spectacle of the wedding carried something of the appeal of a beauty pageant.

Nor putrefaction's breath Leave aught of this pure spectacle But loathsomeness and ruin?

What unsettled me more than the pure spectacle of drunken violence, however, was how the passers-by reacted.

As pure spectacle, there is nothing in New York like it.

The view from the top is pure spectacle, a theaterin-the-round of a city in progress.

We are not witnessing the flow of information so much as pure spectacle, or information made sacred, ritually unreadable.

The Nordoff-Robbins dinner was pure spectacle, with record labels, radio stations, video channels and musicians all bound up in lavish conspiracy.

Online compared the video with the book Girl, Interrupted noting that "with equal parts autobiography and pure spectacle, it truly has something for everyone."

"The reality is that it is pure spectacle," it continues.