if (GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).IsConnected)
            {
                var buttonList = new List<Buttons>()
                {
                    {Buttons.A},
                    {Buttons.B},
                    {Buttons.Y},
                    {Buttons.X},
                    {Buttons.Start},
                    {Buttons.Back},
                    {Buttons.RightShoulder},
                    {Buttons.LeftShoulder},
                    {Buttons.RightTrigger},
                    {Buttons.LeftTrigger}
                };

                foreach (var button in buttonList)
                {
                    if (GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).IsButtonDown(button))
                        ExitMainMenu= true;
                }
            }

public bool HasInputChanged(GamePadState previousGamePadState, bool ignoreThumbsticks)
{
    GamePadState currentState = GamePad.GetState( PlayerIndex.One );
    if ((currentState.IsConnected) && (currentState.PacketNumber != previousGamePadState.PacketNumber))
    {
        //ignore thumbstick movement
        if ((ignoreThumbsticks == true) && ((currentState.ThumbSticks.Left.Length() != previousGamePadState.ThumbSticks.Left.Length() )&&(currentState.ThumbSticks.Right.Length() != previousGamePadState.ThumbSticks.Right.Length()) ))
            return false;
        return true
    }
    return false;
}

var properties = typeof(GamePadButtons).GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
        foreach (var property in properties)
        {
            var value = property.GetValue(GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).Buttons);
            if (value is ButtonState && (ButtonState)value == ButtonState.Pressed)
                ExitMainMenu = true;
        }

playerInput = GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One);
emptyInput = new GamePadState(Vector2.Zero, Vector2.Zero, 0, 0);
if (playerInput != emptyInput){

    // yay!!!!, a button push!
    //
    // P.S., remember to allow any PlayerIndex to take control of the the game
    // from the main menu.  It sucks when you pick up controller2 and it doesn't work.

}

var buttonList = (Buttons[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(Buttons));

foreach (var button in buttonList)
{
    if (GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).IsButtonDown(button))
        ExitMainMenu= true;
}