MTV runs their VMAs every year, and this year, even indie kids like myself have a reason to watch. That one reason is a performance from Black Lips, King Khan and The Shrines, and Deerhunter. Fantastic. Here are the will and should wins.
Video of the Year
Nominees
Chris Brown-"Forever", Jonas Brothers "Burnin' Up", Pussycat Dolls, "When I Grow Up", Britney Spears, "Piece of Me", The Ting Tings "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
Should: This category gets worse with each year. I feel obliged to let The Ting Tings sort-of ripoff of "Seven Nation Army" because of the Art Direction.
Will: Since this shit is voted on these days, let's just go with the Jonas Brothers. Why the hell is their bodyguard in a song?
Best Male Video
Nominees:
Chris Brown "With You", Flo Rida f. T-Pain "Low", Lil Wayne f. Static Major "Lollipop", T.I. "No Matter What", Usher f. Young Jeezy, "Love in this Club"
Should: "Love in this Club" for the production that reminds me of fuck buttons, Jeezy's odd-as-hell verse, and some art direction.
Will: Weezy, for the simple fact people like him.
Best Female Video
Nominees:
Mariah Carey, "Touch My Body"; Katy Perry, "I Kissed a Girl"; Rihanna, "Take a Bow"; Jordin Sparks w/Chris Brown, "No Air"; Britney Spears, "Piece of Me"
Should: Mariah Carey is still good. Her video is the "cute not clever" that's en vogue with society, but it's the best of the nods.
Will: Perry. She kissed a girl! It tasted like chapstick!
Best New Artist
Nominees:
Miley Cyrus, "7 Things"; Katy Perry, "I Kissed a Girl"; Jordin Sparks w. Chris Brown, "No Air"; Taylor Swift "Teardrops on My Guitar"; Tokio Hotel, "Ready, Set, Go!"
Should: Gah. This category is unbelievably bad. I'll just go with uh... Sparks and Brown. Odd to see Swift there.
Will: Miley has the Jonas voting bloc down, so expect her "10 Things I hate About You"-inspired screed to take home the crown.
Best Pop Video
Nominees
Danity Kane, "Damaged"; Jonas Brothers "Burnin' Up"; Panic At the Disco, "Nine in the Afternoon"; Britney Spears "Piece of Me"; Tokio Hotel, "Ready, Set, Go!"
Should: After getting simpler with their songwriting, and listening to Sgt. Pepper's, it's Panic at the Disco. I still don't like these guys, but at least they've gone to bearable.
Will: Jonas Brothers, who all play guitar. Guys, learn to play drums and bass.
Best Rock Video
Nominees
Fall Out Boy f. John Mayer "Beat It"; Foo Fighters "The Pretender", Linkin Park, "Shadow of the Day", Paramore "Crushcrushcrush"; Slipknot, "Psychosocial"
Should: The Foos have the simplest visual approach, and have written the same album since There is Nothing Left to Lose. So, I'll throw a curve and give it to Paramore (too bad they couldn't submit "That's What You get", it's a better song)
Will: FOB. They have the internet presence of the Jonas kids, but they're so much more emo.
Best Hip-Hop Video
Nominees
Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine"; Lupe Fiasco f. Matthew Santos "Superstar"; Flo Rida ft. T-Pain, "Low", Lil' Wayne f. Static Major "Lollipop"; Kanye West f. Chris Martin, "Homecoming"
Should: It's a toss-up between the two Chicago MCs. "Superstar" was one of the better tracks from The Cool, "Homecoming" has a nice little piano feel. I'll go with Lupe.
Will: Weezy can make a lot of sales, and probably votes.
Best UK Video
Nominees
Coldplay "Violet Hill"; Duffy, "Warwick Ave"; Estelle f. Kanye West "American Boy";Leona Lewis "Bleeding Love"; The Ting Tings, "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
Should: My VOTY picks, The Ting Tings are quite possibly the weakest band in this new strange category. I'm going with Estelle, because Ye's verses are fantastic, and the song is great.
Will: Coldplay, because they have the name recognition.
I doubt anyone really cares about any of this, but it's gotta have substance for someone. Technical shit tomorrow. Weigh in with your picks in the comments. Find nominees here.
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FOB. They have the internet presence of the Jonas kids, but they're so much more emo............. that comment made my morning!
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it is sort of sharp for 2:30 A.M.
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i hadn't a clue how much play the ting tings were getting from mtv. interesting. a lot of the other videos i'm not even familiar with. i love watching and then blogging about them though. do you know when are the vmas this year?
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MTV is odd these days. I don't watch that much of it, save for this bad Cops-esque show. They did run a show called FNMTV over the summer hosted by Pete Wentz (uggh). It premiered videos by the Ting Tings and No Age. For a whole week, No Age was played on MTV. Also, the nominees were voted on by fans this year (from a pool of videos to be nominated). "Karma Police" won best video one year, so it's sad to see how far they've fallen.
I believe they're Tuesday September 7 at 9 EST. I'll be just back from a meeting to gather interest for my station, we call it the Orgy.
I had a panic attack tonight. Someone needed to know.
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Think MTV made them fan voted in part because they don't know what the kids are watching these days, since they don't play any videos and people watch them all over the web? heh. I like watching the trainwreck that unfolds from the vma's.
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Eh, I'll enjoy watching the whole Deerhunter/Black Lips/King Khan shitshow.