Blogging live from Radio City Music Hall’s red carpet. The very, very end of the red carpet — where few of tonight’s VMA nominees bother to walk by. But I did get to meet Pink Is The New Blog, and I hear Perez Hilton is wearing something ridiculous. Got some stupid questions in to AFI, the Laguna cast, Andy Milonakis, and assorted rappers I wouldn’t recognize had their publicists not handed out bios. (YouTube footage to come.) Shakira and Danity Kane just totally blew us off. Bitches.
As far as I can tell, I’ll be watching the ceremony from a monitor in a windowless room. So consider this post the watercooler for you to sound-off if some crazy shit goes down tonight. (Fergie could get hit with a bottle. Or treadmill.)
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Why was MTV playing the TONY awards when the Video Music Awards were supposed to be showing?
All I saw was some cheesy musical theater from some guy in a top hat and then a hysterical Spanish woman in a red dress singing a love ballad in dry ice. HUH?
Syke!
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Ah, sweet mystery of life! How is it that Kurt Loder, at the age of 61, doesn’t appear as old and out-of-it as the 45-year-old John Norris?
The VMAs started getting boring after “Nipplegate”. Maybe it’s just nostalgia, but back in the days the show was pushing the envelope, or at least it felt that way to me then. Then came skanky Janet, and MTV started airing the “live” show with a 5-second-delay, which in itself so isn’t rock’n'roll anymore.
Or then again, maybe I’m just too old and the show is as exciting to kids these days as it was to me back then – which I find hard to believe
Oh, and re:
Even the Associated Press calls this show boring:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/mtv_awards
Posted by: Memememe at August 31, 2006 10:54 PM
That? Is the best fucking picture of James Blunt I have ever seen. Mwahahahahaha!
I still respect John Norris, but he was way too hyped about that pre-show gimmick that was the My Chemical Romance performance of some awful song on top of some huge building in NY and surrounded by a bunch of ghoulish-looking kids. What is this crap? Gothic emo? And John Norris acted like this was the biggest thing MTV’s ever done…in a pre-show!
“I still respect John Norris”
Perhaps the funniest thing I’ve read this week. Thanks.
“How is it that Kurt Loder, at the age of 61, doesn’t appear as old and out-of-it as the 45-year-old John Norris?”
‘Cause Kurt Loder doesn’t give a fuck. A better question is, “How does he keep from dick-slapping all those little snots?” What was up with John Norris’s hair? Were his teeth always so scary?
I only tuned in for little bits, hoping to catch the Racs, but damn, if the whole show didn’t look slapdash. No one knew what the hell was going on. I assume that was due to the 30 cameras causing a perfect storm of confusion.
The Raconteurs were SO out of place, I kind of felt bad for them. It confirms a decade or so of suspicion that straightforward, non-uberprocessed, non-Hot-Topic rock has no place on MTV. (Did they not know this going in? Why did they agree to this? Is this better or worse than doing a Coke commercial?) I mean there you are performing with Lou Reed, and they only deign to show 30 seconds so they can cut to a bunch of fucking rappers and vacant “singers” wandering around backstage?
I have to admit, I laughed at the bit of Justin Timberlake proudly installing shelves in Jack Black’s dressing room.
So hip-hop/rap, whatevs. What is reggaeton? Should I care? Didn’t think so.
Man, my hatred of all that pop/emo/alternative shit was confirmed.
Lmao. Yeah the justin timberlake skit was the only intentional funny thing on that show. Jack black sucked balls. Jessica simpson looked like a linebacker. The whole thing was just a huge commercial. i now know every rappers release date for the next 5 years.
Jack White is a c*nt. Did you see him get all righteous and cool when Jack Black (who is, in reality, probably cooler than White) jokingly suggested they form a band..? Oooooohhh.. I’m Jack White and having a sense of humor isn’t cool. But being the house bitch for the MTV Awards is. Douche.
what did you people expect? mtv doesn’t even play videos anymore, let alone “respect rock music.” rap and emo happen to be popular now, and you all sound like a bunch of old, out of touch rock snobs. if you want to complain about the VMAs, complain about how goddam boring they were. i fell asleep at 10:30.
“Jessica simpson looked like a linebacker.”
HAHAHAHA…that whole show was an abomination. Jack Black bombed heroically.
Was I the only one who thought Missy Elliot rolling out in that kiddie-kart jeep thingy in a Glad bag was the most surreal moment on national TV in a long time??? I mean, WTF??? If this is what MTV has to offer because it “popular”, I’m more than happy to be a card carrying old out of touch rock snob.
haha. jack white didn’t laugh because jack black wasn’t funny. he did that ‘jack white – jack black!’ joke like 5 years ago when the white stripes played this or the movie awards, i can’t remember which. as he started to do it i thought to myself ‘is he actually going to do the same joke again?’. maybe he thought no one would remember.
you know i always thought this blog was pro “emo”.
Forgive me for not knowing exactly who falls into that category (I have been in, um, Africa the past five years – yeah we’ll go with that), so if someone can clear that up for me – i assume the genre started with the white stripes type bands and has now become killers and panic at the disco. are clap your hands and the yeah yeahs considered emo?
Regardless, now that I know most of you hate this crap and long for the days of velvet underground i will have to read this blog more often!
i didn’t watch the VMAs because I had more important things to do like watching the mets game. anyone who watched without being paid to should know what they are getting into!
Fair dues, Sean. It was an obvious (and obviously unfunny) joke in the first place–not unlike the entire show. Still think White is a bit of a humourless prick, though.
sean, i remembered, and i cringed
clev, i think you’ve got a clear misconception of ‘emo’. for emo see the following bands: sunny day real estate, fugazi, rites of spring, jawbreaker, saves the day, jimmy eat world, the get up kids, etc.
the modern incarnation would include p!atd, afi, fall out boy, my chemical romance, the used, thursday, etc.
basically think of any band that is very, very bad and they are probably modern-day emo.
the white stripes were part of the garage-revival that included the hives & yeah yeah yeahs to an extent.
clap your hands is considered indie, the killers are considered new-wave revivalists.
someone correct me if i’ve misrepresented there…
america needs oasis. if that pseudo soy bomb jumped up on stage while oasis were collecting their award liam would have kicked him in the balls and smashed a can of red stripe over his head. while going live forever is the best fookin song ever, ya cunt.
Does Red Stripe come in cans? I think it’d be much cooler if he broke a bottle over Six’s head and then offered to take all the wankers in the first row on.
Red Stripe cans can be had in UK/Europe & Jamaica but not (normally) the US. There used to be some nutty design guy at MTV named “3″, is “6″ his older brother or sumthing?
KRS-One said it best, ” Rap is something you do, Hip-Hop is something you LIVE”
i think america needs jarvis cocker. remember when he jumped onstage with michael jackson at the brit awards? didn’t he moon the camera? quality art.
Damn. Now I want some Red Stripe cans.
i love how you all bitch and moan about hating mtv…but then you watch the whole vma’s like it is supposed to be funny ironic or something.
goon, you’re funny, but there’s no way patrick (yes that’s his name) of fall out boy is sam ‘coz sam actually had a full head of hair. and pls. tell me you’re not implying that pete is a legolas ‘coz of the cape ‘coz elves are fair creatures and pete is more like the gimli type.
and i guess the killers gained another fan in axl rose? this means we should expect another episode of an “attack of brandon’s massive ego” soon.
lastly, am i the only one who’s happy that james blunt actually picked up two VMAs (best male and best editing)?
blunt the cunt
here is the video of cocker fucking up the jacko performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjDvV8k3P7s
Okay, so, MO! Since when is Jared Leto in Fight Club? cause, guess what he’s not. And while he looked stupid last night like everyone else, chicks still love him. And to everyone else Sarah Silverman is awesome. She’s got ballz to say what the whole world wants to.
Lizzie, just because he had blonde hair doesn’t mean it’s not him. Go watch the movie again before you try correcting people.
And beetlebum, thanks for the Cocker clip. Cracks me up every time.
Yeah there was about 5 minutes there during the Fincher back-to-back Fight Club and Panic Room where I thought Jared Leto might be kind of a cool cat. I was fucking wrong. I think his high school band that Rayanne sang for was better then 30 Seconds to Mars. Plus, the poor guy can’t even read.
“i now know every rappers release date for the next 5 years.”
“Does Red Stripe come in cans?”
Hilarious.
“jack white didn’t laugh because jack black wasn’t funny. he did that ‘jack white – jack black!’ joke like 5 years ago when the white stripes played this or the movie awards, i can’t remember which.”
Yeah, I think it was a movie awards. He said something like it was some cosmin convergence amd that they were nemeses.
Anyhoo, I know everyone’s dumping on the awards, but the reason we watched them, is because obvs, this is a music blog, and anyone who reads it is probably a “music fan.” The VMA’s are ostensibly a music awards show, that might have some worthy moments or performances.
Not to sound gay or queer but we could change mtv if we wanted to. It’s sorta obvious that they need a revamp because they had the lowest vma ratings for a while. So if we truly wanted a change we could just start voting up songs that we like on trl and maybe…just maybe we could bring the music back to mtv.
Wow i really sounded queer. I’m sorry.
Well honestly… I think that every1 did a wonderful job at the VMA’S…
Im sorry that you people feel jealous b/c Jared looks good as a 34 year old man.
Does it really matter what the bands look like or wear.. I mean seriously.. You should love the music, listen to the music, and the bands that wear “emo” clothes who cares.. I wear black and Im not a punk or gothic I just like the style. Just like AFI, 30 seconds to mars, Panic! Just because they wear these clothes doesnt mean they are talented as people… God you people are amazing sometimes
Well honestly… I think that every1 did a wonderful job at the VMA’S…
Im sorry that you people feel jealous b/c Jared looks good as a 34 year old man.
Does it really matter what the bands look like or wear.. I mean seriously.. You should love the music, listen to the music, and the bands that wear “emo” clothes who cares.. I wear black and Im not a punk or gothic I just like the style. Just like AFI, 30 seconds to mars, Panic! Just because they wear these clothes doesnt mean they are talented as people… WOW you people are amazing sometimes
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