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August 31, 2006

2006 MTV Video Music Awards Live Blog

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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"Fergie gets hit with a bottle." Yeah, that would be fun.

Posted by: Eay at 08/31/06 7:18 PM  | Reply
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well she already pee'd herself onstage,so i don't think you can top that

Posted by: seamus at 08/31/06 7:28 PM  | Reply
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well she already pee'd herself onstage,so i don't think you can top that

Posted by: seamus at 08/31/06 7:28 PM  | Reply
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WRITE ABOUT THE PITCHFORK LEAK

Posted by: MonkeyBizz at 08/31/06 7:46 PM  | Reply
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whaaaaat Lou Reed???

Posted by: Dan at 08/31/06 8:13 PM  | Reply
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Wow- JD Ryznar (Yacht Rock co-creator, Michael MacDonald) in the opening. Crazy.

Posted by: 14th Windiest State at 08/31/06 8:16 PM  | Reply
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if you're just watching on a monitor in a windowless room, why not just watch from home....

Posted by: pissed at 08/31/06 8:22 PM  | Reply
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the first 20 minutes has been chaos. even the planned part ABOUT chaos was chaos.

Posted by: kenny at 08/31/06 8:23 PM  | Reply
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OK, actually the video feed on vma.mtv.com is pretty cool. It shows backstage stuff and it's now showing the Raconteurs commercial break performances.

Posted by: Dan at 08/31/06 8:39 PM  | Reply
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sarah silverman was just ridiculusly unfunny.

Posted by: goo at 08/31/06 8:52 PM  | Reply
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The Killers performs the best performance in 20 years!

Posted by: Rich at 08/31/06 9:04 PM  | Reply
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The Killers performs the best performance in the last 20 years!

Posted by: Rich at 08/31/06 9:04 PM  | Reply
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Was that moon man in the beginning supposed to catch on fire?

Posted by: Memememe at 08/31/06 9:12 PM  | Reply
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OK GO! were the best dancers that we'll see all night.

Posted by: dom at 08/31/06 9:17 PM  | Reply
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OK GO! were the best dancers that we'll see all night.

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5 nominees for Best Pop Vid? Makes you feel bad for the other 2 bands who made videos this year.

Oooh... and Pink mocks Paris Hilton in her speech--so punk rock! You go, MTV! You look like my dad in a Hurley hoodie.

Posted by: kawk at 08/31/06 9:25 PM  | Reply
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this whole thing is just so plastic.

Posted by: matt at 08/31/06 9:26 PM  | Reply
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although lou and the raconteurs kicked ass. but the fact that they get only thirty seconds of exposure and not a whole performance shows that real rock n' roll has no place on mtv.

Posted by: matt at 08/31/06 9:28 PM  | Reply
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pete wentz is wearing a cape.

Posted by: liv at 08/31/06 9:29 PM  | Reply
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Holy sh*t, how old (and gay, and wearing an Elton hand-me-down wig) is John Norris?


Posted by: uh at 08/31/06 9:32 PM  | Reply
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whoa whoa whoa. Fergie pissed herself onstage? where, when, why?! evidence, please! and what PITCHFORK LEAK? fuck!

i'm so behind!

Posted by: I'm Right at 08/31/06 9:35 PM  | Reply
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Hip-hop and pop acts like Beyonce et al can go through various dance numbers and even do two songs, but the All-American Rejects can't finish a 3 1/2 minute rock song? Big double standard no? Beyonce's hot though...

Posted by: bigyawn at 08/31/06 9:39 PM  | Reply
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"shows that real rock n' roll has no place on mtv."

i agree, its a fuckin shame. i was really surprised at some of the wins, but if you think about todays mtv audience then it makes a little bit more sense. i watched the most mtv when i was in highschool. the majority of highschool kids these days probably dont even know who lou reed is.

Posted by: liv at 08/31/06 9:40 PM  | Reply
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Man, being thirty and out of touch with pop music never felt so good.

So pissed that I missed Lou Reed.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 9:41 PM  | Reply
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See, MTV tries to be hip by getting Sarah Silverman, but doesn't get Aziz Ansari. I cannot scoff hard enough.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 9:51 PM  | Reply
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wow, jared leto is really cool.

Posted by: matt at 08/31/06 9:52 PM  | Reply
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Jared Leto just made a creepy group sex joke. I really want to see that scene in fight club in which Ed Norton bashes his face again.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 9:53 PM  | Reply
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Live-blogging at BWE!

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2006/08/31/live-blogging-the-vmas/

Posted by: BWE at 08/31/06 10:00 PM  | Reply
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where are the killers did i miss them already?? and i love how we can't see the live feed in canada on vma.mtv.com... what up with that???

Posted by: mtv at 08/31/06 10:03 PM  | Reply
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can someone tell me how Panic! -wait for it, wait for it- At The Disco became popular?

Posted by: matt at 08/31/06 10:09 PM  | Reply
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what, no bottle this time?

for shame.

Posted by: nikki at 08/31/06 10:10 PM  | Reply
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Half-assed liveblog on my blog!

http://mocomedy.blogspot.com/2006/08/half-ass-liveblog-of-vmas.html

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 10:11 PM  | Reply
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sooo... opening another internet window to see what's happening at the BWE live blog updates for the VMAs is kinda like changing channels during the boring parts of tv... but slower. so far the only thing remotely interesting has been ok go. well, thats all i got. i'm bored.

Posted by: Jesus Christ at 08/31/06 10:15 PM  | Reply
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well, urie's eye/head seems to have healed pretty fast from his bottling this weekend. maybe that's because the bottle hit his arm...oh, but here i've gone and digressed into a previous thread.

how bad was their live performance though? all that window-dressing & choreography just to cover the fact that he can't sing.

Posted by: Sean at 08/31/06 10:19 PM  | Reply
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hey mo, why half ass it on your own blog when you can half ass it here with us? did you do a "somebody should hit panic with a bottle" joke, too?

Posted by: Jesus Christ at 08/31/06 10:19 PM  | Reply
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does anyone else feel that the jackass guys are laughing waaaay too hard after they do something stupid? sure, a lobster on a tongue is funny, but not "oh god, that is going to make me fergie my pants" funny.

Posted by: Jesus Christ at 08/31/06 10:28 PM  | Reply
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"hey mo, why half ass it on your own blog when you can half ass it here with us? did you do a "somebody should hit panic with a bottle" joke, too?"

Jesus Christ

No, actually I moved it to the blog because I didn't want to take up too much of the comments.

But with your permission Jesus, I will continue here.

Hype Williams's award thing was pretty good.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 10:43 PM  | Reply
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Sarah Silverman did her material. Surprise surprise, she didn't tell any black jokes.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 10:54 PM  | Reply
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Even the Associated Press calls this show boring:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/mtv_awards

Posted by: Memememe at 08/31/06 10:54 PM  | Reply
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What the hell? I just tuned in at the unfortunate moment that AFI won Best Rock Video to be somewhat appeased when The Raconteurs began to play and - they cut to some lame backstage footage???

Sorry, Lou Reed, MTV is no longer pro-rock n' roll.

Posted by: Rochinho at 08/31/06 10:56 PM  | Reply
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I kept switching over to I Love The 70's on VH1, and as a result, I missed Sarah Silverman, dammit.
So have The VMA's always been such a colossal waste of time?

Posted by: Blu at 08/31/06 11:00 PM  | Reply
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11:01 - Tenacious D is on. Incredible!

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:02 PM  | Reply
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regarding missing sarah silverman, you didnt miss anything.

Posted by: Jesus Christ at 08/31/06 11:03 PM  | Reply
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11:02 - And now they are off the stage. Whoever said MTV cuts the rock segmens short is right.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:04 PM  | Reply
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11:07 - Jesus, please forgive me for all the hate I feel for Fall-Out Boy!

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:07 PM  | Reply
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11:08 - Al Gore is on. He's actually the most interesting part of this show.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:08 PM  | Reply
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why lower yourself al gore ?

Posted by: Beetlebum at 08/31/06 11:09 PM  | Reply
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somebody put al on a treadmill... and i dont mean to dance.

Posted by: Jesus Christ at 08/31/06 11:13 PM  | Reply
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is it me or did jessica simpson look like a female body builder?

Posted by: kk at 08/31/06 11:16 PM  | Reply
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11:16 - Jim Jarmusch and Raconteurs on stage. Jack White sings "Internet killed the video star"

Rrreeeow!

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:17 PM  | Reply
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black rappers, hip hop, mtv, is absolutely shit. everyone talks and says "u know what im sayin?" etc etc... this culture is awful... i liked mtv 10 years ago.. or more... but now is a joke. i cant understand black stupid stereotype people like P Diddy, or whatever is his name today. what? you are rich and im not? you have GOLD CHAINS and i dont? fuck you man. do good music. ALL of you black fucking rappers hip hop bling bling idiotic people. i say black because white people dont even try to do that. and if they do, they are kevin federline. cant be worst than that. but, what is going on with music today? mtv is saying "if you have gold chains and wear sunglasses at 10 pm, you are correct"? correct=ok=cool=whatever. call me in 5 more years. maybe there will be something interesting, creative, exciting.

Posted by: nobody at 08/31/06 11:17 PM  | Reply
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lopez looks like a cancer patient...

Posted by: jim at 08/31/06 11:17 PM  | Reply
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hahahahhahaha


they won.

Posted by: goo at 08/31/06 11:20 PM  | Reply
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Um, not every rapper believes in that bling-bling bullshit. You need to step outside the box and find the rappers that don't instead of making a broad generalization.

And P!ATD still sucks, and that video is so lame!

Posted by: Penny Woods at 08/31/06 11:20 PM  | Reply
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11:19 - The George W. Bush of punk wins Video of the Year.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:20 PM  | Reply
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j simp's shoulders looked BROAD.

Posted by: mike f at 08/31/06 11:20 PM  | Reply
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MTV sucks and there is an empty void on cable where a cool show should be. Somebody give this stereogum guy some cash so he can get his own cable channel. something like a cross between the old "120 minutes" but with new good videos, crossed with attack of the show and some VHF. Theres a void, and Stereogum TV should fill it.

Posted by: Jesus Christ at 08/31/06 11:21 PM  | Reply
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j-lo's look when six just crashed the stage was priceless. that guy rocks.

Posted by: matt at 08/31/06 11:21 PM  | Reply
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Panic at the Disco remind me of the annoying theater geek kids in high school.

So does this mean both Christina and Madonna go empty-handed tonight?

Posted by: Memememe at 08/31/06 11:21 PM  | Reply
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I thought Jessica Simpson had laryngitis, but she sounded fine.
Don't people with laryngitis sound all raspy like the girl from The Exorcist?

Posted by: Blu at 08/31/06 11:22 PM  | Reply
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11: 21 - Asshole Rose

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:22 PM  | Reply
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j-lo's look when six just crashed the stage was priceless. that guy rocks.

Posted by: matt at 08/31/06 11:22 PM  | Reply
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j lo's face when six crashed the stage was priceless. that guy rocks.

Posted by: matt at 08/31/06 11:23 PM  | Reply
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11:22 - Axl Pose introduces The Killers. The Killers get center stage and Raconteurs are the fucking house band? Hmm, David Bowie better fucking pop out.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:24 PM  | Reply
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yes! i mean... im not asking for the show of the decade... just cut the crap... i dont want to watch RIDICULOUS human beings trying to make me think that "they are cool"..when they are desperately trying to make MONEY. fuck them. i want creativity, music, good things!! please!!! p diddy FUCK YOU AND YOUR SUNGLASSES!!

Posted by: nobody at 08/31/06 11:25 PM  | Reply
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p.s. i don't get the killers. i don't think they're necessarily a bad band, but their sound is just so blah.

Posted by: matt at 08/31/06 11:27 PM  | Reply
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Not really my cup of tea, but I thought Shakira's performance was the best. I also loved T.I., especially when everyone was yelling along with "What You Know."

Posted by: Brian at 08/31/06 11:27 PM  | Reply
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So have The VMA's always been such a colossal waste of time?
Posted by: Blu

A: Yes.

That proselytizing political garbage by Al Gore was this broadcast (mostly) in a nutshell: boring, preachy, nonmusical and untalented.

Posted by: Memememe at 08/31/06 11:27 PM  | Reply
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rusty trombone got a chuckle.

Posted by: mike f at 08/31/06 11:28 PM  | Reply
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"MTV sucks and there is an empty void on cable where a cool show should be. Somebody give this stereogum guy some cash so he can get his own cable channel. something like a cross between the old "120 minutes" but with new good videos, crossed with attack of the show and some VHF. Theres a void, and Stereogum TV should fill it.
Posted by: Jesus Christ at August 31, 2006 11:21 PM"


Fuck MTV. Scott should vlog. If he got a revver and we all clicked on the ads, he would be paaaiiiid.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:29 PM  | Reply
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Panic Rocks, hate the game, not the playa

Posted by: PANIC at 08/31/06 11:31 PM  | Reply
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Overall, the show sucked. I miss the glory days with Pearl Jam and Neil Young.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:31 PM  | Reply
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im off to bed, that was painful.

Posted by: Jesus Christ at 08/31/06 11:34 PM  | Reply
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i watched the last half hour

thoughts

1) Al Gore is a funny version of lame, and Jackass when not being attacked by alligators are just a lame version of funny... and global warming is not 'political garbage' - even if it didnt fit in

2) Panic at the Disco are apparently what happens when hobbits form a hair metal band and cant pull it off.

3) speaking of hobbits, the lead singer of Fall Out Boy IS Sam Gamgee, and his buddy was wearing an Elf Cloak.

4) so the Killers are U2 now?

Posted by: Goon at 08/31/06 11:37 PM  | Reply
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Fuck me, the only thing more boring than that show were these inane fcking comments.


Posted by: gideon sucks at 08/31/06 11:38 PM  | Reply
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"Fuck me, the only thing more boring than that show were these inane fcking comments.


Posted by: gideon sucks at August 31, 2006 11:38 PM"

Gideon Sucks = anonymous troll in Cowardish.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:40 PM  | Reply
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Hey "Mo!", it was your non-stop banality that single-handedly killed the Comments. Good work. Checked out your live blog tonight: '0 Comments'. Coincidence?

Posted by: gideon sucks at 08/31/06 11:57 PM  | Reply
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As long as it's troll-free, I'm ok.

Posted by: Mo! at 08/31/06 11:59 PM  | Reply
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OK time to go to bed, dad.

Posted by: hoover at 09/01/06 12:04 AM  | Reply
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Yes, it was too political garbage.

Posted by: Memememe at 09/01/06 12:14 AM  | Reply
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so why couldn't we get scott a show? this series of tubes is mighty in this day in age, and we know powerful people are reading.

who's with me?

Posted by: Dave at 09/01/06 12:18 AM  | Reply
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The VMA's sucked so hard! Like seriously. Lou Reed was cool. The Raconteurs had more airplay than anyone else.

All the crappy people won and i'm mad.

Posted by: Zimzi at 09/01/06 12:42 AM  | Reply
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no shit only crappy people won. only crappy people were nominated.

Posted by: piss'D at 09/01/06 12:46 AM  | Reply
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Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the emo backlash. Concurrently, that MCR song was really cool... And Reed made the whole thing 50% cooler by default.

Posted by: Evan at 09/01/06 12:49 AM  | Reply
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WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT was the best shit of the whole lame ass show....

and will somebody please explain the difference between HIP HOP & RAP?

lou reed is president!

Posted by: maya lucia at 09/01/06 12:54 AM  | Reply
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what a fucking insult making Raconteurs the house band. They should be recieving the awards for being the only band in the room producing quality music

Posted by: Rich at 09/01/06 1:08 AM  | Reply
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I'd say hip-hop is more sung while rap is almost spoken. It's kind of hard to appreciate the difference, but it is there. I loved the OK Go performance-thought they did fantastic. I also think Justin Timberlake really did great (you guys are going to murder me with an axe now, right?) and I personally have no idea who Lou Reed is but he isn't very good. Worst performance - Panic! by far. Don't get me wrong, I love the band...but they really sucked tonight. Maybe they were nervous. Maybe Brenden was still recovering. Who knows. Oh and The Killers did well, but I think that they should have been a middle act and not the finale. So yeah...that's my bit, feel free to curse me into indie hell or whatever you crazy kids do.

Posted by: Jamie at 09/01/06 1:17 AM  | Reply
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one question...

why do we need an mtv tres when we already have an mtv en espanol and mun2? mun2 being far superior to anything having to do with mtv.

mtv should just focus on ameliorating the shitty programing they already have.

Posted by: nikki at 09/01/06 1:27 AM  | Reply
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The Hype Williams thing is one right now, and the clips of his vids just made me hate P Diddy. That guy's crap compared to all the other artists in the montage. He's a joke, artistically.

Missy Elliot won for Best Special Effects for the vid of a song that I've never heard. It makes me nostalgic for when every new Missy video/song was an event. She just sort of fell off.

Hip-Hop is a culture (clothing, dancing, etc.,) "Rapping" is the act of rhythmically sing-talking over a beat.

I'd really like to see footage of Busta Rhymes writing a song because he packs a movie's worth of words into a 3-minute song.

Posted by: Happiman at 09/01/06 1:47 AM  | Reply
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".....and I personally have no idea who Lou Reed is but he isn't very good."


Seriously?

Posted by: Buckeye at 09/01/06 2:01 AM  | Reply
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I seriously find it hard to believe anyone reading this blog doesn't know who Lou Reed is, but whatever. Do some research, and you will be a happier (or sadder, more heroin userish) person.

Posted by: Stephen at 09/01/06 2:29 AM  | Reply
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And what is this Pitchfork leak thing?

Posted by: Stephen at 09/01/06 2:31 AM  | Reply
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"Hip-Hop is a culture (clothing, dancing, etc.,) "Rapping" is the act of rhythmically sing-talking over a beat.
Posted by: Happiman at September 1, 2006 1:47 AM"

I second that. Rap is hip-hop. Hip-hop isn't necessarily rap and can be used to describe the culture. The difference was even more important in the '80's when everyone was breakin and tagging. Now, rap is the most popular element of hip-hop, though not necessarily the most important.

Posted by: Mo! at 09/01/06 2:46 AM  | Reply
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this is the worst thing i've ever seen...
and i'm drunk

and i work for a record label.

and i'm drink.

Posted by: steve perry at 09/01/06 2:50 AM  | Reply
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Nice to see Lou Reed name check Okkervil River during the aftershow in the midst of all the other garbage I saw tonight. I should have known better but I want that 3+ hours of my life back...

Posted by: San Seattle at 09/01/06 2:50 AM  | Reply
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why isnt anybody talking about the black dude who jumped on stage as panic at the disco won 'video of the year' (which i can hardly utter without my soul jumping out of my body)

THAT GUY HAD FUCKING BALLS. what do you think happened to him after they dragged him off stage? what do they do with people like that? perhaps they stoned him. or glass bottled him...

Posted by: christine at 09/01/06 2:50 AM  | Reply
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Did anyone see Missy get smashed in the head with an unbrella? I recorded the show because the commercials suck (taking only 1.2 hours to watch the whole thing) but saw when missy is riding the power wheels, she gets nailed by one of her dancers. I'll look for the video... by the way... a lot of people on here watch the show, yet everyone bashes it... hmmmm

Posted by: burz at 09/01/06 2:55 AM  | Reply
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Also, is it just me or did Jack White get macho as fuck. At this point I'd take him in a fight over that dude from the von bondies any day.

Posted by: Buckeye at 09/01/06 3:04 AM  | Reply
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I like how when Jack Black said "Six is the new soybomb!" no one in the audience laughed as they had no clue who Soy Bomb was. MTV really is geared to and run by a bunch of 13 year olds I think.

Posted by: Stephen at 09/01/06 3:20 AM  | Reply
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The show was bad but compared to earlier ones (remember Puff Daddy hosting?) it was an improvement.

Ugh. The guy from All-American Rejects was trying to act all rockstar like accepting his award, didn't buy it.

What the fuck is up with Jared Leto? He looks like he went to Hot Topic and asked what all the young kids were wearing.

Posted by: Antonio at 09/01/06 4:00 AM  | Reply
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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!

Posted by: Patrik at 09/01/06 4:22 AM  | Reply
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Yeah! You guys are right. Guillemots ARE really good!

Posted by: Gaudustophe at 09/01/06 5:12 AM  | Reply
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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?

Posted by: The Pop View at 09/01/06 7:06 AM  | Reply
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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!

Posted by: Jules at 09/01/06 7:13 AM  | Reply
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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!

Posted by: chucko at 09/01/06 8:15 AM  | Reply
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"I still respect John Norris"

Perhaps the funniest thing I've read this week. Thanks.

Posted by: J at 09/01/06 9:23 AM  | Reply
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"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.

Posted by: Constant Dater at 09/01/06 10:17 AM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: Zimzi at 09/01/06 10:26 AM  | Reply
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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.


Posted by: grey at 09/01/06 10:42 AM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: justin at 09/01/06 10:42 AM  | Reply
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"Jessica simpson looked like a linebacker."

HAHAHAHA...that whole show was an abomination. Jack Black bombed heroically.

Posted by: bored at work at 09/01/06 10:45 AM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: oldskool at 09/01/06 10:54 AM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: Sean at 09/01/06 11:34 AM  | Reply
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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!

Posted by: clev at 09/01/06 11:48 AM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: grey at 09/01/06 11:57 AM  | Reply
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sean, i remembered, and i cringed

Posted by: old & out of touch at 09/01/06 12:25 PM  | Reply
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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...

Posted by: Sean at 09/01/06 12:44 PM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: Beetlebum at 09/01/06 1:24 PM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: Stephen at 09/01/06 1:46 PM  | Reply
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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?

Posted by: cromwell at 09/01/06 2:29 PM  | Reply
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KRS-One said it best, " Rap is something you do, Hip-Hop is something you LIVE"

Posted by: OnlyRumors at 09/01/06 2:44 PM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: Sean at 09/01/06 3:00 PM  | Reply
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Damn. Now I want some Red Stripe cans.

Posted by: Stephen at 09/01/06 3:32 PM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: eric at 09/01/06 4:49 PM  | Reply
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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)?

Posted by: finn at 09/01/06 5:00 PM  | Reply
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blunt the cunt

Posted by: beetlebum at 09/01/06 9:52 PM  | Reply
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here is the video of cocker fucking up the jacko performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjDvV8k3P7s

Posted by: beetlebum at 09/01/06 9:54 PM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: Lizzie at 09/01/06 11:15 PM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: Sean at 09/01/06 11:37 PM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: Stephen at 09/02/06 3:45 AM  | Reply
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"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.

Posted by: Jason Robots at 09/04/06 6:31 PM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: Zimzi at 09/04/06 10:44 PM  | Reply
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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

Posted by: Kellie at 09/12/06 6:21 PM  | Reply
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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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how can i watch the VMA'S online????

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