2006 MTVu Noms Fueled By Ramen
MTVu has announced the nominees for the 2006 Woodies. Yep, an awards show you'll never see, on a cable channel you can't watch unless you live in a dorm. But we like to take a look at the nods anyway, and have you college kids tell us if these really are the bands making a splash on your campus radio.
Woodie of the Year – (Artist of the Year)
Angels & Airwaves (Geffen Records)
Atmosphere (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
Gym Class Heroes (Fueled by Ramen / Atlantic Records)
Panic! at the Disco (Fueled by Ramen / Atlantic Records)
The Academy Is (Fueled by Ramen / Atlantic Records)
The Breaking Woodie – (Best Emerging Artist)
Arctic Monkeys (Domino Records)
Chamillionaire (Chamillitary / Universal Motown Records)
Imogen Heap (RCA Victor Records)
Lupe Fiasco (1st & 15th / Atlantic Records)
Plain White T's (Hollywood Records)
Left Field Woodie – (Most Original Artist)
Gnarls Barkley (Downtown / Atlantic Records)
Gogol Bordello (Side One Dummy Records)
Imogen Heap (RCA Victor Records)
Lady Sovereign (Def Jam Records)
Wolfmother (Interscope Records)
Best Video Woodie – Live Action – (Best Live Action Video)
30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill (Virgin Records America)
Feist - Mushaboom (Cherry Tree / Interscope Records)
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rise up With Fists (Team Love)
Jurassic 5 -Work It Out (Interscope Records)
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes (V2 – Artemis)
Best Video Woodie – Animated – (Best Animated Video)
Against Me - From Her Lips to God's Ears (Fat Wreck Chords)
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (Downtown / Atlantic Records)
Gorillaz - El Manana (Virgin Records)
Mark Ronson - Just (!K7 / Rapster Records)
Psapp – Hi (Domino Records)
The Good Woodie – (Greatest Social Impact)
Juvenile - Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts (Atlantic Records)
Ludacris - Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts (Disturbing Tha Peace Records)
Pearl Jam - Environmental Protection (J Records)
Rise Against - Political Awareness and Activism (Geffen Records)
Serj Tankian (System of a Down) - Armenian Genocide (Columbia Records)
Road Woodie – (Best Tour)
Cartel (Epic Records)
Hellogoodbye (Drive Thru Records)
Nightmare of You (East West Records)
Taking Back Sunday (Warner Bros. Records)
The Fray (Epic Records)
International Woodie – (Favorite International Artist Award)
Arctic monkeys (Domino Records)
Cham (Madhouse / Atlantic Records)
Corrine Bailey Rae (Capitol Records)
SIA (Astralwerks)
The Subways (Warner Bros. Records)
Alumni Woodie – (a.k.a. The You’re Still OK in our Book Award)
AFI (Interscope Records)
Fiona Apple (Epic Records)
Ghostface Killah (Def Jam Records)
MUSE (Warner Bros. Records)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros. Records)
Streaming Woodie – (Most Downloaded)
For four weeks, top acts on the college scene go toe-to-toe on mtvU.com, with college students streaming their favorites into the finals. The four artists left standing at the end will battle it out for the Streaming Woodie.
Nominees:
Week 1
Atmosphere "Say Hey There (Gotta Go to Mexico)" (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
Gym Class Heroes "Cupid's Chokehold" (Fueled by Ramen / Atlantic Records)
Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" (East West Records)
The Academy Is "Checkmarks" (Fueled by Ramen / Atlantic Records)
The Fray "Over My Head (Cable Car)" (Epic Records)
Week 2
All-American Rejects "Move Along" (Interscope / A&M Records)
Matisyahu "Youth" (Epic Records)
Motion City Soundtrack "Hold Me Down" (Epitaph Records)
OAR "Lay Down" (Atlantic Records)
Taking Back Sunday "Makedamnsure" (Warner Bros. Records)
Week 3
Armor for Sleep "The Truth About Heaven" (Equal Vision)
Death Cab for Cutie "Crooked Teeth" (Atlantic Records)
Hellogoodbye "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" (Drive Thru Records)
Imogen Heap "Hide and Seek" (RCA Victor Records)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" (Warner Bros. Records)
Week 4
Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor" (Domino Records)
Cage "Shoot Frank" (Definitive Jux Records)
Nightmare of You "I Want to Be Buried In Your Backyard" (East West Records)
Panic! At the Disco "I Write Sins, Not Tragedies" (Fueled by Ramen / Atlantic Records)
The Academy Is "Slow Down" (Fueled by Ramen / Atlantic Records)
Posted at 10:34 AM
wow, mtvu had legitimacy for about a split second. some of those nominees are good but the list for artist of the year is a complete cop-out. more like 'mtv junior high'
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Left Field Woodie – (Most Original Artist)
Wolfmother
hahahaha, oh MTVu, how I love...um...u.
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no, all these bands are rubbish.
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at least for the "woodie" award
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of the year
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is it just me or should "woodie of the year" be battled out between cat power and feist?
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How do they do it? How do they manage to be even worse than the MTV Video Music Awards? Every single artist on that list is horrible. Wow.
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I agree with Ryan. Wolfmother sounds good, but original? That's got to be a joke.
The only Woodie 30 Seconds to Mars should win is the L'oreal Woodie (use of eyeliner award).
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come on, they're not all horrible, but i have to agree, for the artist of the year woodie, no one among those five nominated bands freaking deserve it -- if these are what the college kids are into these days, i pity them. i really do.
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i weap for the future
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pft. i hope that's not what people expect from college radio, because we're not playing it at my school. MTVU has always been pretty weak and this year just continues the trend.
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Yeah I also like how the Arctic Monkeys are called and "emerging band." Biggest band in the UK emerging? OK whatevs.
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You do not know just *how* sick I am of Arctic Monkeys! Completely unoriginal - we've heard it before. The only decent artist is Imogen Heap - I hope she wins her categories.
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Yeah, these college kids are doomed to never live fulfilling adult lives if Angels & Airwaves, Gym Class Heroes, Panic! at the Disco, and The Academy Is are their artists of the year.
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Gogol Bordello should win most original. Those guys are bonkers. Should win Best Moustache too, just ahead of J-Devil from the Eagles of Death Metal.
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Fueled by Ramen is so punk rock and indie and DIY... Who cares if they're distributed by Atlantic Records? There've never been any mainstream artistis on Atlantic Records, have there?... Led who?
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please don't say everyone is terrible. gogol freaking bordello, people.
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at least atmosphere is getting some props.
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As an actual college student, neither I nor anyone I know reps those bands. Someone hit it right on the head when they called it 'MTV junior high.'
As for the actual state of college listening, all I can say is I've been hearing SexyBack around campus a lot.
Which is good because it's awesome.
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bands that aren't terrible on this list:
arctic monkeys
imogen heap
against me!
jenny lewis and the watson twins
feist
gnarls barkley
muse
come on people, don't say general things like all these artists suck. the woodie of the year artists suck for the most part (angels and airwaves is decent), but all of the artists i listed are pretty good. and anybody who calls against me! terrible needs to reevaluate their taste in music.
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Although I highly doubt it, I hope Fiona Apple and Sia win.
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YEAH GYM CLASS HEROES!!!! i'm liking mtvU because they are showing so much love to these guys. besides being a nom for the Woodies, gym class heroes are also being featured on mtvU's the Hot Seat: http://www.mtvu.com/music/the_hot_seat/
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YEAH GYM CLASS HEROES!!!! i'm liking mtvU because they are showing so much love to these guys. besides being a nom for the Woodies, gym class heroes are also being featured on mtvU's the Hot Seat: http://www.mtvu.com/music/the_hot_seat/
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