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MTV announced two more slates of Video Music Awards nominations today, and while the nominees for Best Rock Video have a few OK contenders among them (Fall Out Boy’s “Beat It” cover, Paramore’s “crushcrushcrush”), a couple of the contenders for Video Of The Year–you know, the big prize–are worthy of a head-scratch or two. Sure, I can buy the idea of Britney Spears’ road to redemption culminating with her winning a moonman for her self-mocking “Piece Of Me” clip. And the Jonas Brothers’ “Burnin’ Up” isn’t groundbreaking, but those kids sure do know how to mobilize their fanbase. But the other three videos in the category would surely be considered also-rans in any other year. You’ve got Chris Brown’s stealth gum ad “Forever”; the Ting Tings’ “Shut Up And Let Me Go,” which looks like a film-school synthesis between the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” and that Justice clip that got nominated last year; and the Pussycat Dolls’ “When I Grow Up,” which is such a steaming piece of all-around garbage that I have to think there was some sort of coordinated street-team effort by Interscope to fool people into thinking that Nicole Scherzinger was still worthy of attention. All five clips are after the jump, so you can judge for yourself.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
Chris Brown – Forever
The Jonas Brothers – Burnin’ Up
The Pussycat Dolls – When I Grow Up
The Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go
Britney Spears, Jonas Brothers Battle It Out For VMA Video Of The Year [MTV]
Video Music Awards nominations
I’m sorry, but I hope Britney wins, only because each and every one of the other songs in this category are SUBPAR. Yeah I said it. Now if an artist is to actually win based on the you know, video, then the Ting Tings or Chris Brown should win. [You know the effects and all] But still I don’t care for any of these tracks, except Britney’s.
christ, what an awful lineup. it feels like, Britney aside, they’re limiting the selection just to videos in current rotation, instead of ones from the whole past year, in some kind of desperate attempt to make the whole affair more “of the moment”.
Ah, the token indie/alternative/whatever act that gets no play on MTV, but will always get nominated for video of the year so MTV can go “See, we cares about all muzics!!”
the masses are asses. I appreciate the fact that MTV opened up the nominatng process to the audience. But, oh man. Is this why “Two 1/2 Men” is a hit?
My vote goes to the Ting Tings only because they’re the only act on this list I can stand to listen to.
Britney will probably win, but it is not because of the relative merits of that song. Give me a break…
@JohnDoe: Um, hello. This is the country that re-elected Bush, though I suppose the majority of people we’re trusting to choose our “video of the year” probably can’t even vote.
I’m guessing these are nominated because they’re the only five videos that have been shown on MTV in the past year.
@Al Shipley: This may be the worst list of nominees ever, and that’s really saying something.
Wait, MTV shows videos by the Ting Tings? Or videos?
@TheRunningboard7: “Shut Up And Let Me Go” premiered on the first episode of FNMTV.
Come to think of it, so did that Pussycat Dolls clip! CONSPIRACY
those ting tings are mesmerizingly annoying. is that hand thingie a vaginal reference, btw?
more startling: we live in a country where the pussycat dolls ACTUALLY SELL ENOUGH ALBUMS to warrant making videos.
That Ting Tings video is a total rip-off of the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” vid.
We need more obscure tunes for those iPod commercials. I think a Battles track would fit perfectly.
@Maura Johnston: I’d argue there’s a big difference between played and plays, and while I wouldn’t expect anything genuine from an mtv award show, that would be quite disingenuous if that’s pretty much the only time its aired. Then again, maybe it is on all the time, I only tune in for AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW!!!! Because you know.. I’m hooked..
What I find troubling is that the Britney video has an ABC News bug in the corner. Was this news at one point?
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