Comments on: Oh My God, You Guys, The VMAs Might Be Fixed!!!!!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:34:45 +0000

@CapnCalamity: What's even weirder? MTV2 used to play music videos too! Now, it's a refuge for Beavis, Butthead, Jackass, Rob, Big, Ryan, Fitty, etc. Strictly He-Man-Woman-Haters-Club, apparently...

In this crowd, you'd think the great Sifl & Olly could get a little love...

By: CapnCalamity

CapnCalamity — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:07:06 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: To be fair, MTV used to actually play videos, so you know, there was more to choose from.

By: Audif Jackson Winters III

Audif Jackson Winters III — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:00:41 +0000

I bet Kanye has never complained about his Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.

By: LiquidHeaven

LiquidHeaven — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:53:14 +0000

@Chris Molanphy:

Well said. My favorite was this most recent VMA where they announced past winners of each award before announcing this years winner. "Previous winners of this award have been: Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Madonna & Nirvana. This years award goes to: *drum roll* Flo Rida!"

They did themselves a disservice by focusing attention on the comparison which clearly shows just how crappy the music they were rewarding was.

By: ObtuseIntolerant

ObtuseIntolerant — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:46:41 +0000

@ObtuseIntolerant sees lots of work to do.: *it is shocking that a lot of fans*...OY. I am going back to bed.

By: ObtuseIntolerant

ObtuseIntolerant — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:31:34 +0000

I agree with him. it's not that is' a groundbreaking revelation...but that a lot of fan believe this shit is for real.

Seriously.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:27:05 +0000

No one will take me seriously when I say this, but I will agree with Kanye that the judgment of the VMA powers-that-be has gone downhill in the last decade.

I mean obviously there's a cabal, but that cabal used to have better judgment.

In the '80s-'90s I used to say all the time (when people pooh-poohed the VMAs as a racket) that not only was it a more entertaining awards show than virtually any other, but that the winners were surprisingly respectable. I mean, these are the guys who pissed off their own advertisers by giving VotY in 1989 to a Neil Young marketing-spoofing video they didn't even play; who gave the 1990 award not to MC Hammer's day-glo fest but to Sinéad O'Connor staring into the camera; and who gave vanguard awards to the likes of Mark Pellington and Mark Romanek before the rest of Hollywood recognized their talent.

But since 2000 or so, the show's become both insipid and boring, and the winners have become either predictable, behind the times or both.

By: LiquidHeaven

LiquidHeaven — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:25:30 +0000

I mean come on, didn't we all know the mtv awards fix was in when Johnny Depp kept showing up when he was winning awards for pirates? When was the last time Depp showed up and didn't win?

When they can get the biggest of the big to show up for their ceremony they honor them.

The Oscars this is not.

By: How do I say this ... THROWDINI!

How do I say this ... THROWDINI! — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:04:42 +0000

Eventually Kanye’s going to put out an album that doesn’t sell so well, earn him (fake) nomination nods, etc. and we’ll see him slide futher down that slippery slope of crazy. I can’t wait!

By: revmatty

revmatty — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:47:39 +0000

It does take a classy guy to say “What the hell, I shouldn’t have won this award, it totally should go to this other dude.”

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:36:31 +0000

I've wept hot, bitter tears.

Not over this, though.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:19:34 +0000

my faith in the world is so shaken you guys. what's next? the peoples' choice awards aren't decided by the people? THE WORLD MUSIC AWARDS MAY NOT BE ON THE UP AND UP???

it is such a sad day