Monday, August 30, 2004

AND NOBODY SHOWED OFF THEIR ASS: Ah, that spearmint-peppermint mixture of thrill and disgust which makes up the MTV VMAs. Franz Ferdinand win the breakthrough video prize, but equally, Jet win best rock video. Virtually everything else goes to JayZ or Outkast:

Video of the year: OutKast, "Hey Ya!"
Best pop video: No Doubt, "It's My Life"
Best rap video: Jay-Z, "99 Problems"
Best female video: Beyonce, "Naughty Girl"
Best male video: Usher featuring Lil' Jon & Ludacris, "Yeah!"
Best R&B video: Alicia Keys, "If I Ain't Got You"
Best rock video: Jet, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
Breakthrough video: Franz Ferdinand, "Take Me Out"
Best director: Mark Romanek, "99 Problems"
Best special Effects: OutKast, "Hey Ya!"
Best art direction: OutKast, Hey Ya!"
Best editing: Jay-Z, "99 Problems"
Best cinematography: Jay-Z, "99 Problems"
Best choreography: Black Eyed Peas, "Hey Mama"
Best dance video: Usher, featuring Lil' Jon & Ludacris, "Yeah!"
Best hip-hop video: OutKast, "Hey Ya!"
Best group video: No Doubt, "It's My Life"
Best new artist in a video: Maroon 5, "This Love"
MTV2 award: Yellowcard, "Ocean Avenue"
Viewer's Choice: Linkin Park, "Breaking the Habit"


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

what i want to know is who listens to this crappy music?

Eric2 said...

Do you think Andre 3000 will perform "Hey Ya" at that fancy GW Bush fundraiser he's attending?

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/9436565.htm?1c

Simon Hayes Budgen said...

to be fair, anonymous, as MTV awards go, they've actually got some pretty good tunes in there - No Doubt's cover was better than the original, Beyonce and Franz were fine...

but I'm no longer clear if the award is for the song or the video...?

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