Frank Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 (edited) So the nominations have been announced with regard to this years VMA awards. I think that this would be a nice thread to discuss it, and so I made it. Of course, I prdict that there will be a lot of hate in this thread as most of the artists up for awards are very mainstream *cough* Bieber *cough* but nonetheless feel free to discuss Oh, and because I'm a little biased I want to say the fantastic Gaga is up for 13 nominations which is the most ever. I know that a lot of the nominations are because of collabs with Beyoncé but I don't care :p Can't wait for preformances this year as last years were sorta Epic! Gaga and Beyoncé instantly come to mind Time to celebrate! EDIT: List of Nominations... BEST COLLABORATION B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams - “Airplanes” Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga - “Video Phone” Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce - “Telephone” 3OH!3 feat. Ke$ha - “My First Kiss” Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - “Empire State of Mind” BEST FEMALE VIDEO Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance” Ke$ha - “Tik Tok” Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - “California Gurls” Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga - “Video Phone” Taylor Swift - “Fifteen” BEST MALE VIDEO Eminem - “Not Afraid” Usher feat. Will.i.am - “OMG” B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams - “Airplanes” Drake - “Find Your Love” Jason Derulo - “In My Head” BEST HIP HOP VIDEO B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams - “Airplanes” Eminem - “Not Afraid” Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem - “Forever” Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz - “On To The Next One” Kid Cudi feat. MGMT & Ratatat - “Pursuit of Happiness” BEST NEW ARTIST Ke$ha Jason Derulo Justin Bieber Nicki Minaj Broken Bells BEST POP VIDEO Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance” Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - “California Gurls” Ke$ha - “Tik Tok” Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga - “Video Phone” B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars - “Nothing on You” BEST ROCK VIDEO 30 Seconds To Mars - “Kings and Queens” Muse - “Uprising” Paramore - “Ignorance” Florence + the Machine - “Dog Days Are Over” MGMT - “Flash Delirium” BEST DANCE MUSIC VIDEO Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance” Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull - “I Like It” Cascada - “Evacuate The Dancefloor” David Guetta feat. Akon - “Sexy Chick” Usher feat. Will.i.am - “OMG” VIDEO OF THE YEAR Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance” Florence + the Machine - “Dog Days Are Over” 30 Seconds to Mars - “Kings and Queens” Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce - “Telephone” Eminem - “Not Afraid” B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams - “Airplanes” BEST ART DIRECTION Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance” Florence + the Machine - “Dog Days Are Over” 30 Seconds to Mars - “Kings and Queens” Eminem - “Not Afraid” Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga - “Video Phone” BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance” Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce - “Telephone” Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga - “Video Phone” Usher feat. Will.i.am - “OMG” Janelle Monae feat. Big Boi - “Tightrope” BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Eminem - “Not Afraid” Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - “Empire State of Mind” Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance” Mumford and Sons - “Little Lion Man” Florence + the Machine - “Dog Days Are Over” BEST DIRECTION Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance” 30 Seconds to Mars - “Kings and Queens” Eminem - “Not Afraid” Pink - “Funhouse” Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - “Empire State of Mind” BEST EDITING Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance” Eminem - “Not Afraid” Rihanna - “Rude Boy” Pink - “Funhouse” Miike Snow - “Animal” BEST SFX Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance” Eminem - “Not Afraid” Muse - “Uprising” Green Day - “21st Century Breakdown” Dan Black - “Symphonies” BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO Dan Black - “Symphonies” Gorillaz feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def - “Stylo” Coldplay - “Strawberry Swing” The Black Keys - “Tighten Up” There you go Platty Edited August 5, 2010 by Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 This sucks the undigested sugar puffs from goatse's asssss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 VMA's are nothing and mean nothing. Like most award music award shows. It just rewards the popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.C.G Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I watched the above video but was somewhat dissapointed as it has the words 'shoots' and 'Lady Gaga' in the title but it wasn't what I was expecting/hoping for. I was hoping for something involving a gun, not a camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Lady Gaga should not be allowed to have an award. Especially after admitting to using drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj metroid Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Lady Gaga should not be allowed to have an award. Especially after admitting to using drugs. lol oh come on they all do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Lady Gaga should not be allowed to have an award. Especially after never producing anything worthy for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I watched the above video but was somewhat dissapointed as it has the words 'shoots' and 'Lady Gaga' in the title but it wasn't what I was expecting/hoping for. I was hoping for something involving a gun, not a camera. *Keith takes a photo of his girlfriend's ex sneaking around in her garden, which gets his attention* Keith: "You better leave Alicia alone otherwise the next time I shoot you it won't be digitally. Unless I hit you in the finger then we'll all have a good laugh." Aaaanyway yeah. I think I've ranted enough about Gaga so I won't bother again. The VMAs get an apathetic shrug from me. Hell, Kanye made them worth paying attention to last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 Aw, don't be so miserable :P I can agree that it only awards the popular but I always find that it's worth a watch, however it probably won't be as controversial as last year. Despite not liking most of the acts up for awards, I always saw Gaga as actually quite good. Her acoustic songs and "rock 'n' roll" style songs are worth a listen as I'm not a huge fan of her more disco stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platty Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 What/who are the nominations? I can't be bothered to look/google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I know Lady Gaga is nominated against herself for something! Also, thanks for that vid nintendo-master... it's nice to see the laid back side of her at times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Talking of shit things/bad music, the more I hear California Gurls by Katy Perry, the more I enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 VMA's are nothing and mean nothing. Like most award music award shows. It just rewards the popular. Well ... that's their purpose, isn't it? To reward popular music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 (edited) Talking of shit things/bad music, the more I hear California Gurls by Katy Perry, the more I enjoy it. Katy Perry will eventually destroy your soul. Then eat it. Edited August 5, 2010 by Frank Automerged Doublepost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jav_NE Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Sounds more like a "Lets celebrate how much we love Lady Gaga" party to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Well ... that's their purpose, isn't it? To reward popular music? It's "meant" to celebrate the best music videos produced in the last year. It doesn't. It just picks videos from popular artists, so the general public will tune in and feel involved. Which is silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 ok Jav NE, you got me :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 It's "meant" to celebrate the best music videos produced in the last year. It doesn't. It just picks videos from popular artists, so the general public will tune in and feel involved. Which is silly. I could go into the whole debate about subjectivity when it comes to music etc., but I won't. I don't really care enough about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 It's not even called for though. I'm just stating fact. The VMA's (and most other MTVesque award shows) don't accept anything to be nominated other than what has been a smash hit, or at least by huge, radio-friendly unit-shifters. I don't believe anyone in their right mind can say that this video should be nominated as one of the finest of the year: It's in the best female video category, over much more deserving people like M.I.A, who, despite the controversy surrounding her video, managed to produce (well the director) a thought-provoking and original video that actually means something. It doesn't really matter if you like her music or not, the video for Born Free is much more compelling as a piece of art than anything on that list. (Just as an example) It's just a show designed to get record labels most valuable artists into the public eye even more. These awards don't mean anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 (edited) That M.I.A. video, are you perhaps talking about the one where all the red-heads are taken away and although I haven't seen the entire video in full there is supposedly a lot of violence. Good points btw. I found myself agreeing with them. EDIT: oh, never mind. I only noticed the link after I posted Edited August 5, 2010 by Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Yeah, I agree with you, but it depends on what people value. Some just want a smash hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 And we all know what rhymes with smash hit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 And we all know what rhymes with smash hit! BOP EET! So, there are now three musical categories? Pop, Rock, and Dance. Where's best Reggae Artist?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Talking of shit things/bad music, the more I hear California Gurls by Katy Perry, the more I enjoy it. Speaking of, the Beach Boys are requesting rights on the song as they sang it first and they spelt it correctly. Its a very mediocre song but I expect that kind of thing from her. And amusingly: "Yes, I said I kissed a girl. But I didn't say I kissed a girl while f**king a crucifix." Nice to know where the line is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diageo Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Is it chosen by public vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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