It's official everyone: Death Cab have broken through! Haha!

Best Breakthrough Video may as well be relabeled token indie section

Too true Kirgasm. Hell, I'm not even an indie-head, but these nominations are a joke.

BTW, what's a Wisin Y Yandel?

oh my fucking god that is stupid

at least 6 of those bands are famous as fuck stupid MTv

pretty much the ONLY good videos out of that list are You Belong With Me, 21 Guns and Grapevine Fires... everything else is generic/sucky/retarded

Oh come on Adam, haven't you seen Beyonce & her 2 friends dance?

IF YOU LIKED IT THEN YOU SHOULDA PUT A RING ON IT

^everything wrong with modern society in 12 words.

Sounds like a spurned lover to me! ;-)

I generally enjoy watching the VMA'S but this si poised to be the worst lineup yet.

I think I just puked in my mouth a little bit...

and who the crap is lady gaga?

.........................................

ok you have to be totally removed from popular culture not to know that

I laughed pretty hard just now

double post

i like how rock = pop, pop = music for ugly girls + gay guys, and MTV finds a way to get twilight into another awards show


that paramore song is actually aite tho...

i like how rock = pop, pop = music for ugly girls + gay guys

yeah this is arguably my biggest gripe with the state of music

No-one has answered my question yet; What in the blue hell is a Wisin Y Yandel?

a pop band

this is disgusting

never heard of them either dave E

Obviously no-one had a clue, so I looked IT up. Apparently its Wisin & Yandel and they perform a genre of music called Reggaeton. I swear if that 'So You Think You Can Dance' show brings that form of music to Australia, I'm gonna go serial killer on that woman with the big teeth who screams & laughs all the time.

Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning reggaeton recording duo, consisting of Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar (Yandel) and Juan Luis Morera Luna (Wisin). They started their career in 1995 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time.

Anyone who doesn't like Single Ladies can GTFO of life.

i just watched the video for "I Don't Care" and they sort of acknowledge what i said above in the video

well, I know it is MTV so I shouldn't be surprised, but dear lord, this whole list just plain sucks. The only decent videos I can think of from here are that Paramore one and We Made You which I liked, the others are just plain meh/bad

I know the reason you guys like the "decode" video is because Hayley is looking fine in it It's got my vote. And LOL at the breakthrough category.

These awards are such a crap-fest, damn.

ugg MTV... your existence makes me afraid for modern society

At the end of the day who was actually expecting anything different from the MTV awards?

If you look at it from their point of view though they can hardly go out giving awards to some pseudo-indie obscure metal band. Public opinion would turn against MTV for playing and awarding music that your average listener just wouldn't like.

That's what people get annoyed about. The companies and organisations in charge of showing people what's out there in terms of music should be less bothered about appealing to the lowest common denominator and more interested in what's actually good rather than just instantly accessible.

Lady Gaga, Single Ladies, and Love Lockdown need to win everything

its not even that

@Roach, your point is right if you amend "average listener" to read "average MTV viewer"

MTV caters to its audience, which it has built up strong, thanks to a strong platform of reality shows, dating shows...just about anything other than music shows

lol lady gaga

Decode is actually great, so hopefully that wins.
Ugh, breakthrough video. I want Death Cab to win because if they have to get on stage and accept the award or something, it's going to be really awkward and they probably won't know what to say.

That entire category is pretty awkward to be honest.

Major Lazer better win breakthrough

MTV created its own audience. When it was formed it had the chance to create a generation of kids wholly passionate about creative, imaginative and good music, but instead they built their empire around said shitty reality shows, dumbed everything down to the most basic level and now play anything that requires no effort whatsoever.

JESUS, music aimed at today's teens SUCKS!!! thank god I'm not at that age music is directed towards me cause I may listen to these bands...

I don't understand how DCFC and Gnarls Barkley are in the Breakthrough category. I mean didn't Gnarls Barkley already breakthrough when everyone and their mother blasted "Crazy" for a year?

Yeah that's the most confusing thing. I mean, there are a number of people who haven't heard of most of the artists on that list but Barkley had a fucking UK number 1, and I'm guessing US? Stupid.

i think the problem is your trying to understand something that is nonsensical and therefore impossible to understand

just let it wash over you and then you'll realize it is futile to analyze the inner workings of MTV

You question that but not the fact that 3OH!3 and Asher Roth are serious contenders for best new artist

So, we can conclude this is the only time of year MTV cares about music videos.

Do they even play music on mtv anymore apart from the mayday parade song clips in between awkward scenes of The Hills?

It's not really nonsensical. MTV is based around a culture with no permanence or longevity which celebrates artists people only heard of two weeks ago as 'indie giants' (read: Noisettes lolz). It would hardly surprise me if they'd forgotten Gnarls Barkley and Death Cab existed; they're not instantly relevant to the music of the last month.

That doesn't stop it from being fucking stupid.

You question that but not the fact that 3OH!3 ... are serious contenders for best new artist

- that's exactly what I'm on about. Who the fuck even are they? I know a couple of their songs but seriously, they pretty much just have one song people find catchy and that's recent enough to count as BNA material in the kind of environment MTV creates.

I'm actually shocked Hollywood Undead werent contenders for best new artist.

lol MTV.

At least Bat for Lashes is in here, that's kinda good.
Plus the Death Cab video is really cool actually, but again wtf on the breakthrough shit.

wisin y yandel (wisin and yandel) are 2 dudes singing about sex with a stupid rhythm and with a flash studio loop like for 4 mins basically brokencyde without screams

Is this the VMAs or the track listing for the new "NOW thats what i call music!"album....

Don't bother with the MTV audience. The majority just listen to what is popular for a while until something bigger comes along. They all think that the Real World is a great stepping stone for their shitty music and lackluster career to follow. After that they return to their shit-hole community college and bitch about how nobody understands them. Plus, for some reason they seem to think that Lady Gaga is some kind of musical/lyrical genius, personally I would rather listen to Hellen Keller's solo work.

Hollywood Undead's omission is a damn greek tragedy

watever tho they'll sweep the grammys

What a list of classic artists.....

lol

I threw up a little when I read Lady Gaga then when I hit Flo Rida the rest came out. Funny thing is...does MTV even play videos?

I really hope bat for lashes doesn't win

^
Troll

Well, after reading that, it is as much as i care about these news.

And, at this tunel, i see no light, or even breaking through in long years.

Not you fireaboveicebelow lol, talkin bout the douche above you.

Well, other than the loss of renown for my favorite artists, I don't mind having a unique opinion on music compared to the idiotic majority.

stop yar blatherin', MTV executives know more about music than any of us, they listen to the radio

Bat for Lashes ftw.

Good point robertdennis ill shut up now.

Just watched the Love Lockdown video. It was pretty tight actually. The one for Welcome to Heartbreak is his best though.

Lol at this list. And whats with Britney being up for best video and best pop video and not best female? I found that kinda funny considering Lady Gaga is up for 3 awards for the same video.

MTV sucks.

quit bitching about this list and just recognize that Lady Gaga fucking rules and deserves to win every category, even the ones she's not in

damn mainstream music is terrible. what the hell is everyone thinking

Lol you guys are lucky.
Everyone in my country knows Wisin & Yandel.And I gotta say 96% of people of my age love them.But thats just the way it is in South America.
Back to "W con Yandel",yeah they are reggaeton artists.
You know,they sing about how nice it would be to have sex with X woman.....in all the songs.
Ex:Si se entrega voy a darle...racata,racata,esta noche quiero hacerle.
I.E:If she gaves herself im going to give....this night im gonna do it.
Also,they use the same sample to most of the songs.
I like some latin genres(some salsa is nice) but reggaeton just sucks.

right on

Cynic, The Mars Volta, Thrice, and the Rx Bandits are oddly missing from this list. Someone should point out to MTV they have made a mistake. Their faces will be so red!

I got quite the kick out of this. I personally thought Have A Nice Life would sweep this year. But MTV is it's own sad little culture and they have a completely different view on music in general. The vast majority of MTV viewers don't listen to entire albums, let alone listen to like 8 albums a day like most of us. They simply view music in a different way and it holds a different sort of importance. And that leads to some ridiculous definitions of good music. But I've only heard a couple of songs out of this list. The only solution is to create a Sputnik VMAs.

if there's any justice tay-tay will win everything

For gods sake, Jethro Tull won the first metal grammy from MTV

does everyone here REALLY expect anything less than complete bullshit to come out of MTV anymore?

I hope Lady Gaga wins everything, including Best Male Video.

And I think Sputnik would freak out if our precious indie music was splattered all over MTV and popular culture.

The only solution is to create a Sputnik VMAs.

I'm in.

Alright, my friend, let's ring up some nominees!

"Alright, my friend, let's ring up some nominees!"

Lady Gaga will still be nominated, correct?

Duh, she's a Sputnik staple.

She will be the only nominee. Have you seen Poker Face? Genius.

Incorrect.

All artists will have < 10 listeners on last.fm, be metal or indie, and either be male or insanely hot.

Thrice will also perform 4 times at every awards show even when they're dead.

MTV plays videos at 3am to about 9am everyday.

Totally. But what do we do considering that so few of the nominees have music videos?

Puppets.

Not watch it

I like the puppets idea. Nothing to brighten up a tv show like a Mikael Akerfedlt puppet.

Opeth are yet to "break through". I think they have the potential to on their next album though.

when Mikael Akerfeldt uses autotune i will respect him

^^^ Haha. That would be an interesting sound actually!

We can call the Sputnik awards Satellites and they'll become known as Golden Dishes.

Okay so the Sputnik VMAs are as follows...

Best Thrice Song
A. All of them
B. All of them
C. All of them
D. All of them, including songs they've yet to write.

Best genre:
A. Indie
B. Metal
C. Progressive
D. Thrice

Any more suggestions?

We can call the Sputnik awards Satellites and they'll become known as Golden Dishes.

Remember when MTV used to be relevant to music? You know before '95, before the internet got big. Although they still played generic glam-rock bullshit like CHERRY PIE (hooray), at least we didn't know any better. =]

21 Guns is the only decent thing here, everything else is an absolute joke.

Except Taylor.

'Cherry Pie' should win best video each & every year!

"'Cherry Pie' should win best video each & every year!"

hahahahaha I totally agree!

'21 Guns is the only decent thing here, everything else is an absolute joke.'


I think the bigger joke is that anyone still listens to Green Day

"I think the bigger joke is that anyone still listens to Green Day"

really? I find that quite interesting because they're selling out arena's all around to world. hmm...

ther4 they're good

I'm not arguing how good they are, I'm just saying that they have heaps of fans all around the world who enjoy the music and so therefore it isn't a joke that " anyone still listens to Green Day"

C'mon I never win an argument on here, at least give me this one

Oh hey, just thought of some lovely categories:

Most Kvlt
Most Overrated
Most Underrated
Most Thrice
Awesome Category is Awesome.

Should start up a Sputnik awards. Only Opeth, Thrice, Radiohead and Muse are allowed to be nominated.

best breakthrough video
millionaires - alcohol
/thread

Beyonce sings "To the left, to the left" because black people got no rights

Agreed. We need to make up those bitchin' golden dishes.

Alligator get in 3rd place me and Lions have already set this ball rolling.

And alright, I'll let you win this one out of pity. Or the fact I don't care. :P

Yeah who cares about MTV. We've got an award show to pioneer!

Most Overrated: And the nominees are;

Thrice
Opeth
Metallica
Neutral Milk Hotel

Most Underrated: And the nominees are;

Thrice
Opeth
Metallica
Neutral Milk Hotel

Brilliant!

David Tennant > MTV

David Tennant > MTV

it was your avatar that reminded me.

but then, boners > MTV

yeah, but boners = david tennant > mtv

Can't bear to listen to most of the artists/bands listed here.

"And alright, I'll let you win this one out of pity. Or the fact I don't care. :P"
Haha awesome man!

"David Tennant > MTV"
Agreed! although MTV has pimp my ride.

" boners = david tennant "
I have to disagree :P

I have to disagree :P

MTV created its own audience. When it was formed it had the chance to create a generation of kids wholly passionate about creative, imaginative and good music, but instead they built their empire around said shitty reality shows, dumbed everything down to the most basic level and now play anything that requires no effort whatsoever.

then let's start a nuke party

i also agree with that statement wholeheartedly. let the nukes fly, let the people fry.

^

Finally someone that gets me

we just need a global cleansing of all the dumbfucks. preferably with nukes. and fire.
i've always wanted to live in a post-apocalyptic world.

That's what I keep telling my friends, one day they'll understand or burn in the fire. . . .

fuck the friends.
just let 'em burn....

True I can always make new ones!

BEST BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO
U2 - Get On Your Boots

i've always wanted to live in a post-apocalyptic world.

that or i've been watching a little too much mad max
and yeah, i love fallout 3.
it'd be so fun.

I would prefer a zombie apocalypse, but that's just me.

that works too

Zombies can sense cigarette ash over a mile and a half away.

smokers r fukd

IT'S ALL SO BAD. MAKE IT DIE.

omg furry