You think winning an MMVA is the Holy Grail? Well you’ve been deceived because Rock Rewards are where it's at! Who really cares about winning ‘Best Video’ when you can proudly boast to the music glitterati about winning an award for ‘Best Nonsensical Lyric We Can't Get Out Of Our Heads'?
Fall Out Boy relive all the nervous flutterings of a rockin' homecoming dance, mixed with the necessary geek vs jock tension, the always entertaining impromptu dance, and of course, krumpers. We don't remember our high school dances being this cool - piping hot live performances, crowd surfing, out of control dance-offs and getting the girl in the end? We got hosed.
Yeah yeah, we know Madonna had a fierce comeback with the whole leotard and flipped out strawberry blonde 'do, but Nelly's the real winner here. It's unanimous - she's come back looking hotter & more buff than ever! But that's not all: collaborating with Timbaland in the studio was possibly the best thing to happen to Nelly since the whole "being like a bird" thing. Seriously, the hook is KILLER.
Sometimes your brain gets hold of an earworm and just won't let go - in the 90s we had Train's "Drops Of Jupiter", which contained the nonsensical lyric "Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken?" and now in the 00s we have Nickelback's "Photograph". Try and tell us you don't giggle when you hear Chad belt out that wickedly clever rhyme!
Rihanna's video has all the fixins' for a perfect beach blowout - sand castles, rushing waves, sea-dooing with your arms around a cute guy, sarongs and choreographed dance routines. Don't act like you never busted a simultaneous move in the sand with your crew. And now back to the aqua-coloured water. Talk about paradise. Vacation, anyone?
Videos with pin-up caliber girls are a dime a dozen, but only a scant pickin' of them take the ladies and ho them up artfully. Hype Williams paired old style pin-up spreads and Kanye's massive hit with sexy results, but perhaps the most impressive feat was that they used nary a green screen. Hott.
RHCP travel through the annals of rock history, paying homage to essential artists through each decade - Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Prince, Nirvana, Poison (Poison??) and a couple other unidentifiables. Our favourite 'look' is a toss up between a smug-looking Prince & what we think is a Slipknot tribute. Leave it to RHCP to entertain and confuse at the same time.
We thought it would be nearly impossible to outdo last year's champion (Backstreet Boys - Incomplete), but newly single Nick Lachey comes damn close with this syrupy ballad. Really, there's nothing we can say that the lyrics don't already: "I don't wanna waste another day stuck in the shadow of my mistakes", and of course, "I'm dying inside little by little with nowhere to go". Plus, check out the dramatic glances to the sky with chest pumps. Heartfelt!
Ashlee has proven once again that she is a master of clever diction with this little ditty that you heard way too much. Way to get creative Ashlee! L-O-L-O-L-O-L-O-V-E. You can figure out what she's talking about if you've mastered grade 2 spelling. And really, that's saying a lot. If we find out that there were several writers involved, we're gonna spew everywhere.
Franz Ferdinand pay tribute to Hitchcock in this throwback to the 1950s 'film noir' style. Check out the chase scene, double agents and blonde protagonist! Dig the mise en scene! Notice the ambient shadows! These guys seem right at home no matter what style era they're thrown into, and for that, they shall be rewarded handsomely.
Steve Bays from Hot Hot Heat had longtime been the reigning champion for tightest head of curls, but he's now been usurped by a man whose mop rivals the likes of Carrot Top and Ms. Diana Ross herself. Is there really any other 'do that's best for flailing during a performance? No. Stick a comb in it!
The girls of Go Fug Yourself have a thing or two to say about last year's red carpet arrivals.
These MMVA pros search for a party survival kit and the perfect threads!.
What kind of rides should our MMVA guests show up in?
We connect the dots in the bizarro musical family that is the MMVAs.
