MTV turns 25 today. They're celebrating on-air only with A.D.D. Videos at 7am - 1 hour of quick looks at classic vids. There'll probably be a mention on TRL.

Articles: NYTimes (who says we're 11 forever, not 12) - NPR - BBC

MTV VMAs Shortlist inside.. - Official site - Extra-informative shortlist

         

VIDEO OF THE YEAR Christina Aguilera: "Ain't No Other Man" Madonna: "Hung Up" Panic! at the Disco: "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Dani California" Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: "Hips Don't Lie"

BEST MALE VIDEO Busta Rhymes f/ Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX: "Touch It Remix" James Blunt: "You're Beautiful" Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx: "Gold Digger" Nick Lachey: "What's Left of Me" T.I.: "What You Know"

BEST FEMALE VIDEO Christina Aguilera: "Ain't No Other Man" Kelly Clarkson: "Because of You" Madonna: "Hung Up" Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland: "Promiscuous" Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: "Hips Don't Lie"

BEST GROUP VIDEO The All-American Rejects: "Move Along" Fall Out Boy: "Dance, Dance" Gnarls Barkley: "Crazy" Panic! at the Disco: "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Dani California"

BEST RAP VIDEO 50 Cent: "Window Shopper" Busta Rhymes f/ Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX: "Touch It" (remix) Chamillionaire: "Ridin' " T.I.: "What You Know" Yung Joc f/ Nitty: "It's Goin' Down"

BEST R&B VIDEO Beyoncé f/ Slim Thug: "Check on It" Chris Brown: "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" Jamie Foxx f/ Ludacris: "Unpredictable" Mariah Carey: "Shake It Off" Mary J. Blige: "Be Without You"

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO Black Eyed Peas: "My Humps" Common: "Testify" Daddy Yankee: "Rompe" Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx: "Gold Digger" Three 6 Mafia: "Stay Fly"

BEST DANCE VIDEO Madonna: "Hung Up" Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland: "Promiscuous" Pussycat Dolls f/ Snoop Dogg: "Buttons" Sean Paul: "Temperature" Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: "Hips Don't Lie"

BEST ROCK VIDEO 30 Seconds to Mars: "The Kill" AFI: "Miss Murder" Green Day: "Wake Me Up When September Ends" Panic! at the Disco: "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Dani California"

BEST POP VIDEO Christina Aguilera: "Ain't No Other Man" Madonna: "Hung Up" Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland: "Promiscuous" Pink: "Stupid Girls" Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: "Hips Don't Lie"

BEST NEW ARTIST IN A VIDEO Angels and Airwaves: "The Adventure" Avenged Sevenfold: "Bat Country" Chris Brown f/ Juelz Santana, "Run It!" James Blunt: "You're Beautiful" Panic! at the Disco: "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Rihanna: "S.O.S."

VIEWER'S CHOICE Chris Brown f/ Juelz Santana: "Run It!" Fall Out Boy: "Dance, Dance" Kelly Clarkson: "Because of You" Rihanna: "S.O.S." Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: "Hips Don't Lie"

BEST DIRECTION IN A VIDEO 10 Years: "Wasteland" (Director: Kevin Kerslake) AFI: "Miss Murder" (Director: Marc Webb) Common: "Testify" (Director: Anthony Mandler) Gnarls Barkley: "Crazy" (Director: Robert Hales) Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Dani California" (Director: Tony Kaye)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A VIDEO Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man" — Jerri Slaughter, choreographer Madonna "Hung Up" — Stephanie Roos, choreographer Pussycat Dolls f/ Snoop Dogg "Buttons" — Mike Mindon, choreographer Sean Paul "Temperature" — Tanisha Scott, choreographer Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie" — Sho-tyme, choreographer

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A VIDEO Angels and Airwaves "The Adventure" — Jack Effects, special effects Beck "Hell Yes" — Hammer & Tongs, special effects Missy Elliott "We Run This" — Louis Mackall, special effects Pearl Jam "Life Wasted" — Fernando Apodaca, special effects U2 "Original of the Species" — John Leamy & Lawrence Nimrichter, special effects

BEST ART DIRECTION IN A VIDEO 10 Years "Wasteland" (v.2) — Trae King, art director Common "Testify" — David Ross, art director Panic! at the Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" — Lindy McMichael, Jamie Drake, Erin Wieczorek, art directors Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" — Justin Dragonis, art director Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie" — Laura Fox, art director

BEST EDITING IN A VIDEO The All-American "Move Along" — J.D. Smyth, editor Angels and Airwaves "The Adventure" — Clark Eddy, editor Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" — Ken Mowe, editor Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" — Peter Goddard, editor U2 "Original of the Species" — Olivier Wicki, editor

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A VIDEO AFI "Miss Murder" — Wells Hackett, DP Ashlee Simpson "Invisible" — Jeff Cutter, DP James Blunt "You're Beautiful" — Robbie Ryan, DP Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" — Tony Kaye, DP Prince "Black Sweat" — Checco Varese, DP

BEST VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACK "Final Night Round 3" (Electronic Arts) "Burnout Revenge" (Electronic Arts) "NBA 2K6" (2K Games) "Driver: Parallel Lines" (Atari) "Mark Ecko's Getting Up" (Atari)

BEST VIDEO GAME SCORE "Hitman: Blood Money" (Jesper Kyd) "Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter" (Tom Salta) "Dreamfall: The Longest Journey" (Even "Magnet" Johansen) "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" (Jeremy Soule) "Electroplankton" (User Generated Soundtrack)

         

is it wrong if i really enjoyed the miss murder video?

other than that nothing special, i also enjoyed the Chili Peppers/Tony Kaye vid. but C'MON! Promiscuous?

         

You'll notice that Breakthrough Video and MTV2 Award have been eliminated. Alas, Breakthrough! We shall miss your cloudy interstitial forever!

Those Video of the Year choices suck, btw. Madonna is the only quality, iconic, rotated video up there, imho. The noms also missed out on both Kanye vids "Gold Digger" and "Touch the Sky", among other things..

         

oh i forgot about "Touch the Sky"

         

There are others.. If I have spare time later perhaps I'll nominate my own 5 for MTV, since they need help.. There are vids floating around in my head..

         

damn, the breakthrough video.... even though in the last few years the category had lost some luster(Franz Ferdinand's After Effect video?? it was always a fun cateogory. Actually it would be cool if they had reinvented the category; honoring work that just goes outside the music video categories, instead of just best special effects or whatever.

and seriously, BEST VIDEO GAME SCORE ? wtf?

and someone commented the difference between rap and hip-hop video. I guess I could see categorizing Common as hip-hop and 50 Cent Rap, but how then is Three Six Mafia a hip-hop group?

         

updated tech credits via videostatic

         

Kevathens' MTV VMAs Overlooked List of 2006

These vids were added to MTV between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006, and should have gotten some VMA love.

Kelly Clarkson "Walk Away" Kanye West "Gold Digger" / "Touch the Sky" The Killers "All These Things That I've Done" Fort Minor "Petrified" nine inch nails "only" White Stripes "My Doorbell" Franz Ferdinand "Do You Want To" Audioslave "Doesn't Remind Me" Gorillaz "Dare" Death Cab for Cutie "Soul Meets Body" Coheed and Cambria "The Suffering" LL Cool J + JLo "Control Myself" Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Gold Lion" Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" (well, not played very much so I'd disqualify it) Mariah Carey "Say Somethin'" Wolfmother "Woman" (added to MTV July 3 only) Lupe Fiasco "Kick Push"

Meanwhile, MTV would have done well to make these the 5 Video of the Year nominees:

Video of the Year Madonna "Hung Up" Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx "Gold Digger" The All American Rejects "Move Along" Pink "Stupid Girls" Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"

T.I. "What You Know" might replace Gnarls Barkley. Kelly Clarkson "Walk Away" should replace Pink. And "Touch the Sky" might replace "Gold Digger".

I'm surprised LL Cool J "Control Myself" wasn't nominated.

Overall, looking at all the eligible vids, it's clear how this wasn't a very unifying, star-making, or great year for MTV/popular videos.

         

Hell:

Breakthrough Video nine inch nails "only" Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" White Stripes "The Denial Twist" (MTV2 add) Gorillaz "Dare" Beck "Girl" (VH1 add) or Beck "Hell Yes"

I see why they got rid of it: breakthrough vids were either on VH1 or mtvU or, as we understand thoroughly, not added at all.

         

NPR's Talk of the Nation talked about MTV today - link. Guests Joe Levy, Kennedy, Jonathan Murray, and Jonathan Alter - A basic primer/reminder..

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This morn at midnight, and Saturday at 9am, VH1 Classic will air the entire first day of MTV programming.

"Meanwhile, Sirius Satellite Radio will have original veejays Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn on its '80s channel, No. 8, at 10 a.m. tomorrow to celebrate the anniversary. The show will repeat at 4 and 9 p.m."