[video=youtube;dxytyRy-O1k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxytyRy-O1k[/video] http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/best-rock-video/ ^MOVE YOUR ASSES AND VOTE FOR BEST ROCK VIDEO! http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/best-visual-effects/ Burn It Down is nominated for 2 awards at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Best Rock Video Coldplay, "Paradise" The Black Keys, "Lonely Boy" Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN" Jack White, "Sixteen Saltines" Imagine Dragons, "It's Time" Best Visual Effects Katy Perry, "Wide Awake" Rihanna, "Where Have You Been" David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, "Turn Me On" Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN" Skrillex, "First of the Year" I don't think they've ever won a moonman? Anyway, congrats to LP and my wife Rihanna with 11 noms! You can also vote for the Video of the Year (click) here: http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/video-of-the-year/ </shameless plug>
The full list: Video of the Year Katy Perry, "Wide Awake" Gotye, "Somebody That I Used To Know" Rihanna, "We Found Love" Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care" M.I.A., "Bad Girls" Best New Artist Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young" Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe" Frank Ocean, "Swim Good" One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful" The Wanted, "Glad You Came" Best Hip-Hop Video Childish Gambino, "Heartbeat" Drake feat. Lil Wayne, "HYFR" Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz, "Mercy" Watch the Throne, "Paris" Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz, "Beez in the Trap" Best Male Video Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend" Frank Ocean, "Swim Good" Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care" Chris Brown, "Turn Up the Music" Usher, "Climax" Best Female Video Rihanna, "We Found Love" Katy Perry, "Part of Me" Beyoncé, "Love on Top" Nicki Minaj, "Starships" Selena Gomez & The Scene, "Love You Like a Love Song" Best Pop Video One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful" Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young" Rihanna, "We Found Love" Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend" Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone" Best Rock Video Coldplay, "Paradise" The Black Keys, "Lonely Boy" Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN" Jack White, "Sixteen Saltines" Imagine Dragons, "It's Time" Best Electronic Dance Music Video Duck Sauce, "Big Bad Wolf" Calvin Harris, "Feel So Close" Skrillex, "First of the Year (Equinox)" Martin Solveig, "The Night Out" Avicii, "Le7els" Best Video With a Message Demi Lovato, "Skyscraper" Rise Against, "Ballad of Hollis Brown" Kelly Clarkson, "Dark Side" Gym Class Heroes, "The Fighter" K'Naan feat. Nelly Furtado, "Is Anybody Out There?" Lil Wayne, "How to Love" Best Art Direction Katy Perry, "Wide Awake" Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care" Lana Del Rey, "Born to Die" Regina Spektor, "All the Rowboats" Of Monsters & Men, "Little Talks" Best Choreography Chris Brown, "Turn Up the Music" Rihanna, "Where Have You Been" Beyoncé, "Countdown" Avicii, "Le7els" Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull, "Dance Again" Best Cinematography M.I.A., "Bad Girls" Adele, "Someone Like You" Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care" Coldplay feat. Rihanna, "Princess of China" Lana Del Rey, "Born to Die" Best Direction M.I.A., "Bad Girls" Duck Sauce, "Big Bad Wolf" Coldplay feat. Rihanna, "Princess of China" Frank Ocean, "Swim Good" Watch the Throne, "Otis" Best Editing Beyoncé, "Countdown" A$AP Rocky, "Goldie" Gotye, "Somebody That I Used to Know" Watch the Throne, "Paris" Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz, "Mercy" Best Visual Effects Katy Perry, "Wide Awake" Rihanna, "Where Have You Been" David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, "Turn Me On" Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN" Skrillex, "First of the Year"
Still a good buzz for the band, VMA's do get almost 15 million viewers per show. Would be better if they perform Lost In the Echo so it could climb up on Itunes and pick up radioplay
I get what you're saying, but, this quote from one of my LPA friends on facebook about this sums up my feelings... "You know, its weird...but I can see myself giving the fewest of fucks if Linkin Park doesn't win some shitty meaningless award. MTV hasn't been relevant for more than 15 years."
Thanks Ignite for posting this! If I were you, I would've posted this as "Linkin Park are nominated for TWO VMAs this year for their latest music video BURN IT DOWN, which received CRITICAL ACCLAIM FROM LPA USERS, WITH SOME CALLING IT THE BEST LP VIDEO OF ALL TIME, from EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO CHANNEL, MTV!!!!!" Anyways, I still think Black Keys deserve to win, since "Lonely Boy" was an awesome video.
It's the VMA's...as in Video Music Awards. Also, Coldplay for Best Rock Video. Joe Hahn can have best special effects, doesn't really matter.
The cool thing about the Best Visual Effects category is that it gets voted on by industry insiders as opposed to the general public. The public voting categories could indeed be called a "popularity contest", but getting a nomination in the Professional Categories (art direction, choreography, cinematography, editing, direction, and visual effects) is a pretty big honor. It basically means that out of the hundreds of videos that are produced each year, only 5 get nominated for each professional category by peers in the film, music, and design industries. This is the second year in a row that Ghost Town has been nominated for Best Visual Effects, so this is quite an honor. Last year we were nominated for Waiting for the End as well. So for us, it does really matter.
MTV the channel started to die when streaming sites (mostly youtube) was introduced. Why wait for a MV to play on TV when you can watch it anytime? The Awards Show IS the relevant one. It is THE 2nd most watched awards show just behind the Grammy's and most of the high profile artists today do attend it. Popularity contest or not, it does get your name out there. Grammy's every February. But don't be mistaken, it's as biased as all the other awards shows.