Re: MTV VMAs' 10 Best Performances Ever
I'm pretty glad JT won this award and I thought the performance was pretty cool (especially how it was performed all over the arena they were in). Personally, I don't expect every winner of this award to have the best collection of videos, just a number that are very good and I like quite a few of JT's videos so yeah. I think Michael's name should be left on the vanguard award. While he definitely wasn't the first to make music videos (and thats why I don't think he should've been the first to win the award, but I do think he should've won it earlier than he did), he certainly did pioneer them to a whole new level. Because his videos were almost always an MTV event and have strongly influenced a whole medium of entertainment, I think it's great they honour him via this way.
And to people who complain about MTV not playing music videos anymore ...really ? Times have changed. Music videos don't premiere on TV anymore, they premiere on the internet. Why would you go onto a music channel and wait for an indefinite amount of time for your favourite music video to come on, when you can have it within seconds thanks to YouTube/Vevo ?
Maybe they don't have the best line up of TV shows, but it's stupid to complain about it these days. Most people watch music videos through a new medium now and MTV have adapted... I mean, even then they still have 'Classic Hits' channels and the like that are dedicated to music.