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when it comes to award shows sometimes
the best isn’t always recognized as such
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
[Music]
can’t get enough music in your life then
be sure to head over to mojo travels to
see some great ways to satisfy both your
inner audiophile and your wanderlust
with our list of the top ten music
festivals around the world worth
traveling to click the link below for
this list we’re looking at music videos
that arguably should have won big at the
MTV Video Music Awards but didn’t the
VMAs can be a tricky show to predict as
the best song is not always the best
music video so let’s look at the top
major upsets number 10 the Black Eyed
Peas / Kanye West we’re not saying that
Kanye West’s a gold digger is the
godfather of music videos but it looks
and sounds like a masterwork of art when
placed alongside the Black Eyed Peas my
humps Fergie and company’s number one
hit seemed to take on a life of its own
when released on iTunes and its reach
kept expanding on radio and TV to the
dismay of many Kanye included gold
digger is just as catchy and a much
better video overall should it get
banished to a Geico for your Monday
number nine dire straits over aha
there’s no doubt that money for nothing
by the dire straits is a rocking tune
but let’s face facts the video hasn’t
exactly aged well on the other hand aha
take on me is also a great song but it’s
video is a truly impressive blend of
live-action and animation that still
holds up especially considering that it
was released the same year The Goonies
made its debut in theaters that’s a long
time ago consider us hopeless romantics
as well but we also love the fact that
the girl gets her guy in the end of Ahaz
video number 8 rihanna / justice
perhaps the 2007 VMA was given to
Rihanna because she was very new on the
music scene and umbrella was a lot of
fans first encounter with the now
megastar or perhaps she was being
compensated for getting shafted one year
earlier when the Best New Artist award
went to Avenged Sevenfold instead of
RiRi
either way umbrella is a so-so video and
Justices da NCE was so much cooler high
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how many videos have you seen that look
like an acid trip projected on a t-shirt
trust us when we say that da NCE is a
rockin video number seven Green Day over
Kanye West once again mr. West is the
bridesmaid and not the bride at the VMAs
this time in 2005 when Green Day took
home top spot for their boulevard of
broken dreams video which beat out
Kanye’s Jesus walks
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Green Day’s song is catchy but the video
is really just three dudes walking in
the desert and then jamming out in an
alleyway whereas Jesus walks is a much
deeper video tackling issues of racism
and the importance of faith it’s really
quite chilling and beautiful and
essential viewing for hip-hop fans
number six Christina Aguilera though Kim
Maya and pink / Fat Boy slim at the end
of the day Lady Marmalade is just
Christina Aguilera Lil Kim Maya and pink
putting on a burlesque show whereas
Fatboy Slim’s weapon of choice has the
immortal Christopher walking dancing all
through a hotel in mad style up an
escalator on top of tables into an
elevator Walken is a dancing madman and
weapon of choice and we could literally
watch this video all day
almost two decades later and the video
is no less fun now than it was back in
2001 number 5 Taylor Swift / Beyonce the
infamous Kanye incident where he jumped
on stage and interrupted Taylor Swift’s
acceptance speech for you belong with me
winning the Best Female Video is utterly
insane and a rarity to see it award
shows but the man had a point Beyonce’s
single lease is the far superior video
and much better songs you belong with me
covers very familiar territory for Swift
but as Kanye said Beyonce had one of the
best videos of all time but Beyonce had
one of the best videos of all time
number four Aerosmith / The Beastie Boys
Aerosmith scrying was a cool video that
featured 90 staple Alicia Silverstone
but The Beastie Boys pulled out all the
stops for sabotage
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clocking in at just over three minutes
their comedic riff on 70s crime dramas
is actually a better movie than a lot of
feature-length crime flicks of that era
sabotage was nominated for five awards
at the 1994 VMAs and was incredibly shut
out of all five causing bboy member MCA
to the stage in protest dressed as his
director character
Nathaniel Hornblower number three Neil
Young / Madonna there’s no doubt that
Neil Young is a legend even amongst
legends but his video for this notes for
you is anything but legendary
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it’s message of selling out to big
corporations is admirable but the
video’s direction and sound effects are
the definition of eighties cheese
Madonna’s like a prayer had a lot more
to say and the controversy it stirred by
criticizing the Catholic Church alone
should have been enough to land a video
of the Year at the 1989 Awards
number two van Halen over nirvana though
Van Halen’s right now was the most
nominated video at the 1992 VMAs its
impact at the time and legacy since
comes nowhere close to that presented by
Nirvana’s smells like teen spirit as the
song basically single-handedly defined
an entire generation
perhaps Nirvana was just too raw for
1992 viewers or perhaps their rebellious
antics and public feud with Axl Rose
that spilled out on stage that night
didn’t do them any favors in the judges
eyes
either way smells like teen spirit
should have been the obvious winner
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable or in this case
dishonorable mentions
[Applause]
number one the cars over Michael Jackson
out of all the upsets on our list this
one is still a major head scratcher
Michael Jackson’s Thriller may just be
the most iconic music video ever made
and Jackson himself took home three
awards that night during the 1984 VMAs
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meanwhile the cars you might think
didn’t take home any other awards other
than the very first video of the year
and the video itself is something of a
relic that hasn’t aged nearly as well as
Jackson’s horror movie spoof labeled
this upset under the ever relevant award
show category of what were they thinking
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest
videos [Music]
[Music]
when it comes to award shows sometimes
the best isn’t always recognized as such
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
[Music]
can’t get enough music in your life then
be sure to head over to mojo travels to
see some great ways to satisfy both your
inner audiophile and your wanderlust
with our list of the top ten music
festivals around the world worth
traveling to click the link below for
this list we’re looking at music videos
that arguably should have won big at the
MTV Video Music Awards but didn’t the
VMAs can be a tricky show to predict as
the best song is not always the best
music video so let’s look at the top
major upsets number 10 the Black Eyed
Peas / Kanye West we’re not saying that
Kanye West’s a gold digger is the
godfather of music videos but it looks
and sounds like a masterwork of art when
placed alongside the Black Eyed Peas my
humps Fergie and company’s number one
hit seemed to take on a life of its own
when released on iTunes and its reach
kept expanding on radio and TV to the
dismay of many Kanye included gold
digger is just as catchy and a much
better video overall should it get
banished to a Geico for your Monday
number nine dire straits over aha
there’s no doubt that money for nothing
by the dire straits is a rocking tune
but let’s face facts the video hasn’t
exactly aged well on the other hand aha
take on me is also a great song but it’s
video is a truly impressive blend of
live-action and animation that still
holds up especially considering that it
was released the same year The Goonies
made its debut in theaters that’s a long
time ago consider us hopeless romantics
as well but we also love the fact that
the girl gets her guy in the end of Ahaz
video number 8 rihanna / justice
perhaps the 2007 VMA was given to
Rihanna because she was very new on the
music scene and umbrella was a lot of
fans first encounter with the now
megastar or perhaps she was being
compensated for getting shafted one year
earlier when the Best New Artist award
went to Avenged Sevenfold instead of
RiRi
either way umbrella is a so-so video and
Justices da NCE was so much cooler high
[Music]
how many videos have you seen that look
like an acid trip projected on a t-shirt
trust us when we say that da NCE is a
rockin video number seven Green Day over
Kanye West once again mr. West is the
bridesmaid and not the bride at the VMAs
this time in 2005 when Green Day took
home top spot for their boulevard of
broken dreams video which beat out
Kanye’s Jesus walks
[Music]
Green Day’s song is catchy but the video
is really just three dudes walking in
the desert and then jamming out in an
alleyway whereas Jesus walks is a much
deeper video tackling issues of racism
and the importance of faith it’s really
quite chilling and beautiful and
essential viewing for hip-hop fans
number six Christina Aguilera though Kim
Maya and pink / Fat Boy slim at the end
of the day Lady Marmalade is just
Christina Aguilera Lil Kim Maya and pink
putting on a burlesque show whereas
Fatboy Slim’s weapon of choice has the
immortal Christopher walking dancing all
through a hotel in mad style up an
escalator on top of tables into an
elevator Walken is a dancing madman and
weapon of choice and we could literally
watch this video all day
almost two decades later and the video
is no less fun now than it was back in
2001 number 5 Taylor Swift / Beyonce the
infamous Kanye incident where he jumped
on stage and interrupted Taylor Swift’s
acceptance speech for you belong with me
winning the Best Female Video is utterly
insane and a rarity to see it award
shows but the man had a point Beyonce’s
single lease is the far superior video
and much better songs you belong with me
covers very familiar territory for Swift
but as Kanye said Beyonce had one of the
best videos of all time but Beyonce had
one of the best videos of all time
number four Aerosmith / The Beastie Boys
Aerosmith scrying was a cool video that
featured 90 staple Alicia Silverstone
but The Beastie Boys pulled out all the
stops for sabotage
[Music]
clocking in at just over three minutes
their comedic riff on 70s crime dramas
is actually a better movie than a lot of
feature-length crime flicks of that era
sabotage was nominated for five awards
at the 1994 VMAs and was incredibly shut
out of all five causing bboy member MCA
to the stage in protest dressed as his
director character
Nathaniel Hornblower number three Neil
Young / Madonna there’s no doubt that
Neil Young is a legend even amongst
legends but his video for this notes for
you is anything but legendary
[Music]
it’s message of selling out to big
corporations is admirable but the
video’s direction and sound effects are
the definition of eighties cheese
Madonna’s like a prayer had a lot more
to say and the controversy it stirred by
criticizing the Catholic Church alone
should have been enough to land a video
of the Year at the 1989 Awards
number two van Halen over nirvana though
Van Halen’s right now was the most
nominated video at the 1992 VMAs its
impact at the time and legacy since
comes nowhere close to that presented by
Nirvana’s smells like teen spirit as the
song basically single-handedly defined
an entire generation
perhaps Nirvana was just too raw for
1992 viewers or perhaps their rebellious
antics and public feud with Axl Rose
that spilled out on stage that night
didn’t do them any favors in the judges
eyes
either way smells like teen spirit
should have been the obvious winner
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable or in this case
dishonorable mentions
[Applause]
number one the cars over Michael Jackson
out of all the upsets on our list this
one is still a major head scratcher
Michael Jackson’s Thriller may just be
the most iconic music video ever made
and Jackson himself took home three
awards that night during the 1984 VMAs
[Music]
meanwhile the cars you might think
didn’t take home any other awards other
than the very first video of the year
and the video itself is something of a
relic that hasn’t aged nearly as well as
Jackson’s horror movie spoof labeled
this upset under the ever relevant award
show category of what were they thinking
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest
videos [Music]
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