2010 MTV VMA Predictions: Who Will Win Best Female Video?
2010 MTV VMA Predictions: Who Will Win Best Female Video?
We’re counting down to Sunday’s 2010 MTV VMAs with our picks for the top categories, and we’ve got to give it up for the ladies—four of the videos up for Best Female Video are also nominated for Best Pop Video of the Year. Let’s all give a round of applause to the XX chromosome for dominating the pop music scene, as well as its genre of video. Well done, ladies! Now, jump below for our thoughts on who will and who should walk away with the moon man for Best Female Video—and keep all comments to yourself until we’re finished, Kanye.
BEST FEMALE VIDEO NOMINEES:
Lady Gaga — “Bad Romance”
Ke$ha — “Tik Tok”
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg — “California Gurls”
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga — “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
Taylor Swift — “Fifteen”
THOUGHTS ON THE NOMINEES: We have a feeling “Video Phone” racked up so many nominations just so Beyoncé could somehow be involved. (We just wish they would have honored Bey’s infinitely more enjoyable clip for “Why Don’t You Love Me” instead of her far more mediocre phone-related collaboration with Gaga.) And Ke$ha should just be happy to be invited to the show. We’d say it was a three-horse race between Gaga, Perry and Taylor, except we know the MTV VMAs are about having moments, not actually awarding who had the best video. So, in that case…
WHO WILL WIN: Taylor Swift is a shoe-in. This is the only major category she’s up for, and MTV loves spreading the wealth. (Katy Perry will get her due for Best Pop Video—at least, that’s what we’re betting on.) And even if Lady Gaga made one of the best videos of ALL TIME!, Taylor is still getting this award for the second year in a row. Call it MTV’s “We’re Sorry Our Security Wasn’t Tight Enough To Stop Kanye From Ruining Your Moment” apology gift to Ms. Swift. Plus, the opportunity to cut away to Kanye’s face as Taylor takes the stage is far too TV-worthy a moment to pass up.
WHO SHOULD WIN: The “California Gurls” video was all sorts of fun, and was certainly parodied to death in pop-culture. But “Bad Romance” squashes all of these videos in regards to originality and cultural significance.
Thermals Cover Weezer
Weezer alert: the Thermals, a band that is not Weezer, covered Weezer’s “My Name Is Jonas” at their show in Bend, Oregon last night. They played it as part of the band’s encore, because it’s a crowd-pleaser. Watch:
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Du Pacque’s Walk Straight by Erik Liss
Du Pacque’s Walk Straight by Erik Liss
Thursday, 9. September 2010 – 12:30 pm
Erik Liss presents a series of sexually charged, s&m, brutal, homoerotic and raw imagery to accompany the guitar-thrashing Walk Straight by Du Pacque, all beautifully photographed by Axel Lindahl.
Du Pacque
Walk Straight (Versity Music)
Director: Erik Liss
Production Company: Stamp Films
Exec. Producer: Carl Krisoffersson
DP: Axel Lindahl
Commissioner: Per Kviman
Watch: here
This week’s on-sales: Yoko Ono, Paul Oakenfold, Robyn and more
A list of upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses.
The Orpheum
Yoko Ono: We Are Plastic Ono Band, Oct.1-2 (now)
El Rey Theatre
Nosaj Thing and Toro y Moi, Nov. 11; Brooke Fraser, Dec. 2 (now); Dark Star Orchestra, Dec. 3 (Wed.)
Wilshire Ebell Theatre
Playing for Change, Oct. 27 (Fri.)
Nokia Theatre
Teena Marie, Feb. 12 (Fri.)
Honda Center
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Nov. 24 (Mon.)
Junip – “Always” Video
This Andreas Nilsson-directed video for “Always” doesn’t have oozing creatures or special effects makeup, but it’s still creepy. That tells you a lot about the clip’s main character, who comes to help the band prepare for an air guitar contest — it actually looks like the world championship in Finland. Nilsson and Junip frontman José González have worked together on a few videos. “Down The Line” is still the best, but I like the unusually triumphant ending here.
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