2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
Where Did Green Day and "Wonderwall" Go?
Aiden Redmond '08
Issue date: 9/20/07 Section: Commentary
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I did not watch the 2007 Video Music Awards, or as the kids call it, the "VMAs", on MTV last week, and I am proud as hell to be a part of what seems to be the minority. Why, it was not until the night before that I even knew it was on at all. Call me a recluse, call me lame, but believe it; I really did not know it was on.
To be honest, I cannot remember the last time I tuned into MTV to watch music videos. Things really have not been the same since The Tom Green Show and Jackass went off the air. Surprisingly enough, watching on as another rich sweetheart chews out her parents for getting her the wrong color Escalade on My Super Sweet Sixteen really is not as funny as you would think it would be.
But MTV's revamped programming schedule is not the point here, people. MTV is not entirely to blame for why I could care less about whether Mims beats out the Plain White T's for the coveted "Monster Single of the Year" award. While the VMAs do have the most extreme and super rad names for their award categories, the nominees did not really seem to be equally as awesome in order to keep me at all interested. I am still searching for a clear reason as to why Mims is so hot and why "Hey There Delilah" was playing on every rock station whenever I turned on the radio this summer. Maybe I am getting old; maybe I am getting worked up over nothing. But I think that deep down inside, everyone knows exactly what I am talking about.
Remember back in the day when pop music was actually fun to listen to? Of course you do. "Wonderwall" was a great song. I knew the words to half of the songs on Green Days "Dookie" just from kids singing it in the hallways. Believe it or not, that was pop music. These were the "Monster Singles" that dominated the VMAs not so long ago. But times have changed in a big way. It is crazy to me when great music goes unnoticed while people actually spend money to convince themselves that Daughtry does not sound exactly like Nickelback. You know who you are, and the joke is on you.
To be honest, I cannot remember the last time I tuned into MTV to watch music videos. Things really have not been the same since The Tom Green Show and Jackass went off the air. Surprisingly enough, watching on as another rich sweetheart chews out her parents for getting her the wrong color Escalade on My Super Sweet Sixteen really is not as funny as you would think it would be.
But MTV's revamped programming schedule is not the point here, people. MTV is not entirely to blame for why I could care less about whether Mims beats out the Plain White T's for the coveted "Monster Single of the Year" award. While the VMAs do have the most extreme and super rad names for their award categories, the nominees did not really seem to be equally as awesome in order to keep me at all interested. I am still searching for a clear reason as to why Mims is so hot and why "Hey There Delilah" was playing on every rock station whenever I turned on the radio this summer. Maybe I am getting old; maybe I am getting worked up over nothing. But I think that deep down inside, everyone knows exactly what I am talking about.
Remember back in the day when pop music was actually fun to listen to? Of course you do. "Wonderwall" was a great song. I knew the words to half of the songs on Green Days "Dookie" just from kids singing it in the hallways. Believe it or not, that was pop music. These were the "Monster Singles" that dominated the VMAs not so long ago. But times have changed in a big way. It is crazy to me when great music goes unnoticed while people actually spend money to convince themselves that Daughtry does not sound exactly like Nickelback. You know who you are, and the joke is on you.