Does Dave deserve a MTV Video Vanguard Award

[DlocRoth]

[Antman]

I'd be embarrassed to win an MTV award.

[katie]

If you look at the schedule now for MTV you will see that they don't really play music vids anymore. MTV is about breaking reality shows these days.

Weird..................

[xXTANKSTERXx]

Originally posted by Three Lock Rock
Eat shit! Fuck you, loser! Sammy rules! Dave's GAY! Sammy's done 1000000000000000000 times more with his solo music videos than Davey EVER has AND THAT'S THE TRUTH!!!!

Three Lock Rock
Layin the smack down!

Why do I think this guy is really Spammy looking for attention.

[Terry]

Back in MTVs heyday, Roth conceptualized some of the better ones.

Dunno how meaningful it would be for MTV to give him an award these days, though.

Does anyone here even watch MTV anymore?

[PumpedUpMidget]

MTV nowadays caters to the 'hip-hop' audience, which in other words translates to a fucking joke....

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by xXTANKSTERXx
Why do I think this guy is really Spammy looking for attention.

It certainly wouldn't be much of a stretch to believe so...

[Dan]

I want my MTV.

[indeedido]

Way too much time has passed for him to win such an award. MTV is irrelevant for someone like him. They don't remember his name and their audience is way removed.

[Loons The Great]

Originally posted by Three Lock Rock
How about Sammy? At least his videos actually MEAN something, unlike Davey's videos where all he does is prance around and look as talentless as he actually IS!

Three Lock Rock
Kicking ass and taking names

Which village is missing its idiot?

[thetoolrules]

Re: Does Dave deserve a MTV Video Vanguard Award

Originally posted by firestarter
cali girls, just a giglo, goin crazy,yankee rose, the brains behing hot for teacher,jump,etc....he deserves it BIG TIME!!

don't forget the low budget epic "stand up"...

[firestarter]

..and the "a little ain't enough video too"..

[WelshJon]

MTV sucks ass.

[Van Squalenn]

I'll give Roth some props for those early videos, though if you're honest you'd have to admit he was losing his touch by the end of his mainstream video run.

If Roth gets a Vanguard award, so should Sam, for the "I Can't Drive 55" video. I think even Roth sheep should dig this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfNATuw1DRs

Some cool things in the video:

First, the story-telling and emotion in this video was really advanced for its time. It's funny too, very tongue-in-cheek (which all you Army guys say is what Roth is all about). It really shook up the MTV scene when it came out and made a lot of artists rethink what they were doing video-wise. That's the kind of thing that deserves a Vanguard award.

Second, in the beginning Sammy picks up his car from Claudio. Yes, CLAUDIO -- the Ferrari mechanic who introduced Ed and Sammy (who were both customers of his). Van Halen fans owe Claudio a lot.

Third, the judge is Jon Kalodner, the music exec. One of Roth's famous career screwups was turning down an offer from Kalodner to put "Slam Dunk" on the soundtrack to the movie Armageddon.

Fourth, the scene of Sammy being hauled in to court, flailing between two cops was LATER COPIED BY DAVE, HOOK LINE AND SINKER AND USED IN A VAN HALEN VIDEO. The one where Dave wore that sexy little towel. I don't think you get a Vanguard award for copying someone else's work (incidentally, Dave and Ed later went on to copy/steal a Sammy-written Van Hagar riff that became "Can't Get This Stuff No More" and wound up having to pay Sammy for it . . . unbelievable)


Can someone sticky this? Thanks in advance.

Van Squalen out.

[FORD]

Originally posted by Bonzo1026
I think that was the Buggles.............

Videos go back a long way before the Buggles, but there were "bugs" involved......

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