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meh.

it wasn't the greatest song, but I hope they win and it's not based on votes...mtv gets to decide, so i think they have somewhat of a chance.

did anyone notice that there's no genre catagories this year (best pop, rock, rap, hip-hop etc. video)? that's kind of sad, becasue that's whats really great about music is the variety, not stupid concepts like "earth shattering"

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how about both!

so its fucked up stoned dogeball with rocks

(I so tademark that)

..now that would be funny...

:lol: :lol:

That sounds completely dangerous...

As long as we get Taco Bueno afterwards though, I am game...

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I would say in terms of stardom and rarity etc. it is the most earth-shattering combination, because all these artists like Akon and JT collaberate with everyone, they're WHORES!!! :angry:

After hearing and watching it on ESPN, it didn't really appeal to me. I know wh wasn't a duet, but I like it more. Idk that's my taste. :lol: perhaps chocolate rain should get some type of reward. Just kidding
You shouldn't kid! Thats the best idea ever! I wish Tre would release an album of songs he's written and maybe some new ones, it would definitley top the charts! :D
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I suppose it's good for them to have a nomination, even if I don't think they will win and the song isn't that great. We'll see what happens when the VMA's announce the results.

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I don't like that song that much....but I'd still vote though :P

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good luck to them~ I hope they win.

I am surprised at all the negative comments.

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good luck to them~ I hope they win.

I am surprised at all the negative comments.

why are you surprised? :rolleyes:

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why are you surprised? :rolleyes:

I'm not really surprised, either - at the time it came out, a lot of the fans weren't wildly enthusiastic about the song, and there was a lot of negativity about the collaboration with U2 as well.

I love the song in itself - it's raw, old school punk, and I think despite the production and the fact that the lyrics were altered to make it more directly relevant to the cause, it speaks from within. 'I realise there's no reply' - yet there's the sense of a hope that won't give up.

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the other collaboration sux big time, and gwen stefanie, Eminem, timberlake and akon and u2 for that matter shits me big time.

i think Beyoncé f/ Shakira would probably win, but good on greenday for being there. Nice to know they're recognised for something these days.

and gwen stefanie is playing on tv in the background right now....somebody shoot me, I dislike her songs so much, she was much better in No Doubt.

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I'm not really surprised, either - at the time it came out, a lot of the fans weren't wildly enthusiastic about the song, and there was a lot of negativity about the collaboration with U2 as well.

I love the song in itself - it's raw, old school punk, and I think despite the production and the fact that the lyrics were altered to make it more directly relevant to the cause, it speaks from within. 'I realise there's no reply' - yet there's the sense of a hope that won't give up.

their recording was not raw or old school punk. I like the song fine, i listen to it on occasion, but i just wasn't happy with the way it came out. it seemed over-produced and semi-fake. It had no raw-ness or old school punk'ness in it's recording. It seems pretty dry to me.

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I don't like that song that much.

Although i like the video. They did good with that.

Just, not a very good cover.

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their recording was not raw or old school punk. I like the song fine, i listen to it on occasion, but i just wasn't happy with the way it came out. it seemed over-produced and semi-fake. It had no raw-ness or old school punk'ness in it's recording. It seems pretty dry to me.

I thought she was talking about The Skids' version :unsure:

Edit: Oops, my bad. :lol:

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Out of the nominations, i hope Green Day will win (but they probably won't :dry: ). I prefer that than Eminem or whatever ...

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their recording was not raw or old school punk. I like the song fine, i listen to it on occasion, but i just wasn't happy with the way it came out. it seemed over-produced and semi-fake. It had no raw-ness or old school punk'ness in it's recording. It seems pretty dry to me.

I'm talking about something internal and integral. I agree that the starkness of the original is layerd and layered over with production - although I kind of like what it did with Billie Joe's vocal, the contrast between the fragility of his House of the Rising Sun intro and where he re-enters with 'I cried to my daddy', where it sounds like a radio message from some distant place, an S.O.S., which after all is what it is.

Production is always third-party tinkering with the source, however sympathetic it may be. Sometimes it adds to the power, sometimes it dilutes or homogenizes, and here I think it both gives and takes away. Nevertheless, personally I feel the rawness of the original coming thru it all in the power of the performance, and especially the vocal - it all hinges on 'are coming'. It's where hope and despair combine in the notes - it's trying to believe.

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Thanks for the news Laura, but I don't want them to win. I didn't like the song or the fact that afterwards Green day started becoming U2.

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Thanks for the news Laura, but I don't want them to win. I didn't like the song or the fact that afterwards Green day started becoming U2.

Well thats the biggest pile of crap i've heard today.

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Thanks for the news Laura, but I don't want them to win. I didn't like the song or the fact that afterwards Green day started becoming U2.

the day that starts happening Tre will announce he's Bono's secret brother..

oh wait

what Chocolate Rain an OMEN? :blink:

naaaaah

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