Artist of the millenium?

J. Burnaway · 30th August 2002, 15:33

Did anyone watch the video music awards? I never do because most of it is utter crap, but there are always one or two funny things I wish I'd seen.
I keep hearing that Michael Jackson was presented with the "Artist of the Millenium" award, but on the radio this morning I heard that they were just giving him a birthday cake, and as Britney Spears was introducing him she said "to me, he is the artist of the millenium". So Michael Jackson comes out, takes some gold-plated decoration off the top of his birthday cake, and gives a speach about how when he was a boy in Gary, Indiana, he never dreamed he would one day be the artist of the millenium.
So, did anyone see that? If so, what's the deal?

Namelessv1 · 30th August 2002, 20:52

Yes, and it was pretty damn cheesy, too.

Xerxes · 30th August 2002, 20:58

Read:
http://www.drudgereport.com/mtv.htm

mindofka · 30th August 2002, 21:08

poor michael, when he was a boy he did not imagine....was he the leader charachter of the Jackson5 with a lot of...? Such a life of privation...poor michael, the plastic man....
sorry today i'm a bit angry...

Aero Zeppelin · 30th August 2002, 21:51

Shit that's pitiful.

Why nominate Michael Jackson for that at all? I would say The Beatles would have won it. They are by far the most influential on modern music, prolly even Michael Jackson. Led Zeppelin should have been nominated too. Elvis would have been nominated, but he is not as great as people say. He just started rock and roll, he didn't really do anything else and he was only a star because of being the first to be so outrageous. Now almost everyone in rock has some strange thing going on.

I don't really like MTV or VH1 because now they are too pop/rap centered. They have some RHCP "By The Way" which has gotta be one of the most overplayed songs on the radio, but RHCP is good music. That Jimmy Fallon - Idiot Boyfriend vid is very funny. Britney, nsuck and those idiots are not worth anything except looks, and harder rap (is that what it is?) is too messed up. Eminem, Jay-Z, DMX, those guys...

J. Burnaway · 30th August 2002, 21:55

I guess all that skin bleach has killed quite a few brain cells. Thanks for the link Xerxes.

mindofka - sounds like you need to head over to "The Bitchlist" and post in Xerxes' thread

Trigear · 30th August 2002, 22:03

i don't think anyone of the past 100 years qualifies for artist of the millenia. hell, i don't think artist of the millenia should even be awarded. that's bullshit. millenia is a tag-word dujour and everyone's throwing it around like it's nothing. don't compare things from the last ten or twenty years to the past 1000 years or the next 1000 either. who knows what's coming?

Rovastar · 30th August 2002, 22:08

HAha just saw this on the news in the UK. He did make a complete fool of himslef. The crowd were funniest though they looked like theyh didn't know if to politly clap him or shout 'You stupid man you are making a complete fool of yourself'

30th August 2002, 15:33	#1
J. Burnaway Forum King Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,536	Artist of the millenium? Did anyone watch the video music awards? I never do because most of it is utter crap, but there are always one or two funny things I wish I'd seen. I keep hearing that Michael Jackson was presented with the "Artist of the Millenium" award, but on the radio this morning I heard that they were just giving him a birthday cake, and as Britney Spears was introducing him she said "to me, he is the artist of the millenium". So Michael Jackson comes out, takes some gold-plated decoration off the top of his birthday cake, and gives a speach about how when he was a boy in Gary, Indiana, he never dreamed he would one day be the artist of the millenium. So, did anyone see that? If so, what's the deal?

30th August 2002, 21:51	#5
Aero Zeppelin Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: AjStone's Forums Posts: 928	Shit that's pitiful. Why nominate Michael Jackson for that at all? I would say The Beatles would have won it. They are by far the most influential on modern music, prolly even Michael Jackson. Led Zeppelin should have been nominated too. Elvis would have been nominated, but he is not as great as people say. He just started rock and roll, he didn't really do anything else and he was only a star because of being the first to be so outrageous. Now almost everyone in rock has some strange thing going on. I don't really like MTV or VH1 because now they are too pop/rap centered. They have some RHCP "By The Way" which has gotta be one of the most overplayed songs on the radio, but RHCP is good music. That Jimmy Fallon - Idiot Boyfriend vid is very funny. Britney, nsuck and those idiots are not worth anything except looks, and harder rap (is that what it is?) is too messed up. Eminem, Jay-Z, DMX, those guys... Legalize It. Liberate It. Free The People of the United States. Free The Herbs Of The World!

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Rovastar Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: London, England Posts: 3,632	HAha just saw this on the news in the UK. He did make a complete fool of himslef. The crowd were funniest though they looked like theyh didn't know if to politly clap him or shout 'You stupid man you are making a complete fool of yourself' "Rules are for the guidance of wisemen and the obedience of fools" Visuals - Morphyre www.Morphyre.com

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30th August 2002, 20:52	#2
Namelessv1 Forum King Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 4,757	Yes, and it was pretty damn cheesy, too.

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Xerxes Capitalist Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: my 4 Houses on Park Place Posts: 8,688	Read: http://www.drudgereport.com/mtv.htm

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mindofka Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: U.S.S. Enterprise Posts: 29	poor michael, when he was a boy he did not imagine....was he the leader charachter of the Jackson5 with a lot of...? Such a life of privation...poor michael, the plastic man.... sorry today i'm a bit angry...

30th August 2002, 21:55	#6
J. Burnaway Forum King Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,536	I guess all that skin bleach has killed quite a few brain cells. Thanks for the link Xerxes. mindofka - sounds like you need to head over to "The Bitchlist" and post in Xerxes' thread

30th August 2002, 22:03	#7
Trigear bear! Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,426	i don't think anyone of the past 100 years qualifies for artist of the millenia. hell, i don't think artist of the millenia should even be awarded. that's bullshit. millenia is a tag-word dujour and everyone's throwing it around like it's nothing. don't compare things from the last ten or twenty years to the past 1000 years or the next 1000 either. who knows what's coming?