2009 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

Nominees

Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman)

  1. Directed by Spike Jonze

    Listen, all of y'all. It's Sabotage! The throwback video that parodied 1970s TV crime dramas was denied its glory in 1994.

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  2. Directed by Michel Gondry

    Björk plays Goldilocks, plants a flag on the moon, gets eaten by a teddy bear, and it still wasn't enough to win in 1994. After six VMA nominations, maybe seventh time is the charm for Bjork.

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  3. Directed by Pete Angelus and David Lee Roth

    David Lee Roth takes us on a tour of sunny California (and his favorite women) in the "California Girls" video. Maybe he'll make a trip out to the NYC if you vote that his video is worthy of a retroactive Moonman!

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  4. Directed by Andre Young (Dr. Dre)

    Snoop and Dre can make even a little picnic gangsta as they cruise around in a pimped out ride and spray a woman with malt liquor in the "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" video.

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  5. Directed by Michel Gondry

    We know why you still love this Foo Fighters video. You can relate to having crazy dreams about Sid Vicious, the Evil Dead and giant hands, too. Right?

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  6. Directed by David Fincher

    What's more beautiful than George Michael's voice? Maybe several supermodels lip-syncing his song!

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  7. Directed by OK GO & Trish Sie

    If exercise routines were as fun as this creative choreography, we'd hit the treadmill more often.

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  8. Directed by Jonathan Glazer

    Hop into the driver's seat and chauffer Thom Yorke down a lonely highway in Radiohead's "Karma Police" video. Maybe karma will give Radiohead a Moonman win this year.

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  9. Directed by Jeff Stein

    Johnny Depp (as Eddie Rebel) makes a scene at the VMAs and wins a couple of Moonmen in this rock and roll fantasy video. Maybe Tom Petty can snag his own Moonman this time around.

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  10. Directed by Miert Avism

    Not even the LAPD can stop U2 from doing things their way. Staging an improptu rooftop concert in the "Streets Have No Name" video was just the beginning.

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