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Originally posted by JDM
Even someone from MTV's staff agrees that Best Rock Video has a terrible selection of nominees. Foo Fighters and four indie rock bands that came out last year. Seriously?
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Whoa, whoa, whoa... The Mumford & Sons and Black Keys videos were both excellent. They're definitely worthy of being up there given their quality. However, the spots for Cage the Elephant and Foster the People should've definitely gone to any of the following: Linkin Park(!!!), Kings of Leon, Death Cab for Cutie, 30 Seconds to Mars, Arcade Fire... Hell, I would've even taken a nod for Maroon 5 instead of those two, even though they haven't really done anything I'd call "rock" in a while... Best Rock Video would've been the WTF category this year had it not been for BNA.
Anyway, as someone else pointed out, these are the staffer's personal prediction, and they're usually mostly wrong. So honestly, take them with a grain of salt. Plus, some MTV staffers are
terrible at writing pieces like this, since they sometimes seem to have no concept of research... How this guy could predict Best Male Video without once mentioning the Beliebers voting night and day is just