Because we need more reasons to discuss the MTV Video Music Awards.
1986: Dire Straits — "Money For Nothing"
The Dire Straits video utilizes graphics worse than your old-school video game console. Forgettable lyrics also prevent this video from scoring any higher. What happened in the video? I'm not sure. But the computer-generated dog falls asleep in it.
2008: Britney Spears — "Piece of Me"
Britney Spears took on the haters with this song featuring an up-tempo beat and self-referential humor. While Britney may have had a wide collection of awesome performances, this winning video definitely fell short of her usual shock factor appearances.
1987: Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
This video doesn't really have much substance other than to jam as many crazy graphics as possible. And there are even dancing — not to mention, cooked — chickens. The only reason why it is not ranked at the bottom of the list is because it is actually quite amusing and pretty.
1984: The Cars — "You Might Think"
Sure. In today's Miley and Gaga-infested world, the trippy visuals in The Cars' video are pretty tame. But band leader Ric Ocasek's encounters with model Susan Gallagher were intense for 1984, making it the winner of the first Video of the Year award.
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