Locals Get Mtv Nominations
Seattle-area groups Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Sir Mix-A-Lot are among the performers nominated for the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, announced yesterday.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers took the most nominations, eight, for their videos "Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away." The funk-soul group En Vogue and veteran hard-rock band Van Halen tied for the second-highest number of nominations with six each.
Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" each took three; Pearl Jam's "Alive" got one - competing with Nirvana for best alternative video.
Nirvana also is represented, in a sense, in a fourth category: Weird Al Yankovic's spoof, "Smells Like Nirvana," won him a nomination for best male video.
In another odd note, the 16-year-old Queen hit, "Bohemian Rhapsody," first on the charts in 1976, is up for best video from a film ("Wayne's World").
Fans can see several nominees here this summer: Metallica and Guns N' Roses (competing in the cinematography category) play the Kingdome Aug. 18. Sir Mix-A-Lot will be at the Paramount Aug. 22. And Eric Clapton will be at the Tacoma Dome Sept. 6.
The awards will be telecast on MTV Sept. 9. Dana Carvey of "Saturday Night Live" and "Wayne's World" will be the host.
Here is a list of the nominations:
Video of the year: Def Leppard, "Let's Get Rocked"; Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"; Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Under the Bridge"; Van Halen, "Right Now."
Male: Eric Clapton, "Tears in Heaven," John Mellencamp, "Get a Leg Up"; Tom Petty, "Into the Great White Open"; Bruce Springsteen, "Human Touch"; Weird Al Yankovic, "Smells Like Nirvana."
Female: Tori Amos, "Silent All These Years"; "Annie Lennox, "Why"; Madonna, "Holiday (Truth or Dare"; Vanessa Williams, "Save the Best For Last."
Group: En Vogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"; Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Under the Bridge"; U2, "Even Better Than the Real Thing"; Van Halen, "Right Now."
New artist: Arrested Development, "Tennessee"; Cracker, "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)"; Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"; Tori Amos, "Silent All These Years."
Rap: Arrested Development, "Tennessee"; Black Sheep, "The Choice is Yours"; Kriss Kross, "Jump"; Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch, "Good Vibrations"; Sir Mix-A-Lot, "Baby Got Back."
Dance: En Vogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"; Madonna, "Holiday (Truth or Dare)"; Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch, "Good Vibrations"; Prince & The New Power Generation, "Cream."
Metal-hard rock: Def Leppard, "Let's Get Rocked," Metallica, "Enter Sandman"; Ugly Kid Joe, "Everything About You"; Van Halen, "Right Now."
Alternative: Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"; Pearl Jam, "Alive"; Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Give It Away"; The Soup Dragons, "Divine Thing."
Video from film: Eric Clapton, "Tears In Heaven" (Rush); The Commitments, "Try A Little Tenderness (The Commitments)"; Hammer, "Addams' Groove (The Addams Family)"; Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody (Wayne's World)."
Direction: En Vogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"; Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Give It Away"; Sir Mix-A-Lot, "Baby Got Back"; Van Halen, "Right Now."
Choreography: En Vogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It); Hammer, "2 Legit 2 Quit"; Madonna, "Holiday (Truth or Dare)"; Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch, "Good Vibrations."
Special effects: David Byrne, "She's Mad"; Def Leppard, "Let's Get Rocked"; Michael Jackson, "Black or White"; U2, "Even Better Than the Real Thing."
Art direction: Guns N' Roses, "November Rain"; Red Hot Chili Peppers, `Give It Away"; Sir Mix-A-Lot, `"aby Got Back"; Rod Stewart, `"roken Arrow."
Editing: En Vogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"; Metallica, "Enter Sandman"; Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Give It Away"; U2, "Even Better Than The Real Thing"; Van Halen, "Right Now."
Cinematography: Tori Amos, "Silent All These Years"; Eric Clapton, "Tears In Heaven"; En Vogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"; Genesis, "I Can't Dance"; Guns N' Roses, "November Rain"; Michael Jackson, "In the Closet"; Madonna, "Holiday (Truth or Dare"; Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch, "Good Vibrations"; Metallica, "Enter Sandman"; Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Give It Away"; Vanessa Williams, "Running Back to You."
Breakthrough: Tori Amos, "Silent All These Years"; David Byrne, "She's Mad"; Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Give It Away"; Van Halen, "Right Now."
INTERNATIONAL NOMINATIONS
MTV Australia: Boom Crash Opera, "Holy Water"; Clouds, "Hieronymus"; Diesel, "Man Alive"; Frentel, "Ordinary Angels."
MTV Asia: Artists R.A.P., "Ikhlas Tapi Juan"; Christina, "Jring Mai Glua"; Marsha, "Taak Hak"; Chang Yui Sheng, "Take Me to The Moon"; The Dawn, "Iisang Bangka Tayo"; Lo Ta Yu, "Story of the Train."
MTV Brazil: Guilherme Arantes, "Taca De Veneno"; Biquini Cavadao, "Ze Ninguem"; Capital Inicial, "Passageiro"; Djavan, "Se"; Engenheiros do Hawaii, "Exercito de um Homem So"; Gilberto Gil, "Madalena"; Marina, "Crianca"; Marisa Monte, "Diariamente"; Nenhum de Nos, "Ao meu Redor"; RPM, "Gita"; Sepultura, "Desperate CRY"; Supla, "So Pensa Na Fama"; Titas, "Saia de Mim"; Caetano Veloso, "Fora da Ordem."
MTV Internacional: Caifanes, "Nubes"; El General, "Muevelo"; El Ultimo De La Fila, "Cuando el Mar Te Tenga"; Gipsy Kings, "Baila Me"; Mecano, "El 7 De Septiembre."