Product Details

• Actors: U2, Britney Spears
• Format: Color, Compilation, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: MTV
• DVD Release Date: August 5, 2003
• Run Time: 101 minutes
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• ASIN: B00009RDG1
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #140,625 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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MTV's relentless self-promotional machine rolls on with this 95-minute compilation of performances from the channel's annual Video Music Awards show (described here as "the only award show that matters"--easy for them to say, since they invented it), ranging from 1990 to 2002. Image is paramount to this operation, especially if there's a little titillation involved; thus we have the sex-kitten antics of Britney Spears and Shakira, the spectacle of a bare-chested Nelly wearing his jeans not only below his boxers but barely above his knees, and the sheer absurdity of MC Hammer's costumed cast of thousands crowding the stage for "You Can't Touch This." But there's also some good music here (Nelly's electrifying "Country Grammar," the Brian Setzer Orchestra's swinging "Jump, Jive & Wail," Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's entertainingly over-the-top "Crossroads"), as well as short features on "turntablism" and pop songwriting. Of course, some may argue that the likes of Jewel (who plays solo) and Pink don't exactly qualify as rock artists, but there are plenty of genuine rockers here. And even if they wear their influences on the sleeves, people like Lenny Kravitz (with the neo-Hendrixisms of "Are You Gonna Go My Way"), Silverchair (the Nirvana soundalike "Tomorrow"), and INXS (with the late Michael Hutchence coming on like Jim Morrison) put on a good show--as do the predictably outrageous Marilyn Manson (who's preceded onstage by a marching band), the loud bratty, and fun Blink 182 (appearing with a chorus line of midgets), and the always-reliable U2 ("Please," from 1997). Nothing amazing here, but entertaining nonetheless. --Sam Graham

From the Back Cover

MTV Video Music Awards - Rock

From U2 to Marilyn Manson, Blink 182 to Lenny Kravitz, your favorite artists rock out in these explosive performances from the only awards show that matters. Finally on DVD, relive some of the finest moments in VMA history on Video Music Awards: Rock.

Bonus segments

Chris Rock '97 Monologue

Dennis Miller '95 Monologue

Dana Carvey '95 Monologue

In order of appearance:

Lenny Kravitz, "Are You Gonna Go My Way," Blink 182, "All The Small Things," The Vines, "Get Free," Marilyn Manson, "Beautiful People," Pink, "Just Like a Pill," Silverchair, "Tomorrow," Stone Temple Pilots, "Pretty Penny," Jewel, "Angel Standing By," INXS, "Suicide Blond," U2, "Please."

MTV Video Music Awards - Hip-Pop

Britney's snake charming. Nelly's country grammar. Shakira's barefoot belly dancing. These are the performances you remember from the only awards show that matters, finally on DVD. Groove to the hottest acts ever to grace the VMA stage on Video Music Awards: Hip-Pop. Bonus segments

Learn to scratch with Rob Swift of the X-ecutioners

Making it as a hit songwriter with Sturken & Rogers

Res Music Video "They Say Vision"

In order of appearance:

Britney Spears, "I'm A Slave 4 U," Jamiroquai, "Virtual Insanity," Shakira, "Objection Tango," Brian Setzer Orchestra, "Jump, Jive & Wail," Nelly, "Country Grammar, "Naughty By Nature, "Hip Hop Hooray" Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, "Crossraods," MC Hammer, "U Can't Touch This." Bonus Track, Kinky Mas (Video Music Awards Latin America.)