IMAGE OF THE DAY – ‘What A Bunch Of Bellends’
Last Sunday the yearly VMAs, MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2025, were held.
MTV taught they needed to do some sort of tribute for the late metal icon
Ozzy Osbourne.
They teamed Aeromsith‘s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry up with Yungblud
and Extreme’s guitarist Nuno Bettencourt for a couple of Ozzy/Sabbath
covers.
The general reactions on social media were disapproving.
Dan Hawkins, the guitarist of British rock vets The Darkness posted
a short video of world star Ariana Grande looking flabbergasted,
with the words “what a bunch of bellends” written across the screen.
As a caption, he wrote: “Another nail in the coffin of rock n roll. Cynical,
nauseating and more importantly; shit. Makes me sick how people jump
on this shit to further their own careers. #whatabunchofcunts.”
It’s funny and hypocrite that Hawkins reacts this way as his mainstream glam
rock band did/do everything and used/use every trick in the book to sell records.
I’m so sure that The Darkness would have drooled if they had the chance to do
that tribute.
Anyway, I was intrigued and watched the official
video of the performance on YouTube.
And? What would you expect from MTV? The whole thing was a bombastic charade with a selected and coached audience faking their euphoria and artists acting totally over the top. Love or hate it. Me, I didn’t know, honestly, that MTV was still active. Never liked its
superficial approach, image over music. Hello, goodbye MTV.