The 2005 MTVu Awards | Results | pics

November 4, 2005

Wednesday night (November 2, 2005) I attended the MTVu Award show/taping at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. There was lots of standing around (commercial breaks), lots of young college kids (contest winners?), and a bunch of sweet, but short sets by Matisyahu, Death Cab for Cutie, Little Brother, Saul Williams, and The Go! Team. Artists like The Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, MIA, and even Matisyahu & Saul Williams were up for awards, but unfortunately (for me at least) the awards went to corporatemo bands like My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, and mewithoutyou.

Winners were voted by real college kids. Considering the Roseland crowd reaction every time My Chemical Romance was mentioned, I doubt it was even rigged. Death Cab was the only band who performed and won. Motion City Soundtrack, Muse and others were there to accept their awards. Other winners like Green Day and MCR accepted them on video. Lou Reed made a surprise appearance to introduce the show.

Here’s a few general photos from the event. Pictures of the individual performers coming soon.

WINNERS
Woodie of the Year (artist of the year): My Chemical Romance
The Breaking Woodie (best emerging artist): Motion City Soundtrack
Left Field Woodie (most original artist): mewithoutYou
Best Video Woodie — Live Action (best live action video): Death Cab For Cutie, “Title & Registration”
Best Video Woodie — Animated (best animated video): Gorillaz, “Feel Good Inc.”
The Good Woodie (greatest social impact): U2’s DATA: Debt AIDS Trade Africa
Road Woodie (best tour): Fall Out Boy
International Woodie (favorite international artist award): Muse
Alumni Woodie (The You’re Still OK in Our Book Award): Green Day
Streaming Woodie (most downloaded): the Afters, “Beautiful Love”