I've never understood the VMA's appeal. It's all corporate money making nonsense, in my opinion. As for Mtv, oh man, I just don't get that either. They've got about 5 stations, all of which play rap, hip hop or some variant nearly exclusively. Vh1 classic hits is an exception, but they really play junk, or it seemed that way from what little I've seen.
Funny, I was on nirvana fan club's forum, said basically the above, and was ridiculed. Hmmm, we'll see what happens here.