MTV VMA 1992 & 1993

I remember being in 8th grade watching the 92 awards with my dad. I had the VCR ready to go so I could record PJ when they came on. I still have the VHS tape but no VCR.

That was the best VMA. I still have the VHS and it still plays, I wish they would put it on DVD. It seems after that year they were not the same. Let's not forget Howard Stern's Fartman saggy ass pissing off Metallica.

Best awards ever!! 93 wasn't half bad either.
PJam winning around 6 awards for Jeremy. Played Animal for the 1st time ever & Rockin in the free world with Neil Young.
Lenny Kravitz & John paul jones!!

ahh, good times, good times.

From a rock perspective, I wonder if the 1992 edition of the MTV VMA can ever be surpassed.

Of course, Pearl Jam played a stunning version of Jeremy. Nirvana with a legendary performance of Lithium. And there were Guns N' Roses, U2, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Crowes and Def Leppard.

Big names like Michael Jackson, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bryan Adams, Bobby Brown and En Vogue completed the picture.

as a whole picture you maybe right. but from a Pearl jam-only persepective I have to say 93 > 92.
93 is the shit! I'm being serious when I say this: 93 VMA is when I really became a fan of the band. I of course loved ten and the band before 93. But then to see them on the VMAs: You got Eddie cutting his hair, coming out with the army jacket and with intesity like a caged animal while they're playing animal! how about the part when he actually snarls like a wild animal in the middle of the song? sick. and then you have that killer Jam with Neil Young. finally to top it all off you have Mike + Ed destroying the instruments and Eddie sipping some wine.

= perfection.

broloco wrote:

From a rock perspective, I wonder if the 1992 edition of the MTV VMA can ever be surpassed.

Of course, Pearl Jam played a stunning version of Jeremy. Nirvana with a legendary performance of Lithium. And there were Guns N' Roses, U2, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Crowes and Def Leppard.

Big names like Michael Jackson, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bryan Adams, Bobby Brown and En Vogue completed the picture.

as a whole picture you maybe right. but from a Pearl jam-only persepective I have to say 93 > 92.
93 is the shit! I'm being serious when I say this: 93 VMA is when I really became a fan of the band. I of course loved ten and the band before 93. But then to see them on the VMAs: You got Eddie cutting his hair, coming out with the army jacket and with intesity like a caged animal while they're playing animal! how about the part when he actually snarls like a wild animal in the middle of the song? sick. and then you have that killer Jam with Neil Young. finally to top it all off you have Mike + Ed destroying the instruments and Eddie sipping some wine.

= perfection.

You mean Mike trying to destroy his guitar, but he couldn't even put a dent in the thing, that guitar destroyed him instead.... (he should of just threw it onto an amp, ala Even Flow video <--- that was cool)

VMA 93 was better in my opinion. RITFW = Classic moment in Rock

When Eddie said in Brisbane he often almost passes out and sometimes does during Jeremy, I thought of the VMA performance.

You could see him use every last bit of breath during it.

marcos wrote:

Let's not forget Howard Stern's Fartman saggy ass pissing off Metallica.

Haha. I almost forgot about Fartman! I was a huge Stern fan back then. Those were the days...

EDIT: Interesting comment on the Jeremy video, I had never heard this:

"Vedder said that last part "I don't need no mom and dad" lyrics from "Sonic Reducer" as protest because Pearl Jam were going to play a cover of "Sonic Reducer" until MTV told them they had to play "Jeremy""