MTV2's Most Controversial Videos
 

I wasn't sure if this should be here or in Music Talk, so feel free to move it as you see fit, mods.

So I get up this morning to go to the gym and I'm sitting in front of the TV for a couple of minutes before I leave. I switched on MTV2 and they were showing the 25 (I think) most controversial videos from 4:00-5:00am. I tuned in on #2 and they showed Metallica's "Turn The Page" completely uncensored, with full-frontal nudity throughout. #1 was Bjork's "Pagan Poetry" with all images of her bare breasts and piercing footage intact. I have to say I was surprised and applaud them for the courage to show them in their intended forms.

Had this aired before or did it just sneak in under the radar? I don't remember seeing anything about it anywhere, but would love to catch the entire show.

It's an old program. They show it from time to time.

Is it? I saw the one MTV did with "Jeremy" and "Smack My Bitch Up" and the like, but none of those had any really serious content to censor in the first place. This one kind of took me by surprise.

yup seen it before also

you haven't seen the uncut versions of those videos i guess. jeremy has a kid putting a gun in his mouth, and smbu has nudity, violence, language, and everything else.

oh and the top 2 videos were "justify my love" and smack my bitch up, all uncut.

I saw this a few weeks ago and couldn't believe what I was seeing. I'm not quite sure how they can show this, even though it wasn't basic cable. It was cool seeing the uncensored "Closer" by NIN though.

Cable isn't governed by the same rules as broadcast television. That is the same reason that Comedy Central can show the South Park movie uncut.

Same thing happened to me when I flipped on the TV before work this morning...

Kinda caught me by surprise...watching MTV and seeing Ginger Lynn's hoo hah...

oh and for those interested, it comes on again tomorrow from 2 am to 430 am et time.

and just so those who want to know

the list
britney spears baby one more time
neil young this notes for you
the bloodhound gang the bad touch (uncut, the original cut cut out the ending)
marilyn manson coma white
madonna what it feels like for a girl
wax california
robbie williams rock dj (edited)
d12 purple hills (edited)
fiona apple criminal
michael jackson black or white (uncut)(only the part where he breaks stuff)
warrent cherry pie
2 live crew me so horny
sir mix a lot baby got back
pearl jam jearamy (uncut except for the one f bomb)
eminem stan (competly uncut)
nas feat puffy hate me now edited
nin closer (uncut)
george michael i want your sex (uncut, aka no filtering and no message before the video)
madonna justify my love (uncut)
prodogy smack my bitch up (uncut)
apex twin (forgot name of the song)
U.N.K.L.E rabbit in your headlights
the cardigans my favorite game (uncut, the original video cut the ending)
metallica turn the page (uncut)
bijork pegan poetry (uncut)

Seen this before.

I remember VH1 showing "Justify my love" video on thier "sexiest videos" program years ago. I couldnt help watching it and wondering why this is considered "bad".

So what was cut out of the Fiona Apple "Criminal" video that made it back in for the "uncut" video program?

the vh1 version cut some of Justify... for nudity, and the "criminal" video is as aired. the only reason that its a controversial video is because she was 16 or 17 when the video came out.

Really...16 or 17? I was not aware.


Makes no difference because shes about a year older than me anyway (and 17 is legal in this state).

Windowlicker- and on the MTV2 show this one's missing a rather long and fouled-mouthed intro of two rap artist talking in a car before the Aphex Twin limo shows up.

Fiona was born in 1977 and the video first aired in 1997, meaning she was 19 or 20 when it was shot. It gets its controversy, I think, for the herion thin look she has and for showing a lot of skin.

the one hour 30 minute bump

shit, nevermind, they showed instead the tame version which aired on mtv instead, all edited versons here, hopefully one will let us all know when the real version airs.

why the britney spears video at #3?

no it was at 20, and its mainly because she was 16 when the video came out.

Yeah, this version was crappy. Why do they have to talk during the videos?

I only caught a few minutes of the original one a couple years ago. I hope it's on again sometime.

if anyone is interested, they are airing something this morning at 3 this morning on mtv2 about the controversial videos. don't know if its gonna be the uncut versions or not?