The 1992 MTV VMAs were a BOILING HOT MESS

[@cityboy2092]

I been saying that beef back before social media was SO MUCH messier than it is now. Now we're lucky if we even get a shady subtweet, and stans will discourse for weeks if so-and-so is a "mean girl" for not pretending to be besties with literally every human being they encounter. But back then, bitches were throwing hands, spitting on each other, sabotaging performances, and sometimes even getting into shootouts 😭

[@hotsexyangel]

Crazy how the Internet seems more tame now considering people are still insane and brutal on here 😭 although I guess ppl on here now are all bark, no bite.

[@kcknight13]

Flea wasn't doing an "impression" of Donnie from The Wild Thornberry's. He is Donnie from The Wild Thornberry's lol

[@hayleyalves1704]

I was about to comment this!! Lol

[@evanrobbins5915]

Same haha​@@hayleyalves1704

[@katieharmount158]

OMG wait I had no idea!!! I was like dang he did a REALLY good impression lol

[@laurenpettis2469]

correct! hahaha

[@carolitoffana]

WHAT??????????? OMG

[@caseydoingthings]

I remember being 7 when this aired and my Mom let me watch about half of it before turning the channel .. I honestly didn't even understand what I was seeing lol... MESS!

[@ileeeenify]

I was also too young for this, and surely most of it went over my head, but Fartman formed a core memory 😐

[@caseydoingthings]

@@ileeeenify thats so funny! I do remember thats right around the time the channel was changed haha! I think my Mom was only in it for Elton John

[@trerhodes8884]

I was 1 🥴

[@manueltapia1859]

I was 10 back then barely remember 😅

[@ms.donaldson2533]

I'm 53 and watched a woman on youtube react to "Physical" Olivia Newton John..... I laughed when I heard what I was allowed to sing as a kid. It was is a mess!! lol

[@JustineMatsalla]

That nirvana performance was EPIC

[@OsagieGuobadia]

Yeah! : ) Nirvana rocks. : )

[@jessmarie2692]

Love seeing the old footage of Tabitha throwing straight shade- I’m amazed she was employed by them for soo long.

[@musestudio7075]

Same. She was insufferable.

[@neoknight3320]

Nirvana set was not a mess, it was called ROCK N' ROLL...thank you.

[@VanessaLoveCounselor]

Some info: "Cant we all just get along" was said by Rodney King in 1992 after police pulled him from his truck, beat him , and then the police were acquitted and that started the LA Riots. ...... Flea had a daughter and was eventually on Sesame Street. ........

[@manueltapia1859]

Yeah I remember that despite being myself 10 back then how gruesome was that and because of that riots we didn't traveled to my uncles house who live in California. The sad thing that didn't change remember the other black man who died recently??? 😮😢

[@biancapaulikowski369]

Dan Quale reading the lyrics out loud to cop killer during that press conference is peak caucasity. 😂

[@tirzeh]

I remember when he did that. He was so stupid. He also made a big stink about the TV character Murphy Brown being a single mom. 🙄

[@bees.857]

Kinda like when Ben Shapiro read the lyrics to WAP 😂

[@jgarofalo8813]

@@tirzehthe Bush’s fought The Simpsons and Quayle fought Murphy Brown. Both had episodes that made them both look like the idiots they were.

[@tirzeh]

@@jgarofalo8813 I remember

[@JaiProdz]

Hey Hugo, it's been a tough few months- your videos have been a source of comfort and catharsis in a trying time. Thank you for your hard work and dedication!

[@hugohenderson]

Thank you so much for watching them!! Glad they can be a source of comfort 😁

[@MandaMalice]

Axl made many homophobic comments back in the 80s and 90s (explanation not excuse - Axl has history of childhood SA and I believe at is a diagnose schizophrenic. Like many misguided people of his generation, he channeled that into homophobia) He also had many high profile DV incidences with his partners. Kurt was a feminist with a great deal of hatred for homophobia after growing up seeing his mother being abused and having a very close relationship with his sister who is gay. He tried to just ignore Axl asking them to go on tour but after he started to feel insulted by Kurt, Kurt started publicly stating how he felt about Axl. Apparently Kurt and Courtney shared a similar odd sense of humor and the whole “shut up bïtch” thing was very funny to them.

[@manueltapia1859]

Man thats make me love more Kurt and still feel shame from Axel 😮

[@_tia.no.tamera]

The beef between them was Kurt’s fault💯 he had every right to not wanna perform with them due to his own beliefs and have his own opinions on them but to publicly bash them simply because he didn’t want to perform started their beef. Axl does have issues but this would’ve never happened if he just said no thanks and went on about his business. But thank god it did and we got an iconic moment from it that had me GAGGED!!!!

[@higoodbye7545]

@@_tia.no.tamera ??? you missed how Axl is kinda a messy homophobe and misogynist, if he was, idk, a more tolerable human, maybe it would be kurt's fault. Axl made the beef for himself homie

[@_tia.no.tamera]

@@higoodbye7545 can you read? I clearly acknowledged axl has his issues but to say just because he has those beliefs and issues that means pick at him unwarranted just to play victim when it comes to a boiling point that’s throwing rocks and hiding your hand and he’s a ginger😂don’t fuck with them they crazy

[@Ariel_thenotsolittlemermaid]

​@_tia.no.tamera You're kidding me, right? 'Has his problems'? That's what you say when someone has a bad habit and does themselves damage. But once someone's words or actions hurt others, it is not only acceptable but desirable that others stand up to them and stop them. Axl was homophobic, and Kurt was showing support to the LGBTQ+ community. Also, you're saying Kurt should have kept his opinion to himself and moved on. Again, this might have been true if Axl only spoke about Kurt and it was something personal between them; but Axl was speaking against an entire community. It was not just about the 2 of them, it was about people all over the world, so saying Kurt should have kept it private is ridiculous. In this instance, not saying anything about it would be like agreeing with what Axl's saying (or at the very least, it would come off as agreeing with this). Are you saying we should let injustice keep occurring and let people hurt others just to avoid conflict?

[@reallyretro]

This show was like night and day compared to the previous year awards show. It was all about grunge and gangsta rap in 1992. 1991 was all about Motown urban dance music, and adult contemporary alternative. The 90’s had arrived in full effect here for sure.

[@cloeshay87]

Ice Tea having to take off "cop killer" but played a cop years later is just 👨‍🍳's 😗

[@Karina-jj1gk]

it’s so sad 😭

[@juliagoolia5604]

Yea but he was a good cop.. the cops he was talking about were corrupt racist

[@yo-sefakimbey7009]

He had already played a police officer in the movie New Jack City by that point. Doesn't change the message of the song one bit

[@hawklindbergh]

@@Karina-jj1gkNo it isn’t. It’s perfectly fine. If you have a problem with him playing a detective, then don’t watch his show. You’re being unfair to all the people who enjoy Ice T in SVU when you say that.

[@clockhanded]

@@hawklindbergh "unfair to the people who enjoy copraganda" oh no~

[@casechow]

OK...the relevant Spotify Playlists are super cute and mmmmmthank you so much

[@nicholefontaine9299]

11:12 Dana Carvey was doing the Church Lady impression he did on SNL at the time

[@JoshFreilich]

Church Lady very well could have been the “bottoms up and the Devil laughs” lady!

[@JonathanLedbetter]

🗣️ MISS INCOMING 🗣️

[@Mackystevens]

HUGO!!!! You’ll probably never see this but I swear I commented like 4 times for you to do the 1992 awards!!!! Huge fan this video was awesome 🎉🎉🎉

[@Mattwest1985]

These videos are a guilty pleasure of mine for sure! Man, nostalgia at its finest! Such a good idea for a KZbin channel! Props bro!

[@Dantezim1]

1992 VMA wasn't a mess, it was awesome! There was a lot of unforgettable moments and performances that still talk about til this day. It was definitely in the 90s time capsule for sure.

[@Spooky_515]

Most memorable VMA ever. So many great performances and personalities

[@MNOchoa]

Can you keep your dialect on the word mess? It’s so great. I’m american, so when you say mess, my ear hears “miss” in your dialect and it is just so great. I don’t know how to describe it, but it’s just so much better. It’s so subtle but so satisfying to hear. Lol this comment is meant to be a compliment, i love watching these videos, you’re hilarious.

[@JeremyJoseph]

I always thought he was saying “miss” lol 🤣

[@EmilyTressa]

literally same

[@hardcoreclassy6976]

I hear it too! It’s like “Miiyesss”😂

[@DankMangus]

@@JeremyJoseph I'm a kiwi and thought he was saying miss.

[@chokofreza]

Dialect? Lol is an accent he is from New Zealand

[@spatchmo6938]

I was actually mildly surprised to see that Tori Amos was there. At that time, "Little Earthquakes" was her only album out. She didn't have a more mainstream "hit" until "Cornflake Girl" on her second album. I knew "Little Earthquakes" was successful, I just didn't think it was mainstream enough to have a presence on MTV

[@HB-xf2xl]

They played her on 120 minutes and Alternative Nation all the time. That’s how I found her. I don’t think she had many songs that were on TRL (Spark in ‘98 maybe). She was a late night MTV staple tho.

[@musestudio7075]

Love Cornflake Girl. 💜

[@emilycox6560]

I have legit never said ‘well yes’ and I need to find a way to slip it into every convo

[@ftc3000]

Happy to see this getting a review. I remember watching this on Australian TV back in the day and remember it being both kinda messy but kinda cool at the same time. The version we got had the preshow and some of the presentations/performances cut out, so its cool to see some of that. I also remember how weird Nirvana's performance was at the time and knowing now that they had this huge beef with Axl Rose it all makes a bit more sense now.

[@iveyneff7460]

From the mind of my older sister who was 10 when this aired and a major fan of Nirvana:: Rap€ Me is ABOUT MTV and how they treat artists like commodity instead of people. They knew this and said, Not on Our show!! It was a huge F You and won them a lot of Cred

[@manueltapia1859]

Very brave from Nirvana playing that song. I was 10 too back then 😊

[@JonathanLedbetter]

Fuck MTV for that. They liked to tout their anti-censorship stance all the time back then, but they were some of the biggest purveyors of censorship.

[@Ariel_thenotsolittlemermaid]

Nice story... but Rape Me is about actual rape. It's about a rapist getting sent to jail and being violated himself there as a sort of karma. The band has said so a million times.

[@Marshmallow_Trees]

I love the bitter, rueful, casual chaos of this era.

[@musestudio7075]

Well said. 👌💜

[@janetsimon6866]

Keep them coming Hugo! I love these and look forward to them.

[@nbunnysnowboard]

Flea is the actual voice of Donnie from the Wild Thornberrys lol

[@ticoangelo]

I saw what you did there. You left the Woody Allen & Mia Farrow comment without an explanation... MESS! ❤

[@gracemonteleone1126]

14:23 THE WAY I JUMPED UP this is 100% my fav nirvana moment and I completely forgot it was in this 😭

[@NoitsBecky.]

Thank you for doing these videos! They are a nice dose of serotonin ❤

[@johnsimpson8974]

Your channel is one of very few that i get excited to see a new video for when posted.

[@hugohenderson]

Yayyy! Thank you!!

[@Whookieee]

I was 16 years old and watched this live. Thank you for these wonderful trips down memory lane!❤

[@justjulia8007]

This series is SOOO much fun to watch & rewatch.. nostalgia 💯! great commentary and pace! Well done ❤

[@wutheringheights01]

this is my favourite VMAs just for Nirvana alone

[@MellissaBoomeroftheNight]

16:21 🤣🤣🤣 precious! The irony of a screaming H junkie like Duff wanting to defend the words of Axle, who dabbled with the stuff himself. Gotta love the music business. The 90s were rife with "bodyguards" whose only job it was to score for the talent if they couldn't carry on planes or tour busses from country to country or state to state. Those were the days.

[@NotYourMother11]

Rock was still very popular in 92. I forgot about that.

[@TheRealityofFake]

Rock was still popular until the late 00s

[@ryanjacobson2508]

​@@TheRealityofFakeGen Z caused Rock to fall off the charts.

[@Spooky_515]

Nirvana was the biggest act of the 90’s. Last time a genre overtook pop music

[@rhiannonrecommends]

My mom had recorded this on vhs when it was airing and I used to rewatch it all the time as a kid cuz I was obsessed with grunge and tori amos and van Halen. I hadn't seen the iconic nirvana performance in years and it's aged like fiiiiiiiiine wiiiiiiine I was smiling ear to ear!

[@intothemystic5223]

Can the police really not respond to emergency calls if they keep selling his album?? That seems like blackmail and illegal.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Yes that's legal. Police and fire are not legally required to show up to help any civilian because....... They would be getting sued and arrested constantly for failure to adequately help if they were legally obligated to do so.

[@intothemystic5223]

@@ryanjacobson2508 That's not true. They take an oath to protect and serve.

[@manueltapia1859]

​@@intothemystic5223in theory I think 😮

[@atinymoonizen]

@@intothemystic5223protect and serve is unfortunately not actually on their job description, we just expect them to. Common misconception

[@intothemystic5223]

@@atinymoonizen After doing some more research, you're right...which is crazy to me that they don't have to help if they don't want to.

[@MrChuckGrape]

I remember this vividly. My brother borrowed a tape of it a friend had recorded. We didn't have cable back then and watching MTV made us feel like cool city kids.

[@hyacinthmoon6289]

Idk if you know this but Dana Carvey’s voice impression of the Monster woman was actually him doing his “church lady” voice, whose tagline was “Well, ISNT THAT SPECIAL??!” Edit: I’m 35 and wholly remember the RHCP Give it Away music video because I was mesmerized by it lol

[@christopherv6415]

I swear you are the most adorable young man, just dreamy!!! Most importantly, you have so much charm hosting your content. Thank you.

[@bullmonty764]

The main thing about these VMAs that gets to me is the fact that Smells Like Nirvana of all songs was nominated for Best Male Video, and it was against Tears in Heaven. I mean, I love Weird Al’s work (I’m self-described as white and nerdy so I kind of have to 😂), and it is a hilarious video, but there is no way he could’ve won over one of the biggest tear jerking songs of the entire decade. Even Al knew he had no chance of winning with competition like that - not to mention Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen. Thank God that Best Male Video was presented early so that Al’s fans could get over it sooner

[@shianaperez1028]

These are my comfort videos❤️

[@VonHautkopf]

It breaks my heart whenever I see Nirvana treated as a commercial brand nowadays because they were so against that kind of bullshit. I dont think there's any artist as genuine in the current mainstream.

[@MultiOdom]

What does this even mean?

[@VonHautkopf]

@@MultiOdom It means that Kurt Cobain always tried to avoid to become a mere product for the music industry, but once he was dead that was exactly what the industry (and those who inherited his state, I guess) made of him. I was thinking in particular in that collection Converse released years ago with pages of his journals as a cool pattern in the fabric, but there's plenty of examples of how his memory has become a product to sell. A lot of people, me included, feel that he would likely hate to see that kinda stuff. I guess we will never know for sure

[@jado4prez]

tyler, the creator

[@KrisC849]

Who cares

[@VonHautkopf]

@@KrisC849 Me, that's why I made a comment about it 🤷🏻‍♀️ If you dont, good for you, have a nice day or something?

[@foxybyproxy]

i am really into this series. you do a great job.

[@imontalukdar2648]

Hot mess???? This is the best line up . Look at the talent!! And look at what Is available today….

[@UnklePecos]

Know this idiot just is a millennial who has to put down everything that came before him because everybody knows a millennials think that anybody older than them are morons

[@missmeagan8117]

Fun fact! Flea is the voice of Donnie! I wonder if that’s how he got that gig

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

Ice T played a cop in 91 in one of my favorite Wesley Snipes films no one ever seems to remembers that he was in New Jack City playing a undercover cop well before his time on Law&Order SVU

[@arotisseriechicken]

Not sure if anybody's said this yet but Dana Carvey is doing his "church lady" character from SNL during that bit that you compared to the monster energy lady (who is honestly the church lady skit come to life so i mean, very accurate comparison lmaooo). Love these videos so much

[@EclecticPotpourri]

I have been watching a lot of these thanks to the algorithm and I like them. I enjoyed how you switch to Black American or African diaspora creators to read them. I like it actually centers who comes up with "pop culture speak" aka simplified and gentrified AAE (African American English) or AAVE (African American Vernacular English) I also like the background on "Cop K!ller" as a protest song. I am happy to see culture described historically with context.

[@tirzeh]

Omg. My husband and I graduated high school together in 92. I didn't realize how old we are but I love how cool we are. We grew up in the best time imo. Three kids later and our youngest graduates this year. Damn I'm stoned. 💅🏼💃🏻🪭💄🎀🫀

[@josephprovencher6345]

Smoke one for me to lol! What a thrill it was seeing Tori Amos, and people like Kurt Loader and John Norris. I remember I was turning 18 that year and got my first apartment earlier at 17 😊

[@roxdaphe]

I was born in 92! haha oh to be older during that time, y’all are lucky. 🥹🫶🏽

[@josephprovencher6345]

@@roxdaphe I don't know if we're lucky, but we grew up in the 80s with some of the best musical talents ❤️

[@intothemystic5223]

I graduated in '97 so not too far behind you. We seriously had the best of both worlds.. pre-internet days and internet days. I'd love to go back to the 90s though. Best years of my life.

[@tirzeh]

@@intothemystic5223 Facts and same!!

[@Lildeadthing420]

Damn the older ones were actual hot messes wtf

[@CainGunner]

Are you kidding me?! This is the greatest vma show of all time. After the mid 2000’s the vma’s went way downhill and became so lame and forgettable.

[@evemoore2135]

ok I was 13 when all this was happening and it was weird then and it's giving weird now. geez.......

[@facthunt2facthunt245]

I like how weird it was. It had a fun, chaotic energy that you just don't see anymore.

[@raulzavala9061]

I was 16 and this was peak MTV IMO, Howard Stern was blowing up (literally) and Bevis and Butthead were just becoming the next big thing, I love all the backstage drama with Guns&Roses and Nirvana it makes me laugh and the VJ's like John Norris, Tabitha Soren, Kurt Loder and Chris Connelly were like almost credible MTV journalists.

[@robertholston4708]

Arik Marshall's 2 biggest contributions during his tenure as guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers: 1. 1992 VMA performance of Give It Away. 2. Providing voice over for Red Hot Chilli Peppers' guest role in The Simpsons season 4 finale "Krusty Gets Cancelled." Arik never recorded a song in studio with the band but played live from 1992 until 1994.

[@bambieyedd.]

The millennial pause had to have been created this night

[@hugohenderson]

WELL YES

[@Suejd1001]

Tears In Heaven was written by Clapton after his 4 year old child fell out of his high rise apartment window.

[@buckguy17]

Disaster or not. This was still the hay day of MTV when I was 12 years old and loving every minute of this.

[@shanesmith2599]

Hugo, didn't realise you were from NZ (so am I). Great videos!! I have subscribed to your channel.

[@reneewatters7182]

I am seriously about to watch a 4th vma recap of yours... In a row

[@stellarjuju8788]

Liquid television was one of the best things to come out of mtv

[@queenb7013]

Please do the 2002 MTV Movie Awards, 2003 Teen Choice Awards and 2004 Kids Choice Awards

[@TheChrisHype]

Question: is it a Donny from the Wild Thornberries impression if you were quite literally Donny from the Wild Thornberries?

[@ms.donaldson2533]

I love watching you prove how f^d up the past REALLY was! Thank you & I pushed Subscribe this time!

[@carleyfrazee9363]

I use to love watching the music awards growing up .

[@mafeuk]

18:26 Ted is inside that bag 😂

[@JaynaDior25]

Can you do the bet awards , AMAs more billboard music awards

[@LucianoAassis]

I miss the 90's

[@musestudio7075]

Same 😢😢😢

[@giannyboi9025]

how do you find all these shows in full:(( i've been dying the watch them for years now. please help

[@JonathanLedbetter]

The record company manager should've responded to the cops that decided they wouldn't do their fucking jobs over a song on an album by saying "That's fine, we'll just arm our clerks so you'll only need to send ambulances."

[@dustincongello5802]

lol I forgot all about Kris Kross and all the idiot kids at school that wore their cloths backwards

[@richardpalacio7239]

hi hugo, love the vids

[@hugohenderson]

Thank you!!

[@Regreviews]

Nirvana performance is what got me into them

[@noodlebanana7512]

honestly, coming from a long time red hot chili peppers fan, god they are so obnoxious 😅😅

[@hugohenderson]

The most unserious people 😂

[@josephprovencher6345]

How could I not subscribe after seeing Tori Amos, Annie Lennox AND Madonna in your video?! I actually did genuinely enjoy your commentary 😊

[@hugohenderson]

Thank you!!

[@TramiNguyen-oi3kp]

I love these MTV VMAs 1992 awards moments!

[@allywalton3719]

FLEA IS IN THE WILD THORNBERRYS

[@MrRezRising]

I'm 53. I was 22 when I watched this live. That was endlessly crazy.

[@rebeccagibbs4128]

clapton wrote tear in heaven after his toddler fell to his death from their NY apartment many stories up :(

[@jeffreyval9665]

At least there were actually talented musicians back then, unlike what we have today.

[@JokerThaToker]

11:10 appreciate the “Monster Energy Lady” reference, but that’s actually another character Dana did on SNL known as Church Lady.

[@Aries_Superstar_Army]

When I was born, that year’s VMAS was unhinged!

[@sierrab5010]

Wow I’ve never found Eddie Murphy as attractive, DAMN he was fine in 1992!

[@Wowitzkay]

No he wasn’t

[@ftc3000]

Hopefully we get a review of the 1985 VMAs at some point because Eddie Murphy was hosting that year and had just as much contempt for the teleprompter gags as he did here.

[@AurumEtAes]

If Madonna had made a video for the sadly overlooked and forgotten gem Rescue Me, surely that would have got her a Dance Video nomination instead of a Blond Ambition performance from Truth or Dare. So strange that Holiday (originally released on record in 1983) was nominated rather than the 1990 dance pop smash Vogue or Express Yourself performance that recreates the record breaking budgeted video from 1989

[@austins.2495]

God, I love Nirvana

[@MK_1Ultra]

Back when award shows WERE FUN. Now everything feels like you taken a sedative.

[@marioaustin9312]

You should review the billboard awards or more Teen choice awards

[@matt.stevick]

This is so 1990s! Thank you!

[@madonnawannabeecollector]

ohhhhh thought he kept saying Miss

[@ahmedbeqqal4522]

You HAVE to do the 2003 EMAs hosted by Christina Aguilera. A TRUE MESS 😭

[@phillinsogood]

I hate when award shows she pre recorded performances

[@wormskull2454]

@11:14 Dana Carvey was doing another SNL character: Church Lady

[@Mxteo11]

NEVER early but Hugo ❤ youuuuu

[@Ernie1978]

I bloody, super love the "mess incoming" bit, and we got two of those in here! 9:33 and 14:22

[@chokofreza]

I really appreciate your videos, one of the few channels that covers pop culture from different decades, Eddy Murphy looked amazing btw

[@carleefarrier3325]

I think Kurt Loder might've been making a joke about Andrew Dice Clay with two Native Americans. At the 1972 Academy Awards Marlon Brando won Best Actor and instead of making an acceptance speech he invited a Native American up on stage to read his acceptance speech. It was pretty shocking at the time from what I have heard.

[@mxcope]

A wonderful mess.

[@mr1000Cent]

Signs my eyesight is getting bad, I for a second thought John Norris was Steve-O from Jackass.

[@hellsunicorn]

The entire year of 1992 was a hot mess, I was 12 at the time, and even I could tell that the entire culture of America (especially the music) was in the process of crapping all over itself.

[@AnggaSumilir94]

This bob is bobing 😭😂🙏🏼🫶🏻

[@hugohenderson]

SERVE and protect 🫡

[@Randomjackass135]

Wait till you find out why Flea’s Donnie “impression” was so spot on

[@CRiver396]

Can you please review the 1st BET awards

[@facthunt2facthunt245]

I don't know if he's reviewed the 1989 oscars but that's what I want to see.