INFO: |*| 1992 MuchMusic CANADIAN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS - Summary
Henry Lee
3rd CANADIAN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS (CMVAs) : Sat Sept 26/92
1st CMVAs in 1990 : on board VIA Rail national train (northern route) from
Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS.
2nd CMVAs in 1991 : from MuchMusic studios at 299 Queen St. West
This year, CHUM/City-TV celebrated its 20th birthday and had an
Open House to the public on Friday (Sept 25). The video awards were held
within the CHUM/City building (CityTV/MuchMusic studios) in Toronto, Ontario.
Live Broadcast was 5pm PDT / 8pm EDT.
HOSTS (in alphabetical order):
Steve Anthony, Lance Chilton, Monika Deol, Denise Donlon,
Erica Ehm, Simon Evans, George Lagogianes, Terry David Mulligan,
Master T, Nathalie Richard, Teresa Roncon, Bill Welychko,
Jana Lynn White, Michael Williams, Ziggy (Lorenc)
The qualifications for a Canadian Music Video are :
- Canadian artist
- the song itself satisfies CanCon requirements
- video director and film crew are Canadian
Award recipients are denoted by the left & right arrows `==> ... <=='
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* Intros from SA, Ziggy, TDM, NR (big hat!), MW, MD and EE.
* Live in-house performance by 54-40 "Nice to Luv Ya Baby"
* Master T & Kathleen announces nominees for
CMVA BEST DANCE VIDEO AWARD
Don't Stop Now - Love & Sas
Let's Go - MCJ & Cool G
==> Love Vibe - Lisa Lougheed <== Director - David McNally
* Live performance by Lisa Lougheed "Love Vibe" (with tape accompaniment)
* Live performance by Tom Cochrane & band : "No Regrets"
* Jana Lynn White & Mae Moore lists nominees for
CMVA BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY (A-C) VIDEO AWARD
Sleep in Late - Big Sugar
Mother Mother - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Into the Fire - Sarah McLachlan
==> Je danse dans ma tete - Celine Dion <== Dir. - Alain Desrochers
Celine Dion in Los Angeles for AIDS benefit;
performed "Nothing Broken But My Heart" with piano accompaniment
which was taped earlier in the week in MuchMusic building.
* Live performance from the Rheostatics
* Simon Evans & Drew Ling (Bootsauce) states nominees for
CMVA BEST ALTERNATIVE VIDEO AWARD
Aliens (Christmas 1988) - Rheostatics
Underwhelmed - Sloan
Greedy - Pure
==> Mind Phazer - Front Line Assembly <== Director - Robert Lee
Killing Game - Skinny Puppy
* Monika Deol & Neil Osbourne (54-40) {People's Choice phone-numbers}
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD NOMINEES (nation-wide call-in tally)
ARTIST VIDEO TITLE
Barenaked Ladies Lovers In A Dangerous Time
Big House All Night
Tom Cochrane Life Is A Highway
Celine Dion Je danse dans ma t\^{e}te
54-40 She-la
Sass Jordan Make You A Believer
Lisa Lougheed Love Vibe
Sarah McLachlan Into the Fire
Kim Mitchell America
Slik Toxik Helluvatime
* Michael Williams & Dream Warriors lists the nominees for
CMVA BEST RAP VIDEO AWARD
Respect Me - E.T.P.
Nothing At All - Maestro Fresh Wes
==> Check the O.R. - Organized Rhyme <== Dir. - Tim Hamilton
Tim Hamilton has directed videos for the likes of Meryn Cadell
and the Barenaked Ladies.
* Live in the environment performance by Organized Rhyme "Check the O.R."
* Erica Ehm, Lance Chilton & Barney Bentall introduces nominees for
CMVA BEST EDITOR AWARD
Y'a un pneu sur mon noeud - James Bande
==> No Regrets - Tom Cochrane <== Ed. - Andrea Fredrickson
Mind Phazer - Front Line Assembly
She-la - 54-40
Andrea Fredrickson has also been in the director's chair, directing
the video "World Love" for Lisa Lougheed.
* Teresa Roncon with Brian Vollmer (Helix) with the nominees for
CMVA BEST METAL VIDEO AWARD
Some Girls Do - Lee Aaron
==> Helluvatime - Slik Toxik <== Dir. - Don Allan
All Night - Big House
Her Luck Town - Killer Dwarfs
Last year's Hall of Fame Award winner, Don Allan has been responsible
for many, many videos including those for Triumph, Glass Tiger,
Lee Aaron, Paul Janz, Kim Mitchell, Candi & the Backbeat, John James,
Alias and the Crash Test Dummies.
* Live performance by Slik Toxik
* Lance Chilton & Monika Deol {People's Choice phone-numbers}
* Mike Rhodes & Mike Campbell (Mike & Mike) trying to list the nominees for
CMVA BEST COMEDY VIDEO AWARD
==> Terrier - Kids in the Hall <== Dir. - Michael Kennedy
Low Rider - Look People
Love Was - Air Pirates
To accept the award, Michael Kennedy & Kids in the Hall (minus 2)
gave their "thank-yous" inside the Speaker's Corner booth at MuchMusic.
* Nathalie Richard, Moses Znaimer, Bernie Finkelstein of VideoFACT Foundation
introducing nominees for
CMVA BEST VideoFACT VIDEO AWARD
VideoFACT stands for the Video Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent
and is partly sponsored and funded by MuchMusic & MusiquePlus.
==> Lovers in a Dangerous Time - Barenaked Ladies <== Dir. - Tim Hamilton
Aliens (Christmas 1988) - Rheostatics
Wondering Where the Lions Are - b-fun'N
Man of Steel - Lennie Gallant
Barenaked Ladies & Tim Hamilton accepted their award in Columbus, Ohio.
The group is currently on tour with stops in various American cities.
And of course, they all went bowling with an inspired rendition of
"Bowling in Columbus."
* Ziggy & George Lagogianes with the nominees for
CMVA BEST D.O.P. (Director of Photography) AWARD
(no, *NOT* the best dope award ... geez)
==> Calling You - The Holly Cole Trio <== D.O.P. - Miroslaw Baszak
Great Big Love - Bruce Cockburn
A Dream Like Mine - Bruce Cockburn
No Regrets - Tom Cochrane (also by M. Baszak)
Love Vibe - Lisa Lougheed
* Live performance by The Holly Cole Trio
* Steve Anthony & videographer Jennifer Morgan {People's Choice phone-numbers}
* Denise Donlon & Bill Welychko and nominees for
CMVA BEST COUNTRY VIDEO AWARD
Drifting Cowboy - Gary Fjellgaard
I Walk These Rails - Sylvia Tyson
==> Take It Like A Man - Michelle Wright <== Dir. - Stephen Goldman
One Precious Love - Prairie Oyster
This is yet another of many awards to Michelle Wright for an extremely
successful year in Canada and in the United States.
* Michael Williams & Devon lists nominees for
CMVA BEST R&B/SOUL VIDEO AWARD
==> Wondering Where the Lions Are - b-fun'N <== Dir. - Len Henry
Hearts Will Be Raining - Kathy September
Don't Walk On By - Mojah
Do It Again - Thyron Lee White
* Live performance from b-fun'N
* Erica Ehm & Gordie Johnson (Big Sugar) for
CMVA BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
White Lies / Black Truth - Slik Toxik : Don Allan
Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane : David Storey
She-la - 54-40 : Curtis Wehrfritz
==> No Regrets - Tom Cochrane : Curtis Wehrfritz <==
This is the 2nd consecutive year that Wehrfritz has won Best Director.
Last year, he won for directing Grapes of Wrath's "I Am Here" video.
Wehrfritz has also directed videos for the Holly Cole Trio,
Meryn Cadell, Grapes of Wrath, 54-40 and Barney Bentall & the
Legendary Hearts.
* Denise Donlon announcing Special Achievement Award to BRYAN ADAMS
Bryan Adams & Keith Scott as "street-buskers;"
just outside Rock Headquarters on Water St. in Gastown (Vancouver)
one afternoon last week, each with an acoustic guitar performing
"There Will Never Be Another Tonight."
(ed. merde! if I'd only known ....)
* EE, SA, NR, TDM {People's Choice phone-in numbers}
* Moses Znaimer and Musique Plus' Pierre Marchand introducing
the CMVA HALL OF FAME AWARD (last year's recipient was Don Allan).
CMVA HALL OF FAME AWARD : Alain Desrochers
Desrochers has directed videos for Mitsou, Nasty Joe, MCJ & Cool G
and Celine Dion among others. What seems to be most remarkable is the
acclaim he's received for the number of videos he has directed thus far.
* Terry David Mulligan & Kim Mitchell announcing nominees for
CMVA VIDEO OF THE YEAR AWARD
No Regrets - Tom Cochrane
Love Vibe - Lisa Lougheed
Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
==> She-la - 54-40 <== Dir. - Curtis Wehrfritz
A good night (and year!), indeed - Wehrfritz's 2nd award of the night.
* Live performance by 54-40 "She-la"
* SA & Ziggy Lorenc / TDM, NR, EE & MW going through the winners
from the list of People's Choice nominees :
CMVA PEOPLE'S CHOICE FEMALE VIDEO AWARD
Into the Fire - Sarah McLachlan
CMVA PEOPLE'S CHOICE GROUP VIDEO AWARD
Lovers in a Dangerous Time - Barenaked Ladies
CMVA PEOPLE'S CHOICE BEST VIDEO AWARD
Helluvatime - Slik Toxik (ed. arrrghgghghgh)
CMVA PEOPLE'S CHOICE MALE VIDEO AWARD
Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
* Final live performance by Tom Cochrane "Life is A Highway"
* Final remarks from SA, EE, TDM, NR, MW, & remaining Much "staff", etc.
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Duration : 3 hrs and 5 minutes
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Henry Lee <hl...@unixg.ubc.ca>