1990s MTV come back, we miss you

So I was trolling Youtube today, reliving some of my childhood memories and mourning the slow, ignoble demise of MTV. Flisters, I am so old I remember when MTV played music videos. MTV was shocking, and everything was awesomely low-rent up until about 1998. I mean, they hired VJs right off the street and every year there would be the insanity of the VMAs. Somebody was always getting into a fight, or a bassist would be climbing some scaffolding, or Madonna would be rolling around onstage showing off her panties -- my point is it was wild.

So I stumbled upon Marilyn Manson's 1997 VMA performance of "Beautiful People" and I was like, Omigod I thought I dreamed this! Watch it, it's a thing of beauty, people. I remember that it was this year or the next when Marilyn Manson was banned from playing in Mississippi because of the Antichrist thing. Check out how the audience is frozen in their seats with shock (and how fetching Twiggy looks in his dress). Why can't award shows put on more performances like this? NSFW!

Most lolarious Youtube comment: I had my goldfish in a bowl in front the computer screen and they all died before it was over.