Tori on MTV Video Music Awards September 10, 1998

Tori was a presenter on the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards. She appeared on stage with Beck to present the award for Best Rap Video. You can see photos and read a transcript from the appearance below. During the awards show, they also played a commercial for a new MTV show called Revue and one of the artists they briefly showed in the commercial was Tori. They describe the show as featuring a "musician, a microphone, and a revealing look into their life." The show begins on October 14th though it is not clear when Tori will appear on it. You can see that photo below as well.

Here is a transcript of what Tori and Beck said when they presented the award. Tori seemed alternatively amused and bored. She did complain during a concert in Vancouver the day before that she did not really like award shows.

They came on stage walking arm in arm. When they reach the podium Beck says,

Beck: I am so excited to be here. I'm so hyped up about presenting this award I feel like having sex with a drum machine.

Tori: I've never had sex with a drum machine machine, Beck, what's that like?

Beck then does some goofy dancing that does bring an amused look to Tori's face. Tori then looks at her hand and then says in a very mechanical, reading off her hand voice:

Tori: Okay...Boy...that is some roller-skating, pop-locking, shit (which they of course bleeped.)

Beck: Word up. All right, now the nominees.

They show video clips of the nominees and when the camera returns to Tori and Beck:

Beck: Oh Yeah, and the winner is...

Tori: Will Smith getting jiggy with it.

Will Smith and his son reach the stage. Will shakes Beck's hand and kisses Tori on the cheek.

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Here are some comments on this appearance made by Toriphile Cynthia Glass on the RDTRN & Precious-Things mailing lists:

You know, in reference to the MTV Awards presentation, did anyone else get the feeling that Tori was simply "humoring" the task of handing out "Best Rap Video"? Hell, I know I would. At first I thought it was just to be funny, and then I got the feeling that she was genuinely annoyed by the event, (again, hell, I know I would be), and she simply walked through the part...hell, I know I would. Heh.

The only thing I would have done differently though, and I was almost surprised she didn't do it, was when Beck said he felt like making love to a drum machine, I thought she would have wanted to use that classic Tori-ism and said "You know Beck, you can't fuck to a metronome."

Woulda made the entire show if ya ask me.

Although I still thought she handled the lameness of the situation very well all things considered...*sigh*

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