VIDEO PLAYLIST: 50 Classic VMA Clips, From Aerosmith To ZZ Top

If there’s one thing that made us stop watching MTV’s Music Video Awards tonight–besides a new episode of Breaking Bad–it was the nagging sense that there’s nothing truly special or surprising about the channel’s annual soiree anymore. Think we’re simply being cynical? Hit us up in the comments section after sifting through the peak hour performances of Nirvana, Madonna, Marilyn Manson; hell, even Britney. Not to mention such one-night-only collabs as Axl & Elton and Run-DMC & Aerosmith…