So is VH1...

Does anybody still want to watch music videos?

Chearl: Does anybody still want to watch music videos?

Hell yeah...I was watching some 70's music show last night on VH1 Europe, followed by 'Smells Like The 90s.' It was great!

Chearl: Does anybody still want to watch music videos?

I'd kill your mother for the opportunity to have MTV be half music videos, half pop-up video.

Did someone say... "sugarcoated mindless garbage" ?

BeefyT: So is VH1...

are you implying VH1 is better? I would've given the slight nod to them a few years ago, not so much now.

That was a pretty sweet scoop from 1992.

MTV Canada sucks, but so does Much Music and Much More Music.Maybe I'm getting old.

/get off my lawn

FeedTheCollapse: BeefyT: So is VH1...

are you implying VH1 is better? I would've given the slight nod to them a few years ago, not so much now.

i thought the first several years of vh1 turned out for me better than any era of mtv. i still like the occasional viewing of vh1, but after 6 hrs of "i love the 80's like totally wow to the max" or whatever version they're on now, or "there were totally like 1000 one hit wonders in the 80's so in the 10 different versions we have of this show you'll pretty much see gary newman and tony basil at least 25 times"

so yeah, spent almost 5 years in germany (with about 5 months of that time in italy) and mtv showed videos or concert footage about 90% of the time and it was great

well duh. MTV in Europe used to ( I don't know if they still do) actually cover music festivals, showcase up and coming bands playing in the region and even played more obscure and extreme stuff. I don't know if they still do or not but it was once nothing but music, 24/7. and heavy metal wasn't farking ignored. ever.

I got to watch Mtv Asia while in Indonesia. Of course, it covered more local artists, but holy crap did they play a lot of videos! Actually discovered a few bands that way while I was there. No reality shows, soap operas, nothing! Hell, I even got to see one of the VJs (she was soooo hot) doing a show at one of the malls we went to. It was like Mtv from a little over fifteen years ago. I loved it.

Put me in the "watching today's videos would NOT make it better" category.

Chechen MTV is pretty cool. Sometimes they'll air traditional dances along with modern stuff.

madmann: Put me in the "watching today's videos would NOT make it better" category.

probably not, but I imagine that had they kept consistently showing videos,as opposed to almost completely abandoning them by 2000,we might not have some of the crap we have now. Or if we did, they would, at least in theory, be balanced out by better acts.

Treygreen13: Chearl: Does anybody still want to watch music videos?

I'd kill your mother for the opportunity to have MTV be half music videos, half pop-up video.

to be fair you just want to kill Chearl's mother don't you?

kpottruff: Treygreen13: Chearl: Does anybody still want to watch music videos?

I'd kill your mother for the opportunity to have MTV be half music videos, half pop-up video.

to be fair you just want to kill Chearl's mother don't you?

...yes.

Shh.

FeedTheCollapse:are you implying VH1 is better? I would've given the slight nod to them a few years ago, not so much now.

I feel I must point out that VH1 still plays "This Is Spinal Tap" from time to time, which in and of itself, is better than the sum of MTV's entire lineup.

FeedTheCollapse: madmann: Put me in the "watching today's videos would NOT make it better" category.

probably not, but I imagine that had they kept consistently showing videos,as opposed to almost completely abandoning them by 2000,we might not have some of the crap we have now. Or if we did, they would, at least in theory, be balanced out by better acts.

plus a lot of bands don't even bother to make videos anymore since they know they won't be played. and i'm talking about bands that actually have the fan base, the financial backing and the ability to draw in new fans. not the extreme underground.

The last time I purposely tuned into MTV or VH1 was for Live 8. I figured that they would actually show some of the acts. Boy was I wrong!

I'll just leave this here: the absolute worst song/video ever


seriously, at least try to make it to the 2:47 mark before turning it off. Pure comedy gold.

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I'll just leave this here: the absolute worst song/video ever


seriously, at least try to make it to the 2:47 mark before turning it off. Pure comedy gold.


If I can, I always take these challenges. I succeeded to 3:04 or so. I'm all for blending genres and experimenting, but holy sh*t, those guys need to make up their minds. Emo with screaming and metal and then bringing in techno. Terrible.

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Okay, okay...the 'music' itself is pretty weird by attempting (unsuccessfully) to transcend about 3 or 4 genres over 4 minutes.

I'm also curious how exactly the director said "okay guys, for the performance scenes, prance around and generally pose like an Alaskan king crab trying to take a sh*t", and the guys actually agreed.

But does the rest of the world get "A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila"?

Why is an article about MTV in the music tab?

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seriously, at least try to make it to the 2:47 mark before turning it off. Pure comedy gold.

That was amazing. They just needed one friend to speak up and tell them it was horrible...

SuperCatBarf: FeedTheCollapse: I'll just leave this here: the absolute worst song/video ever


seriously, at least try to make it to the 2:47 mark before turning it off. Pure comedy gold.

That was amazing. They just needed one friend to speak up and tell them it was horrible...

I'm sure they know it's horrible. They just didn't know until they saw it. This is what happens when local music scenes are not supported. Bands go straight from their garage/practice space to videos. It takes years of performing live to get comfortable on state/in front of a camera. There's a fine line between looking stiff and looking like you're trying too hard to be animated.

They just played Michael Jackson videos, and it was weird seeing them again....

I saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers on MTV this morning before I left for work. Of course it was 6:30 AM. I though about how weird it was to see an actual music video on MTV.

Then this who Michael Jackson thing this evening, and more actual music vids on MTV. Weird.

Everyone pining for music videos needs to take a step back and think about what videos they'd be playing: Nickelback, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus......careful what you wish for

A couple years ago while I was in the Philippines, the hotel had the Soundtrack Channel. It had current and old music videos from songs used in movies. Why can't we have good stuff like that?

Ah, I haven't watched MTV since they dumped "Remote Control."

/I'd say "bring it back," but you know it wouldn't be the same

It only took the death of an icon to get MTV to do something it hasn't done in years.

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seriously, at least try to make it to the 2:47 mark before turning it off. Pure comedy gold.

wtf did i just watch? was that serious? WAS THAT SERIOUS? techno/metal/emo/rock/rap/autotune/ballad rock all mixed together?

it's like the equivalent of putting everything in your garbage can into the blender and adding ice.

/blend
//pour
///throw up

back to the article - the only thing i really enjoyed back in the '90s on mtv was liquid television.

/i miss the maxx, that show was pure farking genius

Wait...did I wake up in a world where YouTube no longer exits? Oh god...now I really WON'T be able to watch music videos...

...

Hey, wait. It's still there.

Are you actually just complaining that no one's telling which videos are ok to watch?

februarymakeup: Wait...did I wake up in a world where YouTube no longer exits? Oh god...now I really WON'T be able to watch music videos...

...

Hey, wait. It's still there.

Are you actually just complaining that no one's telling which videos are ok to watch?



this too is why I'm not really all that interested in an MTV comeback. If anything, Youtube made music videos much more relevant.

I caught MTV Europe and Asia when I was over in Israel, they both rocked. MTV here in the states, garbage.

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seriously, at least try to make it to the 2:47 mark before turning it off. Pure comedy gold.

Let's play an open D for a long freakin' time. Autotune the hell out of the vocals...OH YEAH, let's throw on a title from a Nickelodeon mascot from the 90's! HOW IRONIC!

Wait...wtf...I just heard the electronic part...yeah, no.

The mixing is wonderful though. I have to give them that. Everything is really well balanced.

The only time Music Videos are actually shown on MTV or MTV2 anymore is when Beavis and Butthead are on.

/I am Cornholio

Point of order:

Popular music today sucks -- of what interest are music videos?

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seriously, at least try to make it to the 2:47 mark before turning it off. Pure comedy gold.

Not amused:

I was watching MTV when they played their first music video (OK MTV didn't invent Music Videos), there were infant music videos being born long before that.

I miss actually seeing music videos on MTV so I don't really watch anymore, I hate ALL reality shows and that seems that this is the predominate type of show on air now, so, meh.

I have to agree that most of the time (if they decided to play them) would be filled with the bland generic pop tripe of the 'Disney' ilk so I will watch my music videos on YouTube, I like being the Program Director, I can watch whatever video I want, any band I want, stack 'em like trains and watch them all night if I decide that's my agenda.

So yeah, I'll just stick with YouTube for videos.

malle-herbert: Did someone say... "sugarcoated mindless garbage" ?

Yeah, but I can't remember who. I think he was named after some brand of gelatin or something.

An MTV exec explained the networks decision to reduce video airplay without going into detail this way. It boiled down to network ratings & music exec fear of MTV's influence over sales.

I am guessing labels were steering their clients clear of MTV or limiting music video access? The closest current analogy is their fear of iTMS.

A cable television network that plays nothing but music videos, you say? What a novel concept! How do I go about acquiring this channel?

MTV died around the same time they fired Ray Cokes...

/pseudo reality shows suck hairy ass

I went to Sweden a couple years ago and all my empty time was spent watching MTV since they were actually airing music videos. I found out about some really cool bands.

Foxxinnia: I went to Sweden a couple years ago and all my empty time was spent watching MTV since they were actually airing music videos. I found out about some really cool bands.

Wat?

MTV Nordic airs music videos between midnight and 6AM I think. The rest of the time, it's Made, My Super Sweet 16, Cribs, A Shot at Love, and all that other shiate that's definitely not music videos.

But then again, there's VH1 classics, which is basically MTV playlists from the nineties without the commercials and artbreaks.