Video Killed the Radio Star... What killed Video?

[Catman]

32 posts and no one said it:

The internet killed video.

lol.

 

[LexCorp]

What will kill the Internet?

 

[Catman]

What will kill the Internet?

Good question!

 

[LexCorp]

Humans will develop a way to talk to each other telepathically.

 

[redmarvel]

Video killed the Radio star, Youtube killed the Video star

Youtube became a success in part because MTV/Much weren't really showing music videos very often anymore. Now, when I really want to see a music video I'm more inclined to check for one on Youtube then to suffer through "reality" programming on Much.

 

[Shuley]

downloadable music killed the music video,and MTV pretty much stopped showing videos and put on cartoon and stupid shows on instead,basically giving VH1 all the music videos...I always liked VH1 better anyway,their shows were much better,and they played music videos by good bands. I can't stand rap,R&B,hip-hop,or "American Idol types"

 

[PLAS]

Used to be a time when MTV would break new bands and artists. But MTV got out of touch and lost its balls. They don't have the guts to show any music video's outside of the mainstream anymore.

I've found the perfect solution to that

stop watching MTV

if we can get a few million other people to do so, then eMpTyView is going to have to take notice

 

[Memphis Slim]

Horrible music killed video.

 

[PLAS]

Horrible music killed video.

horrible music has been made video right from the start (Come on Elieen, I want candy, et al)

 

[AndThePickles]

You don't see music videos on T.V. very often anymore. A few here and there, but honestly they seem to be getting rare. Replaced by "reality" and "game" shows, movies and T.V. serieses too. Why? Wasn't there a market for videos? Would you prefer to see a music video on MTV / Much or "Ghost" for the upteenth time?

I'd love to see good new music videos again. The few that are shown now lack any kind of creativity

 

[PyroChamber]

Well half of MTV is not even about music anymore, it has become a teen drama channel with shows like Made.

Funny thing about Made, is that it was a show about regular ordinary people doing something they've never done before; but now this show is starting to get cliched because everyone on there wants to be the same thing: loner wants to be prom queen/king, popular girl who likes pink wants to be a skateboarder, jock wants to do something not involved in sports, geek wants to be a ladies man, etc.

 

[LexCorp]

Funny thing about Made, is that it was a show about regular ordinary people doing something they've never done before; but now this show is starting to get cliched because everyone on there wants to be the same thing: loner wants to be prom queen/king, popular girl who likes pink wants to be a skateboarder, jock wants to do something not involved in sports, geek wants to be a ladies man, etc.

Well yeah it kinda sucks and the kids they get to do it are losers. They never put in 100%...

 

[sinewave]

I watch Subterranean on MTV2 occasionally and MTV loves to cram as many commercials into each break as they can. It works out to 2 videos in between 5-6 minute commercial breaks. That's more commercials than any other network I've ever seen. It appears they care more about their advertisers than actually showing videos. So you get a one hour show with about 9-10 videos per episode that's only on once a week. The rest of the week is devoted to more mainstream artists or their other, non-music programming. It's total crap.

 

[LexCorp]

I watch Subterranean on MTV2 occasionally and MTV loves to cram as many commercials into each break as they can. It works out to 2 videos in between 5-6 minute commercial breaks. That's more commercials than any other network I've ever seen. It appears they care more about their advertisers than actually showing videos. So you get a one hour show with about 9-10 videos per episode that's only on once a week. The rest of the week is devoted to more mainstream artists or their other, non-music programming. It's total crap.

Which is why I have not watched MTV in years...

 

[Figs]

MTV has a channel for solely music videos, MTV Hits.

How long will that last though. Just about every MTV spinoff channel started out as videos only to break away from the original crapfest but they always eventually sell out and put on dumb shows again.

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

You don't see music videos on T.V. very often anymore. A few here and there, but honestly they seem to be getting rare. Replaced by "reality" and "game" shows, movies and T.V. serieses too. Why? Wasn't there a market for videos? Would you prefer to see a music video on MTV / Much or "Ghost" for the upteenth time?

the question here IS.......who killed whom?

 

[PLAS]

I watch Subterranean on MTV2 occasionally and MTV loves to cram as many commercials into each break as they can. It works out to 2 videos in between 5-6 minute commercial breaks. That's more commercials than any other network I've ever seen. It appears they care more about their advertisers than actually showing videos. So you get a one hour show with about 9-10 videos per episode that's only on once a week. The rest of the week is devoted to more mainstream artists or their other, non-music programming. It's total crap.

ever since the begging, MTV has made it a standar format to show more or less ten videos in one hour

there was DIAL MTV which aired in the mid-late 80's early 90's and it would last an hour and it was a top ten most requested videos, the show lasted an hour

MTV's Top 20 was a two hour show

120 minutes would show more or less 20 videos each show, so did Post Modern MTV

Headbangers Ball was a 3 hour show that would play more or less 30 videos


I have the vhs tapes to prove it

 

[LexCorp]

How long will that last though. Just about every MTV spinoff channel started out as videos only to break away from the original crapfest but they always eventually sell out and put on dumb shows again.

Yeah MTV base took the hip hoppy stuff as a spare music vidoe channel without shows but then it started airing snoop dog shows etc...

 

[redmarvel]

ever since the begging, MTV has made it a standar format to show more or less ten videos in one hour

there was DIAL MTV which aired in the mid-late 80's early 90's and it would last an hour and it was a top ten most requested videos, the show lasted an hour

MTV's Top 20 was a two hour show

120 minutes would show more or less 20 videos each show, so did Post Modern MTV

Headbangers Ball was a 3 hour show that would play more or less 30 videos


I have the vhs tapes to prove it

3 Hours of music videos... Bring it back!!!

 

[LexCorp]

3 Hours of music videos... Bring it back!!!

That's why we have the box and other real music video channels. MTV let the ball drop.

 

[PLAS]

3 Hours of music videos... Bring it back!!!

it was metal, hard rock and the like

they had these intros with SOD music, but they would play a lot of cinderella, poison and other butt rock "artists"

it was usually during the later hour that they would play some actual metal and/or thrash

 

[Super_Ludacris]

Video Star= "Jack"
Radio Star= Tyler Durden
YouTube= Fight Club

Make of that analogy what you will.....

 

[SuperFerret]

MTV used to stand for Music Television but now it's become Moronic Television. And VH1 has followed suit. MTVHits? We have to pay extra for that? Eff it! The programs now shown on these two once-music-tv makes me sad... and nauseous.

Hmmm... I would've said that the "M" in MTV stood for "MTV" instead of "Music".

Either way, as soon as MTV was given an entire generation, it all went downhill.

 

[Super_Ludacris]

Man, I dont believe all that talk about MTV killed a whole generation from its launch. Chances are the music that most kids in there 20's now grow up on, they discovered it on MTV and all the "bold" music (Gangsta Rap, Grunge Rock and its influence on a nation). They just expanded there brand and tried to place a bigger influence on pop culture worldwide ( Which they did, both in good and badways). At least we still have MTVU and stuff like. Besides all those music videos companies are owned by the same company so its all MTV. People hate them but they'll still watch Wonder Showzen or something*shrug*

 

[bullets]

my roomate had mtv on the other day and there was this song called wipe me down and none of the people in the video could dance they would just bounce up and down being recored in slow motion , they must of said wipe me down a thousand times . thats whats wrong with mtv