Agreed. Thank God my ‘80s weren’t ruined by videos. Frankly MTV died because the idea of filming music stinks. People finally realized they didn’t want to have to look at a screen, or have their vision of a song forever ruined.
Back in the beginning of MTV there was a crappy song that I sort of liked because of the video. The song by Chilliwack, My Girl, was not good but the video had Beachcraft Model 18 in it and that was the type I got my multi-engine certificate on and while I was in college I flew air cargo in them to make a little bit of cash and pad my hours.
It is sort of funny how certain ancillary things end up making a person like something.