Posted on 08/12/2005 9:54:22 AM PDT by markderian
'Leading the Way in Lowering Society's Standards for Over 25 years.'
Yes. If only we could return to the edginess of non-stop Hall and Oats videos.
I choose BUST
I'd take that over what they air now.
MTV kicked butt when it first appeared...(I was in love with Martha Quinn).
Now it is relativly pointless junk. Rap or a show.
Nothing else.
Remember when the Who and Stones would announce concert tours?
Reminds of the comment on a South Park episode. Something like, "The netork most responsible for the dumbing down of America's youth".
Yep, MTV is still around. Last time I looked at it, it was all geared toward the 'thug life' gangster hip-hop BS.
MTV GET OFF THE AIR!
I'm old enough to remember when MTV still played music.
Maybe the lovers of MTV should realize it was never cutting edge so much as it was "cutting edge" only in terms of fashion. As MTV has only grown in recognition and power, conservatives have come to power in DC as they never have before. About the only thing MTV and even rock itself have influenced are how people dress because they want to LOOK like musicians, and share the lifestyles they lead (materialism, booze), while completely ignoring the politics these celebs CLAIM to believe in.
What they need is some competition. A new station needs to come along and clean MTV's clock. BRING BACK THE MUSIC!!!
The concept of MTV was created by Mike Nesmith of The Monkees, whose mother invented White Out. They say genius skips a generation.
That's old, dude!
I began boycotting MTV after playing one of their WHAM! videos, still-frame by still-frame. It was so blatant that there was no room for defending it. It was there on the video for all to see, "subliminal" intentions or not.
What people need to do is compain to their cable company, satellite provider or phone company (if they have video services) and tell them that when they originally signed up for the service, they were under the assumption that they would be getting "music channels" and the service provider is now in violation of their contract. If everyone did that, they would either change the programming or offer an alternative.
Me, too. I also remember when "Yo, MTV Raps" was a 1/2 hour show played once a week. Now MTV has nothing but rap and stupid 'reality' shows.
Unfortunately, CMT is also slowly moving away from showing music videos and toward TV shows and movies.
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