Posted on 05/22/2017 11:28:23 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
Elton John told an audience at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday that the MTV generation had promoted many musicians who didn’t deserve the attention, but he also paid tribute to the positive role that music videos have played in the music business.
John, who was on-stage with his long-term song-writing partner Bernie Taupin, said: “We were before the MTV generation and I’m glad we were because we were real artists. The MTV generation brought along a lot of people who were great but a lot of people who just made videos. So a lot of the artistry went out of the music.”
The singer, who was answering questions from Spike Lee at the winners’ presentation for a new music-video competition, added: “Visuals — whether it is a painting, a drawing, a piece of film, a video — enhance music. You get to use your imagination; you get into it.”
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Steve Earle -- Copperhead Road
I'm hard-pressed to think of a better collection of stringed instruments in one song in the last few decades.
Don't forget the bagpipes. I loves me them bagpipes!
In 2010 they officially dropped the "Music" from their name. Now it is simply "Em Tee Vee" where the 'M' stands for nothing. They are not a music channel, they don't claim to be one, and they have no interest in appealing to the demographic who remembers the days when they were a music video channel.
Funny though, if it were up to them, they'd have stayed a music video channel. Those were good days for MTV when they had free content provided by the record companies and they were rolling in money. Then the times changed and MTV had to change along with them, as much as they didn't want to.
It’s “Empty V.”
This is what Gene Simmons has in store for KISS, essentially franchising the band where it doesn't matter who the guys behind the makeup are as long as they entertain the crowds and sell tickets. Kinda like the Harlem Globetrotters of rock.
Yep. Kiss could go on forever.
And yet you kept him as a friend.
Yeah, rock was petering out by the time disco came and made us all puke. After that, the music of the 80s sounded pretty good.
I do have to acknowledge that my parent's music was generally superior to anything that came after. I'm talking 40's and 50's music. The kind with singable lyrics and great melodies.
Keith Richard (of all people) hit the nail on the head when he once observed that Lady Elton had based an entire career on songs about dead blondes.
Gotta love Keef.
Took some time and effort but now about 4,800 of the songs I own are ones that I love.
The first song ever to play on MTV was “video killed the radio star” by the Buggles. I have not seen the video but the Buggles had two phenomenal albums with their lead musician, Trevor Horn. The band broke up after that but they were before their time. Great lyrics, excellent musicianship, and flawless production made for two great albums.
All I know is after watching “Beware of Mr. Baker”, is that Ginger Baker makes Keith Richards look like a choirboy in comparison.
I was never a huge fan of 40's music but as a kid my folks listened to 50's music at home and in the car.My music collection...fairly extensive by my standards at least...is almost entirely 50's and 60's with some 80's thrown in (IMO the 70's was an absolute wasteland decade,musically speaking).
All of us kids who were dweebs kept our sagging hopes alive when we saw the dorks in the band behind her. LOL.
That’s right! LOL.
I pay $10/mo and have unlimited access to pretty much everything ever recorded.
Not a bad deal IMO.
“Nashville County Music sucks also. Big time.”
You are being way too gentle. Last night I watched the all conquering Sam Hunt (had never heard of him). About ten seconds is all I could stand.
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