Absolutely agree with him. MTV started around 1981, I was around 16 and I noticed it right away. The music just took an epic nose dive. I think the reason is before MTV, records were sold on how good they were. When MTV came along, the music industry discovered they would also sell if it was advertised in a video that was played in heavy rotation. Basically sight took over sound to sell music and they realized “Hey, why invest in a band when all we have to do is invest in a single video”. So all these manufactured puppets started popping up, like Madonna and they hired pro musicians who would write and record music for her and she would merely lip synch to it on video and it was played constantly on Empty-V. And it really never stopped, even when MTV went down the tubes. Sure you had some good bands that squeezed through, but it was never the same when the industry switched over to pure promo over sound quality to sell. I would say it’s even worse now.
It was like the early sixties, with all the Teen Idols, like Fabian, until, The Beatles came along.
Which is exactly why it killed off the rock band. And you picked the exact "artist" that is my prime exhibit for the argument; Madonna. So what's the name of Madonna's band? Who plays bass in that band? It became all about "me me me," the entertainment diva was born and music died. There are very few bands that play as a unit, and compose real music that can touch your soul, both with the words as well as the notes. The divas sing but say nothing.
I blame it all on The Monkeys. Dang hairless apes.
She is not a no talent bimbo like most of those out there.