MTV is at death’s door

NY Post ^ | July 23, 2015 | Richard Morgan

[oh8eleven]

Viacom is vulnerable in that many of its networks, including MTV, Nickelodeon and Spike, target youngsters — “the segment of the population that’s most rapidly and definitively abandoning linear TV,” according to the analyst.

[Steve_Seattle]

Sometime watch on YouTube Burdon’s version of Tobacco Road, with the new Animals. It’s from German TV, I think. That was just before the War days.

[uglybiker]

Internet killed the Video Star

[eddie willers]

Internet killed the Video Star

Perfect.

[cripplecreek]

I was lucky to grow up when I did and was exposed to a lot of really great music that are still big favorites today.

Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay - 1969

https://vimeo.com/65273347

Badfinger: Baby Blue made the closing scene of Breaking bad perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCQhRQH2o0

[cripplecreek]

The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREUrbGGrgM

Dr Hook The Cover of The Rolling Stones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npxRpGguGGI

[Fledermaus]

True. Watch people come into a restaurant these days, sit down and all pull out their phones.

[Mom MD]

It can’t happen soon enough!

[RikaStrom]

LOL

Perfect

[Steve_Seattle]

There was a lot of variety in music between 1964 and 1985. You’d have people like the Stones and Beach Boys and Dean Martin and Sinatra and The Monkees and the Mamas and the Papas all on the charts at the same time. Now it’s divas and rap.

[mmichaels1970]

Nice!

[SamAdams76]

Speaking of Grunge, "Weird Al" Yankovich nails this parody of Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I had no idea.

[RginTN]

have two 4 y/o grand-daughters - I’m WELL aware of Nick Jr. and Dora, Bubble Guppies, Berenstein Bears, etc. 
I almost know the words from all the theme songs too :)

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I have learned to enjoy Barney and spongebob...they can take away the stress of the day

[1217Chic]

Good riddance

[sickoflibs]

RE:”The channel should change its name. It doesn’t play music anymore. How about “Stupid reality shows for pathetic fame whores TV”?

No resemblance to the MTV of the early 1980s whose first music video they played was the Buggle’s ‘Video killed the radio Star’ (quite prescient) and ran commercials on broadcast TV saying “Call your cable provider and tell them ‘I want my MTV’”And came up with the term VJ to replace DJ

Cute little sweet-heart girl next-door VJ Martha Quinn was a heart breaker....(no tattoos)

I was in college at the time and they kept MTV on the Student Union Lounge’s big screen TV. I always had it on while studying,

Now MTV is just perversion and victim politics. PVTV Just Sickening how our society has decayed. .

[Lurker]

I caught that tour in Chicago. They were at their peak and simply phenomenal.

L

[GOPsterinMA]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Applewhite

[KC_Lion]

I have never watched any form of MTV, never will.

[Impy]

They should change the meaning of the “m” to “maccaca”.

[oh8eleven]

I have learned to enjoy Barney and spongebob
Many moons ago when my kids were young, we'd sit and watch Sesame Street on Sunday mornings.
Thirty minutes later I'd realize my kids were long gone and I was still watching.
The Count was always my favorite :)