MTV

king_buzzo · 10.23.2006, 01:47 PM

is music on mtv nowdays the most overated and pointless music of all time? i think so

pantophobia · 10.23.2006, 02:17 PM

well mostly yes

vh1 did the hip hop honors last week honoring among others, Rakim, Beastie Boys, MC Lyte, Ice Cube, Afrika Bammbattaa, and the Wu-Tang Clan

so for rap music, MTV shows the worst and the best, but doesn't give a shit about rock anymore

h8kurdt · 10.23.2006, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by king_buzzo

is music on mtv nowdays the most overated and pointless music of all time? i think so

*claps hands* the last horse finishes the race.

Fuck me, what's with all these stupid ass rhetorical questions that keep cropping up?

screamingskull · 10.24.2006, 04:39 PM

MTV2 is terrible, we need an alternative to the alternative! its all emo crap all the time.

CHOUT · 10.24.2006, 05:07 PM

MTV makes me feel so old...when I see these crappy bands' videos and their overly emoted yet perfectly intelligible vocals, I just wanna smoke crack.

Cantankerous · 10.24.2006, 05:08 PM

those three letters should never be uttered, PERIOD. that's how bad it is.

jon boy · 10.24.2006, 05:09 PM

mtv makes me wanna smoke crack...flying out the windown and i'm never coming back.

its funny they dont actually have music on music television anymore. you cab stay up late and watch mtv2 on the off chance you will see something half decent but more often than not its pimp my ride.

Cantankerous · 10.24.2006, 05:15 PM

mtv - get off the air!

thanks jello.

Danny Himself · 10.24.2006, 05:20 PM

Fuck yeah! Only nobody really wears baseball jackets or whatever anymore.

Seriously, though, pop music is reaching new lows. The dominating sexual themes of most of today's 'hits' are just getting worse. There used to be sneaky little metaphors and whatnot, but now it's just full out sonic porno. 'Promiscuous Girl'. I mean, what the fuck is that? I can bet you theres little kids singing along to it.

This reminds me of that routine Chris Rock did on music like that, where he was rapping; "Slap her with a dick, slap her with a dick, fuck her in the eye, fuck her in the eye, blind the bitch, blind the bitch!"

next step · 10.24.2006, 05:21 PM

I hate TV and I dont watch it. eMpTy V would be a Ludovico's cure that I dont need it.

zedius · 10.25.2006, 01:52 PM

I find it's healthiest to ignore its existance. There's no sense in thinking about it. It isn't worthwhile. It isn't music or art of any kind. It doesn't have any relevance. The problem for me is when I have to argue this with people.

RdTv · 10.25.2006, 02:08 PM

Whats all the whining about? MTV doesn't even play videos anymore

(joking)

MTV, the one place where you would want to sit and watch some videos and get away from all the reality-daytime-drama shows in existence and oh, whats this,nothing but reality-daytime-drama shite. I remember mtv back in the old days when the only things on were videos and the game show ''remote control''. Also, lets say they did play videos, everyone here has already testified to the auditory malfunction most of the bands incur towards the viewer, not to mention the fact that a decently directed and creative video is apparently something of long ago. I gave up on this network of discontent many a year ago and find that the majority of people who like good music have done the same, which brings us to this thread, a bunch of faux and not so faux musical afficionado's casting MTV into a firey hell. I love it

DJ Rick · 10.25.2006, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CHOUT

MTV makes me feel so old...when I see these crappy bands' videos and their overly emoted yet perfectly intelligible vocals, I just wanna smoke crack.

You feel old??? How do you think I feel? I remember when MTV was a pay channel, just like HBO, Showtime, etc.

My dad had a friend in the Air Force who was all about buying tons of electronics during frequent trips to Japan. And this was during a time when the Zeniths and Magnavoxes of the world still held market share leads over Sony and Mitsubishi. Anything electronic and Japanese, this guy would buy it and bring it back. He built some ungodly 16-speaker DIY "surround-sound" home entertainment center, and I used to love it when my folks would visit his house because he would always put on MTV for me and blast it through the system.

When I was nine, it seemed like everything on MTV was good. And surely it wasn't (or it hasn't aged well (e.g., Buggles, Taco (especially Taco!)), but back then, so few bands were making videos that all you had to do was submit one, and it would likely get played. Unless you were black, unfortunately.

Rob Instigator · 10.25.2006, 02:26 PM

MTV executives got together and ecided arouns 1989 that they would NOT rgow old with their audience, and instead, market the network strictly to 10-14 year old kids, kids who are just starting to get into music and can therefore be misled easily and coerced into buying what the MTV execs want you to buy.

I miss the old VJ's. Just having 6 people on all day, people who actually were knowledgable aout music history and the new music and influences and all that stuff. it was GLORIOUS for a 8 yr old (1981). I loved it all.

gmku · 10.25.2006, 03:19 PM

I loved MTV circa 1981-82. Even though I didn't like most of the music videos or the artists, it was mindless fun to sit around at night and watch video after video and laugh at the dumb-ass VJs and how awkward it all was. Kept me entertained. Then it got too slick. Quickly. Like by 1984, it was starting to go horribly wrong.

Glice · 10.25.2006, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

*claps hands* the last horse finishes the race.

Fuck me, what's with all these stupid ass rhetorical questions that keep cropping up?

Was that a rhetorical question? What about this, is this a rhetorical question?

Everyneurotic · 10.25.2006, 05:52 PM

it's "state the obvious" day!

Cantankerous · 10.25.2006, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

it's "state the obvious" day!

don't i know it.

[in reference to crackney...]

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Originally Posted by static-harmony

Wow she is becoming less real and more plastic, what a tragic figure.

porkmarras · 10.26.2006, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

it's "state the obvious" day!

Yes!

Style · 10.26.2006, 04:30 AM

I forgot it even existed. I gotta admit watching it when I younger though, I had cable in my room at four, it was probably watching all those music videos that corrupted me.

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king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	is music on mtv nowdays the most overated and pointless music of all time? i think so
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pantophobia expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,349	well mostly yes vh1 did the hip hop honors last week honoring among others, Rakim, Beastie Boys, MC Lyte, Ice Cube, Afrika Bammbattaa, and the Wu-Tang Clan so for rap music, MTV shows the worst and the best, but doesn't give a shit about rock anymore
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screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	MTV2 is terrible, we need an alternative to the alternative! its all emo crap all the time.
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CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	MTV makes me feel so old...when I see these crappy bands' videos and their overly emoted yet perfectly intelligible vocals, I just wanna smoke crack. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	those three letters should never be uttered, PERIOD. that's how bad it is. __________________ RETIRED
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jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	mtv makes me wanna smoke crack...flying out the windown and i'm never coming back. its funny they dont actually have music on music television anymore. you cab stay up late and watch mtv2 on the off chance you will see something half decent but more often than not its pimp my ride. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	mtv - get off the air! thanks jello. __________________ RETIRED
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10.24.2006, 05:20 PM	#9
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	Fuck yeah! Only nobody really wears baseball jackets or whatever anymore. Seriously, though, pop music is reaching new lows. The dominating sexual themes of most of today's 'hits' are just getting worse. There used to be sneaky little metaphors and whatnot, but now it's just full out sonic porno. 'Promiscuous Girl'. I mean, what the fuck is that? I can bet you theres little kids singing along to it. This reminds me of that routine Chris Rock did on music like that, where he was rapping; "Slap her with a dick, slap her with a dick, fuck her in the eye, fuck her in the eye, blind the bitch, blind the bitch!"
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10.24.2006, 05:21 PM	#10
next step the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Italy Posts: 583	I hate TV and I dont watch it. eMpTy V would be a Ludovico's cure that I dont need it. __________________ http://www.sonicurbs.com
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10.25.2006, 01:52 PM	#11
zedius children of satan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Victoria, B.C. Posts: 260	I find it's healthiest to ignore its existance. There's no sense in thinking about it. It isn't worthwhile. It isn't music or art of any kind. It doesn't have any relevance. The problem for me is when I have to argue this with people.
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10.25.2006, 02:08 PM	#12
RdTv invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lexington,KY USA Posts: 2,512	Whats all the whining about? MTV doesn't even play videos anymore(joking) MTV, the one place where you would want to sit and watch some videos and get away from all the reality-daytime-drama shows in existence and oh, whats this,nothing but reality-daytime-drama shite. I remember mtv back in the old days when the only things on were videos and the game show ''remote control''. Also, lets say they did play videos, everyone here has already testified to the auditory malfunction most of the bands incur towards the viewer, not to mention the fact that a decently directed and creative video is apparently something of long ago. I gave up on this network of discontent many a year ago and find that the majority of people who like good music have done the same, which brings us to this thread, a bunch of faux and not so faux musical afficionado's casting MTV into a firey hell. I love it
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	MTV executives got together and ecided arouns 1989 that they would NOT rgow old with their audience, and instead, market the network strictly to 10-14 year old kids, kids who are just starting to get into music and can therefore be misled easily and coerced into buying what the MTV execs want you to buy. I miss the old VJ's. Just having 6 people on all day, people who actually were knowledgable aout music history and the new music and influences and all that stuff. it was GLORIOUS for a 8 yr old (1981). I loved it all. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.25.2006, 03:19 PM	#15
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I loved MTV circa 1981-82. Even though I didn't like most of the music videos or the artists, it was mindless fun to sit around at night and watch video after video and laugh at the dumb-ass VJs and how awkward it all was. Kept me entertained. Then it got too slick. Quickly. Like by 1984, it was starting to go horribly wrong. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	it's "state the obvious" day! __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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Style stalker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Califronia Posts: 418	I forgot it even existed. I gotta admit watching it when I younger though, I had cable in my room at four, it was probably watching all those music videos that corrupted me.
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