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02-10-2010, 02:41 PM
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http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/mtvs-big-change--981
Saw this on yahoo and thought it was kind of interesting. Of course, MTV hasn't really been about music for some time but the company now seems to embrace it. It really sucks that a channel that used to break new music and genres is now reduced to trash reality television. I guess it's a sign of the times. Doesn't give me much faith in the intelligence of the American public.
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02-10-2010, 02:43 PM
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02-10-2010, 02:44 PM
| | | | You mean they're finally admitting it? I miss the good ol' days of MTV. |
02-10-2010, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Yerf Dog  EmptyV |
Good call.
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02-10-2010, 02:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Round Lake Heights, IL USA | | | I remember begging my parents to get cable TV so I could watch M-TV
Rush was the FIRST Saturday night concert on M-TV. They were the first to air Exit...Stage Left. J.J. Jackson hosted the show. I didn't have M-TV yet, but I listened to the show as it was broadcast on many FM stations while it was on M-TV.
The first video I ever saw on M-TV was Rush's Limelight (from ESL) and every day, every hour, I could count on seeing a lot of great tunes from a lot of good bands. Then, like two years later M-TV took a big dump.
There's not been the "M" in M-TV for a long time. Good riddance.
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02-10-2010, 02:47 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fredonia, NY | | | It's tragic. And not only is it crappy reality shows, they also seem to now feature 5 minutes of commercials for every 5 minutes of show. |
02-10-2010, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by mellowgerman It's tragic. And not only is it crappy reality shows, they also seem to now feature 5 minutes of commercials for every 5 minutes of show. | I have noticed that when I have been in the unfortunate position of having to endure one of their idiotic programs. They show tons of commercials. I'll bet the average half hour show on there is about 8 minutes of actual screen time! 
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02-10-2010, 02:51 PM
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02-10-2010, 02:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | I have a lot of great memories of watching MTV back in the early 80's when it was all about the videos. Remember when the Thriller video came out! |
02-10-2010, 02:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: TENNESSEE | | | It used to be awesome. They would have live performances that were cool like unplugged. Headbanger's ball used to be killer. They actually showed videos and would do interviews and docs. on bands. VH1 started to carry the flag for a while but now they have gone the way of reality trash for the most part too. By and large VH1 is cooler than MTV now which is also wierd because VH1 used to be all about music my mom liked.
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02-10-2010, 04:14 PM
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02-10-2010, 05:26 PM
| | | | MTV's parent company is Viacom. However, CBS Corporation actually has three independent subsidiary companies
CBS Corporation
Viacom
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Among these three mega companies, they operate so many businesses you would not believe it. |
02-10-2010, 05:28 PM
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02-10-2010, 05:34 PM
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02-10-2010, 05:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Yuma, Az | | | They dropped the music about 15 years ago. Now they've just dropped the pretense.
I've been told that the music video is a dying medium, anyway. I don't think I've seen anything interesting in a video since 1992.
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02-10-2010, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by elgecko Reality killed the video star! | Well said actually...
To me its what help inspired me to play and I'm sure countless other folks. When I was a kid I watch it forever.
Its been a complete and utter joke for a long time and now its the court jester doing his coupe de grace.
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Originally Posted by jaywa The "M" stands for "Minority", right? | The 'M' stands for moronic!
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02-10-2010, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by RexNFX79 http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/mtvs-big-change--981
Saw this on yahoo and thought it was kind of interesting. Of course, MTV hasn't really been about music for some time but the company now seems to embrace it. It really sucks that a channel that used to break new music and genres is now reduced to trash reality television. I guess it's a sign of the times. Doesn't give me much faith in the intelligence of the American public. | I would say that this is actually a POSITIVE sign. It means people are less and less interested in being force fed bad music by a giant corporation. People can easily go listen to(watch) any music(video) that they want whenever they want with little regard as to which albums Viacom wants you to buy.
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02-11-2010, 05:10 AM
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02-11-2010, 05:13 AM
| | | | VH1 did. for awhile (though not recently).
VH1 is almost as bad as MTV. Doesn't MTV own VH1 & CMT?
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