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Post by bestmusicexpert on Aug 2, 2011 9:13:51 GMT -5
AWESOME! I'll have to veg out sometime and watch it. Why can't any station go back to the old way of MTV. I know many would love it.
No real reason for regular shows except 120 minutes type shows which is mainly videos anyways. Or countdown shows.
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Post by Michael on Aug 2, 2011 10:41:11 GMT -5
AWESOME! I'll have to veg out sometime and watch it. Why can't any station go back to the old way of MTV. I know many would love it. No real reason for regular shows except 120 minutes type shows which is mainly videos anyways. Or countdown shows. Their is a OTA digital sub channel called the The Cool TV that does nothing but music videos. They play videos from today and also older videos from 80s and I think sometimes from the late 70s. Also if you have an Ipad theirs an app called Vevo which as a wide selection of music videos. |
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Aug 2, 2011 11:14:35 GMT -5
Yeah, my girlfriend likes that channel, but I can't get it on my TV. I have satellite. They play a weird mix of videos, thats for sure!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2011 15:29:25 GMT -5
MTV's first video was "Video Killed the Radio Star" which I am sure everyone knows. But someone should make a new song and video for now: "Moronic play to the lowest common denominator trash programming killed the Video Star."
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Aug 2, 2011 18:55:58 GMT -5
What killsme is, I found a site that listed every video they played for the first 24 hours. Queen wasn't even on there. Surprising since it was one of the first ones made.
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Post by donwa001 on Aug 3, 2011 20:03:48 GMT -5
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Post by Jeffster on Mar 20, 2012 20:41:46 GMT -5
It's no cultural shame. Music trends come and go, movements come and go. Maybe we need another of these for the current horrid hip hop music that dominates the charts. You can't argue most of that stuff empowers women in any way, most of it is quite the opposite.
I haven't always agreed with these "demolitions." I thought the Dixie Chicks uproar was a bit overblown, and the people crushing Milli Vanilli records was really stupid. If you liked the music for the music, well that didn't change, and if you liked it for the image, then it shouldn't have mattered who was doing the singing. Strange that no one wanted to destroy Seduction or C+C Music Factory records even when it was known they used Martha Wash's vocals. Why was it such a bigger deal for Milli Vanilli?
Point is, if you liked disco, then fine. But the overwhelming majority of people cheering on "disco demolition" were not doing so based on any bigotry, they just didn't like the music and thought it had over saturated the market. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 1, 2012 0:48:10 GMT -5
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Aug 8, 2012 17:23:57 GMT -5
MTV's first video was "Video Killed the Radio Star" which I am sure everyone knows. But someone should make a new song and video for now: "Moronic play to the lowest common denominator trash programming killed the Video Star." Or "Reality Killed The Video Star". That sums up the state of MTV nowadays. Solid proof that MTV no longer lives up to its name. I'm surprised "Bette Davis Eyes" wasn't aired on MTV's first day - seeing it was a mega #1 hit recently at that time. |
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Aug 8, 2012 17:32:10 GMT -5
As for the thread's original purpose, I must say, Disco Demolition Night changed the meaning of cheerful, upbeat music. There was hardly any upbeat music on the charts until around 1984, it seems. And it had to happen during a baseball game. D'oh!
Solid proof that such event was an indicator that they were getting ready for the 80's.
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