MTV RIP, we hardly recognize ya

Page 1 of 2 [ 21 posts ] Go to page 1, 2 Next

Previous topic | Next topic

computerlove
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 10 Jul 2006
Age: 125
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,791

01 Mar 2010, 10:24 pm

comments?

_________________
One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

MissConstrue
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 4 Feb 2008
Gender: Female
Posts: 17,052
Location: MO

01 Mar 2010, 10:29 pm

It went to s**t.

Nothing left to say except the memories of a past that was once full of interesting music and interesting videos.

Do they even still call it MTV (Music Television) these days?

_________________
I live as I choose or I will not live at all.
~Delores O’Riordan

MyFutureSelfnMe
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 26 Feb 2010
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,385

01 Mar 2010, 10:48 pm

Huh? I came to this conclusion in 1995, the last time I really watched it. I'm alternately amused and scared that was 15 years ago.

pakled
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 12 Nov 2007
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Posts: 7,015

02 Mar 2010, 11:43 am

Haven't watched it since Daria went off...

_________________
anahl nathrak, uth vas bethude, doth yel dyenvey...

SabbraCadabra
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Apr 2008
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Posts: 7,822
Location: Michigan

02 Mar 2010, 1:09 pm

MyFutureSelfnMe wrote:

Huh? I came to this conclusion in 1995, the last time I really watched it.

I was going to say the same thing, though I'm pretty sure it was 1996 when I stopped watching.

_________________
I'll brave the storm to come, for it surely looks like rain...

MyFutureSelfnMe
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 26 Feb 2010
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,385

02 Mar 2010, 1:36 pm

At that point I had already gone 5 years without watching it (didn't have cable after around 1990). Stayed in a motel somewhere and watched it for a while, shook my head and moved on.

I have DirecTV now but I mostly keep it on CNN.

Friskeygirl
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Jun 2009
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,865

02 Mar 2010, 2:03 pm

pakled wrote:

Haven't watched it since Daria went off...

Ya that was about the time I quit watching MTV and its Canadian counterpart Much Music

CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Posts: 121,217
Location: In my own little country

02 Mar 2010, 4:34 pm

I remember the days that they played real music videos.

_________________
The Family Schlager

MrSinister
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 19 Oct 2006
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,560
Location: England

02 Mar 2010, 6:09 pm

I stopped watching it regularly when they took Aeon Flux off the air and started over-playing Beavis & Butthead...

_________________
Why so serious?

richie
Supporting Member

Joined: 9 Jan 2007
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Posts: 30,142
Location: Lake Whoop-Dee-Doo, Pennsylvania

02 Mar 2010, 6:15 pm

The first three or four years were the "Golden Age" of MTV then it turned to sh!t.

_________________
Life! Liberty!...and Perseveration!!.....
Weiner's Law of Libraries: There are no answers, only cross references.....
My Blog: http://richiesroom.wordpress.com/

pat2rome
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 29 Jun 2009
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,819
Location: Georgia

02 Mar 2010, 6:23 pm

They still play music on "MTVU", but it's alternating hip-hop with emo "alternative" bands. In other words, it sucks.

_________________
I'm never gonna dance again, Aspie feet have got no rhythm.

computerlove
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 10 Jul 2006
Age: 125
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,791

02 Mar 2010, 10:17 pm

richie wrote:

The first three or four years were the "Golden Age" of MTV then it turned to sh!t.

seconded.

Well, at least they now recognize the channel hasn't been about music since a long time.

_________________
One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

Ebonwinter
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Apr 2009
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,355
Location: Lexington, KY

02 Mar 2010, 11:24 pm

I was about to say it was dead for a long time but I wasn't quick enough.

The question is who caused this? The corporation the runs it, or the people not deciding to stop watching it when it started it's downward spiral?

computerlove
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 10 Jul 2006
Age: 125
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,791

03 Mar 2010, 11:01 pm

100% corporate
mtv is a business, and as such it needs $, even if they alienate their previous consumers...

_________________
One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

GoonSquad
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 11 May 2007
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,748
Location: International House of Paincakes...

04 Mar 2010, 2:38 am

richie wrote:

The first three or four years were the "Golden Age" of MTV then it turned to sh!t.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8SaI-NtVDM[/youtube]

The Dead Kennedys nailed it back in 1985!

The dumbest buy the mostest.

_________________
No man is free who is not master of himself.~Epictetus

Rocky
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 1 May 2008
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,074
Location: Uhhh...Not Remulak

04 Mar 2010, 6:07 am

Trivia question: What was the first music video shown on MTV? I will reveal the answer if no one knows.

_________________
"Reality is not made of if. Reality is made of is."
-Author prefers to be anonymous.

Page 1 of 2 [ 21 posts ] Go to page 1, 2 Next

Jump to:

MTV RIP, we hardly recognize ya Post Reply New Topic

MTV RIP, we hardly recognize ya