[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 22 2004, 09:41 PM\']
Now that Grokster is no longer liable in downloading music (read the full story here), there is even LESS incentive to watch MTV.
Wow. Spoken like a kid who never grew up on MTV when it was wall-to-wall videos. Some of us APPRECIATE video music as an art form. [/quote]
Unless I missed a hidden message, I do appreciate videos as an art form, from the A-ha's to the Princes, and from the Lionel Richies to the Jamiroquais (Virtual Insanity, 1997). Videos from the past are always a sight to behold, for they did more than just provide background to the music; they
enhanced the music.
It's TODAY'S videos (the very few that MTV plays) that I have a problem with. Seems to me like today's directors take the same linear route with the videos: dancers in the background while the so-called artist in question lip synchs to pre-recorded, computer enhanced drivel. Rap and pop music rule the day, while the more sophisticated and tasteful material gets phased out of the picture. Of course, there are exceptions, as I have taken kind to Outkast's "Roses" and "Hey Ya!" as well as John Mayer and a few others. Worse, most of the music contained in these videos are made by people who pollute the radio stations and serve as the real reason why music industries as slowly and surely losing the Benjamins. In my opinion anyway, more than half of the music played today sucks.
That's why I made that Grokster comment. I do enjoy videos, but not today's. If it serves as a reason to do self-service in the bathroom, then have at it.
I just am not buying into it.
The Inquisitive One
(By the way, Mr. Lemon, if I were in error about commercial-free MTV, then I apologize. Serves me right for using jumptheshark.com as a reference.)