<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ziggy2 Stardust:
And now for something completely different:
Personally, I think MTV has really degraded from where it was years ago, back when I used to watch it. MTV has gotten more concerned with pleasing the 13-year-old boys and girls screaming at Carson Daly from outside the TRL studio with their videos from Eminem, Limp Bizkit, and whoever the latest pop-harlet is than pleasing the more mature fans who actually care about hearing meaningful music that doesn't totally suck. Keep in mind that TRL plays the top 10 most popular videos, not the 10 best.
Years ago, MTV used to have great programming.. Alternative Nation, 120 Minutes, Unplugged, (God I wish they'd show Unplugged again) Remember that cool clip they used to show with the astronaut planting the MTV flag on the moon? Back then, MTV used to be enjoyable. Then came The Real World/Road Rules/TRL/Undressed/Sisqo's Shakedown (AKA The Grind, AKA Global Groove, MTV just keeps making the same show with a new name every year) Don't you just love it when you're looking through the TV Guide on a weekend only to see that MTV is playing a 40-hour Real World/Road Rules/whatever marathon? MTV has really gone to hell, am I the only one watching a lot more VH-1 than they used to?
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Well your quality of posts have improved. Not really a WC topic, but one I have to agree with you on. I actually watched MTV in the days when it was commercial free (I'm starting to show my age
) My wife liked Real World, but that was when these reality shows were still kind of fresh. I hated it, but I still want an MTV that shows nothing but videos and does it commercial free, so I'm hard to please. VH1 is okay, but I'm finding it is playing fewer and fewer videos and spending more time with Behind the Music. Which almost always follows the same pattern.
I. We were poor, but determined.
II. We got a break.
III. Suddenly everyone was singing our song, we were accosted by screaming girls throwing their panties at us.
IV. Now we're broke and no one loves us. Or, how our posse spent our money and left.
In the words of Dire Straits, I want
my MTV. That is, one that plays videos.