MTV Through The Years
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Amen to that
Viacom owns it all. So it’s big business trying to dumb down the american people and thats the truth of this chart.
american people choose to be dumb
u meen i had choyce. how i stopp?
oh how i wish this wasn’t true…
AMEN!
What are you talking about? That show where you pick a girlfriend by taking the dyslexic mother’s half cousin’s daughter’s boss’s aunt’s legal executor of her will’s dog for a walk and sniffing it’s crap to see which one smells the worst is an EXCELLENT show, a true marvel of cinematography. By no means should it fall under the category “other crap.”
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You sir, win.
Same thing with VH-1, too.
Hey, does anybody else remember when VH-1 was lame because of the music it played as opposed to the music that MTV was playing at the time? Late ’80s-early ’90s?!?
Yes. But about five years later VH-1 effectively became MTV when MTV stopped being about music and started being about lame reality shows. Suddenly the videos on VH-1 got decent. But eventually MTV noticed that they had accidentally created a compelling music channel again, and decided to fill it up with fashion shows and other junk. The decline of MTV is a tragedy that happened twice.
You’re not just whistling Dixie.
You speak the truth!!!!
And i have a feeling it is going to happen for a third time…..
Ever heard of VH1 Classic??? I watch music videos on there (its mostly classic rock stuff). I can guarantee you it will all be gone in 3 years tops
it happened on mtv2 as well, that makes 3
and fuse is slowly declining if I remember right
It’s so terribly sad, but true. There was a time when MTV, VH1, and BET were the cool thing because you got to see music videos all frikken day long. Now the channels are so full of BS that I don’t even flip to them anymore. Sad, sad day for all of us. It used to be Video killed the radio star, now it’s MTV killed the Video star.
And when they do happen to throw in a video or two, they’re crap.
Not only that, but I don’t give a f#$% what Crissy from Wahoo, NE thinks about the video, much less do I want her opinion in the middle of the f@$%ing song, nullifying any hopes of fully enjoying/hating it.
Pop-up Video… now that was how to roll. At least it was comical and was usually an older, well-known or pretty bad video such that I wasn’t going to miss much while reading the pop-ups.
did you see the one for the Rick Asley video? I loled until it hurt.
That’s why I love having Digital Cable and VH1 Classic. They Pop-Up video all the time!
Yeah, VH1 Classic is the best channel for music that I have right now. They have these awesome Classic albums shows and stuff that are very interesting.
Actually it should be MTV killed itself with crap. Also MTV is now a massive FAIL!!!!
So true.
That would have been a GREAT name for this graph: MTV killed the Video Star
ya’ll got that right! it a shame MTV and all the others went stupid…
Projected? MTV still plays music videos? I’m so confused…
Yeah, at like 3 in the morning. Even then you get mostly rap and pop videos, not much variety.
To quote Dream Theater: A daily dose of eMpTyV will flush your mind right down the drain.
I love you for quoting Dream Theater.
I hate you for quoting Dream Theater.
I am indifferent towards you for quoting dream theater.
So so true. Let’s see, how long is a music video? 3? Maybe 4 minutes? And the stupid TRL show can’t play the effing thing in its entirety? Why the heck do I have to get up at 0′dark-thirty if I want to see an actual music video played on MUSIC TELEVISION?
WIN.
BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD! HOW CAN YOU ALL FORGET?!?!11?!
Agreed
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Kind of like how MTV2 was supposed to be for music videos after MTV turned to crap? Eventually they’re going to run out of channels.
Wel no, this is a show that is actually ON MTV, not its own channel. But I still don’t have very hight hopes.
Why not make an MTV3 to broadcast videos if MTV and MTV2 spew crap all day. B
But IF that ever happens, eventually I can see MTV3 pulling the same ploy as MTV and MTV2. Mindless programming completely irrelevant to music videos.
I want my MTV……back.
I don’t know who interpreted the graph but it seems like other graph is the exact reflection of the videos
Even right for MTV Germany.
I still watch muchmusic every now and then but lately I just listen to internet radio or XM
I don’t watch TV at all. Nothing but a load of BS after BS after BS. The IQ level of the average human is and will continue to dwindle as long as they keep airing mindless garbage. Kids eat this stuff up and it shapes and forms their opinions on EVERYTHING!! Most of it is subliminal so they will never know they are being fu*ked.
Everything you’re saying is true, but there are exceptions:
Avatar, Planet Earth, The Wire, Deadwood, Rome, Flight of the Conchords, Curb Your Enthusiasm and a handful of other diamonds in the rough.
That said, the best way to get this stuff certainly isn’t via the mind-draining tube, all cut up to hell and with billions of commercial breaks.
None of these ore on network TV either; go figure…
All those shows are on The Movie Network. check out there site and your see when they plat uncut and commercial free
You are so right it makes me sick! The General public is too dumb now-a-days to notice this anymore.
What? Least there is hope for MTV2. Oh wait…
couldn’t agree more….
people really don’t care about music videos anymore, probably because you can only copy so much from a music video …
programs, documentarys and all that other MTV crap makes it much easier to learn how to be cool…
Stopped watching mtv years ago. Seems every music video under the sun can be found on youtube nowadays. The DMCA takedown notices must have been misfiled it seems. Sound quality is so-and-so, but it makes a very passable party-jukebox.
I stopped watching MtTV in 1992 For some reason. I knew it. Rod Stewert this old heart of mine was about the last video. For VH1, it was livin la vida loca
What is the data source?
MTV in Europe is way better then MTV US with it’crap:) but they based their shedulle on viewers research and acording to that people want to see reality shows, music videos are on their website.
in Europe there are digital mtv channels dedicated on different music types,
like for eg. MTV TWO is for Rock and Alternative and it’s focus olny on music
Here mtv is still music televison.
Main channel MTV is like in US. focus on entertainment crap.
I don’t consider Jackass to be other crap. In fact it was hilarious and an amazing show. Groundbreaking. And no I’m not an MTV addict nor do I watch a lot of TV. I prefer to educate myself nevertheless I’m tired of threads where everything is defined in absolute terms. A little differetiation would be appropriate
MTV in Europe over the years.
creative, creative, expressive, creative, globalisation, centralization, controlist, controlist, controlist, controlist controlist controlist.
MTV rocked back in the day. I remember the day it launched. For the first week we sat up all night every night watching. I’ll never forget it. Now, MTV is a reality chick show. Sucks.
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MTV?!
In 80’s there such channels as Sky Channel and Music Box…..
Full of GOOD music!
I stopped watching MTV when they dropped Headbangers Ball.
Before that, I loved USA’s Night Flight
Jason
The fall of MTV started the moment Riki Rachtman cut his hair
Soon after, they cut all the good shows they had (Remote Control, Liquid Television, AMP) and replaced all with the crap they have on today…such fond memories from back then…so sad how pathetic it has become.
all owned by VIACOM, the big corporate is trying to dumb down the american people. and thats the truth.
get mtv jams, always plays music videos
NEXT!
I love that show!!!
Painful but true, I remember when MTV hardly had any ads at all, and only a rare break between videos, which were still cool, because we werent all jaded to death from seeing 1 billion videos… I was 13 when MTV started up, and it was pretty great in the 80’s. Now that I’m 40, I really don’t have to care if it sucks!
MTV Still rules, just to a different generation. I loved MTV then I turned 18, moved out and went to discover different music. If you find yourself saying any derivative of “…. Back In the day ….” then you should take a good hard long look behind you. See that hill? Yeah, you are over it..
I remember my last hope, when MTV X was still out, that was like the answer to all my prayers, pure rock, and metal the whole day long, no interuptions! Untill one sad, sad day it changed to MTV Jams I was like WTF?!!!!!! And so another MTV kill (u_u )
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YO! MTV RAPS. jajajaja
I love that take a retarded families girl out to a trailer park shindig and see who gets Sifilis first show.. jajajaja
Gimme back Head Banger Brawl, Gimme back 6 hours of non-stop video. I don’t buy new music ’cause there’s no where to find new music any more. Radio shows don´t say the name of the song and band they just played, and well TV doesn’t play music anymore.
But then we all saw this coming some about a decade ago, when Mat Pinfield disappeared and all of the sudden that no talent hack (can’t remember his name. Still alive, doing some late late show that blows) was the big thing on MTV, and they justified music with TRL. WTF IS THAT?????
I effectively cancelled all my subscriptions to mtv and the others about 3 years ago.
NO HOPE!
You are referring to that tool, Carson Daily. HAHAHAHA! I agree!
Imagine that ESPN had decided that “jocks like to watch other jocks on TV…getting drunk and stuff…”, and imagine that Real World appeared on ESPN instead of MTV, and that they eventually phased out sports coverage.
You would say “they couldn’t have done that…it wouldn’t even make sense…they would lose true sports fans…replacing them with jock types who don’t actually play sports or care so much about sports…it would ruin ESPN.”
Yeah, that’s what MTV did.
I TOTALLY Agree, and have had this theory for years.
Where is all the goddamn MUSIC* on MUSIC TELEVISION???
*You know, where people write their own music&lyrics & play instruments & sing at the same time? (dance optional)
Interesting stuff.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!? This graph has NOTHING to do with viewership, is simply shows the amount of airtime that video’s actually get…ASS.
Moron TV…’nuff said.
This is truly a sad trend, and one not just apparent in the “pop” channels. Have you seen Discovery or TLC lately? They are inundated with crap, whereas they used to have interesting and thought provoking material they are both now largely about interior decorating, “men’s men” doing some overly dangerous jobs, oh and midgets, can’t forget midgets.
I am working on getting the other person to cancel cable.
Very true. TLC used to have some kick-ass medical documentaries. Now its interior design, midgets, and a family with a ton of kids.
No kidding, now it’s loaded with those vapid bitches from The Hills and their ilk. MTV blows!
And you gotta love how ALL the reality shows (with the exception of True Life, a documentary) are so obviously and so POORLY scripted and acted.
*The Hills Chick: “Oh look at me I just woke up from yet another night of heavy drinking and anonymous sex with a cookie-cutter-cute guy and my makeup is still perfect and not a hair is out of place. I’ll call in sick (hungover) to work and not face a single consequence, recovering just in time to go out, get drunk, and gossip all over again, just like the real life of the average American teen! Teeheehee!”