MTV - classic or dud?

oh, so they make refrigerators!

1000% dud these days. It's actually sad how it really doesn't have ANY redeeming qualities left. Cynicism aside, it really did used to.

I do swear that MTV was actually pretty good once -- I don't think it's just because I'm older. Not only was the music better (especially with shows like AMP and 120 minutes) but even the early Real World casts were much more interesting than the ones now.

eurgh what a horrible idea. no video should be played that much in one day, esp. not when it's by fucking Green Day

this guy has no business doing this job

the quotes in that nypost article about kids liking indie rock music are refreshingly? disturbingly? transparent and weird.

In the mid to late 80's, wasn't there a radio station that simulcast the audio from MTV? Possibly broadcast out of NYC? I think the commercials might have been different, but the music videos played the same time so that you could listen along on the radio while watching... Unless my memory is crazy and this is totally not true at all.

Apparently I was featured on MTV.com in 2003 (yes... I know... amazing):

http://web.archive.org/web/20030823200614/http://www.mtv.com/news/youtellus/topics/non_artist_topics/death_of_the_lp/082103.jhtml

MTV NEWS: YOU TELL US

Arguing Over The Album

Think back, for just a minute, to Nirvana's Nevermind — would it still be such a classic with the exclusion of half (or more) of its twelve timeless cuts? How about Radiohead's OK Computer? Would it even be worthy of its unanimous critical acclaim if reduced to "Paranoid Android" and a few outtakes? Now look at Tool's Lateralus. Although radio single "Schism" was one of its weakest tracks, the emotional depth and impact of the entire album left no listener unchanged in the wake of its perfection. Without the album format, what's left for the incredible artists who have a knack for writing timeless full-length works?

Stephen, 18
Austin, TX

hahaha awesome

A++

Although radio single "Schism" was one of its weakest tracks, the emotional depth and impact of the entire album left no listener unchanged in the wake of its perfection.

loooooool

I totally could have been a Pfork writer in 2003, amirite?

you said the same thing word for word about Fleet Foxes the other week

:'(

^^ me crying while listening to Robin Pecknold's voice... the voice of a beautiful angel.

is stephen ilxor really older than me?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mOhv63gSNQ

more here - http://www.urlesque.com/2010/08/20/90s-mtv-commercials/

You tell me... how old are you, Rev?

xp

24

Yup, I got a year on ya Rev.

VH1 Classic is showing awesome 80's and 90's MTV clips all weekend... shockingly uncut and without commentary. Just clips. I'm enjoying it.

"Clips" meaning non-videos... they just showed Redman on Cribs.

Watchin Biggie on the Grind Beach Party with Eric Nies, just watched Puck vs. Pedro. Really enjoying this tbh.

OMG lol 90s

taping all 12 hours of this tbh

think i'm od'ing on 90s nostalgia, need to sit down a minute here whoa

hey chris can i come over and watch HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS

This compilation of every 80s contest/giveaway is incredible!
Quiet Riot spends Christmas at your house!
Motley Cruise to nowhere!
Bon Jovi Jamaican holiday!
I don't even remember the Jon Cryer movie Hiding Out, but apparently they gave away an 87 Maserati as part of a prize package promotion.

hey chris can i come over and watch HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS

― maura, Saturday, July 30, 2011 5:04 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol, i emailed u the press release like three weeks ago and we had a conversation abt it.

taping all 12 hours of this tbh

I wish it was longer than 12 hours tbh.

It's refreshing to see these clips presented unedited and in random order, as opposed to some kind of "countdown" with a lame host, or without any lame commentary or interruptions from VJ's. This is the best way to re-air this stuff.. Some of these choices are so strange and unexpected... not typically the stuff that was shown on previous "Best of MTV" celebrations from 10-15 years ago. This is way better IMO.

Why aren't more people watching this? I figured ILM would love it.

It's refreshing to see these clips presented unedited and in random order, as opposed to some kind of "countdown" with a lame host, or without any lame commentary or interruptions from VJ's. This is the best way to re-air this stuff.. Some of these choices are so strange and unexpected... not typically the stuff that was shown on previous "Best of MTV" celebrations from 10-15 years ago. This is way better IMO.

Why aren't more people watching this? I figured ILM would love it.
--billstevejim

I told u I'm tapin it

Also, like the fact that ILX ppl, who are like main nerd demo for this, would straight up ignore 12 hours of incredible hand-curated nerd content; like we have no right to complain that the channel is all like "Pregnant And Juggalo" and "The Shrill, Screeching Worthless Orange Idiot HPV Hour"

it's technically on a subsidiary channel but yes agreed

Watching Dennis Miller open up the 1993 Rockin' Inaugural Ball (featuring Don Henley and Boyz II Men) by saying "President Nero, I mean Bush, had his elbow on the pulse of the American people..." is a little weird. "Finally, after 12 years, one of our guys is in the driver's seat...)

some of these old animated promos i haven't seen since 1993 practically gave me an acid flashback

MIck Mars speaking to the camera in a pirate voice about made me think I was reliving one.

just started hour one. tempted to just stay up all night and watch these

this is reminding me that there was a time in my life, where daily existence was so crushingly dull that I would watch House Of Style

man, denis leary really was our generation's dane cook

will you guys hold me if i start crying?

I liked that jangly Byrdsy song with a dumbass video about the end of a relationship.

As a kid, we went to the condo of one of my mom's friends. It was the first time my step-dad had seen MTV and he was just aghast that people paid for cable and still had to watch commercials.

dude was waaaay ahead of the curve when it came to entitled people and their staggering incredulity about paying money for content

should have saved that zing for when it followed

I liked that jangly Byrdsy song with a dumbass video about the end of a relationship.

― Trip Maker, Tuesday, August 2, 2011 10:35 AM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

trip maker - yeah! robin lane and the chartbusters, that was great, never heard of that band ever

http://www.mtv.com/videos/robin-lane-the-chartbusters/98184/when-things-go-wrong.jhtml

I think I still have a VHS copy of the MTV Awards with the MJ kiss somewhere. That was also the one where Sandra Bullock was presenting with someone (I want to say Adam Sandler) and she misread the cue on the teleprompter and asked Adam what it was like to kiss Keanu Reeves. He handlded it pretty well and riffed about how safe he felt in Keanu's arms.

Something about this moment seemed staged to me... In a good way.

probably in that it was completely scripted

i just said that

No repeats of the Jenny McCarthy Show though.

Probably because it was fucking awful and no one wants to see it.

it's weird how you forget how close the early 80s were to the 70s, like before madonna's iconic "like a virgin" mtv awards performance dan akroyd introduces her with his tom synder impression

sorta like how now is pretty much still the 00's

Probably because it was fucking awful and no one wants to see it.

Wasn't really the standard VH1 was using in showing some of those old clips.

They played "Get Next To Jenny" from Spring Break :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ysyZF-DZFY&list=UUFRDjnACLA5vWxxLCC7elVQ&index=1&feature=plcp

but MTV plays music videos
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/AMTV.png

http://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/life-as-art

Michael Jordan tried to make Kennedy's virginity the stakes in a dice game, apparently:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-mj-dice-kennedy-virginitiy-20130702,0,6933007.story

filet

https://archive.org/details/mtv-80s-vhs-full-recording-collection/

ahhh just came here to post that - so good

i was reading a piece on "the marshall mathers LP" when the author mentioned this program. i don't think i've thought about it once in 20 years. it was like being teleported back to being 9 years old and watching cable in my friend's basement. sort of nauseating tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o7AEb5agrc

When that would come on (after Beavis & Butt-head or Daria), I couldn’t change the channel fast enough.

(I was 19, not 9, but same diff)

otm

Oh god, so that led me down the rabbit hole of discovering The Wondergirls, a "supergroup" that was assembled for the Celebrity Deathmatch soundtrack (which I also had no idea existed).

Get a load of this lineup!

Ken Andrews (Failure) – guitar, synth
Ian Astbury (The Cult) – vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion
Doug Ardito (Puddle of Mudd) – keyboards
Jay Gordon (Orgy) – vocals, synth
Martyn LeNoble (Porno for Pyros) – bass guitar
Shannon Leto (30 Seconds to Mars) – drums
Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray) – vocals
Ryan Shuck (Orgy) – guitar
Troy Van Leeuwen (A Perfect Circle/QOTSA) – guitar
Scott Weiland (STP) – vocals, keyboards
Ashley Hamilton (actor, known for Beethoven's 2nd) - vocals
Chris Lloyd (???) - guitar

MTV is going to hell for this pic.twitter.com/m4CWniQiIT

— N. (@nahalidabarbie) February 5, 2021