MTV puts 16,000 videos online

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MTV smacks YouTube, posts almost every music video ever

I love that they had to repeat "music" in the URL (http://www.mtvmusic.com/) in case you didn't realize what the M in "MTV" stood for.

And it doesn't work outside the US! 'zah!

10/10 for "Money For Nothing" being the most watched video on the site.

I'm thinking Slowdive's 'Catch the Breeze'

5 years late but OK

how does copyright affect the distribution of FREE content online in this case? seems so draconian

Top rated video for this week, of course:

Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley

First look: no Pretenders, no Art of Noise (was looking for "Close to the Edit"), no Grace Jones (was looking for "Slave to the Rhythm").

No Chilliwack "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)," no credibility.

no Art of Noise (was looking for "Close to the Edit"), no Grace Jones (was looking for "Slave to the Rhythm").

no Propaganda either - no ZTT no cred?

i cant watch videos on that site cos im not in the US. ffs.

It looks to me like there's a lot of Pretenders material there ...

does it compile playlists for you based on selection of search terms/categories? that is key

or not even playlists as such, just automatically playing videos indefinitely based on chosen criteria

Ah, I missed the Pretenders on the first look. Thanks.

This is so very cool.

Prince videos OTI. Does the Purple One know?
Also, no Total Eclipse of the Heart, no cred.

No access outside the USA, no cred!

^^really? I'm in Australia and I can access them just fine.

xp I can watch and I'm outside the us...? This is kinda great.

Seems to work in Norway.

we need an MTV Europe version anyway to include all the edits they did for Party Zone, Megamix etc.

server must be getting horribly smacked because almost everything I do give me an error

Me too, except for one vid that just wouldn't play. Maybe it's not mac compatible.

I call bullshit -

From the Wikipedia entry for the Minutemen's song 'This Ain't no Picnic':

"The video earned some airplay on MTV and was also featured on their first-ever MTV Video Music Awards show in 1985."

It is 'no picnic' that I am not finding 'This Ain't No Picnic' - this is not their 'whole library' ...

They're up to 16,000 videos, which is a lot, though it's not "almost every music video ever" and probably not even as many as are on YouTube right now. But it's a work in progress, and I'm glad they've made it available. Not too hard to find good stuff on there; here's Marcus Roberts' "The Governor" for instance: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=55021.

Great news!

Finally, one of the best videos of the 80s is available:
http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=58753

Looked up about 20 videos seen on MTV and exactly two were there. Probably 20/20 on YouTube.

duzz even ave the fookin Beatles

Youtube is probably still better for recent mainstream stuff, but the MTV database has potential for more obscure 80s material. Also found "Dreamtime" by Daryl Hall there, and I haven't seen that video in about 20 years. No "All I Want" by Howard Jones though, so it isn't like everything is in there.

Wow to that Marcus Roberts clip. Thanks, dad a! Love love love the album; never knew there was a video!

http://m1.2mdn.net/viewad/1920132/728x90_image6_michael_jackson.jpg

they don't include director credit for videos on the webpages themselves do they?

Ned and I partee: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=54273

One for the ladeez: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=29671

Oh cool, theres an alternate version of "Billie Jean" starring zombie Michael Jackson. This thing has it all.

message to MTV:

How in the hell is "Heroes" #6 overall, viewed almost 8000 times.

Jeez, way too many gaps. Searched for 25 videos, found one.

Yes it's been a whole 48 hours, hasn't it. Fucking useless bastards, let's kill them.

Hey, I'm just sayin'. I mean, if they were modest about what they were posting I wouldn't be all up in their grill.

Previously, when I tried to watch Prince videos on the MTV site, I got the "sorry, due to copyright issues you can't watch this video in your country" message, but now they seem to be available in Finland. As well as all the other videos on the site, yay! Is it only the UK folks who still get this copyright thing?

Some good stuff:

American Music Club, Wish the World Away: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=46225
Bad Brains, I Against I: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=207112
Neneh Cherry, Buffalo Stance: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=97702
Dinosaur, Out There: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=46488
Electric Light Orchestra, Don't Bring Me Down: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=256452
Doug E. Fresh, Summertime: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=99325
Galaxie 500, Fourth of July: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=15418
PJ Harvey, Down By The Water: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=173613
Iron & Wine, Southern Anthem: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=20894
The Jam, In The City: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=47525
Chris Knox, Half Man/Half Mole: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=182055
L'Trimm, Cars With The Boom: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=54079
The Makers, Matter of Degrees: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=72573
New Order, Bizarre Love Triangle: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=32229
Sinéad O'Connor, Nothing Compares 2 U: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=18146
Prince, Alphabet St.: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=47237
Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=18243
The Ramones, I Wanna Be Sedated: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=15670
Sleater-Kinney, Entertain: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=56106
T. Rex, 20th Century Boy: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=256486
UTFO, Roxanne Roxanne: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=233769
Caetano Veloso, Rai Das Cores: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=53858
Robert Wyatt, Free Will and Testament: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=207451
X, More Fun In The New World: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=58957
Yo La Tengo, Sugarcube: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=70769
Frank Zappa, You Are What You Is: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=146536

Dude. It is all about "Bop Til You Drop" by Rick Springfield.

http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=55089

This was like the science fiction follow-up to Thriller in which Rick Springfield frees a bunch of slaves in a dystopian future and rallies them together to defeat an evil laser shooting lizard/alien. I can't believe this video doesn't get more love.

L'Trimm, Cars With The Boom: http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=54079 | Nice find.

WHERE THE FUCK IS 'SMOKING BANANA PEELS'

wow, i'd forgotten how innovative and interesting dead milkmen song structures were