MTV turns 25 :roll:

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:06 am

(as Mike Myers' Coffee Talk lady character)

MTV is neither music nor television...discuss.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:01 am

they've been pretty good except for the last 20 years or so.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:27 am

It's hard to sell "lifestyle/youth" culture to a hyper-cynical, pessimistic society.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:00 pm

Yep, Avril isn't selling too well in france.

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:01 pm

I think they deserve a lot of the blame for the reality TV craze because of Real World. Also, for them having such strong roots to New York City...they sure love to preach the virtues of southern California. I don't mind showing alternative programming to just music but the way they love to allow celebs and pop stars flaunt their wealth and status in our faces is what's turned me off. It's clearly become a style over substance culture. They're helping raise a generation of teenagers that want to look better than everyone else and have the best material possessions and if you don't have either of those attributes, they're nobody. It's not been about the music for quite a long time. MTV is winning the race with ESPN to becoming less about they used to be as a channel but ESPN has gained on them in recent years.

patsy stone · Post by **patsy stone** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:39 pm

Dudes, Sweet Sixteen is the best show ever. Admit it.

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:12 pm

patsy stone wrote:Dudes, Sweet Sixteen is the best show ever. Admit it.

We're all doomed if these spoiled brats will be running the country in 10-20 years. Rich kids suck...plain and simple.

patsy stone · Post by **patsy stone** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:34 pm

I know it's terrible. They are not just spoiled... they are MEAN!

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:29 pm

The "I Want a Celebrity Makeover", or whatever that show is called, is quite honestly the most disgusting shit I've ever seen on the TV. I'd rather let my kids watch Faces of Death, and snuff porn before that show.

Not that I have kids, but if I did.

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:56 pm

Shoalzie wrote:MTV is neither music nor television...discuss.

You hit the nail on the head there.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:52 pm

Mister Bushice wrote:they've been pretty good except for the last 20 years or so.

Exactly.

They jumped the shark about 23 years ago or so.

But before that, those 6-10 videos they played weren't so bad.

The image is gone
Only you and I
This means nothing to me
This means nothing to me

KatMode · Post by **KatMode** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:52 pm

One of the only good thing to come out of MTV was Liquid Television. That show introduced the world to Beavis & Butthead, Aeon Flux, and a few other goodies.

Headbanger's Ball and 120 Minutes were alright - back in the day when MTV actually played music videos. Nothing to get too excited about though unless you were just dying to see that Alanis Morissette video one more time.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:56 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
Mister Bushice wrote:they've been pretty good except for the last 20 years or so.
Exactly.

They jumped the shark about 23 years ago or so.

The exact day was the day they decided to put Billie Jean into heavy rotation. Everything since has been one long, painful downward spiral.

T1B

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