MTV turns 25.
07-31-06, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by scott27
They usually air videos overnight and in the early AM.
With emphasis on Pop and Hip Hop.
07-31-06, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by The Bus
Obviously the non-video programming is more succesful, despite the many complaints.
07-31-06, 08:53 PM
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Who the hell actually LIKES what MTV is doing now? It's sad to see anniversaries 'celebrated' of things that aren't nearly as good as they used to be.
VH-1 started out as sort of an "adult contemporary" version of MTV, with focus on the more middle-of-the-road stuff, funny they're doing metal now. That was the first cable channel in the US to start using a bug, so they're forever on my shitlist.
VH-1 started out as sort of an "adult contemporary" version of MTV, with focus on the more middle-of-the-road stuff, funny they're doing metal now. That was the first cable channel in the US to start using a bug, so they're forever on my shitlist.
07-31-06, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by The Bus
Obviously the non-video programming is more succesful, despite the many complaints.
08-01-06, 06:07 PM
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Did we really need 30 posts saying the same thing? I like MTV just as much now as I did when I was a teenager. I actually prefer not to have images associated with music. It sets those images in my mind whenever I listen to a song. I don't enjoy the majority of MTV's programming but there is no channel where I enjoy more than 10% of their shows.
08-01-06, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by caligulathegod
I've been watching the VH1 Classic replay. I don't think they showed enough Rod Stewart. Ah the memories.
(or REO Speedwagon)
08-02-06, 12:17 AM
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For the short time I had cable this past year I actually enjoyed mtv. Some of the shows are pure crap (my super sweet sixteen, laguna beach, TRL, and all of their crappy dating shows). My favorite shows were Made and the Real World, but there is always videos on MTV hits, and MTV2 plays more music plus Beavis and Butthead reruns. If only beavis and butthead came back.
08-02-06, 02:23 AM
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Wish MTV had done something on the main channel to celebrate the anniversary. I remember the big hubbub for MTV 10.
Caught parts of the first day replay on VH1 Classic. I would have recorded it except for the fact that there were no commercials on day one of MTV (from what I've heard)... something had to be cut to show all these current ads.
Caught parts of the first day replay on VH1 Classic. I would have recorded it except for the fact that there were no commercials on day one of MTV (from what I've heard)... something had to be cut to show all these current ads.
08-02-06, 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by milo bloom
We've recently started seeing a new channel here in the Chicago suburbs on Comcast Digital called Thetube. It's constant music videos from classic to modern pop and rock, with a lot of live versions from concerts. There is no other programming and I've seen very few commercials at all. Everyonce in a while a "WGNTV" station bug will come up in the corner for a few seconds, so I guess it's subsidized by them.
It does lean more towards older stuff, though, so it's not exactly the latest and greatest. (They do show the RHCP's latest drek "Dani California" a lot, so that's one strike against them).
It does lean more towards older stuff, though, so it's not exactly the latest and greatest. (They do show the RHCP's latest drek "Dani California" a lot, so that's one strike against them).
08-02-06, 10:45 AM
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Do any of the channels like VH1 classic play any of those good music documentary shows like "Legends"?
I loved that show and some of the old "behind the music" with artists that were actually interesting. I wish vh1 would star showing them again since I don't have vh1 classic.
I loved that show and some of the old "behind the music" with artists that were actually interesting. I wish vh1 would star showing them again since I don't have vh1 classic.
08-02-06, 02:46 PM
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I noticed that VH1 classic just started recently to add comercials (and by flipping through channels saw a brief 15 minute making of clerks 2 on there, which as far as i know has nothing to do with music)
