# mtv videos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807 "2003-01-05T20:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tabitha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@tabitha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tabitha)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/1 "2003-01-05T20:26:25Z")
to preface: i am so bored with what’s being played on mtv… same bloated exaggerated multi million dollar videos trying to redeem terrible music! anyway i was watching the other day and suddenly this video comes on that looks WAY out of place. the artist was called cody chesnutt, so i did a little google search and found out that somehow he’d managed to get a $5,000 video on mtv with no major label backing. i wonder how he beat the system? anyhow this gives me hope that maybe some decent artists will start getting airplay sometime in the near future… it would be nice. just my $0.02… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/2 "2003-01-05T21:38:19Z")
First, welcome to the boards. Sometimes, MTV will take a chance on a new artist and play their video. If they don’t pan out, what have they really lost - 4-5 minutes of air time? If the artist DOES make it big, they can lay claim to having “discovered” them. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/3 "2003-01-05T21:41:07Z")
Wait a minute, you say you saw a _music video_ on MTV? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/4 "2003-01-05T22:07:27Z")
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA. Just remember, it all started with The Buggles’ music video, aptly titled " Video Killed The Radio Star ". 😃 Cartooniverse, veteran of a few hundred music video shoots… ---
**Author:** ![tabitha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@tabitha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tabitha)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/5 "2003-01-08T00:38:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by grendel72 \* > \*\*Wait a minute, you say you saw a _music video_ on MTV? \*\* i know i know, seems unusual! it was during one of their ‘you hear it first’/‘artists to watch’ things where they actually play more than 15 seconds of each video. 😉 i guess that’s true that they can claim that they ‘broke’ the artist, but i feel like they often won’t play anything that is low budget. then again there was that ‘thursday’ video that looked pretty homegrown… does anyone WANT to watch videos anymore? i mean allegedly the reason mtv has halted the programming of videos is due to ratings/advertising potential. so my question is - if there was a station devoted to videos 24 hrs a day, would you watch it? for longer than 2 mins? i doubt i would… guess that means i’m part of the problem! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/6 "2003-01-08T01:13:32Z")
I like to watch good videos. I watch them during the early mornings, even. ---
**Author:** ![vasyachkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c5a1d2/32.png) [@vasyachkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasyachkin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/7 "2003-01-08T08:04:04Z")
i just download videos from direct connect or kazaa, i don’t bother to watch MTV 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/8 "2003-01-08T08:30:04Z")
The popularity of VH1 Classic (even moreso than M2, MTV Hits or the other VH1 flavors) indicates that yes, people will watch videos – however, they prefer them without the bling-bling, skanks in thongs, tarted out teenagers, waggling bottles of booze, stupid animated segments, dropped audio to mask profanities, chicks in bathtubs or unkempt looking dudes in t-shirts screaming incoherently for no apparent reason whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Kain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/76d3ee/32.png) [@Kain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kain)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/9 "2003-01-08T08:49:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vasyachkin \* > \*\*i just download videos from direct connect or kazaa, i don’t bother to watch MTV 🙂 \*\* Same here. MTV doesn’t really cater to my tastes, so I download the videos I want to see and skip watching the channel. ---
**Author:** ![Wyld\_Stallyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Wyld\_Stallyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyld_Stallyn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/10 "2003-01-08T14:25:56Z")
See, the decline in videos is in direct positive correlation with the decline in mainstream musicianship. VH1 Classic is an outstanding source for seeing videos back before the big corp’s destroyed everything. Until the big record companies go bankrupt (or decide to stop mass-producing garbage), we’re never gonna see another band like Metallica, who makes it big based on talent and drive and touring - with no radio or airplay (where they are now is another topic that I don’t want to touch here). This is why I download any music released on major labels, and buy music produced on indie labels. Signed, One PO’d Rocker :mad: ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/11 "2003-01-08T15:42:45Z")
As a film student, I enjoy watching new videos for the creative aspect. Like **tlw** mentioned, I think the problem is that MTV’s range of videos, when they do manage to air them, is woefully small. All of the videos look the same, and the same videos are played over and over. God forbid last month’s song makes it to this month’s video run! ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-videos/146807/12 "2003-01-08T19:28:39Z")
I stopped watching MTV years ago because they descended into suckitude (i.e. they forgot about the “M” in “MTV”). I recently got MTV2, however, & I watch _that_ because they play _gasp_ _videos_!