Comments on: Back when music videos were shown on TV…

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By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:07:48 +0000

music electric guitar…

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By: Marissa Richardson

Marissa Richardson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:43:42 +0000

spike jonze is a genius

By: Tim Windsor

Tim Windsor — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:38:52 +0000

Let’s not forget the most meta video of them all:

http://youtube.com/user/weezer?ob=1

By: Kevin M.

Kevin M. — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:49:22 +0000

In the Beginning: There was “Video Killed The Radio Star” and “Burnin’ for You”. We were mesmerized. We knew not what this Strange Medium was: Music? With Video? Whaaatt? And why Buggles? Why Blue Oyster Cult?

What made it fascinating early on was that no one really knew what to do to make a video. No precedent, no ‘rules’, just people making shit up as they went along. That gave it a lot of energy because there was less perceived restraints or advantages. One of my favorite early videos was ‘Demolition Man’ by the Police: my bro and I would wait eagerly for it to come on, then play it loud and jump around the living room just to annoy my Dad. Worked like a charm!

So later, after MTV began to really commercialize (they went from amateur pirate radio/video to corporate money machine too quickly, yeah?) the videos gained production values but started losing soul. Just another way for folks to earn some coin. Hence, the proliferation of concert footage videos: low overhead, easy marketing. But those kinds of videos are boring after awhile, even if you like the band. Live shows are better live. Paraphrasing Vance Gilbert, watching a concert video is kind of like watching the leaves blow around in the same way over and over.

“Sledgehammer” and “Buddy Holly” are two of my favorite videos too. “Sabotage” by Beastie Boys would also be on my top 5 list. Hilarious and well done. No accident that Spike Jonze directed BH and Sabotage.

By: Marissa Richardson

Marissa Richardson — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:53:28 +0000

“island in the sun” was kind of boring. great song but the video didn’t do it justice. “gone fishin” on the other hand was brilliant with the muppets.

i remember little monsters, just not that the song was at the end. i guess i was too distracted by howie mandel.

By: dmartinb (baltimoreson)

dmartinb (baltimoreson) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:48:29 +0000

Honestly, has there ever been a bad Weezer video?!? And I didn’t know that “Road To Nowhere” even had a video. For me that was always just the song that played at the end of that OLD Fred Savage movie “Little Monsters”. And F.Y.I. there is nothing wrong with an occasional half naked female prancing in a music video. That aside, it’s only very few artist that consider the music video to be art still as apposed to fodder to push album sales. But as with anything else, business takes the fore front.

By: Golda Meir

Golda Meir — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:39:18 +0000

Ah Ha…Take On Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUod3jGQt0U