MTV
Originally posted by No Such Agency
I am sick of that song and I\'ve heard maybe 10 seconds of it. I am mostly sick of crappy crappy shite music receiving endless promo and radio play, the profits being used to enrich some fat execs and sue the industry\'s own customers, while musicians with actual talent struggle to make ends meet (either because they have no record deal, or because the DO have one which is screwing them).
Many big name rock and hip-hop acts wallow in material excess, substance abuse and preposterous concert riders (\"catering must include 100 stuffed ducks, to be delivered to the dressing room by horse-drawn carriage\") - which is all paid for by their fans of course - all the while producing nothing of any artistic value. And their record companies make even MORE money than they do. This has nothing to do with what music should be.
There is a lot of truth in what you\'ve said. From a marketing perspective the record companies are obviously doing something right. I mean, money is been made right?
Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it), I only listen to Taiwanese radio and don\'t have to put up with much of the Video Hits stuff. But I wonder if some of this recently loathed music will be respected in the future?
I remember as a kid religiously getting up early on saturday mornings to watch Video Hits. Do you remember INXS, Guru Josh \'Infinity\', Sinead O\'Conner \'Nothing Compares\', The Hooters, \'All You Zombies\', Falko 3 \'Rock Me Amudeus\', Tears For Fears \'Shout\', Brian Adams, Bruce Springsteen, Psuedo Echo, Nick Kershaw, etc, etc... I not ashamed to say that I liked this stuff!
Ahh, back in the old days.