I waited up all night at my grandparents house, listened to the countdown and seen the very first video. Do you remember the video? Now, do they even show videos? I think it was either the Beastie boys or Micheal Jackson responsible for the down fall of this once great phenomonon, how bout you?
2006-09-14 15:18:42 · 11 answers · asked by Dionsays 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
corporate executives and mindless teenagers killed MTV.
Now I'm praying for tidal waves ....
I miss 120 minutes and IRS's the Cutting Edge and anything like that they ever aired
what was the 2 hour show that ended with "soon" by My Bloody Valentine playing over the credits? Buzz something or other, circa 1988
that half hour specials on bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees were nice
I miss Kevin Seals
It started going to hell with game shows (Remote Control) and the Real World ... or possibly even earlier
Does the world really need the VMA's?! (Or any awards show for that matter ...)
but even then they played their fair share of sucky top 40 crap
why DO they even leave the "M" in MTV??
2006-09-14 15:23:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you want to count all the shows they started on MTV, then the real downfall started in 1986 with Remote Control. That was the first TV show programming.
However, I think there were some pretty good shows during the 1990s. I liked the early years (the first couple of seasons) of the Real World, Beavis and Butthead, and Daria.
I feel that the real downfall (for me) started to come with the late 1990s, which is when they launched M2, I believe. Now, M2 was really cool because really cool because they would show all kinds of oddball videos, but I remember only being able to get it on satellite. However, today it has become just as bad as MTV.
2006-09-14 22:31:52 · answer #2 · answered by L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jackson made MTV what it was when it was good. Thriller and Billie Jean truly elevated music video to an art form.
What killed MTV is that they started listening to focus groups too much and started deviating from music and into reality TV. Now instead of watching music we get 4-hour Yo Mamma marathons.
2006-09-14 22:27:41 · answer #3 · answered by Mosaic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Video killed the radio star,,,,,,if you find out who was the down fall of MTV let me know,,they have a ars whooping comin'
2006-09-14 22:24:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mtv used to be an alternative channel, remember matalica and pantera and no doubt? all on mtv, vh1 too! everything eles was on other channels, now its garbage unless its insomniac tv, even the majority of these vieos suck.
2006-09-14 22:22:03 · answer #5 · answered by RAECHELLE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Martha Quinn
MTV found that guys would drool over a VJ and soon had her talking more and played fewer videos.
2006-09-14 22:31:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nirvana. then the tv shows came marching in.
2006-09-14 22:33:22 · answer #7 · answered by phusionx130 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh those were the day's.I now have to watch vh1 for videos, i feel sooooo old. fuse is good to if you have satellite. some ojne needs to b e held responsible for the destruction!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-09-14 22:21:41 · answer #8 · answered by okiedokie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think mtv did it to themselves , they forgot why every one loved it to start with
2006-09-14 22:22:05 · answer #9 · answered by sindi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rap, that's what to blame
2006-09-14 22:32:26 · answer #10 · answered by Yoshi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋