Does anyone besides myself remember a time when MTV didn't suck?

Question

I remember when it was music television back in the 80's but after the mid 90's it just went down hill.

Answer 1

I remember!

R.I.P. MTV! LMAO!

Seriously.... I am so tired of this Laguna Beach, and Sweet 16 crap! I don't want to watch a bunch of rich, spoiled, promiscuous brats!!

I want MUSIC damn it! And none of this Rap Crap either! I'm talking about the good stuff!

Answer 2

Yes. MTV invented the reality show, I think, with "The Real World", but even before that, it started going downhill when they replaced broadcasting Music Videos with a game show called "Remote Control".

MTV is really a misnomer now. It's not Music Television at all anymore, but it IS part of the powerful Viacom network. This network tells its advertisers that they can actually shape and form the opinions of their audience. Any media outlet that can successfully do this should be feared and opposed.

I do remember gathering with friends in the early 80's to watch the "Thriller" video.

Answer 3

I remember in 80's and beginning of 90's my MTV was on all the time, I was glued to the TV set.What's the deal with all those reality shows these days ?
This is not music television anymore !!! I stopped watching it long time ago, but it makes me sad....

Answer 4

The decline began around mid-1990. After 1992 MTV was just a waste of time.

Answer 5

When it started it was great. Great 80's music videos 24/7 with JJ Jackson, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Martha Quinn and Alan Hunter. A lot of people were smiling in those videos too...

Answer 6

I agree there is too much other junk on there now some of the shows are ok but they hardly ever show videos anymore. I thought MTV stood for music television?

Answer 7

MTV was great right up until they started MTV Raps. After that it went down hill and became a teenybopper station

Answer 8

I agree, why do they still call it MTV? Music Television. There is no music. MTV revolutionized our ability to enjoy or favorite artists. Now it is crap TV. No music, no video's. Shame on them, they could have kept the video's and music news and started a new channel for their "reality" TV.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Funny, I just said that in another question. It does suck now and has for years. They hardly play music videos and when they do it's rap. No offense to y'all who like rap, I just miss the days of the 80's when they played Van Halen and Ratt and Madonna etc. - and not stupid shows about nothing.