mtv get off the air!
June 15th 2007 04:22
thanks to wiki for the image
after a hard day of assessment, followed by some farewell drinks, i decided to call it a day and watch some television before i went to bed. unfortunately, i choose mtv to watch. now i know we live in a post modern world, but mtv talking about bad film clip conventions? c'mon they started most of them.
the show was titled something about the 100 worst film clip trickeries. i am down with taking the piss out of big hair, 80s snare drum sounds, and 'the girl that ran away from the country and and ended up in l.a. to become a big star but really ended up doing porn to support her heroin habit' type scenarios. but when mtv start talking the ugly girl makeover or incorporating homeless people into the film clip to increase 'popularity' i have start pointing the finger.
i remember years ago when mtv had a stronghold on the music film clip industry and had this massive power of the way records were sold. with this power they also had certain conventions that they themselves created for film clips. it was not unlike the way hollywood has a recipe to churn out movies. but now in 2007, we see an episode of mtv being all high and mighty and still trying to get the popularity vote by saying 'oh all those things we force feed you in the 80s, how like, stupid are they?' aaahhhhh makes me mad!!!!!!
i think the saddest part of the entire program however, was that weird al was one of the commentators. i can handle these 'almighty' comments from the middle class white boys that mtv seems to have 1000s of, but to hear weird al get in on the action made me nearly choke. his film clips are always pure gold! and it was an indicator that you were someone if weird al took you off. but there he was talking about all of these conventions and going for the cheap laugh. shame weird al, shame.
anyway let's see al yankovich in his better days:
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Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
One of the best concerts I ever attended was Weird Al when he came to Dallas several years ago. One of the guys we were with got to go backstage and hang out. Al was one of the nicest and generous guys he had ever met.
I am saddened by his decision to discuss stupid ass convention news. I cannot stomach MTV anymore. Where's the f'in videos? Too many reality shows... wow.... bitch bitch bitch...
Oh well....great post bro
Mis
Comment by Lily
Ars Poetica
thanks for bringing al back Jonathon, makes a nice change from 'sexy'
a few favourite snippets (cue laughter) ;
the jacket with the smiley on the back
the finger click, feeding the chooks move
taking a mean sandwich bite
going magically through the bar (cool)
fogging up the lens
where have all the good comedians gone?
not on MTV?
~Lily
Comment by yoda76
The Tube Blog
Just take a squiz at any of his vids, he takes the piss out of every dumb irrational piece of self-inflated silliness his muse happens to employ.
Gotta know the rules if you wanna break 'em.
Is there anywhere online where I can hear the DK's MTV song?
Comment by Jonathon
Anthroblogogy
thanks for dropping by. yes i thought mtv was all about music, but it appears television like punk'd falls into the same catergorie.
lily,
the lense fog always makes me giggle. i forgot how good this clip was.
yoda,
i hear ya, but it seemed a little odd that he is now sitting there as a spokesperson for the very people he was/is satiring for all those years. but, he is clearly an expert on the subject.
you can find a version of the song at this imeem page. are you familiar with the dead kennedys?
Comment by yoda76
The Tube Blog
Nice track, Jonathon. The attitude just kicks you in the face, doesn't it!!
"Familiar" with the band is probably a stretch. I know of the Dead Kennedys and a little about them, I know some tracks (how can you resist such fantastic titles as "Give me Convenience or Give Me Death" and "Nazi Punks Fuck Off"?!), but I wouldn't say I know their stuff inside out.
I dig the idea of DK, what they say and what they represent, but I find it hard to listen to. I saw Jello Biafra interviewed by Andrew Denton on his talk show when I was very young. It was the first I'd heard of him or the band, but I was fascinated.
I've heard him in a lot of interviews since, and he's always got something relevant and intelligent to say - even if it is in his own inimitable way
Comment by Jonathon
Anthroblogogy
wow, denton vs. biafra! i'd be pretty keen to see that! after seeing one of his 'spoken word' tours, i think he is one of the most bizarre, yet well informed individuals. i mean how can you go past someone that runs for government and has a policy of 'all business men must wear clown suits'.
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
LOVE the Dead Kennedys! Kick ass!
Mis