Friday Night Videos (and Lack Thereof)
This is one Friday Night that I wish Friday Night Videos was on.
Yes, there once was a broadcast network program devoted to music videos, and NBC had it in the timeslot following The Tonight Show every Friday for a few years in the middle 1980s. And it was good.
Since I've never had cable or satellite TV, I never see music videos (although YouTube is beginning to rekindle the flame) and I miss them. Or maybe not, if modern pop's repute for suckage is warranted.
So what horked up the good thing that was FNV? I blame a twerp name of David Letterman, who had to have a talk show after Carson and thus shoved the timeslot further back into the wee small hours...plus the fact that music videos were getting longer and more broadcast-unfriendly. I've forgiven Letterman but don't forgive the music industry.
Yes, there once was a broadcast network program devoted to music videos, and NBC had it in the timeslot following The Tonight Show every Friday for a few years in the middle 1980s. And it was good.
Since I've never had cable or satellite TV, I never see music videos (although YouTube is beginning to rekindle the flame) and I miss them. Or maybe not, if modern pop's repute for suckage is warranted.
So what horked up the good thing that was FNV? I blame a twerp name of David Letterman, who had to have a talk show after Carson and thus shoved the timeslot further back into the wee small hours...plus the fact that music videos were getting longer and more broadcast-unfriendly. I've forgiven Letterman but don't forgive the music industry.