Day 28 - First TV show obsession
30 Days of TV - Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Music Videos
The first thing on TV I became totally obsessed with was MTV.
I was obsessed with music videos, and I still am.
I especially loved the English music videos and became more and more passionate to find more and more UK pop when MTV played less and less of it as time went on.
I actually was totally into social networking earlier in the decade because of music video communities, just so I could get music videos from artists from other countries that would never get released to the US.
I was getting vids from all over Europe and Central/South America.
During the past year, I have added South Korea to that list of countries where I am watching more and more music videos.
There usually is a singular artist that everything else revolved around.
In the early 80s, it was Duran Duran music videos.
Late 80s and 90s, Kylie Minogue.
Late 90s, S Club 7.
2000s, Girls Aloud.
Now, South Korean group SNSD.
Yes, I am a pop music junkie.
But I see populist music in all genres, so I also tend to love whatever anyone else listens to no matter what the genre is.
After all, a large number of people have to like it for the music to be around. So even the music that people claim is the opposite of "pop music" is also pop music to me. It's all populist.
Currently, instead of the usual places to get music videos, I have now turned to youtube.
I mean, 1080p music videos. Woah boy!
However, now I can spend hours looking up fanvids and music videos for South Korean pop groups like SNSD in 720p and 1080p resolution.
And I totally love the Vevo section on youtube for so many music videos.
It makes classic music video format channels pale in comparison, and I rather get why MTV totally ditched the music video format in favor of regular TV show programming.
Really, so much of TV is getting completely transformed by the internet.
I don't have cable TV anymore and I don't miss it.
I also love how music videos have taken an edgier turn lately and going back to their roots (a la early 80s MTV) where they were trying to be more individualistic and keeping more in step to with the artists own ideas rather than staying only true to a record company image.
So I am still totally into music videos, and I will probably be as fascinated with the format as long as they keep doing them within my lifetime.
In honor of my current "dealer" for my music video fixes, youtube, I will embed the first music video (including the fanvids) that youtube suggests to me.
HA! No matter how silly or embarrassing it might be.
And the lucky vid is ... OH?! "Glee - Finn/Quinn - Use Somebody "
Youtube, marry me!
Music Videos
The first thing on TV I became totally obsessed with was MTV.
I was obsessed with music videos, and I still am.
I especially loved the English music videos and became more and more passionate to find more and more UK pop when MTV played less and less of it as time went on.
I actually was totally into social networking earlier in the decade because of music video communities, just so I could get music videos from artists from other countries that would never get released to the US.
I was getting vids from all over Europe and Central/South America.
During the past year, I have added South Korea to that list of countries where I am watching more and more music videos.
There usually is a singular artist that everything else revolved around.
In the early 80s, it was Duran Duran music videos.
Late 80s and 90s, Kylie Minogue.
Late 90s, S Club 7.
2000s, Girls Aloud.
Now, South Korean group SNSD.
Yes, I am a pop music junkie.
But I see populist music in all genres, so I also tend to love whatever anyone else listens to no matter what the genre is.
After all, a large number of people have to like it for the music to be around. So even the music that people claim is the opposite of "pop music" is also pop music to me. It's all populist.
Currently, instead of the usual places to get music videos, I have now turned to youtube.
I mean, 1080p music videos. Woah boy!
However, now I can spend hours looking up fanvids and music videos for South Korean pop groups like SNSD in 720p and 1080p resolution.
And I totally love the Vevo section on youtube for so many music videos.
It makes classic music video format channels pale in comparison, and I rather get why MTV totally ditched the music video format in favor of regular TV show programming.
Really, so much of TV is getting completely transformed by the internet.
I don't have cable TV anymore and I don't miss it.
I also love how music videos have taken an edgier turn lately and going back to their roots (a la early 80s MTV) where they were trying to be more individualistic and keeping more in step to with the artists own ideas rather than staying only true to a record company image.
So I am still totally into music videos, and I will probably be as fascinated with the format as long as they keep doing them within my lifetime.
In honor of my current "dealer" for my music video fixes, youtube, I will embed the first music video (including the fanvids) that youtube suggests to me.
HA! No matter how silly or embarrassing it might be.
And the lucky vid is ... OH?! "Glee - Finn/Quinn - Use Somebody "
Youtube, marry me!
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