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Are music videos irrelevant?

stevieraveonstevieraveon Posts: 413
edited April 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I can't remember the last time I saw a music video. Obviously MTV barely plays them anymore, and lately I've found most of my music from word of mouth from friends. Once in a while I'll search Youtube for bands I like, and am surprised they made a music video for a certain song, as I'm usually looking for live performances and never realized they had a video for a given song.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    no

    Duran Duran - Girls on Film

    unedited version was what every teenage boy should watch :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • drtyfrnk29drtyfrnk29 Posts: 846
    They, apparentely, are only irrelevant to the music video channels
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,197
    Will always be relevant....Michael Franti & Spearhead...Time To Go Home

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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    dunkman wrote:
    no

    Duran Duran - Girls on Film

    unedited version was what every teenage boy should watch :)
    Amen!!!!

    As for irrelevant??? I think it's probably a waste of time and money for the majority of the acts to create videos like they did in the 1980's-1990's...nobody sees them unless the act releases a dvd, and they are included on that.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Artistic videos are only as irrelevant as the film medium itself.

    If they support the song and they are works of art, then no.. Case in point: any video by Sigur Ros or Elbow.
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,179
    completely and totally irrelevant
    always have been

    while there have been some interesting ones, Im glad that phenomenon died with Alan Hunter, Mark Goodman, JJ Jackson, Martha Quinn and Nina Blackwell.

    I cant believe I remember the names-scary.
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    music videos are not irrelevant ... the old method of their "distribution", music television ... that's what is irrelevant.

    Imagine a site like Pandora, but, with music videos ... I think something like this could work.
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  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    I don't think they are irrelevant. Look at the video for No More War. That's amazing.


    They play it on vh1. Vh1 plays videos btwn 6am and 11am. Now whether or not you like the videos is another story entirely :) It's mostly pop music and things of that nature. And then Eddie Vedder thrown in for good measure :p


    I think videos still promote songs and albums and hence forth are not irrelevant.

    they also play a good deal of hip hop videos on BET, if you like that style of music.
    and they play videos on MTV2 and on Fuse.
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    I think they might be better described as "stale" rather than irrelevant. It seems every other video I see has to feature a shitty, choreographed dance troupe that wishes it was doing Thriller instead, or a misogynistic parade of half-dressed bimbos. Often both. But the rare video that has a new or interesting way of framing a song makes it all worthwhile.
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  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    I hate music videos. To me, any pictures associated with a song should come from my imagination... there are great songs out there which lose their impact because their videos have left an image in my head that takes out all of my own imagination from the song. It's kind of like seeing a movie based on a book and then reading that book... you just can't get the actors from the movie out of your head.

    For instance, the homo-erotic Oceans video totally ruined my appreciation for that song. :D
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Not all of them. Some (well lots) are lame, but then there are really good ones. Such as NIN's 'Closer' video. It is one of the best ever. Or think of the Foo Fighters' Learn to Fly - hilarious. I love Outkast's 'Hey Ya'. There's some gems out there.
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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,004
    JaneNY wrote:
    Not all of them. Some (well lots) are lame, but then there are really good ones. Such as NIN's 'Closer' video. It is one of the best ever. Or think of the Foo Fighters' Learn to Fly - hilarious. I love Outkast's 'Hey Ya'. There's some gems out there.

    I think he means recently. MTV was still showing videos when those came out.
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  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    I don't watch mtv.......or videos......they are out of touch with reality
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Grandmaster Flash - The Message
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=k3kRuJhIVIo

    Very amateur but one of the best videos of all time. Footage of life in the ghetto.
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  • journeymanjourneyman Posts: 135
    Muchmusic in Canada still plays them. They all suck though.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    JaneNY wrote:
    Not all of them. Some (well lots) are lame, but then there are really good ones. Such as NIN's 'Closer' video. It is one of the best ever. Or think of the Foo Fighters' Learn to Fly - hilarious. I love Outkast's 'Hey Ya'. There's some gems out there.

    if it werent for their videos, no one would actually like the foos. :p:D
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Bittersweet Symphony anyone?
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  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    Much Music is a really cool channel
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Bittersweet Symphony anyone?

    *hands up* yes i have re-enacted that vid in real life. for some reason people take offense. :D

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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Nowadays they are! :rolleyes: ;)

    Radiohead videos are supercool! Remember Karma Police, Paranoid Android, Fake Plastic Trees... I'm not sure if they still make videos anymore coz I donn't really watch TV much (in fact have not had MTV/cable since '98) and I can't tell what's fan-made, unofficial or official videos based on youtube.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    LongRd. wrote:
    Nowadays they are! :rolleyes: ;)

    Radiohead videos are supercool! Remember Karma Police, Paranoid Android, Fake Plastic Trees... I'm not sure if they still make videos anymore coz I donn't really watch TV much (in fact have not had MTV/cable since '98) and I can't tell what's fan-made, unofficial or official videos based on youtube.

    i was thinking about radiohead. theyre the reason i always treat cars with respect. ;)

    other videos im partial to:
    prison sex - TOOL
    sabotage - beastie boys
    do the evolution - pj
    all the small things - blink 182
    where's your head at - basement jaxx
    weapon of choice - fatboy slim
    heart shaped box - nirvana
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Smashing Pumpkins always had excellent videos
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