Well... this one I'm a little disoriented about how to react to it.
For one thing, I'm not much of a MTV watcher, but what from what I can tell, it was the latest thing for a mixture of two different types of entertainment put together. For why people complained so much about it when it aired for barely 10-15 seconds is beyond me.
It was probably because of how new and different the idea was back then. We didn't had internet back then, so this was the latest thing. It probably helped generate music to different parts of the country (expanding the audience numbers).
While I agree about this one part of the article talking about a Texan cutting off MTV due to it being 'pornographic', I can also see he was going a little overboard. Sure, it's a new thing... appearance within music. Moves, tastes, and looks.
Which brings up the idea about how music's becoming less and less important in today's society when it comes to music videos. Big people like MTV believe that appearance comes before music itself. ... I find that unbelievable myself. A music video is a good mixture to have to promote/spread your fan base, but yet, if it effects how the music goes, then why do it? We rather hear something for the sake of sound, not the visual of it.
There are bands that stay true to what the music's all about, and some that don't. Regardless of what's your side of looking at it, I find a music video interesting to add in more visual to the audience, to feeling the groove of the beat. It could also help display a message as well with it. ... But I gotta be honest, when it comes to message, I'll go with what I see in my head, and THEN see the video. Sometimes the music video itself gets sucked into my head as the message, while other times, with songs you don't see a video on, you go with what your emotions, dance, and the picture in your head saids.
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Videos came under criticism for some of the very reasons you mention. Many detractors insisted that a video places images in the listener's head, robbing him/her of the picture(s) s/he might have imagined.
ReplyDelete>> A music video is a good mixture to have to promote/spread your fan base, but yet, if it effects how the music goes, then why do it? <<
Wouldn't the addition of visuals always alter the effect of the music? It's an entirely different experience. I think some songs are even written with videos in mind.
With the response to your answer there... yes, it can. It gives it a different experience; perhaps one (or many) interpretation(s) from the song itself placed into visual.
ReplyDeleteBut, as we learned, it could also hinder the imagination to the listener (especially if watching the music video's the first time they ever heard of the song (in my opinion)).