~Just~

The video "Just" by Radio Head to us is a conceptual type of video. We feel this way because It doesnt really show as much of a performance bcuz it tells some type of "story". Although at the same time the story tht the video tells isnt the classic tyoe of "boy meets girl" love story. The video was based around a middle aged man walking dwn the street , stopping dead in hys tracks and jus lying on the ground. Atrracking all kinds of different people to ask whats wrong. We dnt actually "understnd " the tru meaning of the video, other than the fact tht The guy jus didnt want the poeple to know what was worng, and why he was lying there. And, The only part of the actually song tht has anything to do eith visual is The chorus of the song.

~Calvin Tiggle
~Patrick Katusin
~Autumn Ware

Katie, Alex, Joe, and a Mr. Thom Yorke

This video demonstrates perfomance, narrative, and conceptual qualities. It exhibits the quality of perfomance because it gets the audience to see the visual aspect of the band playing, like Tom for example, people would think that the way he visually performed in the video is how he did in the recording. The video is a narrative because there is somewhat of a concept that you can follow. It is a bit unclear but you can still tell that there is a story being told. The video allows you to put your own meaning to it, and that is why it is conceptual. In terms of how the video sounds, it has a calm feel at some points and then adrenaline is added to the song. We think the tempo goes well with the video. The lyrics really allow you to kind of interpret the video how you like, giving no exact answer to what they mean. The video is pretty interesting, and the band is shown. They are not exactly the focal point but are a part of the video. Imagery wise there are very classy business men shown with one who starts laying on the pavement. In the end they all end up doing the same. There are quick action shots and some shots that are movie like for the narrative part of the video and when the band is shown more close ups and quick moving camera shots. It does a really good job of separating the narrative from the band shots. All in all we think that the overall message of the video is to leave people alone and get out of the repetitive routine.

Video Response..Groups

BreeAna Sami Luke


In our group we decided the video was more of a narrative form.

We think that the singer was trying to convey a message through the guy laying on the ground that he was built up with so much guilt for something and that no matter who came to help or what they said they couldnt help him bc everything was 'in his head'...he over thought his issues couldnt find a way to deal wit it but lay on the ground?....

we think the theme is that 'your ur own worst enemy'

visual effects:there were captions put in at the bottom, the video was pretty plain, and centered around the guy on the ground. although the artists band was shown.

auditory:very bleak. the video is somewhat somber and not very happy. pretty bland for the most part.

verbal:the artist singing sounded kind of like he was saying 'i told you so' (in his voice)

Music Video Analysis

The video Just is Just.

Curiosity kills the cat.

We think this video is conceptual because it sounds like a poem, and that the chorus is relating to what the guy is going through. He did something to himself. And when people came up to help him he didn't want the help and told them to leave him alone. He told them off numerous times but the people were curious and kept on asking him questions. At the end everyone was lying on the sidewalk. They brought it upon themselves and ended up in the same position. CURIOSITY KILLS THE CAT. Possibly dead? Taking a long nap? Getting their 8 hours in?

Stephen Phillips, Brandon Sekerak, Harveen Sandhu, Mike.

MTV

MTV has changed a lot over time. When we were younger, they played music videos all day long and now they mostly just have reality shows and news shows. I think this is because people obviously like these type of shows better and its more entertaining to them. MTV must have realized that this boosted their ratings because they continue to keep these shows on. However, they do have a channel called MTV Jams which plays music videos all day, but is not on basic cable like MTV is. I do believe that it's smart to have both channels though because then they can still have their reality shows for people that like to watch them, and then they can have their all music channel for the people that want to do that. I think MTV has done a good job catering to everyones wants and needs because now there is something for everyone.

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As a person who doesn't care for MTV, it would be easy enough for me to say that their music is all style over substance, impractical shiny toys without any real meaning. I certainly wouldn't be the first person to say so. They wouldn't have stayed on the air as long as they have if everyone felt that way, however. Those people who make up MTV's fanbase must find something to appreciate in the broadcasts. Is there some deeper meaning that I can't appreciate, simply because of my lack of cultural background? Or is the truth in front of me; Are they preaching a message of a thing's true value being in its form. Whatever the truth, MTV has undeniably been one of the pillars of today's culture, and none of us shall ever know what might have existed without it.

Music Television?

When MTV first went on the air it was really music television. showing music videos all day long. but as the years went on the music quickly faded away. today the only time you see music videos is at like 3 in the morning to 9 in the morning. when all there viewers are asleep. unless your nocturnal you dont see any music on MTV. now it has changed to a reality television network. With shows on now like Fantasy Factory, Nitro Circus, The Real World, True Life, etc... they concentrate less on music and more on whats popular on other tv stations. i think that if your going to call yourself music televison then you should actually play music when people are awake... not just when people are asleep. even today if people are still awake at 3am they dont want to watch music videos anymore cause no one else does. people back when mtv started wanted to watch music videos cause it was something new, something they had never watched before. but now no one does they just wanna see people in reality sitiuations. MTV has changed the demographic of how people watch tv today. cause everyone today wants to see reality, real life situations, and not just music videos. so i think MTV should change its name to RTV reality television.

MTV

MTV, music television? Not so much anymore. When MTV firsted started all they really showed were music related things, such as videos. Now a days, all MTV seems to show are reality shows such as The Real World, My Life as Liz, The Buried Life, Rob & Big, and many more. It ranges from True Life, which is showing the lives of people who do certain things, all the way to scripted dating shows such as, The X-Factor. Preferrably, I perfer watching reality shows over music videos and music videos can get old. MTV now had MTV2 which shows a variety of different things, MTV Jams which shows strictly music videos and concerts. I like that MTV has expanded into different channels and you can choose what you want to watch. If some people like music videos more than reality shows they can just watch MTV Jams. MTV has some of the highest ratings on national television and that's because now they provide variety. Though, when I was growing up, I would always look forward to watching TRL, Total Request Live, because they shows rankings of different music videos. They completely took that show off air, and now MTV rarely even plays music videos on the main station, unless it's at the end of shows. MTV is definitely not the same it use to be.

MTV RESPONSE

i think that MTV was a success for the simple fact that they were among the first to bring a "visual" aid to accompany music. which has, sense then, changed the way we listen to and percieve music as a whole. most people, before getting the chance to see a video for a song, would hear the lyrics and paint their own picture for the words, of what they might have thought the artist was trying to say, but now with videos there are images and concepts to help show what they mean with their words and theres a better idea of how the artist was trying to convey their emotions through that song. its kinda like talking to someone on the phone that youve never seen before and bc of their voice you start to make a visual of what their face looks like to you, only to see that when you meet in person, their nothing like you thought they would be!...for example. if there were a song you heard by eminem and he was talking about people being killed and on drugs and other sorts of crazy things then you would assume it was HIM on the drugs or doing the killings, (which most of us seem to think, that he indeed is talking about himself) but when you see the video for that song you start to think that hes speking on things that he has seen happen to other people, not directly himself. so on those terms i think the video aspect can be a positive reinforcement of a song, although sometimes i feel like the vidoes sometimes take away from the song. the videos dont have anything to do with the song,i feel so when i see the video i dont like the song that much. its kinda like having an original song, and then having the same song with another artist for a 'remix' it sorda takes away from the song, at least i feel that way. i think the video launching was also a success because then came other stations that did the same such as CMT, and BET. although i like to watch BET over the other two, i feel MTV has a more diverse selection on music, where as BET mostly plays music for 'black entertainment' and CMT mostly plays country music.

MTV

MTV had a lot to do with music in a way. it was the first television show to actually show music videos. Before MTV, you could only hear music instead of actually seeing a video of a song. In the past years everyone could watch mtv and see a video that they were looking forward to seeing. Now days even mtv has changed. instead of showing a lot of videos, mtv moved towards showing a lot of reality shows. The reason of this being because many people now days love to watch reality shows. You cant really blame mtv for not showing as many videos as it use to because all its doing is trying to keep its ratings up and not lose any viewers. If mtv still showed the things that it showed when it at first appeared on tv, then it wouldn't have any viewers and possibly would be taken off of the air. Even though mtv shows tv shows i think they could play more videos like it use to. The reason of that being is because sometimes videos can make a person like the song more than he did when just listening to it. Some videos are very creative and very interesting and people do sit at home and watch videos when they are bored. Even though mtv has changed over the years, i really cant blame them because they are trying to do whats best for there ratings.

Music Television

I really liked how MTV started their first show ever. With the space shuttle going off and the countdown to the show. The Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star was an awesome song to use. It just says it all in the title. The television at that point in time was about to take over the radio. So anyway MTV made music into something much more then just sound. It gave us something to look at while listening to the music. Back in the day that is all they did was play music videos. All day and all night, twenty-four hours of constant music videos. MTV changed the way we enjoy music drastically. Everyone from all ages could listen and watch MTV without worrying about anything. Now MTV is much different then it was before. I mean all they do know is play stupid reality shows. It really has nothing to do with what they first started out doing. Also not everyone can enjoy MTV anymore, they have some shows that just are not suited for younger children like jackass. Censorship is not as it used to be. Anyway i really enjoyed watching the first ten minutes of MTV. I am a huge fan of the Buggles so i was definitely interested right when it began.

MTV

So the video was pretty intresting. There are many things that have changed actually basically everything has changed in about 30 years of MTV being in buisness. I know they want to show what people want to watch so they get viewers but back then it didn't look fun to watch. nothing was really going on. It probably is what people wanted back then but if they played that now they would have no viewers people now a days arent really into the music they just want to see reality shows and what not. There are many other ways that they could listen to music now rather than just watch it. The music isn't really mtv style they have changed it alot. I don't think i would ever be intrested in the mtv back then but then again i dont know how i would be back then. The music videos have changed alot also. They dont have anything to them they are all pretty much the same. I like music videos now because they can do a lot to them and tell a story and what not.

MTV

It was really interesting to see the first ten minutes of MTV. I'm not gonna lie, I really enjoyed it! I would imagine it would have been fun and exciting for the people to first view it. The introduction was great and I loved the different colors the MTV logo flashed. MTV has changed a lot since it was first aired. Nowadays when you turn on MTV you find numerous reality shows and dating shows that have nothing to do with music. Back then it was 100% about music. I also thought it was interesting how in the writing it said MTV emphasized the importance of vision over sound. Not just hearing the song but also watching music videos. I don't personally think that that is true. I think that the song and it's sound is way more important. MTV also glorified many artist. By allowing them to make videos and show of their dance moves MTV created superstars. The reading gives the example of Madonna. That also brings fourth the point that some singers look better than they sound! That's another reason why I think sound is more important then the image. If you want MTV nowadays you hardly ever see any music videos. If you want nonstop music videos you have to watch it early in the morning. MTV is now mainly composed of reality shows and pointless dating shows. Half of MTV just comes across as "fake" to me. Initially MTV did change music for better, but that's not the case now!

Buddy Holly & Music Television

Buddy Holly and the Crickets seem like they were cool dudes. They didn't really let fame get to them, and they tuned into what the crowd wanted while still staying true to themselves. Sounds like they always put on a good show, too. They sound like they were pretty lucky, atleast in the time period of this excerpt. Everything was set up for them and all they had to do was submit to directions. "Pack this..bring this..be here at this time.." I don't know anything about Buddy Holly except for now a days people dig his glasses. I will be sure to check out his music, though. This reading intrigued me.


We've all grown up with MTV, and that's all we know. I bet it was ridiculously exciting that first day the concept of MTV was introduced. I mean, you can tell on the VJs' faces how cool they thought MTV was. I agree with how the author says musicians' videos would get played so much that they would become burnt out. Just like when the radio plays a song, even if you like it at first, you are SO sick of hearing it if that's all they play. I also agree with the fact that making videos and being in the studio is somewhat of a comfort zone for some artists because they make sure that every thing is perfect. Then comes a live performance, and they suck.

By the way, Video Killed the Radio Star is stuck in my head.

MTV

This is probably on of the most interesting blogs we have had to do so far. I think it is really cool to look back at what MTV used to be before all the reality TV shows like the Real World and Jersey Shore. Because before reality TV they actually played music on MTV and I think that's pretty cool. I thought that it was rather ironic for them to chose the Buggles song Video Killed the Radio Star because that's exactly what it did. Performers that were not very video friendly or didn't make videos sort of fell by the wayside. That's where I will agree with Jon Pareles that with the emergence of MTV the music often looked better than it sounded. I think this is a really terrible thing because that's not the way it should be. It should be more about the actual music or its lyrical content instead of what the performers are wearing or how there dancing. Sadly this is not the case with music now or music since MTV first came on the seen. I found it rather interesting how Jon Pareles singled out certain artist's for looking better than they sound. I would have to agree artists such as Poison, Nelson, and Vanilla Ice look better than they sound but I found it really funny that he mentions those artists by name. All in all I found this to be the most entertaining of all the blogs.

Music Television, the way it should be.

The first minutes of MTV's launch were really fun to watch. Watching this really brought into perspective how new and exciting things like music videos were to the general public. MTV was a new generation and since then has truly been a phenomenon. The music video was hilarious (the lead singer looked pretty rad) and had a message that was perfect for the new era of music television. Unfortunately MTV seems to have forgotten about its roots in todays times. I legitimately can't remember the last time I tuned into MTV and saw music playing. Its seems to me that MTV killed the video stars and turned them into reality T.V characters instead. I'll admit I'm a little envious that I didn't get to witness such a huge progression in music history. The idea that music was something only audible and then morphed into something visual as well is just mind blowing for the time. I think its safe to say that music has been the backing power between generation gaps, constantly pushing the envelope of whats "appropriate" and whats not. Very interesting video.

video killed the radio star

I really enjoyed watching the video of the first 10 minutes aired on MTV. I like how they portrayed the new channel as something refreshing and unlike the “norm” of that decade. They brought something new to the table and I think that made the 80s lifestyle. The article mentioned how Madonna made the channel with her flashy outfits and songs. I think without MTV Madonna would have never become such a legend. MTV made music into something much more than sound. It gave the fans something to look at and enjoy. It allowed the fans to get to know their idols/ favorite bands a whole lot better than simply listening to them on the radio. However, I think MTV has drastically transformed since its debut in 1981. If you turn on the channel now days, you’re more than likely going to see a show like Jackass, or Nitro Circus – which has nothing to do with music! I understand that in the 80s it was all about transforming the music culture from just audio and mixing it in with visual for a better experience. But they should have kept it like that instead of adding in stupid shows. I hardly ever see music videos on there anymore, and it IS called MUSIC television, right? But all in all I do think MTV changed music for the better !

MTV

When MTV first started, it was pretty much the only channel that shows videos. It was the only way to see artists perform other than actually attending a live concert. It offerend another way to hear music other than the radio. I do agree that MTV has made image more important than sound. For example, in present day a CD album cover is very crucial in the sales of the album. Most of albums have a crazy or very interesting cover art to invite buyers to the album.

But music as a whole changed so much since MTV originated. Back then there were a lot of dancers in videos, today you dont find this so much. Also MTV is a channel where people from all walks of life and ages can come together and enjoy music.
One point the article made that I never thought of before is that there were only cute people on MTV. Well personally I think this can be very subjective because what some people may think is cute, I think it will be the complete opposite. Who decides what is attractive anyway?? That is another blog topic lol. But all in all I like videos.I think MTV changed music drastically. If there were not any videos today, I dont know how I would perceive music so easily as I do today.

MTV / Appearance Before Sound

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.