MTV is 30...

[joeybee12]

So why did I post a photo from Welcome Back Kotter?

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. MTV is a lot like an addict, missing the point, self-destructing, living

the lowest common denominator.

[gratuitous]

2. MTV was good for something

I can pinpoint nearly the exact second when I got too old for popular culture/music based on when I no longer recognize music videos or the artist who made them. It's probably a sin that I still remember Martha Quinn.

[sakabatou]

3. Wait.... MTV is still about music and not reality shows?

[HughBeaumont]

4. LOL. As for NOT Music Telly . . .

. . . . the beginning of the end of that station was when Corporate Radio and Music decided the 80s and beyond would be about the likes of Michael Jackson and Madonna and not underground/punk/new wave/college rock.

The nail in the coffin was when they figured out that their advertising blocks were more effective when placed around a 30 minute reality show as opposed to a string of videos. Goodbye music!!

[joeybee12]

6. Glad someone got the joke...

Yeah, the music industry manufactures music now, it doesn't make music anymore.

[progressoid]

5. Here's a little compilation from the first 10 years:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LATTM7DkvWo

A compilation from the last 10 would be pathetic.

[ceile]

8. wow...

I think I could name about 80% of those videos. Back when MTV was watchable...

[KamaAina]

7. Remember, never trust anyone over thirty

says someone who's turning 47 on Friday. :P

[progressoid]

9. When I turned 40 I started counting bacwards.

Now I'm 32!