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Funny you mention MTV. I saw Aretha on TV the other day, and my mind went to Freeway of Love, my fave track by her. Great Detroit shots, the great Narada and the late, great BIG MAN, Clarence Clemmons. My next thought was "I miss MTV!." Everything but the Girl and Swing Out Sister are two acts that I love, have seen live, and first heard on MTV. Now, it's all reality show crap. Money for nothing and NO chicks for free!
I want my MTV back!
I never quite understood where the point occurred where the industry gave up on the music video as a medium of promotion. Music videos are still made, apparently for overseas, YouTube, "Music Choice" type channels on cable, etc., but there's no reason why the hours which go to "Jersey Shore" marathons can't go back to music video programming. I like Snooki and Paulie as much as the next guy but, if you don't think what happened to that channel is incredibly sad, it's because you're too young to know what it even was before....
....and that argument may just have made me officially become old. Who knows.