Comments on: Did Video Really Kill The Radio Star?

By: THE UNCOOL 1

THE UNCOOL 1 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:23:59 +0000

That’s not entirely true, although they first heard music on radio, people use to have record parties. Where friends would get together & play their favorite records.
Video killed the radio star was the first video ever played & also the 1 millionth. You can bet it will the 2 millionth also!!!
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By: Jareth's Trousers

Jareth's Trousers — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:56:59 +0000

Considering that MTV imploded and should no longer be called MUSIC television, it looks like radio won this fight. BQ: I only freak out if the mice in question are dead and bloody thanks to my cat. And when I went to Disney World when I was about 3 or 4, I WAS afraid of Mickey Mouse even though I couldn't wait to meet him. I screwed that one up. 8~D
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By: Larry V

Larry V — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:16:59 +0000

when MTV first came out I watched at a little,I still had the reocrd store to go to to pick out the music that I wanted to hear.Can't do that no more unless you run across someone having a yard sale or fea market or auctions
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By: Rambler Gambler is Tired

Rambler Gambler is Tired — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:33:59 +0000

Very true, however at this point the already wounded radio star is beaten to death by online music sites BQ:Because Mickey takes off the uniform at the end of the day and drives back to his mom's house in Orlando
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By: Killer Peaches #1 Maiden Head!

*Killer Peaches* #1 Maiden Head! — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:54:59 +0000

I think ClearChannel killed the Radio Star.

Mindless repetitive formulaic music that stripped all freshness from Mainstream. But your points on the Video are dead on.

Though it should be noted that Bands like Queen were famous for their Stage presence long before the MTV phenomena. (also ironic of course is that there is no music on MTV anymore)

But It is apparent when you watch Pop, that the size of a singers lungs seem to matter more than how she uses them.

Britney Spears, for instance would NEVER have been noticed during the Radio Era. Or teh JoBlos.

Thank goodness for the Underground and the like where folks can just enjoy music.

BQ- Because people are stupid and irrational? Didn’t your preceding question prove that? =P
here is some good reason to hate Mickey though………
http://www.momentsintime.com/Disney%20Book%20Page.htm gotta love those enlightened individuals………
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By: Penny Lane

Penny Lane — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:37:59 +0000

hello, mr. tambourine man!! i tried to ask a question similar to this one. but it was in polls & surveys (know one ever takes anything seriously there) & i spelled everything wrong so know one toke my question seriously & a troll deleted it… now i’m not really old enough to know what it was like back then (know offense) but i would agree with you. there’s to much light on weather or not the ‘band’ is attractive. if then can get the target audience with there look rather then there music. shere back then some band did have that hole attractive aspect going on, like the beatles were freaken’ adorable, zeppelin were sex gods & jim morrison had those ultra tight leather paints……….anyway they all had something more to go on the just looks. they had talent. i whole heartily agree with you. mtv made it more about the looks of the artist, then there voices or talent. then with that it escalated into ‘bands’ like the jones brothers who only get what they have on there looks & what very little machine amped talent they have because that’s where the company’s aim audience lay’s. it all started with mtv & then that screwed up logic spreaded to the record company’s. that’s how i think the music company’s ruined everything. by making it to much about selling the artist themselves rather then selling the artist’s music. i 100% agree with you mr. tambourin man.

bq: i really have know beefs with mice. i actually think there cute. cockroaches are what i’m afraid of. there icky. =)
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i can be smart when i want to….

By: dances in the doldrums

dances in the doldrums — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:50:59 +0000

That’s always how I’d viewed it. Reading Radio Waves answer, I sort of feel differently. I agree that MTV wasn’t the only factor. I mean, most top bands in the past usually had at least a few very attractive people. But I think you could still make it, to a point, without looks. Maybe you couldn’t achieve the type of popularity The Beatles did, but you could still be, say, Styx (who certainly didn’t rely on looks). Now there really is no middle ground. There are bands that are hugely popular mainly because of their image, and bands that are either underground or marginally popular whose image has very little to do with their music. I think MTV was the biggest reason for this shift. People rarely even listen to the radio any more; it’s all YouTube, which, for music, is basically just MTV on steroids. You really need image to make it big, and while this may have started as far back as the ’50s, video is what really made image equal to, if not more important in some cases, than music.

BQ: Well, I don’t understand people’s fear of any kind of mouse…
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By: Greg R (The R is for Records)

Greg R (The R is for Records) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:00:59 +0000

My answer to that is:

Name the last really really hit-by-a-truck,backed-up-over-and-hit- again looking singer that made it huge on the charts.

If you can come up with one, then video didn’t kill the radio star.
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I’m waiting…

By: ☮peace☮ me

☮peace☮ me — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:35:59 +0000

You’re soooo right! Seems like in the "good ol’ days" music was for the ears & now it’s more a visual thing…that’s why a lot of songs lack "staying power" & are forgotten by the time the next ‘flashy’ artist/video comes out.

BA: Actually…Mickey scares the $h*t out of me…what’s with those HUGE hands?
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By: Nancy D

Nancy D — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:13:59 +0000

Video didn’t kill the radio star, radio killed the radio star. When MTV first came out, I was in 8th grade (wow I am really old) anyway, I bought tapes based on the videos I saw and liked on MTV. (cd’s came much later for me) my point is, at that time in the New York/New Jersey area where I live, rock radio was just as exciting as MTV.

I could get good music from either source and never lack for something good to listen to. The real death of radio IMO came when these programming directors stopped listening to what rock fans wanted to hear and went to preset playlists.

This is why when the rock station by me does the top 1043 songs of all time, the first 500 or so are GREAT SONGS you haven’t heard in years.

Wow. I just went on a major rant, sorry about that.

I blame Disney for this latest round of garbage, but this style of bad music has always been around. They just do a better job of marketing.

BA: I am terrified of mice. I always have been. I never liked Mickey mouse either.
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