Comments on: MTV shooting ‘5 Dollar Cover’ in Seattle

By: keyboardcat

keyboardcat — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:57:24 +0000

fun fun fun in the fluffy chair.

dk++

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:10:49 +0000

You picked out two of several.
Btw, Viacom was where the local stuff got air play then,
and I know that for a fact, several times over.
Ever heard of 'Rising stars'? That was Viacom.
And all local. I don't know who does it anymore.

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:04:57 +0000

Hey, we had Weird Al and Van Halen (when VH still rocked). MTV in the 80's didn't completely suck.

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:45:08 +0000

Yeah, it still sucks.
NoraBell, it was never good, ever.
Well, they did show some good stuff

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:06:17 +0000

They were also at the Sloop earlier getting lunch and sloopers. Happy Birthday!

By: BarneyRubble

BarneyRubble — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:10:42 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oCPNMZuWwI

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:06:34 +0000

I suspect you're right. I could use my little old lady voice and say how much better MTV was in 'the old days' but it would be complete nonsense.
Sigh….I'm just out of their demographic now.

By: boardbrown

boardbrown — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:58:35 +0000

Does MTV really suck now? Or have we simply grown up and away? I suspect the latter.

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:13:09 +0000

Nice for the Tractor.
Although, $5 dollar cover isn't typical.
MTV, well, it's for the wee-teeners, or wee-teener wanna be's.

By: cb70

cb70 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:07:27 +0000

Good for the Maldives. Good for the Tractor. Good for Ballard. Good for Seattle.
Come on people…

By: SwedishG

SwedishG — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:42:20 +0000

Nice! Thanks for covering. I rode past this last night and was curious as to what was going on.

With the Internet, it's almost impossible for any musical outlet to be cool anymore. Information is no longer hard to attain, so it isn't as special. And, while we age 1 year at a time, MTV's target audience is reset at 1 year younger. So each year, the content is twice as irrelevant.

By: freeballard

freeballard — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:57:30 +0000

Big fat hairy deal.

By: cufflinks

cufflinks — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:49:02 +0000

Looks pretty good!

By: keyboardcat

keyboardcat — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:35:48 +0000

MTV is to music as KFC is to chicken.

I remember when Real World was setting up in Chicago a few years back and the entire neighborhood rejected them. Hundreds of people blocked off the street on the first night, some throwing paint at the building and roughing up the guards hired there. The producers (the evil bunim murray) couldn't comprehend why people don't like MTV.

By: Harwor

Harwor — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:08:11 +0000

Wow it's like The Hills but in Ballard. Maybe they can call it The Locks.