Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!eagle!allegra!psuvax!burdvax!donkin From: donkin@burdvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.test Subject: re:JUST TESTING Message-ID: <796@burdvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Jun-83 21:15:02 EDT Article-I.D.: burdvax.796 Posted: Mon Jun 6 21:15:02 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Jun-83 01:54:39 EDT Lines: 26 >From donkin (Michael Donkin) Sat May 21 19:08:01 1983 Subject: MTV videos Newsgroups: net.music As a "musician", I find many of the videos on MTV kind of pathetic. Are there really that many people that want to watch vocalists struggling to lipsync convincingly, and groups "playing" instruments that aren't even plugged in? The good thing about the live concert segments and specials is that at least we know what we hear is actually being played. Many times I have heard a song on the radio with a hot guitar lick and wondered "How did he do that?" This is where the live footage can really be educational and interesting. Sure, MTV provides a great medium for "artsy" videos (i.e., Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy"), and for videos with a message (Devo's "It's a Beautiful World"). But I, for one, prefer the no-frills live concert clips (along the lines of Rush's "Limelight" and Jethro Tull's "Aqualung"). Rock Rock 'til Ya Drop, Mike Donkin