Pop Culture Screws Itself........Again!

On August 1, 1981, the world of pop culture was changed forever. Music Television, MTV, was born. The Buggles, "Video Killed the Radio Star" brought a new medium, the music video front and center into our living rooms. MTV was for the few privileged folk that had cable TV, still in it's infancy. MTV raised the number of households that ultimately installed cable boxes, nationwide.

We now could see the songs in a whole new light. Whether it was seeing the Goonies through Cindy Lauper's lip syncing or Bow Wow Wow's lolita singing in the surf. We got a new drug to be addicted to. Friday Night Video Fights, Headbanger's Ball, 120 Minutes, Remote Control, Spring Break, The Real World and Yo! MTV Raps shaped my younger self. I loved those shows and made certain that I watched or popped a tape in the VCR and set the timer. Just dated myself, eh.

I thought this momentous occasion would be cause for MTV to do something big like they did @ 20 years. A live concert or some sort of reunion of the original VJ's. Unfortunately, that is not to come. Instead, the geniuses @ MTV set programming greatest MTV moments on it's sister station, VH1 Classic. What does MTV have going on with the main channel this weekend? A Jersey Shore fuckfest! What in the sam hell? You blow out your history for these moronic, idiotic fuck ups? Is Jersey Show a goldmine for MTV? Absolutely, it is. However, this show is everything that our nation needs to be ashamed of. These douche bags make the world laugh at us.

MTV doesn't show videos anymore. They serve a steady diet of The Gauntlet, Jersey Shore, Teen Mom and Real Life. MTV2 shows some videos. That is when they aren't showing reruns of the Wayans Brothers or Martin. These channels are just pathetic. What once was a trailblazer is now just a shell of its former self. MTV, YOU SUCK. You were a driving force in the music world once. You killed rock, hair metal and grunge. You proceeded to put hip hop and pop poop as the only music that record companies want to distribute. MTV shame on you!