Whatever Happened To MTV?

[Moozik: Morrissey - Alsation Cousin]

This year marks MTV's 25th anniversary. No mean feat to be sure. Anyone aged 28+ will note however that the MTV of today is a completely different beast than the MTV of yesteryear. MTV used to be the dogs bollocks and *the* place [0] to go to listen to and watch new music. I remember spending a considerable amount of my, ahem, free time while at school watching music videos. But it didn't stop when I left school and over the years I have amassed a quite large collection of old VHS tapes of videos [1] that sometimes throw on when I want a trip down memory lane.

Now, turn on MTV today. See any music videos? Not really. See a bunch of pointless reality TV type programmes? Oh yes. Viva La Bam? What is that all about? To be fair, MTV do actually play music videos but only at certain times of the day and only in very short spurts. Gone are the days where you can just "put MTV on" and listen to music whenever you feel like it. Shame really. Instead, now I turn on MTV and 9 out of 10 times greeted with an eyeball-rolling crapfest. I offer the following as evidence.

NEW YORK - The MTV2 network said it had not decided whether it will ever again air a cartoon criticized as offensive for depicting women being led around on leashes.

It's also not certain whether the series, "Where My Dogs At?" will come back for a second season, spokesman Jeff Castaneda said Wednesday. Its first season ended during the last week of July.

One episode, aired in the early afternoon, featured an appearance by a cartoon Snoop Dogg accompanied by two women in neck collars and chains. MTV2 said the episode was a satire of an actual Snoop appearance where women were in collars and chains.

MTV Ponders Fate of 'Where My Dogs At?'

Where My Dogs At? Oh yes, MTV you're a class act alright.

[0] Well, except for Top of the Pops which I hear has now died a death. End of an era.
[1] Which I should convert to DVD at some point.