MTV: Strangulation of the true underground.

MTV: Strangulation of the true underground.

MTV sucks, and pretty much always has. Besides the advent of a few good programs such as: Beavis and Butthead, Aeon Flux, The Maxx, Daria, and all those other depressing 90’s shows, they are deader then hell; and the tombstone reads,” MTV: 1981 – 1997ish”. The network itself is 28 years old, yet has reverted to satisfying the needs of middle school girls, and college kids that are immature enough to watch middle school girl shows. For example: look at the programming guide for the next month. Do you see anything that isn’t a scripted “reality show” about some 16 year old “daddy’s girl” spoiled bitch, or some bullshit about “date my mom”? The original idea of the network was to show music videos, and feed the need for the “underground” of the time period (which primarily consisted of mainstream music with an alternative twist added on for market value).

Now this is all well and good, but where is the music? I have yet to see any… and if there is this supposed music played on this alleged music network, what is the quality of said music? Standards have dropped dramatically over the last decade in the mainstream culture, and MTV documents every second of it, while fattening their pockets along the way. Has anyone except me noticed that modern talent is nothing compared to our predecessors? Every generation before us has released heart felt, and meaningful artwork (their music). Modern music is essentially garbage, based on the fact the lyrics themselves aren’t written by the actual artist. The videos promote sex appeal designed to reach younger and younger crowds as time goes on. It is no secret the “music” industry is based around greed, and the artists themselves are to blame. The networks are based around greed as well. Consumers love to eat this corporate shit seeing as they don’t know any different.

As a generation we have been taught to accept, and lie down on our backs, belly up. We should accept the fact talent is going extinct, while the talent-less strut the big impressive red carpet. MTV is killing the little that’s left of the underground, but hey the counterculture is alive and kicking. That’s why we keep it hush hush, baby.

-PCP