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Subject: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: JamieMcBain on 02/09/10 at 11:34 pm
The iconic MTV logo, has been changed recently, big time.
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/02/09/mtv-removes-music-television-from-iconic-logo/
Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 02/10/10 at 12:34 am
They could have put a more truthful caption there instead,
like TRASHY TELEVISION!
::)
Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: 80sTrivMeister on 02/10/10 at 3:49 am
They could have put a more truthful caption there instead,
like TRASHY TELEVISION!
::)
So very true...
Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: amjikloviet on 02/10/10 at 7:37 pm
It looks the same to me except there's some random girl on it. It still seems like music television to me because there's still that "M" there and I always thought it stood for "Music". But if they say it's changed then ok it's changed. I haven't watched Mtv in about 20 yrs anyway....and I won't be watching anytime soon.
Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 02/10/10 at 9:37 pm
It looks the same to me except there's some random girl on it. It still seems like music television to me because there's still that "M" there and I always thought it stood for "Music". But if they say it's changed then ok it's changed. I haven't watched Mtv in about 20 yrs anyway....and I won't be watching anytime soon.
Yeah, T wouldn't work how about M for Moronic!
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Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: Doc Brown on 02/11/10 at 12:07 am
The article described the logo as a monolithic M 'dripping' the letters T-V. Who was this writer kidding? If they ever watched MTV when it was 'Music Television', they would have known that the TV was spray-painted onto the M, symbolic of the 80's, which was the only true MTV generation. J.J. Jackson and Ken Ober may be looking down at this, but they can't possibly be smiling. Anyone like us who grew up watching videos on that station, I think, will agree with me on this statement: There is still MTV, but it's not MY MTV! >:(
Your Pal,
Doc
8-P
Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: Bobby on 02/11/10 at 6:37 pm
The article described the logo as a monolithic M 'dripping' the letters T-V. Who was this writer kidding? If they ever watched MTV when it was 'Music Television', they would have known that the TV was spray-painted onto the M, symbolic of the 80's, which was the only true MTV generation. J.J. Jackson and Ken Ober may be looking down at this, but they can't possibly be smiling. Anyone like us who grew up watching videos on that station, I think, will agree with me on this statement: There is still MTV, but it's not MY MTV! >:(
Your Pal,
Doc
8-P
Excellent points. I don't really understand why MTV have gone down this route. Couldn't there be other channels this downgrade television could feature on? VH-1 have gone down the same route.
Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: whistledog on 02/11/10 at 6:46 pm
So if it no longer symbolizes Music, then they need to change the name of the channel. The M means music. Always has, always will.
Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 02/12/10 at 12:01 pm
The would have to change it to:
DUMB
I think that might be the best name for the channel. The marketing campaign would be phenomenal. DUMB t-shirts, hats, shorts, pins, visors, laptops, credit cards...the kids wold go CRAZY for it!
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Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: whistledog on 02/12/10 at 3:07 pm
It pretty much is DUMB TV. It's filled with reality shows and complete garbage that is poison for your eyes. In Canada, we get alot of the MTV shows on our Much Music channel, and it's slowly going the way of MTV.
MTV doesn't play music videos. YouTube is removing them. What the hell is the point of today's music artists even making them anymore? No one gets to see tham :-\\
Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: Bobby on 02/13/10 at 11:16 pm
It pretty much is DUMB TV. It's filled with reality shows and complete garbage that is poison for your eyes. In Canada, we get alot of the MTV shows on our Much Music channel, and it's slowly going the way of MTV.
MTV doesn't play music videos. YouTube is removing them. What the hell is the point of today's music artists even making them anymore? No one gets to see tham :-\\
The only way I knew I was going to see old music videos was VH-1 Classics but even that is heading in VH-1/MTV's direction. It makes you wonder why VH-1 don't do a special downloadable music video package service and be done with the whole idea.
Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 02/14/10 at 2:54 am
Now their biggest hit is this thing called "Jersey Shore," which showcases the worst sort of Americans outside of prison bars. It's like a vile pornographic movie with most of the pornography taken out. I'd like to say that "Jersey Shore" is an exaggerated stereotype of a kind of American who only lives in New Jersey...but the stereotype is neither exaggerated, and they're everywhere, not isolated in coastal NJ.
::)
Subject: Re: RIP MTV logo.
Written By: sonikuu on 02/14/10 at 4:09 am
I wasn't even aware that "Music Television" was still in their logo. I've never seen "Music Television" as part of their logo on their actual network. It's been chopped off the logo on their network for a long time now. I thought they got rid of it years ago, so I can't say this effects me at all.