DigitalDjigit
Honky Tonk Woman
Music videos: good, bad?
I generally dislike them because they impose some kind of narrative structure to a music piece where it is often inappropriate. Sometimes, when they are more abstract, they could create something greater than music by itself, a separate art piece. What really annoys me is that music could be listened to while doing lots of things but music videos make you sit there and watch the video. The whole critique of television could be applied here with the additional indictment that the video part is completely unnecessary.
Why do people bother? It's not like MTV shows them anymore.
I generally dislike them because they impose some kind of narrative structure to a music piece where it is often inappropriate. Sometimes, when they are more abstract, they could create something greater than music by itself, a separate art piece. What really annoys me is that music could be listened to while doing lots of things but music videos make you sit there and watch the video. The whole critique of television could be applied here with the additional indictment that the video part is completely unnecessary.
Why do people bother? It's not like MTV shows them anymore.