After reading "The New Age of the Music Video", I would have to say that in today's world, I don't think that MTV would do very well posting music videos back on their channel like they used to. Most teenagers and young adults spend their time on the internet these days, and so naturally the smartest thing for producers to do, would be to place their music on websites like youtube. Also, I think one of the problems with MTV was that you really had no choice in what music videos you got to watch. It was whatever happened to be on MTV at the time you turned on the channel, and if you wanted to see a specific music video, you could be sitting their staring at the television for hours waiting for them to replay that music video. It is just more convenient to get onto youtube and and search whatever music video you are looking for in today's society. I think that is just a part of how technology works, MTV was cool for awhile, but then something better came along that allowed us to watch music videos more conveniently. I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing, that is just how technology works, you have to adapt to it, or you will get left behind.
Video Killed The Radio Star
My perceptions of the music video "Video Killed the Radio Star", was that video kind of changed the way you looked at a person's music. Before there was music video, you could listen to the music and most people probably had an idea of what they believed the singer to look like or act like, and when they introduced music videos into the mix, some people probably were shocked or disappointed. Maybe their idea of the person singing on the radio, didn't fit the image of the person being shown on T.V. Even as a kid, I can remember hearing songs on the radio and absolutely loving them, but then when I watched the music video I was left feeling some what disappointed if the singers actions/personality didn't match up to how I had imagined them to be in my head. Once again, I think that has a lot to do with differences in technology, and having to adapt to new technological advances. I felt very much like the little girl in the music video when I was a kid, I had expected one thing after listening to my favorite artist on the radio, and was disappointed once I saw the music video with it.
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