How Temple of the Dog Pioneered a New Genre of Music Videos in the ’90s

Re:How Temple of the Dog Pioneered a New Genre of Music Vide... by jdale27 on Sunday May 21, 2017 @01:23AM (#14385823)

>Released in early 1991, the video not only became an instant hit, but also a quintessential video in the ’90s genre. It codified the checklist for what a video in the ’90s would look like. > Guess what video this is talking about, no, just name the first thing that comes to mind. A little hard right?

When I read that description, the first two videos that came to mind were Give It Away and Smells Like Teen Spirit. I didn't even remember if those were released in 1991, but it turns out they both were. I suspect many others of my age would also think of those before Hunger Strike. But that doesn't prove those videos were better or more influential, just more popular and got more play on MTV.

I don't know how "pioneering" Temple of the Dog really were, but it does say something that a band that only made one album was worth reuniting 25 years later.

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Re:How Temple of the Dog Pioneered a New Genre of Music Vide... by fattire on Sunday May 21, 2017 @01:35AM (#14385856)

It always seemed to me like that band (and that song in paritcular) was kind of "leftover" material rammed down the public's throat when Pearl Jam & Soundgarden broke as if it were some hidden gem that had somehow evaded our attention ("It's about their dead friend, you know..."). Always felt to me just like a cash grab-- like what Cornell (RIP) says in the article: "Oh, there’s this one video that we have that has members of both bands in it; let’s play it all day!"

I don't get how guys playing in a field was some kind of pioneering new concept in music videos. That's basically every music video in the 1960s.

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Re:How Temple of the Dog Pioneered a New Genre of Music Vide... by cubano on Sunday May 21, 2017 @03:51AM (#14386220)

With all the current collabs in hip-hop, house, and pop, to be honest it almost seems totally played-out these days...if such a good idea about cross-pollinating music genres could be bad thing that is.

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Re:How Temple of the Dog Pioneered a New Genre of Music Vide... by autokad on Sunday May 21, 2017 @09:46AM (#14387268)

i thought temple of the dog was more or less a tribute to mother love bone, well the lead singer that died andrew wood.

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Re:How Temple of the Dog Pioneered a New Genre of Music Vide... by fattire on Sunday May 21, 2017 @07:41PM (#14389898)

That was my reference to "It's about their dead friend, you know..."

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Re:How Temple of the Dog Pioneered a New Genre of Music Vide... by coldtea on Sunday May 21, 2017 @07:43AM (#14386838)

>But that doesn't prove those videos were better or more influential, just more popular and got more play on MTV.

Things become influential by exposure...

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