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 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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