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Re:MTV blames Internet piracy for its demise as a music chan... by Bandrik on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @01:33AM (#2169330)
"Wait, the M stood for Music?" -Any member of today's youth

I used to love MTV back in the 90's. Beavis and Butt-Head, Daria, Celebrity Deathmatch, and of course... music videos. I would stay up till 1am just watching the random music videos they had. I also remember watching commercials for Final Fantasy VII and Oddworld. I miss the 90's.. =/

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Re:MTV blames Internet piracy for its demise as a music chan... by ugh on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @03:12AM (#2169520)
Believe it or not, I actually used MTV (Germany) to discover music from 1998 (when I was ten) to maybe 2002 (when I was 14). That used to actually be possible.

The music I discovered isn’t even bad and withstood the test of time remarkably well. (Of the top of my head I’m thinking of all the Discovery singles by Daft Punk, the first Gorillaz video Clint Eastwood and the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s Californication.) And Celebrity Deathmatch was awesome.

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Re:MTV blames Internet piracy for its demise as a music chan... by chopsueyar on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @05:18AM (#2169737)
What about 'The Head'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Head

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Re:MTV blames Internet piracy for its demise as a music chan... by jokermatt999 on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @08:07AM (#2170072)
Even worse, TLC was once The Learning Channel.
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