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Youtube killed the video star?

Discussion in 'Sensorium' started by Beren, Aug 29, 2011.

  1. Beren

    Beren Lovesick and Lonely Wanderer Staff Member Member of the Week Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Interesting topic here. The song "Video killed the radio star" was always remembered as the prophetic song of the cusp of the new decade (80s), since the MTV era did more or less kill the radio star.

    Perhaps the most notable casualty of the Buggles' prophecy was Christopher Cross, a talented singer whose cherubic appearance just couldn't cut it for the new era. Meanwhile a talentless bimbo like Samantha Fox was instant gold cause she had, ya know.

    Is the internet, or more specifically Youtube, doing the same thing to the music video?

    http://mashable.com/2011/08/01/mtv-30th-anniversary/
     
    Beren, Aug 29, 2011
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    I see it as more of a transition. Intelligent artists know how to take advantage of social media like Youtube. Ok Go are really good at that. They released a cd which received small to medium attention. For their second album, they decided to market it differently. They made the now famous treadmill video, launched it on youtube and voila, they are now famous.
     
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