Originally Posted by kezo:
“Thats the main issue - thats all it is charts and nothing more - where is viewer interaction - NONE unless they want you to vote for something....
But why do they need to play more "classics" as its easter it should be all year round and not stuck til 10pm or just after
I remember MTV Dance with the Devil - it was OK and I believe that was the time they added likes of Eminem and Flo-rida on it (i'll take blame on Flo-rida being played on there as I requested it a few times on Weekender BUT that seems to be the start of playing rnb on it?) but now the playlists are that obvious! I still think artists such as Jason Derulo/Tinie Tempah should be more on MTV Base and MTV Dance is just plain dance music - I find it an embarassment anytime I see Cheryl Cole on MTV Dance/Base she ain't a good singer or dancer get a grip! In general all channels need a major overhaul on playlisting
I am going to sound weird/bit off topic but when was the last time MTV Dance played say People Hold On by Lisa Stansfield (the remix from 90's) or even tin tin out, guess will be they aint thought of/locked in archives to UK viewers or aint digitised!”
It's mostly charts on the channels today - Pop Powerlist on 4Music - does anyone actually care who has the most money?
I've realised Clubland are playing 'classics' as they have a new CD out on Monday
Ahhh, the devil - the yellow man must have been MTV Hits.
Stansfield was on MTV Classic not long ago - don't know which song though. Tin Tin Out I haven't seen for ages anywhere,
PS - Cascada's new song on now on Planet Pop which is owned by the same people as Clubland, so it's moved to another channel, but not another company like Bauer or MTV.
Originally Posted by TranceClubber:
“Agreed.
I liked MTV Dance until October'ish 2007 , 2008 and 2009 had too many on and off periods , since then it's not been the same.
I got a few DVD recordings from the MTV Dance Devil era these tracks (2004-2005) :
Basement Jaxx - Oh my Gosh (The European Dancefloor Chart)
Stonebridge feat. Ultra Nate - Freak On (The European Dancefloor Chart)
Alice Deejay - The Lonely One (Trance Classics)
DJ Sammy - Sunlight (Trance Classics)
Route 33 Feat. Alex James - Looking Back (Move ya Feet!)
Deep Dish - Say Hello (MTV Dance Anthems)
Weekend Players - 21st Century (Chill Out)
Jakatta - American Dream (Ibiza Rewind)
Brancaccio & Aisher - It's Gonna Be (A Lovely Day) (MTV Dance Anthems)
Unkle Feat Ian Brown - Reign (Chill Out)
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Chill Out)
Oceanlab feat Justine Suissa - Clear Blue Water (Trance Anthems)
Marly - You Never Know (MTV Dance Anthems)
Scent - Up & Down (Move ya Meet)
El Loco - Ibiza (I got mashed in...2002)
I miss the obscurity like this ! especially the ones in bold!!
MTV Dance and all of their other music channels stopped playing the obscure tracks after 2007 onwards , MTV Dance still had abit of obscurity in the themed nights they had in 2008 but that never lasted long , since then its been pretty much chart-dance and it's remained that to the present day and most of the chart-dance we have now is poor , basically throw away!”
Not seen any of them for years.
MTV Dance has gone all mainstream sadly.
Originally Posted by
TranceClubber:
“It's ridiculous how the obscure stuff is shunted away from the music channels now , VH1 could be a great channel if they made the most of the MTV archives because it is meant to appeal to the older market , not sure if it is anymore given that the channel is now like MTV Hits most of the times.
This is what VH1 used to be like !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g47HSVt_ykc
Even Magic hasn't played this one and the type of music they play it should but they rather play just the same popular songs from the same artists , they even avoid the lesser known tracks from popular artists too , even Britney Spears - Stronger i haven't seen in a long time as it's always Baby one more time or Toxic !”
Sadly, I think VH1 is poor but better than MTV Hits/Dance/Live, which are appalling.
Stronger is sometimes on Vault and was on heat the other day on Britney:Reload - apart from that - it's usually the two you mention or Scream and Shout, unless it's a program or The Vault. Heat played Piece Of Me today and the other day Gimme More a couple of times. Womanizer gets played sometimes, but she has many that never get played unless it's a special programme or literally a Britney programme.
I think it's the same for all artists though - they just seem to play the same songs over and over.