h in on the music industry wasn’t just picking up their crumbs. Just luring in those people whose ears are uninterested in music with flashy colors and shiny things is no longer their motive. Quickly MTV figured out eye candy doesn’t sell nearly as well as the fantasy life the right image can supply. There is nothing wrong with having an image, everyone portrays an image whether they like it or not. In this case the problem is, MTV uses image to sell a product where image should be considered irrelevant. The effect of doing this is closing the viewers’ minds; it causes people to listen to music only on the expressional level. This blinds people from the fact that on the purely musical level the product is elementary, and in my opinion more often resembles noise than music. Maybe you already knew all the things I have said thus far, but you disagree with my views on the issue. Then we see things from a different angle, and that ok by me. You might like the things I’ve said, but don’t totally agree with me because you figure I’m problely just a cynical basterd. I’ve got no credentials, for all you know I can’t back up a single word I’ve said. Just to show you I’m not the only one who has such distaste for MTV and the other big brothers of the music industry, I’ll quote someone with a bit of a longer rsum than I do. Jerry Garcia, along with the rest of the Grateful Dead, holds the record for playing the most concerts ever. 30 years of dedicated fans proves Jerry to be knowledgeable in the field of music. Incase Jerry’s opinion might be worth more to you than mine, I’ll quote something he said once at Dead concert (I have the tape): “ We were trying to figure out if we were going to sit down or stand up while we were playin’, and I think the industry standard is you sit down.” Then vary sarcastically he said; “ You know that’s the...
