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[–] [email protected] 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Honestly kinda sad I missed the "golden years" of MTV. I didn't grow up with cable or satellite TV; so my sister and I would watch the shit out of Nickelodeon, cartoon network, discovery and animal planet when we were on vacation or at our grandparents house. However, I grew up with my parents waxing poetic about how MTV used to have the best music and they would have (supposedly) gotten a cable or satellite connection if only MTV still showed music videos.

Looking back it was obvious bullshit and they wouldn't have gotten a subscription even if MTV only played their favorite bands and music videos; but at the time it meant I was always hoping MTV would start showing music videos again so my parents would get cable and my sister and I could watch cartoons, science, nature, history and engineering shows.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Before Spotify I would find new music from MTV. Though back then I didn't know I liked techno more than anything else and I would've never found out from watching MTV

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How did you find out? I realized that I really like EDM when I started going to nightclubs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When flying back home with my family from a trip. Airplanes didnt have individual screens and the movie that was on was terrible (on the shared tvs), so I kept checking every radio station available until I heard (not 100% sure on this) Heaven from DJ Sammy and suddenly I REALLY like music for the first time in my life.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's so great when you accidentally find something that you really connect with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Tbh its kind of scary. When I think about how I could've spent my entire life without knowing I like that I also think of all the things I absolutely love to do but havent discovered yet. Our lives are brief and we really need to try to experience as much as possible

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Though back then I didn’t know I liked techno more than anything else and I would’ve never found out from watching MTV

MTV had the show called AMP that would play very late at night. Electronic music videos during the late 90s.

https://youtu.be/tbFZwbSmUTQ

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBXO-yEpu7qfeUQoFVHFsZuHdHAxOW6O8

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah so, Im from Brazil and Im pretty sure they didnt have anything for techno here, also, I was looking for porn on tv whenever I managed to be up that late