Ok, my 2 cents on AMP...
1) Watching the last 15 minutes of the VMA show made me remember why I
hate MTV and TV in general...most people are stupid, have poor taste, no
imagination and like to eat lots of shit that some marketing poobutt
sells them.
2) Most of the AMP videos were better then the winners of this years
VMA, IMHO. The exception was the CB's life is sweet...can you say rock
performance video? Sorry but it was quite lame.
3) SECOND BAD VILBEL - recipient of this years "Most Wickedist Shit I've
Every Seen" award. Someone should jack Coolio for that stupid "Best
Dance Video" award that he confessed he didn't even know why he was
getting and send it to Autechre...Job well done boys!
4) TRICKY - Because of the fact that they left in the line "When we
fuck, we'll hear beats", some upper level uptight anal suit really
didn't watch any of these videos...what that means, I have no idea.
Sure to piss off all those rap stars that get so many bleeps...
5) Aphex - Although I didn't know it at the time, I have already seen
the video for ON...only MTV stold it for something else and replace the
music with some other crap...this pissed me off a bit.
6) General stuff - Audio quality SUCKED...no high end, sounded like it
was in a cardboard box under water...looked down at the EQ thingie at
one point and it looked like a big ski ramp...bass thru the roof, highs
nonexistent. My friend asked why it sounded so shit, all I can guess is
all source tapes delivered to MTV were crap old 3/4"...not exactly
HI-FI. The only reason that you don't notice with Foofighters is that
stuff sucks anyways.
7) MTV didn't really spend much time on the AMP intro, bumpers and
outro. solarizing some stupid old cartoons doesn't cut it today when
you can do bad ass shit with a $1000 home PC and a 3D package...I've
shit out better visuals in my sleep.
To sum it all up, I enjoyed the show...sorry if I sound like an asshole
but I'm telling it like I (and the others who were present) see it.
I would love to see "the music we all love" get the recognition it
deserves...I hope this is a positive step, but I'm still not sold.
this is brock signing off....