Young people today have so many ways to spend their free time, it can be overwhelming. When I was a teenager I devoted most of my time with my friends, and I was always making time to watch music videos. In fact, a lot of my time spent with friends was dedicated to MTV. When we weren"t viewing the station we were talking about what we saw or what we would like to watch next. Looking back now I can not believe I lost so much time, but I remember it made me happy so I guess there is something to be said for that. In any case, at that time in my life I could not envisage not watching MTV all the time, and now I could not tell you where it is on my cable lineup.
My friends and I could watch music videos so often that we could tell you every little thing that happened in the video. This was the time of the eighties hair groups, and there was always one guy in each band that we were so much in love with, though it was rarely the same guy for each of us. We would watch music videos far into the night, and would eagerly wait for a new release. Thinking back, I recognize there are worse things I could have done with my time.
Although I do not watch music videos on MTV any more, my husband turns on some videos once in a while. We might view some new materiel, and we could also watch music videos from good old time. It"s almost embarrassing to watch them today, as it reminds me of how crazy I was about it. I look at the guys that I found so adorable back then, and I do not understand what I saw in them. I don"t watch music videos any more, but if they are on and something good comes on I don"t mind going down memory lane.
For the teenagers of today, there are a lot of methods to watch music videos. MTV is still there, although I believe it is a joke any more. It"s become almost a parody of itself. If you are sick of the MTV programming like I am, you may find a different fine place to watch music videos. Many singers now put their videos up online so that you can watch them there. They do it for promotional reasons, much like the reasons they are played on TV music stations. So it seems there is a time for everything in life. Enjoy the present.