MTV has always used great music for incidental while completely ignoring it otherwise.
I remember the first season of road rules being completely accompanied by Pell Mell. Or hearing My Bloody Valentine played underneith the VJ as they introduced Pearl Jam same-o same -old On Fri, 3 May 2002, sean deason wrote: > I too am starting to think someone at MTV *is* in the Detroit Techno > Closet?. > In addition to hearing Carl's At Les used *numerous* times, various > tracks from my "Allegory & Metaphor" have been utilized on 2 epsiodes of > The Real World (Chicago) and 3 episodes of Celebrity Undercover. I've > also heard a Disco D track on the Real World this season. But nobody > listens to techno. :^) I like Cyclones idea. I'm waiting for the new > Eminem album to come out so I can sample the hell out of it. I wont get > caught because nobody listens anyways. > > > > sean "grand larceny" deason > > Brian 'balistic' Prince wrote: > > > Just caught a few minutes of "Making the Video" on MTV, featuring > > Eminem, hero to dim adolescent white boys everywhere. While the Real > > Slim Maybe explains his Moby dis, an interesting juxtaposition of > > ideologies occurs . . . the segment uses Carl Craig's "At Les" as > > filler music between clips. We go straight from C2's masterpiece to > > watching M2 lipsync "don't nobody listen to techno" while pretending > > to play a keyboard and do yoga. > > > > It struck me as a really odd choice of fill music, considering the > > show's usual diet of high-energy fromage. Coincidence? Intentional > > dig? Intentional placement by a closeted 313 fan? One wonders . . . > > > > Hope Carl got paid anyway. > > > > Apologies if someone already noticed this . . . I don't recall seeing > > it mentioned, but then I was on vacation for a bit. > > > > As an aside, I finished the illustration of the robot girl I was > > working on a while back: http://www.bprince.com/GallyFinal.jpg > > > > ------ > > Brian "balistic" Prince > > http://www.bprince.com - art and techno > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
