Gen-X keeps embarrassing me | Matt Connarton Unleashed

0:00 This might be some competition for YouTube. The headline this is from Music Business Worldwide dot com. Spotify opens direct uploads for music videos and live performances in beta. So Spotify is opening up to video basically, So now not only will Spotify of audio, but Spotify will have music videos on it and live performances. That could be a real threat to YouTube, because I mean, some people all they use YouTube for is for music videos. It's interesting too with music videos. If you talk to someone who doesn't know anything about the current music business and how it all works, a lot of people will tell you.

0:36 I hear people my age and younger say this, and it's hard to even explain it to them. They'll say things like, oh I miss MTV. Now music videos don't even exist. I wish there were still music videos. I used to love music videos, And whenever someone says that to me, I just want to grab them by the shoulders and say and shake them a little bit and say, have you never heard of YouTube? Look, there are more music videos than ever. For anyone who doesn't know this, I'm not trying to make fun of you, but anybody who watchs it because I hear it all the time.

1:11 It's not like something I hear once in a while. I hear all the time. I see people posting about it on social media. I mean, it's kind of a boomer thing to say, but even Gen xers will say this, Oh I miss music videos. There's no music videos anymore. Guys, there's more music videos than ever. Everyone makes music videos now, and if you're a major artist, who can afford it? Some of the some major label artists. Beyonce has done it, Metallica has done it. Other bands have done it. When they put out a new album or an EP, they'll release a music video for every single track.

1:43 Everybody's making videos now. There are more music videos than there have ever been. I'm sorry you miss MTV and is vh one still around her? Did that go away too? I'm sorry you miss your video channel, but you can go on YouTube and see all kinds of music videos. You have more access to music videos than you ever have at any point in history. It's just a little bit of a pet peeve I have when I heard, oh, there's no more more music videos. There's more music videos than ever, And if you long for if you're pining for the music videos of your youth, when you used to sit and watch MTV.

2:21 I get it, I get it. I grew up in that era. But guess what think of a video you saw when you were a kid that you watched on MTV. I guarantee you it's on YouTube. You can watch it right now, or better yet, explore some new music. There's lots of music videos. If you want music videos, there's lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of music videos. So please, just everybody stop with the uh oh MTV is dead and there's no more videos. Yeah there are. Sorry, how's a pet peeve of mine. I got a little snarky about that.

2:56 I don't mind when boomers say it, but when people my age say it, when Gen X it, it's like you make us all sound old because you're saying something that's not true. There are more. I'm sorry you miss MTV, but please, you're dragging our entire generation down when you say stupid things that are objectively false and easily disprovable.

3:24 You know to stop it.