Gen-X keeps embarrassing me | Matt Connarton Unleashed

0:00 Speaker 1: This might be some competition for YouTube. The headline this

0:03 Speaker 1: is from Music Business Worldwide dot com. Spotify opens direct

0:06 Speaker 1: uploads for music videos and live performances in beta. So

0:10 Speaker 1: Spotify is opening up to video basically, So now not

0:14 Speaker 1: only will Spotify of audio, but Spotify will have music

0:16 Speaker 1: videos on it and live performances. That could be a

0:21 Speaker 1: real threat to YouTube, because I mean, some people all

0:24 Speaker 1: they use YouTube for is for music videos. It's interesting

0:27 Speaker 1: too with music videos. If you talk to someone who

0:29 Speaker 1: doesn't know anything about the current music business and how

0:33 Speaker 1: it all works, a lot of people will tell you.

0:36 Speaker 1: I hear people my age and younger say this, and

0:40 Speaker 1: it's hard to even explain it to them. They'll say

0:42 Speaker 1: things like, oh I miss MTV. Now music videos don't

0:47 Speaker 1: even exist. I wish there were still music videos. I

0:49 Speaker 1: used to love music videos, And whenever someone says that

0:53 Speaker 1: to me, I just want to grab them by the

0:55 Speaker 1: shoulders and say and shake them a little bit and say,

1:00 Speaker 1: have you never heard of YouTube? Look, there are more

1:04 Speaker 1: music videos than ever. For anyone who doesn't know this,

1:06 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to make fun of you, but anybody

1:09 Speaker 1: who watchs it because I hear it all the time.

1:11 Speaker 1: It's not like something I hear once in a while.

1:12 Speaker 1: I hear all the time. I see people posting about

1:14 Speaker 1: it on social media. I mean, it's kind of a

1:16 Speaker 1: boomer thing to say, but even Gen xers will say this,

1:19 Speaker 1: Oh I miss music videos. There's no music videos anymore. Guys,

1:23 Speaker 1: there's more music videos than ever. Everyone makes music videos now,

1:27 Speaker 1: and if you're a major artist, who can afford it?

1:30 Speaker 1: Some of the some major label artists. Beyonce has done it,

1:34 Speaker 1: Metallica has done it. Other bands have done it. When

1:37 Speaker 1: they put out a new album or an EP, they'll

1:39 Speaker 1: release a music video for every single track. Everybody's making

1:44 Speaker 1: videos now. There are more music videos than there have

1:47 Speaker 1: ever been. I'm sorry you miss MTV and is vh

1:51 Speaker 1: one still around her? Did that go away too? I'm

1:53 Speaker 1: sorry you miss your video channel, but you can go

1:56 Speaker 1: on YouTube and see all kinds of music videos. You

2:01 Speaker 1: have more access to music videos than you ever have

2:03 Speaker 1: at any point in history. It's just a little bit

2:07 Speaker 1: of a pet peeve I have when I heard, oh,

2:09 Speaker 1: there's no more more music videos. There's more music videos

2:11 Speaker 1: than ever, And if you long for if you're pining

2:16 Speaker 1: for the music videos of your youth, when you used

2:19 Speaker 1: to sit and watch MTV. I get it, I get it.

2:23 Speaker 1: I grew up in that era. But guess what think

2:27 Speaker 1: of a video you saw when you were a kid

2:29 Speaker 1: that you watched on MTV. I guarantee you it's on YouTube.

2:32 Speaker 1: You can watch it right now, or better yet, explore

2:36 Speaker 1: some new music. There's lots of music videos. If you

2:39 Speaker 1: want music videos, there's lots and lots and lots and

2:41 Speaker 1: lots and lots of music videos. So please, just everybody

2:45 Speaker 1: stop with the uh oh MTV is dead and there's

2:48 Speaker 1: no more videos. Yeah there are. Sorry, how's a pet

2:52 Speaker 1: peeve of mine. I got a little snarky about that.

2:56 Speaker 1: I don't mind when boomers say it, but when people

2:58 Speaker 1: my age say it, when Gen X it, it's like

3:01 Speaker 1: you make us all sound old because you're saying something

3:06 Speaker 1: that's not true. There are more. I'm sorry you miss MTV,

3:11 Speaker 1: but please, you're dragging our entire generation down when you

3:15 Speaker 1: say stupid things that are objectively false and easily disprovable.

3:24 Speaker 1: You know to stop it.