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MTV launches music video site

Posted by aubin on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 5:00 PM (EDT)

As many have noted, MTV doesn't play videos anymore, focusing instead on reality shows and other types of content, but the channel does still boast arguably the largest collection of music videos anywhere. Today, the channel announced the launch of MTV Music, a YouTube-styled site which will eventually feature the company's entire catalog of music videos.

As of today, there are 16,000 videos, "Unplugged" performances and exclusive MTV concert footage. Sadly, the site maintains MTV's habit of regional restrictions meaning it is impossible to stream the videos outside of the United States. While every video is not available yet, the site has pages full of videos for artists like Bad Religion, Rancid, Blink-182, New Found Glory, Less Than Jake, AFI, Sick of It All and many more.

You can check it out here.

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TheOneTrueBill (October 28, 2008)

Who pooped the bed?

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The4footpartysub (October 28, 2008)

This music sounds like whales raping each other!

Timorous_Me (October 28, 2008)

I pooped right now while you were explaining it.

miniblindbandit (October 28, 2008)

best show on television

MisFit4Me (October 28, 2008)

WAS IT CHARLIE, MAC, DENNIS, OR DENNIS'S FUCKING DAD!?

I don't know, I missed the second half of that episode :(

miniblindbandit (October 28, 2008)

frank ftw

sugarfull (October 28, 2008)

Wildcard bitches!

soundclash (October 28, 2008)

cause poop is funny!

BluthCo (October 28, 2008)

It's not about the poop, it's about the mystery.

Chartreuse (October 28, 2008)

This is unusual behavior for mtv.

Babrook (October 28, 2008)

Can't wait to see some Circle Jerks and Murphy's Law on here.

Wait.

el_matt (October 28, 2008)

Is there any way to get around those regional restrictions? Not for this, but i would like to watch Late Night with Conan O'Brien (and the Tonight Show once he takes over Leno)

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nina_d (October 28, 2008)

use a US based proxy? i don't know if that'll actually work, just throwing it out there

jacknife737 (October 28, 2008)

Since when did MTV play music videos?

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AnarchyPants (October 28, 2008)

Back in the 50's or something.

Craig-TheRebelCounty (October 28, 2008)

The site is called MTV Music? Music Television Music? Seriously?

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Timorous_Me (October 28, 2008)

An ATM machine is an Automatic teller machine machine. And DC Comics is Detective Comics Comics.

kneel (October 28, 2008)

gnu is gnu is not unix

nerrrrrr

Craig-TheRebelCounty (October 28, 2008)

hahaha Wow, good call.

Timorous_Me (October 28, 2008)

Dental plan

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retistictumblweed (October 28, 2008)

Lisa needs braces

TheOneTrueBill (October 28, 2008)

From now on the baby sleeps in the crib

Timorous_Me (October 28, 2008)

I've had that stuck in my head ever since I read this comic http://www.sugarboukas.com/X/DCFM/wDCFM01

miniblindbandit (October 28, 2008)

http://revolucion.ytmnd.com/

AnarchyPants (October 28, 2008)

Dental Plan.

88fingersOscar (October 29, 2008)

Lisa needs braces.

Timorous_Me (October 28, 2008)

Does anyone have a high-res picture of the back of the 59 Sound? I need it for a college project I'm working on but all my physical albums are back at my mom's house.

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SaladFingers (October 28, 2008)

don't lie, you downloaded the leak like everyone else.

be honest and you may get your picture....

Timorous_Me (October 28, 2008)

Oh no doubt, I downloaded the leak. But I bought the vinyl from vinylcollective as well.

listofdemands (October 28, 2008)

that channel needs to change its fucking name already. this should seal the deal.
-nic

Banal242 (October 28, 2008)

Is this site easily navigable or will we have to sit through 8 minutes of commercials for a 3 minute video?

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rakehand (October 28, 2008)

it's nice and quick

Banal242 (October 28, 2008)

Find your favorite crazy ass video. Sorry, canucks.

http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=152182

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punk_sk (October 28, 2008)

thank you for that

MilesQToast (October 28, 2008)

I actually had a dream about this video last week. spooky.

biggest_dick_in_the_south (October 28, 2008)

Now Sick Of It All can finally stop whining about never being on MTV.

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biggest_dick_in_the_south (October 28, 2008)

http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=206876

sweet!

TheOneTrueBill (October 28, 2008)

The first time I ever heard of Sick of it All was on an MTV news piece around the time Built To Last came out. It was weird. Then a couple years later, sometime around 1999 there was an SOIA video (and Refused as well) in some "Return of the Rock" special that I taped that ended up being almost all nu-metal.

biggest_dick_in_the_south (October 28, 2008)

They had a video for Step Down that was on Headbangers Ball a couple times. Every time I saw them in the 90s they would bitch about not being on MTV and if they wore plaid, theyd be all over MTV.

retistictumblweed (October 28, 2008)

So wait... if MTV doesn't air videos anymore, do artists still make videos for their songs? Or is that a forgotten art? If no one is showing videos, then how do high school kids know what to listen to? God I'm so old... and slow...

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AnarchyPants (October 28, 2008)

And strange.

I'll take the bait.

CrotchRot (October 28, 2008)

mtv jams and mtv hits play videos all day long. jams is pretty tight too

Holy_Balls (October 28, 2008)

mtv now stands for more television vomiting. if they produce one more show about some chick going to new york or l.a. or a show about dating, i will poop in an envelope and send that shit to them. instead of licking the envelope, i will piss on it.

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get_crazylady (October 29, 2008)

Oh man, you should do that anyway because it would be hilarious.

GlamBalam (October 28, 2008)

Another reason to immigrate to America!

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StuckInBielers (October 29, 2008)

emigrate surely

a_cobb (October 28, 2008)

Hey everyone, pop-up videos are on here!

soundclash (October 28, 2008)

cause poop is funny!

biggest_dick_in_the_south (October 28, 2008)

Im having a 90s flashback. Superdrag, Better Than Ezra, HUM

WalterSobchak (October 29, 2008)

Why could they have not done this when the interweb was invented?

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Dordon (October 29, 2008)

ask al gore.

get_crazylady (October 29, 2008)

I guess that's cool? I don't really understand the whole concept of the music video. I mean, don't get me wrong, they are entertaining, but I just don't understand 'em. I would much rather see the band live or listen to my iPod. I don't need visual gratification to appreciate a band. Anyway, I guess MTV is finally realizing that stupid sweet sixteen parties and who Paris Hilton has for a BFF just isn't that interesting anymore.
Yeah MTV also has this thing they play in the morning, I just so happened to be on today when I was getting ready for school. Anyway. It's called FN MTV and it's their new way of showing music videos. Basically they pick out four popular videos and cut them up and play one section mingled with other sections of different videos over and over and over again. So, you only hear like a minute of the song and then it switches to another song. And

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Lesterfangs (October 29, 2008)

My Favorite show on MTV is NEXT!

It's such a great show, it really is. I really
can't say enough good things about this show, i mean,
I probably could, How much time do you have??

WorryRock (October 30, 2008)

Well that's good. It's about goddamn time.

But how sad is it that mtv had to launch a new entity called mtvm. music television music.

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