tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post115443646330385824..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: I WANT MY MTV XXVSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1154471860699535742006-08-01T22:37:00.000+00:002006-08-01T22:37:00.000+00:00i'm feeling very nostalgic today. when i was 11/12...i'm feeling very nostalgic today. when i was 11/12, and we got MTV Europe, it seemed like the best thing ever - so exotic and foreign. Ray Cokes was just brilliant back then.. the adverts for movies long passed out of UK cinemas, people from eastern Europe calling up with broken English and little to offer.. the Chris Isaak/Wicked Game video, the Pearl Jam/Jeremy video. <BR/><BR/>So I tried to watch some today. Needless to say I didn't last 2 minutes.<BR/><BR/>I'll never forgive them for doing away with MTV Europe - it was sooo much more interesting than this 'local' variant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1154468903446115142006-08-01T21:48:00.000+00:002006-08-01T21:48:00.000+00:00I don't know what your German's like, but Die Welt...I don't know what your German's like, but Die Welt has marked the anniversary by <A HREF="http://www.welt.de/data/2006/08/01/981159.html" REL="nofollow">interviewing</A> MTV Europe "legend" Ray Cokes. He's not bitter - much!<BR/><BR/>However, he does make the good if unoriginal point that the supposedly TotP-killing network isn't all that big on music nowadays.Chris Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062680121301021165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1154463500818206082006-08-01T20:18:00.000+00:002006-08-01T20:18:00.000+00:00If you're going to send anything Jamiroquai relate...If you're going to send anything Jamiroquai related into space, make it the twat himself.ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13462118851964861754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1154437912976200972006-08-01T13:11:00.000+00:002006-08-01T13:11:00.000+00:00Ahh, MTV2. Pick your own hours. The pleasure of se...Ahh, MTV2. Pick your own hours. The pleasure of seeing the Auteurs, Ladytron and MBV. The pain of requesting Blue by Verve, and getting Lucky Man by the Verve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com