Well i had a slight bit of hope for this Network when I saw them playing DEPECHE MODE's new Video, but then I realized it was 4:45 AM and the world was asleep, but then I saw a commercial that officially ended hope for vh1, a new show called SOUTH OF NOWHERE, basically VH1's version of MTV's Laguna Beach. Yet more shows about Bitchy "white" kids and the one token "black" kid who spend the whole show screwing one another and then going back to their "real love", but then complaining and complaining. This generation truly is the worst, TV is total garbage, reality shows are all scripted, if u believe anything but that you are on crack. And the Music, well what can i say, truly the worst. I just wish MTV VH1 and BET would just stop showing Videos, stop trying to prove you are about Music when you arent. This is what happens when you let 10 year olds run things, you get the shit that is all over the place. And if i see that Commercial where Common, who i used to respect, says how MTV is all about the Artist and all this Bullshit, hmmm, smells like a sellout to me, i think i remember Common talking a different line when his last CD couldnt get any "mtv play".

lastdecember said:

south of nowhere isnt even on vh1 its on -the-noggin- network. it was just a commerical.

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I think it's been awhile since vh-1 played alot of music. Like MTV, most videos on vh1 can be found only between 3-11 AM.
And when they do play them on bile like TRL, they're chopped to bits anyway, and the kids talk over them (can't inderstand how anyone can watch that).

I heard that even Fuse may give up videos for those unwatchable reality shows.

Hey MTV and VH-1, take your non-music programming and shove it up your ass.
Pimp my fuckin' nutsack, losers.

Christopher said:

Same Crap though, if there pimpin it they will run it sooner or later, i think the 85 bullshit reality shows they run are enough to end the network, or at least a reason to stop calling them a Music Station

VH-1 classic is an incredible channel. They go back to the basics and play nothing but rare and older music videos, as well as some great live stuff. It's a shame the main VH-1 channel doesn't do this with today's music.

Tom said:

I love VH1 Classic. They tend to play too many things from the 80's though IMO. I really wish they'd put more 60's and 70's live stuff on. And I love The Rock Show, but I've noticed after watching it for a while now that they always play the same videos of 80's hair bands that I never even knew existed. It's good for a laugh, but I can only take so much. Once in a while, they will throw in something worthwhile like Hendrix, ACDC, Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, etc.

Ive been watching I LOVE THE 80s: 3-D. They may as well create an 80s pop culture tv network.

minneapolisgenius said:

I would think the answer to your question of why they don't play more videos from the 60s and 70s is that there isn't that much to choose from that era.

Watching 'The Alternative' on VH1 Classic at this very moment.

eugnj420 said:

This makes sense. Studies have shown that while a lot of us here would like to watch music videos, most of the current MTV audience prefer reality show garbage. The ratings for those shows are so high, it would only be a matter of time before Fuse caved in too.

sextonseven said:

Viacom or whoever needs to make some boundaries. They need to just create a reality tv network with all of those shows and move that shit their. VH1 is practially a pop culture station now so they should rename themselves or make a new station for that too. MTV & VH1 is a joke. It's just sad.

I havent had cable for awhile now, its not worth it, how can they still have music and video award shows when they dont play music or videos?

sextonseven said:

I thought of that as well, but there's got to be more concert footage out there than they've been showing. Maybe they just don't have the rights to show it.

South of Nowhere is on the Noggin Network. The only reason the commercial for it probably aired on VH1 was because Noggin is owned by the same ppl that own MTV, Vh1 and Nickelodeon.

The Noggin Channel is actually pretty cool. Half the viewers watch the channel because of Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is probably one of the smarter teen shows out there(as they deal with tough shit like cutting, cancer, homosexuality, etc.)

VH1-Classic is way better. Vh1 is turning into E!

kpowers said:

it sure is. we don't need 2 versions of the same channel.

newskin69 said:

and noggin shows the adventures of pete and pete!!! or at least they used to...

JasmineFire said:

...they also showed "My So Called Life" and "Daria".

I don't care what MTV, Vh-1, or BET do. Who really sits around and watches videos for hours at a time anyway?

If "But Can They Sing?" doesnt kill VH1--nothing will.

purplecam said:

they need to just switch E! into the current VH1. VH1 is doing E! better than E! is.

lastdecember said:

thats funny cause the shows are makes VH1.it was never as cool as MTV and in the late 90s when it started with behind the music,storytellers,etc it started to become watchable i thought.and if its all current music is crap to you... why would you want to watch alot of videos anyways? lol

newskin69 said:

im all about some degrassi! they're even showing the old school episodes now at times.

In the mid 1990s, VH1 was the only good video channel with shows like:

The Big 80s
American Bandstand
Solid Gold
8 Track Flashback
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Behind The Music

Now, VH1 is almost as horrible as MTV and BET. As for the reality shows, I can see why they would look for something to air since the current music scene is the worst it has ever been. Reality shows aren't the answer though because there's already too many of them out there already. People have no originality these days. In television, just like music, they take one idea and absolutely run it in the ground.

I would love to have VH1 Classic but in my area it's not on basic cable. It's on a higher priced cable package that is unaffordable. Hell, basic cable is already high enough.

vainandy said:

yes, they focused more on music with those shows (oh good times they were)

Tom said:

oh lordi yes, VH-1 classic is unbelievable! I watch it every night before I go to bed.

origmnd said:

it seems to me that they are riding the "Dancing With the Stars" bandwagon.

VH-1 used to be the only video channel that I watched. When they started playin shows like "Strange Love" and "My Fair Brady" I wondered who in the world wants to see this mess????

November said:

Like I said, it's becoming E!

NorthernLad said:

Don't forget VH1 Soul. That's an awesome channel too for people who like R&B and hip hop without the excessive booty-shaking hoochie mamas and bling bling crap played on BET.

thank u!!! if ya wanna watch vids tune into soul or classic, but the main vh1 channel has never been 100% music (as far as i know)they've always had talk shows, reality shows, or music related shows. geeze the world is not like mcdonalds folks: u cannot have it all your way
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newskin69 said:

i love that show! also like someone else said they show daria (love that girl) they used to show pete and pete and my so called life (wish they'd start showing it again, it rocked!)