Pete Wentz has taken a shot at television network MTV, saying he's "frustrated" by the music channel because of the small amount of airtime actually dedicated to playing music.
The Fall Out Boy rocker started a poll on his personal blog asking, "What's the number one thing you hate about MTV?"According to the majority of the almost 700 respondants, lack of music was their main gripe.
Wentz posted the following message on Tuesday (May 20):
"i could only assume that you would be completely frustrated with the same things i am with mtv. it is a network called music television that does not play music videos. and when they do play videos it is in 30 second clips on TRL or underneath the credits of whatever reality show. the truth is we have a collective memory of videos. certain ones we can all sit and look back and say "oh i remember that" or "i cant believe axl rocked the nwa hat and the bicycle shorts in the same video". people say that with the a.d.d. generation people cant pay attention to a whole music video whenever we have asked. that people wont watch those anymore. i disagree. as most of you do as well. the truth is whole videos should be played. bands should play live. premieres should be a big deal like they used to be, not just a snippet of a video. artists should be able to let their imaginations go and know that people will be able to see what they have crafted. artists should talk about their videos. we should and can make the music video important again."
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