I want it ALL
Before I was fully educated to the beauty of Queen, I remember being so PISSED that this video was being aired.
As much as I was pissed that HB changed, music at the time was changing too. The BIGGEST mistake that MTV made with it was this:
1) The Poisons, Bon Jovis, Warrants, Def Leppards and even Aerosmiths and Mtley Cres of the world were not only being played in the regular rotation due to their Top 40 status but were also taking up a good 10 spots on the Ball where there could have been other lesser played videos
2) The much changing movement of music in the early 90's pretty much killed the metal scene dead. Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and the like were not exactly metal but they were still heavy, thus the birth of SupeRocK. Good idea, HOT host, Slayer in a diner which was way cool but just a bit off course of what the metalhead was craving.
Hell, my musical tastes grew also and even though my heart and soul wer bound in the steel of metal, it did not hurt me one bit to explore other genres I may have missed. During the formative years of the Ball, I remember seeing videos from Sick Of It All, Agnostic Front, DRI (pre Thrash Zone) and other stuff that was heavy. There was such and stil is such a varied opinion of what is heavy and fast and crunching and the like that it will be impossible to cater to the needs of everyone.
I seriously think that with the time and effort and especially with the likes of Iann Robinson who knows his "heavy" shit there wil be a good representation of all. I don't want the all death metal or all glam metal hour. Same as I don't want the all power metal and speed metal hour. As cool as they may be. Lets just hope that the full diversity of heaviness and rockingness is done justice.
I go back on all my tapes of old shows and therew was such a diversity of bands played. Sure you HATED the Pretty Boy Floyd video and screamed "What Fags!" at the TV but tell me you weren't just tickled pink when the Obituary video would come on after it. Or even when you would have the unlikely duo of King Diamond coupled with Faith No More and then Kreator.
THAT is what made the Ball so special for me. Not to mention the following Monday in school alking with friends about which videos were seen and in some cases, not seen due to other outside interferences. Maybe even a weekly recap here would be kind of a neat idea. Getting everyones different views on what they liked, didn't like and so on.
<IMG SRC="http://members.hostedscripts.com/randomimage.cgi?user=fluffer6">
http://www.metallicabb.com/forum/images/smiles/horns.gif%
<marquee behavior=scroll direction="left">I want to be stereotyped/I want to be classified/I want to be asked into your cliques for acceptance/I want to sell my soul/I wish I were an elistist Statistics say, chances of being gay are what, one in ten? That means there is a 40 percent chance that one of the guys in Pantera likes men. - "Hats Off To Halford" - Atom</marquee>