pod "rock the party" debuted @#4 on 7.17.00 same day as "lucky" hit #1 once spent
40+ days on trl before suddenly dropping off i think when they added the audeince voting in the trl equation.thats when mya and baha men debut on trl.
Yeah, that's exactly what happened. Audience votes were counted beginning on September 18th, 2000 and I have no idea when they stopped doing that. But all of a sudden, no Korn, P.O.D., Papa Roach or Orgy. Those last two could've had a great run, with more videos to debut in the future, but apparently Baha Men are a better addition to the countdown.
The TRL voters can be fickle alot.just like mike pointed out cmwys fell off for my love which retired on trl.the trl voters are not very smart sometimes when a video close to retirement.they vote for another song which probably won't retire.ala rihannas "umbrella" was at 38 days but they voted for "shut up & drive" instead which flopped on trl so far.only 11 days on trl. thats just my opinion though.
Here's another thing that came to me. Maybe they're so afraid to vote for a song to retire that they fear they'll never see the song on the countdown ever again (even with Lil Mama maybe), minus JT and Xtina......that's a load of hogwash! A song's retirement is exciting.
TRL sucks now. Its all rigged. I don't really care anymore about which videos end up retiring and which ones don't. I know everybody wants their favorite video to retire but the "retirement home" has no real value anymore. I say everyone should move on with their lives and just let TRL get cancelled.
I haven't looked at the TRL recap thread in like 4 to 5 months
I haven't watched TRL in like over a year, or maybe longer?
I just don't care anymore, it's not the same anymore. I just use TRL now for new song ideas to put on my mixes, oh sh!t, I need to get on the roll with that....
Come on guys, they can't have every video retire. Seriously what significance would retirement have if 50 % of videos retired. I could care less though as I don't watch TRL.
TRL sucks now. Its all rigged. I don't really care anymore about which videos end up retiring and which ones don't. I know everybody wants their favorite video to retire but the "retirement home" has no real value anymore. I say everyone should move on with their lives and just let TRL get cancelled.
I've noticed that. They used to give out a plaque, and even chatted with the artist when their video retired. They would show clips and everything. Now its "this video has retired," and that's it. And what's with them showing some videos during commercial? And what's up with them rarely doing world premieres or TRL premieres? Only "first looks." We're getting farther and farther away from the music and more into other crap that no one cares about.
Here's another thing that came to me. Maybe they're so afraid to vote for a song to retire that they fear they'll never see the song on the countdown ever again (even with Lil Mama maybe), minus JT and Xtina......that's a load of hogwash! A song's retirement is exciting.
good point people should be excited that a videos retiring such as Rihannas "Umbrella".it only had 2 days before retirement before trl decided to premiere "Shut Up & Drive".it would have been rihannas 2nd retired video had the video gone the full 40 days.
good point people should be excited that a videos retiring such as Rihannas "Umbrella".it only had 2 days before retirement before trl decided to premiere "Shut Up & Drive".it would have been rihannas 2nd retired video had the video gone the full 40 days.
Umbrella was replaced because the people's vote for Shut Up And Drive won over Umbrella's over the weekend.