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Originally posted by Nalick -n- Attack
Put it this way. 50 Cent has tons more success on TRL than Fort Minor so no surprisingly (maybe unfairly) they give Best Friend the premiere treatment.
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It shouldn't matter, Mike.
Supergrass, "Pumping on Your Stereo" got a premiere back in 2000, either the day before or the day after Fenix TX, "All My Fault".
Powerman 5000, "Nobody's Real" got a premiere in October[?] 1999. The lead singer's older brother, known as Rob Zombie, got a premiere for "Living Dead Girl" in February 1999.
Um...okay, maybe none of those videos debuted, but that's not my point. Those bands had never been shown on TRL before that, and they got the premiere treatment. I mean, ****, come on, SUPERGRASS GOT A PREMIERE! That's because TRL actually treated everybody fairly when it came to premieres. Fort Minor debuted with "Petrified", so why are they only showing "Where'd You Go?" as a First Look?
First Looks are pretty degrading, it's like "Hey, we love your video, but we think you're not good enough for a 'TRL Premiere', so you're getting a 'First Look' which is, hm...let's say about 3 minutes shorter than what we usually show for the first time. It depends, actually, because we also don't care if your video is roughly 7 minutes long, you're still getting 1:30 airtime. Anddd, you have less of a chance to debut than a 'TRL Premiere' does...especially since you're a rock band who
doesn't classify as 'emo'--you know, that's the hot **** right now. Better luck next time."
Face it, TRL is rubbish. Sadly it's the only possible way to see any music videos on MTV during hours when most people are actually awake, and they're all cut short--even brand new videos. You have to agree - First Looks/Click to Picks/Pre-RLs have GOT to go. Saving Jane, Taking Back Sunday, and Fort Minor all deserve premieres. They may not have most likely threatened MTV with a drive-by shooting like 50 Cent would typically do, but everyone should have a fair share of the pie, you know.