Young people today have so many ways to spend their free time, it sure could be overwhelming. When I was around sixteen I spent a lot of time with my friends, and I was always making time to watch music videos. Really, most of my time spent with friends was dedicated to MTV. If we weren't viewing the station we were talking about what we saw or what we would like to watch next. Looking back now I can't believe I wasted so much time, but then again, it made me happy so I believe it was important. In any case, at that moment in my life I could not envisage not watching MTV all the time, and now I could not tell you where it is on my cable lineup.
My friends and I could watch music videos so much that we could tell you every tiny thing that happened in the video. It was the time of the eighties hair bands, and there was at least one guy in every group that we were so much in love with, though it was rarely the same guy for each of us. We would watch music videos far into the night, and would eagerly await a new release. Thinking back, I recognize there are worse things I could have been doing with my time.
Although I do not watch music videos on MTV any longer, my boyfriend turns on some videos on occasion. We might watch some new material, and we could also see music videos from when we were teenagers. It is almost embarrassing to watch them today, as it reminds me of how crazy I was about it. I look at the guys that I thought were so attractive back then, and I do not understand what I saw in them. If it is up to me, I never watch music videos any longer, but if they are on and something good comes on I don't mind going down memory lane.
For the teenagers of today, there exist a lot of methods to look at music videos. MTV is still there, though I think it is a joke now. It is almost a parody of itself. If you are sick of the MTV programming like I am, you can find another great place to watch music videos. Many singers now put their videos up online so that you can watch them there. They do it for promotional purposes, just like the reasons they are played on TV music stations. So it seems there is a time for everything in life. Enjoy the present my friend.
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