Is YouTube....bad?

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Yeah, but I used to feel, and to a large degree still feel, the same way about music. There's a lot of crap out there playing in bars and clubs and lame-ass coffee houses. And I'm sure somewhere in there is some great stuff that's totally worth seeing, even if they'll never bet big. But I never had the inclination to commit enough time and energy to checking out the local and underground music scene. Doesn't mean I don't completely appreciate the underground music scene for what it is. It give anyone a chance to give it a shot, it gives those that want to commit the time and energy to pay attention to find those great gems, and it acts as kind of a natural filter for stuff with broader appeal to get some air play.

I see YouTube as creating the same kind of culture and community for video. It's finally reached the accessibility that music has had for the last century or so. I spend little to no time at YouTube and allow blogs to be my guide. Much as I spend little to no time in bars or independent record shops and allow KCRW to be my guide.

Exactly what I wanted to convey in my prior post, only much better stated.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Yeah, but I used to feel, and to a large degree still feel, the same way about music.

I totally get that, and I guess for me it's one of the ways in which I've discovered I'm more of an aural instead of visual person. Somehow, I find it easier to sort through music than I do video. You Tube tends to frustrate me in ways that music sites just don't.

But, I don't knock media, I did enjoy the choreographed Mentos & Diet Pepsi extravaganza, as well as the copyright infringing content.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I think I might prefer the text version. Because as you say the description that accompanies the YouTube link is generally "you've go tto see this" or "Funny!"

Well, I wasn't sure if he was referring to what was under the YouTube video itself. Oftentimes, descriptions in YouTube are keyworded properly, if you're lucky, or it's keyworded with stuff that isn't even relevant to the subject being viewed.

I use YouTube for refreshing my memory on certain work topics, I catch old commercials. Sadly, I have to sift through badly keyworded items because someone wanted to get more hits on their video of dumb skateboarding tricks.

[flippyshark]

One thing I don't like about YouTube is that the video compression makes everything look extra-crappy. Convenience trumps quality a lot in this digital age, and YouTube is a pretty extreme case in point.

[flippyshark]

Day of the Mold? Dare I ask?

Oh, and my brother just uploaded a bunch of alleged comedy that he, I and a bunch of our friends did on Public Access TV twenty plus years ago. I haven't revisited any of it in a long time, but I'll post a link if there's anything that seems worth it. (Don't hold your breath. We were enthusiastic but not especially entertaining.)

[Not Afraid]

I guess I have more of a "zest" for music, plus I can experience it while I'm doing other things, so I don't find it annoying and time consuming. Plus, no one has ever sent me an email saying YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS BAND, THEY'RE SO FUNNY!!!!! That's a huge bonus to me.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS BAND, THEY'RE SO FUNNY!!!!! That's a huge bonus to me.

You know this give me pause to think it may have more to do with sense of humor than media. If I think about it, I love short subjects, enjoy vintage and foreign TV commercials, as well as Japanese game shows - by all rights, I ought to love You Tube. But I don't, despite my personal collection of videos I've snatched elsewhere on the internet (besides porn). So maybe it's that a lot of things that people find funny, really don't amuse me that much?

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Plus, no one has ever sent me an email saying YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS BAND, THEY'RE SO FUNNY!!!!! That's a huge bonus to me.

See, and feeling it's much more valuable to be turned on to good music than funny videos ... I would LOVE if friends would send me links to great songs ... and potentially turn me on to music I would never otherwise have enjoyed.

[Stan4dSteph]

I'm in the habit of checking out the free singles of the week at iTunes on Tuesdays.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

I'm in the habit of checking out the free singles of the week at iTunes on Tuesdays.

I need to check that, but I never get the notification from iTunes on the free Tuesday stuff until Wednesday, which I can't quite figure out.