music
oct 27
2008

MTV

Exactly what you've always wanted out of a MTV website but never got until now: MTVmusic.com. Huge archive of videos, organized by artist (e.g., David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Prince, Madonna, Talking Heads) with an interface that resembles Hulu. This should have existed years ago. Update: MTV Networks also launched an API. (Is someone finally reading my "If I Ran MTV" rants from 2004?)
10 comments

It's not exactly a YouTube killer, but it has the potential to knock off about one-third of my personal YouTube usage.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Nice execution.<br /><br /> <br /><br />

posted by Rex at 2008-10-27 19:16:50

<a href="http://www.mtvmusic.com/video/?id=58652" target="_blank">They've got Kwame.</a><br /><br /> <br /><br />

posted by Gavin at 2008-10-27 19:26:29

I think maybe MTV existed almost entirely so it could one day create this site.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> It's actually totally awesome!

posted by robin at 2008-10-27 22:36:30

i agree. this site is really nice. I haven't found any missing videos yet. And you can search by director:<br /><br /> http://www.mtvmusic.com/search/?term=Spike%20Jonze<br /><br /> <br /><br />

posted by shawn d at 2008-10-28 11:20:36

What a thrill to be an MTV targeted marketing demographic again!

posted by amy at 2008-10-28 12:22:12

I've found a few things not returned - okay, more than a few, sadly... including one of their Video of the Year award winners (Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight") you'd have thought they AT LEAST carried the full complement of those. BUT other than that it's the coolest thing ever.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> What d'ya suppose is the over/under on annoying bugs/watermarks getting added? Six weeks?

posted by CRZ at 2008-10-28 16:32:33

noticed they don't have a perfect circle - judith > directed by david fincher<br /><br /> <br /><br /> maybe they are still adding videos?<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />

posted by shawn d at 2008-10-28 17:30:21

wow, they only have 2 smashing pumkins videos.

posted by shawn d at 2008-10-28 17:32:17

it censored. that's a deal breaker for me. i don't like my music with blank spots in it.

posted by ch at 2008-10-28 21:35:31

If this has you excited, wait until high-quality versions of every video in the library get encoded.

posted by AnonymousMTVGuy at 2008-10-29 00:52:12