Just saw Eminem's "Mosh" on TRL

[tridim]

and it was completely worthless. Most of the screen was overlaid with images of kids talking over the lyrics, images of 'chat' text and sounds of the audience screaming.. And they only played a portion of the video. Is that common MTV practice?

[rockydem]

1. that's how it's done on TRL

they always show just a portion - with lots of crowd shots - videos are pretty much only shown in full on MTV2 these days....

[bullimiami]

2. yeah trl is a clip show. [nt]

[Robbie67]

3. they played the whole video yesterday

as long as it's on TRL everyday it will generate buzz

[democracy eh]

4. TRL is a gateway

to wider play, it can help create buzz

[cheezus]

5. 10 videos in 1hr, plus ads, plus plugging new stuff, plus crowd shots

plus shoutouts, plus musical guest, plus etc

yep, TRL sucks

[Hoffnung]

6. Did it make top 5?

[cheezus]

11. #1

[Dob Bole]

7. Yes..but its rating on TRL affects its rotation on MTV...

so keep voting every day!

[roseBudd]

9. You can vote often on TRL, just hit the back button

[friesianrider]

8. Look at it online...

I just saw it flipping channels today (I think it was on BET). It was seriously mind-blowing. I can't wait to show it to everyone I know it was that good.

[Sterling]

10. Yes MTV stopped being about the M part a long time ago.

No it is just a giant marketing tool aimed at kids.