FAREWELL VH

For those who were still recuperating from a big Friday night, Australian music media lost a pioneer this morning when Channel 10’s iconic ‘Video Hits’ said goodbye.
In bringing the curtain down on an extraordinary 24 year run, the current hosts Fuzzy and Dylan took a look back at some of the more memorable moments from the shot’s history, including interviews and some of viewers’ favourite clips.
Strangely, the video clips featured on this morning’s final episode were overwhelmingly pop – with Aqua, Spice Girls, Mariah Carey, Robbie Williams, Hanson, Ricky Martin, All Saints, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Natalie Imbruglia and more featuring, a contrast to the more widespread and increasingly alternative musical selections featured on the show over the past few years.
With the show’s demise today, it leaves only Rage on the ABC as the only regular clip-based music show on free to air TV.
What we’d love to see now, however, is for Channel 10 to perhaps (even on digital channel Eleven) air an official top 50 video countdown once a week. No hosts, no crap – just a straight out countdown with clips three abreast between the ads – and no cutting the friggin’ things off 30, 40, 50 seconds from the end like they used to consistently on VH.
What about you? Would you watch that?

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