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>Released in early 1991, the video not only became an instant hit, but also a quintessential video in the ’90s genre. It codified the checklist for what a video
by jdale27 9y ago
>Released in early 1991, the video not only became an instant hit, but also a quintessential video in the ’90s genre. It codified the checklist for what a video in the ’90s would look like.
> Guess what video this is talking about, no, just name the first thing that comes to mind. A little hard right?
When I read that description, the first two videos that came to mind were Give It Away and Smells Like Teen Spirit. I didn't even remember if those were released in 1991, but it turns out they both were. I suspect many others of my age would also think of those before Hunger Strike. But that doesn't prove those videos were better or more influential, just more popular and got more play on MTV.
I don't know how "pioneering" Temple of the Dog really were, but it does say something that a band that only made one album was worth reuniting 25 years later.
- fattire 9y agoIt always seemed to me like that band (and that song in paritcular) was kind of "leftover" material rammed down the public's throat when Pearl Jam & Soundgarden broke as if it were some hidden gem that had somehow evaded our attention ("It's about their dead friend, you know..."). Always felt to me just like a cash grab-- like what Cornell (RIP) says in the article: "Oh, there’s this one video that we have that has members of both bands in it; let’s play it all day!" I don't get how guys playing in a field was some kind of pioneering new concept in music videos. That's basically every music video in the 1960s.
- cubano 9y agoWith all the current collabs in hip-hop, house, and pop, to be honest it almost seems totally played-out these days...if such a good idea about cross-pollinating music genres could be bad thing that is.
- autokad 9y agoi thought temple of the dog was more or less a tribute to mother love bone, well the lead singer that died andrew wood.
- fattire 9y agoThat was my reference to "It's about their dead friend, you know..."
- coldtea 9y ago>But that doesn't prove those videos were better or more influential, just more popular and got more play on MTV. Things become influential by exposure...