As it stands this article is a piece of crap It reads like a lame defence of the artless sexploitation that s taken over mainstream music The lead is especially bad there ARE studies which point out the negative effects of these videos The statements in defence of this stuff are vague to the point of meaninglessness What does hurt mean in this case More importantly what are the effects of this trend on MUSIC what happens when talented musicians who don t act sexy are shut out of the buisiness and pop music becomes nothing more than lipsynching stripshows And why is hip hop emphasized If this article is going to be valuable it needs to cover things like Duran Duran s Girls on Film and Motley Crue s Girls Girls Girls Madonna and her wannabe followers Britney Spears ect need to be covered The rampant sexualization of young girls needs to be covered Most of all this article needs some balance some mention of the many people who find this a cheap exploitative trend a way for big bizness to stablize the market instead of taking chances with art and creativity when they re so out of touch with actual music making they can t tell a hit from a shit they cynically wipe the field clean of real unreliable difficult to manage artists and pump the world full of guaranteed to get a reaction pornography soundtracked by freeze dried zombie music and performed by circus trained money hungry strippers who are no longer expected to even sing on stage The commodification of music is fueled by the increasing emphasis on sexuality and SEX SEX SEX is the number one reason big bizness music is both omnipresent and creatively bankrupt If I can find the time I will improve this article just because it pissed me off so much I hope others will join me Personally I enjoy music AND pornography But the exploitation of both results in DEAD PRODUCT I can neither jerk off nor rock out to this zombie crap And I fear this crap is eating a hole in the souls of our young people It s all so creepy it can not be dismissed as Okay and Not hurting anybody and Who cares Fuck the music biz and fuck this article as it stands