Michael Sweet Interview

for the VH1 thing. So it's gonna be a tough, tough decision to make, but once I know, I’ll let everybody else know and post it on the site, and keep everyone informed.

Dano: Now the MTV thing…. Now you had a problem with them a few years back when you were with Benson  trying to do the…what was it… “No Safe Way” video?

Michael: Yep.

Dano: The jerks…it sortta ticks me off

Michael: Yeah…They, just for the most part, MTV, whether they want to admit or not, and they never will probably, it's not cool to play Christian videos in their eyes. Ya know, it's just not hip, it's not what's cutting edge, again, in their eyes. And that's why you don't see any Christian videos on MTV. Every now and then you'll see a Christian video. Ya know, like I know through the years dc Talk has gotten a little air play on there. Jars of Clay has gotten a little airplay. There's this new group called POD, not new but… they're starting to get some airplay. Ya know Stryper, of course, through the years got a lot of airplay. But MTV is just not a video station that plays a lot of Christian videos. They don't air a lot of Christian videos. And there's a lot of, ya know, like any video, there are a lot of great Christian videos, there's a lot of bad ones, but there's a lot of bad secular videos. Ya know?

Dano: Oh yeah…That’s true…

Michael: And they play those…so I mean, it's not about what's good or bad quality. It seems to be about they don't want to play Christian videos.

Dano: It's the content. Yeah…

Michael: Yeah, right…exactly…

Dano: It's not spreading their message. Would you say it's management's decision there?

Michael: I would say so. Yeah…I mean...who knows? It's obviously, I really don't think it's coming from listener polls or viewer’s polls. I think it's coming from a higher up management. And people just making a decision not to do it or not to play it for whatever reason. Maybe they are anti-Christ ya know? Or anti-Christian and just don't want to play it and are not going to play it, and they've made a decision not to play any Christian video.

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