Archive for October 20th, 2007

From the Fiji TV website:

“The Groove Thang is Fiji’s only locally produced music television show. It has maintained its position as one of Fiji One’s top 10 programs ratings throughout the years, making it one of Fiji TV’s most popular locally produced shows.

The Groove Thang gives Fiji a window into music videos from around the world as well as a chance to see what’s happening on the local and island music scene.

Apart from fantastic music, the show also offers a wide range of competition and prizes. The Groove Thang aims to promote local events that involve issues that relate to young people. The Groove Thang airs Saturday nights at 6pm on Fiji One.”

To be honest, I’m not much of a fan for the Groove Thang. Where to begin? Apart from the hideous name which implies the show is all hip hop, the ‘weather man’ green screen backgrounds irk me to no end. Every good music show must have a set or studio. It just feels proper.

But today’s episode set a new low for the show. They played Linkin Park’s single from the Reanimation album titled “Papercut”.

Except it wasn’t Papercut they showed, but rather the robot massacre/final fantasy inspired Points of Authority. But that didn’t stop the band name and song title being displayed as “Linkin Park – Papercut”.

When the clip started with the wrong titles, I was shocked. Every self respecting music fan would have picked that mistake straight away, nevermind the producers themselves. Of course, I assured myself, perhaps at the end title they’ll correct it.

No luck at the end titles which displayed the same thing. Linkin Park – Papercut.

Now I was really pissed. How could they have made a monumental mistake like that? Ah but the best was yet to come.

The show host, with smiles and confidence galore, had this to say about the song, “One of my personal favourites, that was Linkin Park with Papercut.”

Moral of the story?

1) The host really was a fan of Linkin Park.

2) The Groove Thang gives Fiji a window to music videos of the world, except the world is a green screen projection.

3) This is why I heart The Groove Thang.