I'm old enough to remember television without music videos. Life without music videos, rather. If the television is on, and those videos turn up, it's time to change the channel. The music videos only work for me if the music stands by itself. And a lot of times, the video seems to be the main deal, and the music is little more than a video soundtrack.

I guess music videos have shifted a lot of units in the music business, though, so the almighty dollar has the last word.