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Publish Date
2010
Publisher
Greg Prato,
Printed and distributed by Lulu.com
Language
English
Pages
427
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MTV ruled the world: the early years of music video
2010, Greg Prato, Printed and distributed by Lulu.com
in English
- 1st ed.
0578071975 9780578071978
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Table of Contents
The early '80s music biz
Todd Rundgren has an idea...
Bob Pittman ; Preparing for lift-off
MTV's theme song ; Launch of MTV
Initial impressions
VJs
Early MTV
Some struggle in the video age
Les Garland and John Sykes
I want my MTV!
Success!
The "MTV effect"
Fashion
MTV's policies
The MTV studios
Big '80s ; Party animals
The US festival
"Billie Jean" and "Beat it"
Black artists and MTV
Michael Jackson
Prince
Videos : R&B and hip-hop
Duran Duran
The Police
Videos : punk and new wave
Def Leppard (and Mutt Lange)
Van Halen
Videos : heavy metal
Bruce Springsteen
Videos : rock
Madonna
Videos : pop rock
Devo
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Videos : oddities
Fun at MTV
Bad rockers, good rockers, strange rockers
Portrayal of women in music videos
Kiss unmasks on MTV
1984 MTV video music awards
VH1
"We are the world" ; Live Aid
When music videos attack
PMRC and censorship
Losing the plot
The team breaks up ; JJ Jackson remembered
MTV today
Where are they now?
Edition Notes
"Cast of characters": p. vii-x.
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