teenagers and young adults, buy a lot of records and tapes and cds. and they buy the most of what they see the most. recently, two members of the heavy metal band aerosmith dropped by mtv s offices to screen their new video and brought a big bag of cash as an incentive. the record companies would submit videos every monday, and then we would have our music meeting, and we would look at all the videos and decide who was going to get put into the new rotation. i was a 21-year-old kid that loved punk rock, and i pretty quickly realized that the music that they were playing just wasn t what i was into. when the new nirvana video was delivered to mtv, i was completely blown away. i said, listen, they really are incredible and we need to give them a shot, and if it doesn t work then you can push me out of the music meeting. tonight s world premiere video from the seattle band nirvana. smells like teen spirit. load up on guns bring your
the record companies would submit videos every monday, and then we would have our music meeting, and we would look at all the videos and decide who was going to get put into the new rotation. i was a 21-year-old kid that loved punk rock, and i pretty quickly realized that the music that they were playing just wasn t what i was into. when the new nirvana video was delivered to mtv, i was completely blown away. i said, listen, they really are incredible and we need to give them a shot, and if it doesn t work then you can push me out of the music meeting. tonight s world premiere video from the seattle band nirvana. smells like teen spirit. load up on guns bring your friends it s fun to lose and to it was like the musical kennedy assassination of our time. everybody who was alive then can tell you the moment they heard that song. because nothing like that existed to that point. it was really transcendent. when the light s out it s less
video from the seattle band nirvana. smells like teen spirit. load up on guns bring your friends it s fun to lose and to it was like the musical kennedy assassination of our time. everybody who was alive then can tell you the moment they heard that song. because nothing like that existed to that point. it was really transcendent. when the light s out it s less dangerous here we are now entertain us here we are now, entertain us. it sounded like a threat. it sounded like a different generation coming in saying, what do you have for us? what are you going to do for us? got to find a way, a better way, a way to live the so-called slackers, generation x, they were not being paid attention to. and this pressure was building up, especially in the music industry, for something that actually spoke to them. this is the first american generation that will make less than their parents will. it s a tough time to grow up in. and i think the band and kurt cobain in part
i was a 21-year-old kid that loved punk rock, and i pretty quickly realized that the music that they were playing just wasn t what i was into. when the new nirvana video was delivered to mtv, i was completely blown away. i said, listen, they really are incredible and we need to give them a shot, and if it doesn t work then you can push me out of the music meeting. tonight s world premiere video from the seattle band nirvana. smells like teen spirit. load up on guns bring your friends it s fun to lose and to it was like the musical kennedy assassination of our time. everybody who was alive then can tell you the moment they heard that song. because nothing like that existed to that point. it was really transcendent. when the light s out it s less dangerous here we are now entertain us here we are now, entertain us.
but those who do watch, mostly teenagers and young adults, buy a lot of records and tapes and cds. and they buy the most of what they see the most. recently, two members of the heavy metal band aerosmith dropped by mtv s offices to screen their new video and brought a big bag of cash as an incentive. the record companies would submit videos every monday, and then we would have our music meeting, and we would look at all the videos and decide who was going to get put into the new rotation. i was a 21-year-old kid that loved punk rock, and i pretty quickly realized that the music that they were playing just wasn t what i was into. when the new nirvana video was delivered to mtv, i was completely blown away. i said, listen, they really are incredible and we need to give them a shot, and if it doesn t work then you can push me out of the music meeting. tonight s world premiere video from the seattle band nirvana. smells like teen spirit. load up on guns bring your friends