have a good night. we ll be doing for tv what fm did for radio. there are some that have accused your videos of being soft porn. we like to call them tastefully smutty. they never had any problems saying how they feel. u2! what are your dreams? to rule the world. michael jackson is the man of the 80s. music that is all beat and talk. it s rap music. i ll speak my mind heavy metal. it glorifies sex and violence. it hates authority. and adolescent boys love it. this weird beastly presentation that was birthed in the pit of hell. john lennon was shot by an unknown at this time white male. the world has reacted with immense shock and grief to the first rock and roll assassination. it was like in one moment, the 60s and the 70s got murdered. in his life he s given more love than most men and women on the face of this earth. we re here to prove that love is not dead, even though john is. you start the decade with the death of a beatle. you d
violence, hates authority, an adolescent boys love it. this weird, beastly presentation, that was birth in the pit of. john lennon s entering here, when he was shot by, and at this, time unknown white male. the world has reacted with shock, and grief, for the first rock and roll assassination. it was like, in one moment, the 60s, and 70s, were murdered. his life has given more love than most, men and women, on the face of this earth. we are here to prove, love is there, even though john isn t. you start the decade with the death of the beetle. you don t know where you will go from that point, culturally, or musically. it seemed like there was nothing new on the horizon. announcing the achievement in home entertainment. the power of sound. mtv, music television. we are also excited about this new content in tv. we will be doing for tv what fm did for radio. at the time, the world was saying, we don t think anybody will watch videos over, and over, but w
john lennon was shot by an unknown at this time white male. the world has reacted with immense shock and grief to the first rock and roll assassination. it was like in one moment, the 60s and the 70s got murdered. in his life he s given more love than most men and women on the face of this earth. we re here to prove that love is not dead, even though john is. you start the decade with the death of a beatle. you don t really know where you re going to go from that point. you know, culturally or musically. for a while it seemed there was nothing new on the horizon. announcing the latest achievement in home entertainment. the power of sight. video. the power of sound. stereo. mtv. music television. we all are so excited about this new concept in tv. we ll be doing for tv what fm did for radio. at the time the world was saying, we don t think anybody s going to watch videos over and over. but we knew we had something special. my little pretty one, pretty o
when you have the rotation of, say, maybe 100 different videos being rotated over and over on mtv, they do a great job of exposing new acts. here in my car britain was ahead of the curve. they hay ton of videos in their inventory. and that was what paved the way for this accidental second british invasion. if you look at some of the groups on the popular music charts in america today you can t help asking, where on earth did they come from? well, the answer is the same today as it was two decades ago. they come from britain. the music isn t anything like the famous group that came from there, the beatles. you ve got to understand, they were 20 years ago. we re a new generation. a new wave. you were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when i met you by the early 1980s, new wave is used to describe these sleek, dressy, cool bands that are coming out of england. don t you want me baby don t
we re a new generation, a new wave. [lyrics] you were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when i met you. by the early 1980s, new wave is used to describe these sleek, dressy, cool bands that are coming out of england. [lyrics] don t you want me, baby. don t you want me, oh. british artists all understood how to use visuals in a way that i think american artists didn t necessarily get that quickly. [lyrics] do you really want to hurt me? do you really want to make me cry? do you really want to hurt me? is a good song. it s a song that old people like and young people like. so i think the proof is in the pudding. buy it and eat it. mtv actually met with duran duran s managers and said, we re looking for kind of like james bond videos, on location, and their managers are the ones that went to the band members and said, look, we really need to up the ante with these clips. you know, we need to give this channel something they ve never seen before. [lyrics] moving