that s not a working telephone, is it? hello? empty shelves are all you ll find here at tower records. it s now out of business. three, two, one! this is a very special moment. the first performance at the mtv studios in the new millennium. please welcome no doubt! that s great it starts with an earthquake birds and snakes and aeroplanes lenny bruce is not afraid i ll always remember new year s eve 1999 going into y2k seeing no doubt on mtv playing it s the end of the world as we know it by r.e.m. it s the end of the world as we know it it s the end of the world as we know it i feel fine it was a very appropriately apocalyptic song for what turned out to be a very apocalyptic decade. happy new year! so we wake up, it s 2000, we re all alive, and we re still in the middle of teen pop mania. don t want to hear you ain t nothing but a heartache boy bands were selling so many albums. every little thing i do never seems eno
yeah, they are. you may think of it as the channel that rattles your china, occasionally your teeth, and hypnotizes your children. but what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for a complete revolution in the music business in this country. unskinny bop just blows me away mtv makes the hits. it s as if there were just one national radio station for new songs. ending the 80s in terms of rock music, you re getting a lot of hair bands. you ve got poison, ratt, warrant. she s my cherry pie cool drink of water such a sweet surprise tastes so good make a grown man cry sweet cherry pie a lot of hairspray going on. there s a lot of sexually suggestive lyrics. it s not particularly deep music, but mtv pushing it. so that s selling. when i would turn on mtv, all the rock bands looked a certain way. they played a kind of music. they were expected to have a certain facade. mtv s ratings are surprisingly small. but those who do watch, mostl
we are getting down to real commerce. are these girls just crazy? yes, they are. you may think of it as the channel that rattles your china occasionally your teeth and hypnotizes your children but what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for complete revolution in the music business in this country. mtv makes the hits. it s as if there was just one national radio station for new songs. ending the 80s in terms of rock music you have a lot of hairbands. poison, rat, warrant. a lot of hairspray going on. a lot of sexually suggestive lyrics. it s not deep music but mtb pushing it. they were expected to have a certain facade. mtv s ratings are small. but those who do watch mostly teenagers and young adults by a lot of records and tapes and cds. and they buy the most of what they see the most. two members of the heavy metal band aerosmith dropped by mtv s offices to screen their new video. they brought a big bag of cash as an incentive. estimate the companie
My, how times have changed. I see hustling, i see killing. Thats what i rap about. You can take me out the ghetto but you cant the ghetto up out of me, though. Its a tough time to grow up in. Nirvana and kurt cobain particularly reflect the angst. I learned how to write for myself, and its pretty ironic that most people related to it. Boom there it is, platinum record. Country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. The honeymoon is over. Now we are down to real commerce. Arent these girls just crazy . Yeah, they are. You may think of it as the channel that rattles your china and occasionally your teeth, and hypnotizes your children, but what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for a complete revolution in the Music Business in this country. Unskinny bop just blows me away mtv makes the hits. Its as if there were just one National Radio station for new songs. Ending the 80s, in terms of rock music, youre getting a lot of hair bands. Youve got poison, ratt,
May i have your attention, please . We got a moon man. Im very ashamed the president of the United States is from texas. The dixie chicks, they can say what they want to say. Billboards top ten singles all by black artists. Rappers are the new rock stars. I dont please everybody with who i am as a person. Okay. Real staccato. Like, stick it. I love beyonce. Thats not a working telephone, is it . Hello . [laughs] empty shelves are all youll find here at tower records. Its now out of business. [dramatic music] all three, two, one. [all screaming] this is a very special moment. The first performance at the mtv studios in the new millennium. Please welcome no doubt. [cheering] thats great it starts with an earthquake birds and snakes and aeroplanes and lenny bruce is not afraid ill always remember new years eve 1999 going into y2k seeing no doubt on mtv playing its the end of the world as we know it by r. E. M. Its the end of the world as we know it its the end of the world as we know it i