we ll be doing for tv what fm did for radio. man: there are some that have accused your videos as being soft porn. we like to call them tastefully smutty. a group that s never had any problems saying how they feel, u2! -what are your dreams? -to rule the world. [ music plays ] michael jackson is the man of the 80s. man: music that is all beat and talk. it s rap music. my life is over, so i might as well speak my mind pauley: heavy metal, it glorifies sex and violence. it hates authority, and adolescent boys love it. swaggart: this weird, beastly presentation that was birthed in the pit of hell. move it back. officer: john lennon as he was entering his premise was shot by an unknown at this time white male. miller: 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 70s got murdered. man: in his life, has given more love than most men and women on the face of this earth. we re here to prove l
will take it all. let s dance put on your red shoes and dance the blues rodgers: when david and i decided that we were going to work together, it was pretty clear to me that david wanted to make a commercial album, you u know. now i m going to go make a pop record, but it was going to be his version of pop. bowie:e: my songs s always ted to b be impressionistic or even have a surreal quality to them, and on this album is the first time that i really tried to adapt to a didactic kind of approach to some writing. if you should fall into my arms tremble like a flower spheeris: artists in the 80s, and david bowie, for that matter, realized if you want to make it, you got to be on mtv. man: but t there s onene group that s notot happy with mtv. many black artists who have been told their music doesn t fit the format.
rodgers: when david and i decided that we were going to work together, it was pretty clear to me that david wanted to make a commercial album, you know. now i m going to go make a pop record, but it was going to be his version of pop. bowie: my songs always tend to be impressionistic or even have a surreal quality to them, and on this album is the first time that i really tried to adapt to a didactic kind of approach to some writing. if you should fall into my arms tremble like a flower spheeris: artists in the 80s, and david bowie, for that matter, realized if you want to make it, you got to be on mtv. man: but there s one group that s not happy with mtv. many black artists who have been told their music doesn t fit the format. james: that s what s happening. we are being sat in the back of the bus television style. and if pittman gets away with this, then there are others cable shows that are going to try it. pittman: mtv doesn t exclude black acts.
promotion was concerned. you had to be a performance artist as well as a musician. [lyrics] fox the fox. rat the rat. the intelligent ones recognize that it s a marriage between the visual artist and the musician at this point. [lyrics] monkey. don t you re going to shock the monkey. the man or the woman who finds the right combination will take it all. [lyrics] let s dance. [lyrics] put on your red shoes and dance the blues. when david and i decided that we were going to work together, it was pretty clear to me that david wanted to make a commercial album, like, you know, now i m going to go make a pop record, but it was going to be his version of pop. my songs always tend to be impressionistic or even have a surreal quality to them, and on this album is the first time that i ve really tried to adapt to a didactic kind of approach to some writing. [lyrics] if you should fall into my arms. tremble like a flower. artists in the 80s, and david bowie for that matter,