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
for mtv. when i was younger i would said that one day i was going to play on mtv music, and not be judged for the color of my skin but the quality of my work. prince had a great androgyny, he blurred the gender line, he sings, he writes, he plays, every time i see him it s just like really? okay, i quit. when he plays guitar, it s just part of his body in a way that i have never really seen before. it s not contrived, it s just happening. what was his music? was it r&b? his music was just straight down the middle, mainstream
doing it. he was the artist that mtv really needed. they didn t know they needed him, but boy when we started seeing those michael jackson videos, it was unbelievable. then there is the domino effect, suddenly, you see prince videos from warner brothers do the same thing. he wasn t just materializing out of nowhere, where was he before this video? he was a huge star on black radio stations, people had an underground cult following him, he was sexy hot perform. prince loved the idea that he was taking his punk funk music and turning it on to a white audience and that would not have happened if it wasn t