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
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
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