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MTV ruled the world : the early years of music video / by Greg Prato.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.8.M87 P738 2010
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prato, Greg.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- MTV Networks--History.
- MTV Networks.
- Music videos--History and criticism.
- Music videos.
- Rock musicians.
- Television and music.
- Television broadcasting of music.
- Rock music--1981-1990--History and criticism.
- Rock music.
- Popular music--1981-1990--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Rock music--1991-2000--History and criticism.
- Popular music--1991-2000--History and criticism.
- Television musicals.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 427 pages, 34 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- M.T.V. ruled the world
- Early years of music video
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Greg Prato : Printed and distributed by Lulu.com, 2010.
- Contents:
- The early '80s music biz
- Todd Rundgren has an idea ...
- Bob Pittman ; Preparing for lift-off
- MTV's theme song ; Launch of MTV
- Initial impressions
- VJs
- Early MTV
- Some struggle in the video age
- Les Garland and John Sykes
- I want my MTV!
- Success!
- The "MTV effect"
- Fashion
- MTV's policies
- The MTV studios
- Big '80s ; Party animals
- The US festival
- "Billie Jean" and "Beat it"
- Black artists and MTV
- Michael Jackson
- Prince
- Videos : R & B and hip-hop
- Duran Duran
- The Police
- Videos : punk and new wave
- Def Leppard (and Mutt Lange)
- Van Halen
- Videos : heavy metal
- Bruce Springsteen
- Videos : rock
- Madonna
- Videos : pop rock
- Devo
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Videos : oddities
- Fun at MTV
- Bad rockers, good rockers, strange rockers
- Portrayal of women in music videos
- Kiss unmasks on MTV
- 1984 MTV video music awards
- VH1
- "We are the world" ; Live Aid
- When music videos attack
- PMRC and censorship
- Losing the plot
- The team breaks up ; JJ Jackson remembered
- MTV today
- Where are they now?
- ISBN:
- 9780578071978
- 0578071975
- OCLC:
- 721951786
- Publisher Number:
- 99994326383
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