1940's-50's - Musicals (Judy Garland "Get happy")
1950 - First Colour TV
1955 - James Dean killed in car crash
1967 - First heart transplant
The Beatles - "Strawberry Field" - one of the best videos ever made.
1975 - First VCR to ever sell in shops
Queen released their "Bohemian Rapsody" - no technological special effects used - created it themselves and the video was made in 3 hours. - Was the first proper music video, too hard to perform live so it had to be shortened. Directer: Bruce Gower. The famous image of the 4 of their faces is iconic - has been parodyed many times.
1980 - John Lennon murdered.
David Bowie - "Ashes to ashes" - Directer: Kevin Gooley.
Duran Duran - "Planet Earth"
Adam Ant - critism for acting too much rather than performing.
Queen - "Radio GaGa"
Father of MTV - Mike Nesbitt (The Monkey's star)
- Wanted to create a 24 hour music television network.
- Created 'Popclips' channels. - people tuned in to watch the "VJ's" (video jockies)
- Collected video's
MTV first launched, the first video they played was "Video killed the Radio star"
Problem: only around 200 video's to play - British only produced videos
British bands were most prominent - (The Cure)
1985 - CD's first avaliable in shops.
MTV wasn't ging to get money if the video's wern't selling records.
MTV went natio wide - was one of the top 40 channels you watched.
MTV became more interested in the way people looked. If you looked good in the video, the record would get played. - Duran Duran - MTV took over their 'look'.
Most expensive video ever made (up to that time) - Wild Boys. - Michael Jackson's THRILLER soon took over.
1983 - The year of the cabbage patch doll.
Boy George - drag queen
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax" - America didn't understand wha the song was about, (ejaculation) - was BANNED before anyone could see it on screen.
Gay soddomy scenes
Never got played on the radio, however was still a very successful record.
George Michael - "I Want Your Sex" - BANNED - too graphic
The Prodogy - "Smack My Bitch Up" - BANNED - too graphic
Before MTV, no one knew what Rock 'n' Roll looked like - no one would know what you looked like.
"I Want My MTV" - Many artists would mention this in their songs.
Toon Tunes - animated videos.
Paula Abdoul - "Opposites Attract" etc.
MICHAEL JACKSON
"Billy Jean", "Thriller" and "Beat It" - biggest videos - dancing.
"Thriller" - one if the greatest videos (if not THE greatest) of all time. - inspired by the film "American Wolf". - Power of the video sold records.
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