- Told a story
- Related to the real world.
The Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star
- 1st video on MTV
- Heralds the video age of the importance of the medium
Ultravox- Vienna
- None of the band playing instruments
- Looked like a film
Duran Duran- Girls on Film
- Banned- This was the first controversial video
- Introduction of sex in music videos
Elton John- I'm Still Standing
- Awfully Camp
- Creativity on the spot
Queen- Break Free
- They dressed up in drag
- People thought it was disgraceful
- It was disaster for their US career
Michael Jackson- Billie Jean
- Magical
- He's got the "Midus touch, everything I touch turns to gold"
- People didn't want to play the video because he was black.
Herbie Hancock- Rockit
- Originally on low rotation
- Herbie is hardly in it, as MTV wouldn't show black artists.
- Soon was on high rotation
- In the first year of the MTV awards, this video won the most.
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