Thursday, 11 November 2010

The Video's That Shaped The 80's

Boomtown Rats- I Don't Like Mondays
  • 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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