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“Ladies and Gentlemen… Rock and Roll.”
Those are the opening words spoken on August 1, 1981 that launched MTV and the music video revolution. But it actually started before that in smaller forms with artists like David Bowie and Queen pushing video as a medium for exposing their music. In this Backtrack we talk about our experiences with music videos as a GenX’ers and even managed to do a little research and learn a thing or two!
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Show Notes
- History of music videos » bit.ly/2Ir2im1
- Another short history of music videos » bit.ly/2tCU2tT
- History of “talkies” » bit.ly/2MW9UR1
- Max Fleischer Sing-alongs » youtu.be/RtHjvzRJgEI
- Soundies » youtu.be/pY2VEPC0eW0
- Big production musical numbers » youtu.be/aFAnCikx4sU
- Marilyn Monroe – Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend » youtu.be/tbf_o5NF9vU
- Madonna – Material Girl » youtu.be/6p-lDYPR2P8
- Beatles Help! Trailer » youtu.be/n_GOaRaTaJo
- David Bowie – Space Oddity (1969) » youtu.be/D67kmFzSh_o
- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) » youtu.be/fJ9rUzIMcZQ
- The Buggles – Video Killed the Radio Star » youtu.be/Iwuy4hHO3YQ
- Friday Night Videos Intro » youtu.be/_PMXbSqTYIY
- Solid Gold intro » youtu.be/OzgrCvxh5m8
- MTV History » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV
- Michael Jackson – Thriller » youtu.be/sOnqjkJTMaA
- Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer » youtu.be/OJWJE0x7T4Q
- George Michael – Freedom » youtu.be/diYAc7gB-0A
- Why doesn’t MTV show music videos any more? » bit.ly/2IqRxjs
- Internet killed the music video » ind.pn/2luT8vQ
- Vevo » www.vevo.com/
- Email the show » podcast@genxgrownup.com
- Visit us on YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt
