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Forty years of MTV: How videos and music television changed pop
Meanwhile, in the USA, plans for MTV were beginning. The concept was simple – non-stop music videos, 24 hours a day. But, as part of America’s cable television, MTV would rely upon advertising ...
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74-year-old musician wrote a song 50 years ago—now it makes him $1 million a year: It's ‘easily the most played song on MTV'
Greenspan said that "Uncontrollable Urge's" frequent appearances on MTV are "ironic and kind of funny." "In the beginning of MTV you saw a lot of Devo because they were early to make videos, but MTV ...
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Mark Mothersbaugh Makes $1M Per Year From MTV’s Ridiculousness Theme
“In the beginning of MTV you saw a lot of Devo because they were early to make videos, but MTV started questioning the videos Devo were making. [The videos] were subversive, they didn’t like ...