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Show Notes Episode 406: Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock and Roll
This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to convince a Gen Z bartender he was one of the original MTV VJs only to learn the bartender has never heard of MTV. (Is that like a Tik Tok thing?) On the show this week we take you back to the origins of the music video and the channel they created. (VH-1!)
Along the way we discover that Dave wasn’t there when MTV debuted because he was not allowed to up past his bedtime. (Things haven’t changed really, he usually passed out around 7 PM.) Then we dive right into the long association of music and moving pictures, even when the moving pictures had no sound. Then we take on the long and winding road that leads to August of 1981 and the music video network that had very, very few music videos. (There were a LOT of Flock of Seagulls videos on repeat in the early days.) Finally we explain the incredible impact the genre of music videos themselves had on a generation and the music industry. (Turns out the record companies could make a lot of money showing half naked women dancing in front of a stage!)
Our Sponsor this week is Dave TV the only all music video channel left on television, not affiliated with David Lee Roth and available in limited markets, mainly northern New Jersey. We open the show with the first few minutes of MTV and close with Lucy May Walker testifying in a brutal true crime story.
Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense
The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast
The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/
The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ
www.whatthehellpodcast.com
Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast
The Show Line: 347 687 9601
Closing Music: https://youtu.be/-6WWO6c7ud8
We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/
Citations Needed:
AP WAS THERE: The Beatles invade America in 1964
https://apnews.com/article/80fd83172d9a4535a8a4e75874a9a1d9
Wikipedia: American Bandstand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bandstand
Wikipedia: Burt Sugarman’s Midnight Special
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Special_(TV_series)
The Music Video, Before Music Television
https://www.history.com/news/the-music-video-before-music-television
The Creation of MTV: How Do You Market a Brand New Medium?
https://bettermarketing.pub/the-creation-of-mtv-how-do-you-market-a-brand-new-medium-98045afed23b
Michael Jackson and His ‘Billie Jean’ Music Video Changed MTV
https://twobees.org/michael-jackson-billie-jean-changed-mtv/
Pretenders interview: the magic of songwriting and how MTV killed rock'n'roll
https://www.loudersound.com/features/pretenders-interview-the-magic-of-songwriting-and-how-mtv-killed-rocknroll
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By Dave Bledsoe
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Show Notes Episode 406: Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock and Roll
This week Host Dave Bledsoe attempts to convince a Gen Z bartender he was one of the original MTV VJs only to learn the bartender has never heard of MTV. (Is that like a Tik Tok thing?) On the show this week we take you back to the origins of the music video and the channel they created. (VH-1!)
Along the way we discover that Dave wasn’t there when MTV debuted because he was not allowed to up past his bedtime. (Things haven’t changed really, he usually passed out around 7 PM.) Then we dive right into the long association of music and moving pictures, even when the moving pictures had no sound. Then we take on the long and winding road that leads to August of 1981 and the music video network that had very, very few music videos. (There were a LOT of Flock of Seagulls videos on repeat in the early days.) Finally we explain the incredible impact the genre of music videos themselves had on a generation and the music industry. (Turns out the record companies could make a lot of money showing half naked women dancing in front of a stage!)
Our Sponsor this week is Dave TV the only all music video channel left on television, not affiliated with David Lee Roth and available in limited markets, mainly northern New Jersey. We open the show with the first few minutes of MTV and close with Lucy May Walker testifying in a brutal true crime story.
Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense
The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast
The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/
The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ
www.whatthehellpodcast.com
Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast
The Show Line: 347 687 9601
Closing Music: https://youtu.be/-6WWO6c7ud8
We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/
Citations Needed:
AP WAS THERE: The Beatles invade America in 1964
https://apnews.com/article/80fd83172d9a4535a8a4e75874a9a1d9
Wikipedia: American Bandstand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bandstand
Wikipedia: Burt Sugarman’s Midnight Special
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Special_(TV_series)
The Music Video, Before Music Television
https://www.history.com/news/the-music-video-before-music-television
The Creation of MTV: How Do You Market a Brand New Medium?
https://bettermarketing.pub/the-creation-of-mtv-how-do-you-market-a-brand-new-medium-98045afed23b
Michael Jackson and His ‘Billie Jean’ Music Video Changed MTV
https://twobees.org/michael-jackson-billie-jean-changed-mtv/
Pretenders interview: the magic of songwriting and how MTV killed rock'n'roll
https://www.loudersound.com/features/pretenders-interview-the-magic-of-songwriting-and-how-mtv-killed-rocknroll
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices