Brian and Murdock dig into the history of MTV's unlikely smash hit that resurrected careers and created a new revenue line for loud bands willing to turn down the volume.

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SHOW NOTES:

I WANT MY MTV - The Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/308409/i-want-my-mtv-by-rob-tannenbaum/

https://www.impericon.com/blogs/magazine/when-metal-bands-pull-the-plug-unplugged-and-acoustic-projects

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ve-seen-million-faces-ve-120710082.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stray_Gators

https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/harvest-moon-neil-young-album/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Roberts

https://www.facebook.com/groups/266465700545777/posts/1727363401122659/

https://americansongwriter.com/on-this-day-in-1988-mtv-refused-to-play-neil-youngs-this-notes-for-you-for-a-pretty-silly-reason/

Internet Archive – Neil Young MTV Unplugged 2/7/93

https://archive.org/details/neil-young-mtv-unplugged

FaceOff Rock Show 

Neil Young’s Second Attempt on MTV Unplugged. 

https://en.faceoffrockshow.com/post/neil-young-second-attempt-on-mtv-unplugged-1

How Neil Got It Right The Second Time

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/neil-young-unplugged/

12 Unforgettable Unplugged Performances

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-mtv-unplugged-episodes/

Did Neil Young run out of his Unplugged taping

http://forum.cakewalk.com/m/tm.aspx?m=3163911&p=1

Fandom Wiki Neil

https://music.fandom.com/wiki/Unplugged:Neil_Young

Unplugged: Full Album

https://youtu.be/BSOItCgL-CE?si=k-ry5jw51_VnOOHc

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