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MTV and the music video
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Technology
MTV and the music video · On 1 August 1981, MTV began in the United States, a television channel that broadcast music videos all day long. The first video was Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. A pop star now also had to look good on screen, with clothes, hairstyle and a story. British synth-pop and New Romantic groups, who were already preoccupied with image, conquered the American charts in this way. In its first years, MTV played almost only white rock; it was only when Michael Jackson's videos reached the channel that this changed.
Listening
Listening tip. This song became big with a music video: which images go with it in your head?
Video Killed the Radio Star · The Buggles, 1979
Beat It · Michael Jackson, 1982
Money for Nothing · Dire Straits, 1985
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