2020 report on music video from 1980 – part 1 of 2
This is part 1 of 2. Back in 1980, the record industry was in turmoil - a place they seem to find themselves in on a regular basis. Featuring interviews with various record label executives on weather or not this new thing called "music video" would save the record business. This pre-dated eMpTyVee, which didn't launch until August 1st, 1981. Featuring clips from various artists including: Kate Bush Lene Lovich Todd Rundgren The Rolling Stones Michael Nesmith Rickie Lee Jones Tom Petty Fleetwood Mac The Buggles Meatloaf Bruce Springsteen It's amusing (although unintentionally so), and the hosts of the program really don't seem to grasp the relationship of music and video. And people under 20 might find those giant DVDs somewhat disturbing.
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@999manman I should have? ussed a question mark as opposed to an exclamation point--but I did actually make a good point didn't I? LOL
@Frsng1 Touche` my? friend!
@999manman You Tube!!?
@Andregrindle As they always have.?
To me the report,from about 5:17 to 6:03 in this case? really illustrates the "freeze out" period after the whole disco sucks bit. The music industry was in a recession and if something had any funk,it was usually considered disco and disco was considered something that "sucked". In many ways paralell's what's happening today with a music industry in crisis and everyone trying to find something to blame it on.
Promotional videos since THE SEVENTIES? That's not very well researched. There were plenty of promotional videos in the 60s (e.g. the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields? Forever") shown on music programs like "American Bandstand." There were also filmed musical shorts done in a style we'd recognize as "music video" today that were shown before feature films back in the golden age of Hollywood. The laser disks were a new storage medium, but other than that this "news story" was old hat even then.
I was going? to stop pirating music after I saw this first part, but then I saw that UMG blocked the second part of the video, so I started my download back up again.
I want the videodisc! What like it? today compares???
Who knew at 0:05? Geraldo was a consumer reporter back then before he was replaced by John Stossel.
@CatchyNameGoesHere to view part two
Try video down loadx? dot com. Paste the URL for part two in there. Part two is
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Video? Disc. 2:45 HAHAHA hahaha lol
Clive Davis in this "video" is akin to Dick James in 1962 saying "Guitar groups are on the way out? Mr. Epstein..."
gahh! why doesn't part 2 work? in Canada?
I really want to see what's in part 2 that it was? pulled.
5:59 that IS Carrot Top. I am almost positive. ?
@lurkerrekrul hahah nice - thanks!?
you see? its been already 30 years and the industry is still alive. they are trying to use everything as an excuse for the lack of good content. They said radio was gonna kill the industry, cassette was going to kill it, cd was going to kill it, dvr recorders were going to kill it, and? yet its still alive...
Funny how this has been on Youtube for about four years now, and the UMG is now worried? Hmmm, I knew they were behind, but? this behind? Oh well, I'm not spending any money on them any more.
#UMG and the music industry does not want you to see this video. Why? Because they're full of sh!t and have always been full of sh!t. Watch this, spread this, stop paying the record labels money. ? Support the bands you love by going out and seeing their shows.
Universal Music Group (UMG) has filed an DMCA takedown notice in order to take this video down from the internet.
They don't want you to see how they overreacted and lied? when they said 'home taping is kililng music'.
Thanks for the video, always like to see this stuff archived and available!
I remember the $25 tapes but they were a bit cheaper by the case!!! unless it? was that ampex crap ;-0( TDK was ok fuji was pretty good too.
Ah, a? laserdisc! Good times.