MTV flipped a switch on August 1, 1981, and gave music a face. Labels started treating videos like serious investments, and artists began competing for airtime. As viewers kept the channel on, ...
Music in the ’80s is typically associated with the computerized, neon-tinged sounds of MTV, but there was much more to this ...
In 1981, asking someone if they wanted to watch a music video would likely get a confused reaction. The concept hadn’t ...
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