I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution - Rilegato

Marks, Craig; Tannenbaum, Rob

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ISBN 10: 0525952306 ISBN 13: 9780525952305

Casa editrice: E P Dutton, 2011

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Remember the first time you saw Michael Jackson dance with zombies in "Thriller"? Diamond Dave karate kick with Van Halen in "Jump"? Tawny Kitaen turning cartwheels on a Jaguar to Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again"? The Beastie Boys spray beer in "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)"? Axl Rose step off the bus in "Welcome to the Jungle"?

Remember When All You Wanted Was Your MTV?

It was a pretty radical idea-a channel for teenagers, showing nothing but music videos. It was such a radical idea that almost no one thought it would actually succeed, much less become a force in the worlds of music, television, film, fashion, sports, and even politics. But it did work. MTV became more than anyone had ever imagined.

I Want My MTV tells the story of the first decade of MTV, the golden era when MTV's programming was all videos, all the time, and kids watched religiously to see their favorite bands, learn about new music, and have something to talk about at parties. From its start in 1981 with a small cache of videos by mostly unknown British new wave acts to the launch of the reality-television craze with The Real World in 1992, MTV grew into a tastemaker, a career maker, and a mammoth business.

Featuring interviews with nearly four hundred artists, directors, VJs, and television and music executives, I Want My MTV is a testament to the channel that changed popular culture forever.

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"Highly entertaining" -Rolling Stone (-Rolling Stone)

"It reminded me of those long days watching MTV, back when it still played videos...riveting." -New York Times (-New York Times)

"Hilarious, with behind-the-scenes dirt on hundreds of videos. I guarantee you'll have a tough time putting it down." -USA Today (-USA Today)

"Riveting reading, and a book we expect to see on the best-seller lists." -Very Short List (-Very Short List)

"The sheer entertainment value within these pages is priceless." -Publishers Weekly (-Publishers Weekly)

"A smart, decadently entertaining oral history." -Playboy (-Playboy )

"Just as MTV hypnotized viewers, so the jump-cut structure of I WANT MY MTV swiftly compels." -Businessweek (-Businessweek)

"Rollicking. The golden age of MTV was just as wild and debauched as you would hope." -New York Post (-New York Post)

"A rip-roaring, hilarious tribute to the cable channel that changed pop culture. A wonderfully entertaining and enlightening history, a magnificently enjoyable read." -The National (-The National)

"Riotous and irreverent. Crack it open to almost any page and you're guaranteed a giggle. Every gaffe, scandal, and sexual innuendo comes in for hilarious scrutiny." -New York Daily News (-New York Daily News)

L'autore:

Craig Marks was the top editor for two influential music magazines, SPIN and Blender. He is the editor in chief of Popdust.

Rob Tannenbaum has been the music editor at Blender, a columnist at GQ, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Details, New York Magazine, Playboy, Spin, and The Washington Post.

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• Editore: E P Dutton
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0525952306
• ISBN 13: 9780525952305
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 608