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we are getting down to real commerce. >> are these girls just crazy? >> yes, they are. >> you may think of it as the channel that rattles your china occasionally your teeth and hypnotizes your children but what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for complete revolution in the music business in this country. mtv makes the hits. its as if there was just one national radio station for new songs. ending the 80s in terms of rock music you have a lot of hairbands. poison, rat, w...

It was a beat. then all of a sudden theres a face to it. ♪ block rocking beats ♪ the chemical brothers come up. >> this is very much the recycling age. is this music recycled? >> everything is secondhand. you take things from different places and create something new in it. ♪ >> all of this stuff was going on at the same time. massive attack, moby, so youre seeing what we called electronica which is edm, which is techno, really starting to kind of take hold beyond dance clubs. ♪ all thes...

♪ block rocking beats ♪ the chemical brothers come up. >> this is very much the recycling age. is this music recycled? >> everything is secondhand. you take things from different places and create something new in it. ♪ >> all of this stuff was going on at the same time. massive attack, moby, so youre seeing what we called electronica which is edm, which is techno, really starting to kind of take hold beyond dance clubs. ♪ all these artists end up laying the seeds for what would become a...

♪ block rocking beats ♪ the chemical brothers come up. >> this is very much the recycling age. is this music recycled? >> everything is secondhand. you take things from different places and create something new in it. ♪ >> all of this stuff was going on at the same time. massive attack, moby, so youre seeing what we called electronica which is edm, which is techno, really starting to kind of take hold beyond dance clubs. ♪ all these artists end up laying the seeds for what would become a...

Its hot news for electronica, the multifaceted techno dance genre touted by many tastemakers as the next big musical thing. prodigys new album "the fat of the land" enters the billboard pop chart at number one. ♪ fight the pressure ♪ >> up until the end of the 90s, dance music was just a deejay, it was a beat. then all of a sudden theres a face to it. ♪ block rocking beats ♪ the chemical brothers come up. >> this is very much the recycling age. is this music recycled? >> everything is se...

Its hot news for electronica, the multifaceted techno dance genre touted by many tastemakers as the next big musical thing. prodigys new album "the fat of the land" enters the billboard pop chart at number one. ♪ fight the pressure ♪ >> up until the end of the 90s, dance music was just a deejay, it was a beat. then all of a sudden theres a face to it. ♪ block rocking beats ♪ the chemical brothers come up. >> this is very much the recycling age. is this music recycled? >> everything is se...

Its hot news for electronica, the multifaceted techno dance genre touted by many tastemakers as the next big musical thing. prodigys new album "the fat of the land" enters the billboard pop chart at number 1. ♪ fight the pressure ♪ >> up until the end of the 90s, dance music was just a deejay, it was a beat. then all of a sudden theres a face to it. ♪ block rocking beats ♪ the chemical brothers come up. >> this is very much the recycling age. is this music recycled? >> everything is seco...

Its hot news for electronica, the multifaceted techno dance genre touted by many tastemakers as the next big musical thing. prodigys new album "the fat of the land" enters the billboard pop chart at number 1. ♪ ♪ fight the pressure ♪ >> up until the end of the 90s, dance music was just a deejay, it was a beat. then all of a sudden theres a face to it. ♪ block rocking beats ♪ the chemical brothers come up. >> this is very much the recycling age. is this music recycled? >> everything is ...