as the story goes, cbs said we will pull every other artist we have on mtv if you don t play this. they had to be blackmailed into doing it. it doesn t matter who s wrong or right just beat it he was the artist that mtv really needed. they didn t know they needed him, but when we started to see the michael jackson videos, it was unbelievable. then there s the domino effect. suddenly you see prince videos from warner brothers do the same thing. tonight we re gonna party like it s 1999 prince wasn t just materializing out of nowhere, where was he before this video? prince was a huge star on black radio stations, people, he had a real underground cult following. he was a very sexy, hot performer. the sweat on your body covers me
the complaint that rock lyrics and videos are crossing the line into trash and smut. we are asking the recording industry to join parents by putting a label on products inappropriate for young children due to sexual or violent lyrics. in the 80s, artists pushing boundaries in different ways were bringing those messages and images into our homes and that provided political opportunity to push back against it. we can say they re senator wives, they re messing around in washington but they obviously have some real concerns. there s a lot i do that they applaud. they are taking responsibility as citizens. i brought along two videos which i believe are representative of the kind of presentation which caused the furor. got it bad got it bad got it bad
when he does that moonwalk, if you were sitting on the couch by the end of it you were on the floor in front of the tv. you couldn t believe what you were seeing. i would say the moonwalk was really one of the first viral moments that affected rock history. the next week thriller started selling a million copies a week. i like michael jackson because he s bad, he knows how to dance. he s so sexy and so gorgeous. he s exciting! michael jackson is the man of the 80s. mtv starts to get pressure from cbs records, which was michael jackson s label. rock and roll in itself was really the thing that broke a lot of rules. when you re very successful, you try to make your own rules ocsially. as the story goes, cbs essentially said we will pull every other artist we have on mtv if you don t play this. they had to be essentially blackmailed into doing it. it doesn t matter who s wrong or right just beat it
when he does that moonwalk, if you were sitting on the couch by the end of it you were on the floor in front of the tv. you couldn t believe what you were seeing. i would say the moonwalk was really one of the first viral moments that affected rock history. the next week thriller started selling a million copies a week. i like michael jackson because he s bad, he knows how to dance. he s so sexy and so gorgeous. he s exciting! michael jackson is the man of the 80s. mtv starts to get pressure from cbs records, which was michael jackson s label. rock and roll in itself was really the thing that broke a lot of rules. when you re very successful, you try to make your own rules occasionally. as the story goes, cbs essentially said we will pull
the complaint that rock lyrics and videos are crossing the line into trash and smut. we are asking the recording industry to join parents by putting a label on products inappropriate for young children due to sexual or violent lyrics. in the 80s, artists pushing boundaries in different ways were bringing those messages and s images into our homes and that provided political opportunity to push back against it. we can say they re senator wives, they re messing around in washington but they obviously have some real concerns. there s a lot i do that they applaud. they are taking responsibility as citizens. i brought along two videos which i believe are representative of the kind of presentation which caused the furor. got it bad got it bad got it bad