you can take me out of the ghetto, but you can t take the ghetto up out of me, dog. it s a tough time to grow up in. and nirvana and kurt cobain in particular reflect the angst. i learned how to write for myself, and it s pretty ironic that most people related to it. boom, there it is, platinum record. country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. the honeymoon s over. now we re getting down to real commerce. aren t these girls just crazy? yeah, 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 a complete revolution in the music business in this country. unskinny bop just blows me away mtv makes the hits. it s as if there were just one national radio station for new songs. ending the 80s in terms of rock music, you re getting a lot of hair bands. you ve got poison, ratt, warrant. she s my
yeah, 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 a complete revolution in the music business in this country. unskinny bop just blows me away mtv makes the hits. it s as if there were just one national radio station for new songs. ending the 80s in terms of rock music, you re getting a lot of hair bands. you ve got poison, ratt, warrant. she s my cherry pie cool drink of water such a sweet surprise tastes so good make a grown man cry sweet cherry pie a lot of hairspray going on. there s a lot of sexually suggestive lyrics. it s not particularly deep music, but mtv pushing it. so that s selling. when i would turn on mtv, all the rock bands looked a certain way. they played a kind of music. they were expected to have a certain facade. mtv s ratings are surprisingly small. but those who do watch, mostl
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