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trashcan@sh.itjust.worksM to Videos@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

David Bowie Criticizes MTV for Not Playing Videos by Black Artists

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David Bowie Criticizes MTV for Not Playing Videos by Black Artists

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David Bowie Criticizes MTV for Not Playing Videos by Black Artists | MTV News
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David Bowie has some questions and criticisms about MTV’s lack of videos featuring black artists in this 1983 interview with Mark Goodman.Subscribe to MTV Ne...
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    And now they don’t play music at all. If you don’t count the MTV Classic channel.

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      I never even had MTV. Any Canadian know if Much Music still exists and/or plays music?

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        Much still exists, but there hasn’t been music on there for a long time.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Much

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        Funny thing. I didn’t have MTV growing up. I had Much Music. I’m from the US btw.

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          That’s… unexpected.

          How did that come to be?

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            Safe bet, MTV cost too much for my cable company.

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      Rob Dyrdek finessed his way into MTV and now he’s all they air. Dude hustled MTV cuz their management got lazy and he basically took over for them.

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