I love how he wouldn't drop it, was polite but firm in his stance and 100% right at the time MTV ignored black music.
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MTV ignored black music because most radio stations did. MTV was a big risk and the financiers weren't looking to take risks on pushing a new genre of music that wasn't mainstream with most audiences at that time.
That's a poor excuse that doesn't justify anything.
People have trouble criticizing things they like. Fact of the matter, America is racist and if you don’t cater to racist you run the risk of “outrage” and “scandal”. Listen to the Vanilla Ice interview where he’s asked if he thinks it’s weird that he’s the face of rap…
Woke is an insult somehow, but listen to how cringe these unaware people sound.
Have you ever run a business before? You need to make money which at the time meant stadium rock and “Top 40” pop radio.
MTV was not started to provide access for smaller acts to break into the mainstream especially at a time when hiphop was very localized.
Part of the reason that New Wave became big in the early 80's is because New Wave bands came from more affluent beginnings, so those bands could afford to make music videos at a time when they were relatively rare.
I'd gamble a larger percentage of artists (whether music, acting, or painting) have affluent beginnings than the general population. It's easier to rise through the struggle of a high risk profession if you have a safety net.
It's true that groups like Duran Duran and the like were mostly comprised of public school brats whose affluent parents bought them the DX7s and Fairlights they wrote their hits on. However, music videos were funded by labels. They were basically commercials for the record.
Scared to death by Prince?
I miss David so much. such a intelligent and thoughtful human being.
There was a documentary series on MAX, I think. It was amazing