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I Want My MTV by Craig Marks
I Want My MTV by Craig Marks







A couple of weeks later, Guns N’ Roses became superstars. Then David Geffen called the channel and requested the clip get more airplay. MTV programmers didn’t think much of Guns N’ Roses’ first video “Welcome to the Jungle” and initially aired it only once or twice after midnight. It was the last album the group would ever record. On the shoot of the first video for The Police’s “Synchronicity” album, lead singer Sting told the director, “Just keep the camera on the money,” and pointed to himself. When an Epic Records executive started showing a video from a new group called Culture Club for the song “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?,” everyone who watched it said, “Man, she’s really ugly.” Some of the fun facts recounted in I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Revolution:









I Want My MTV by Craig Marks