Hisory of music video (Video Killed The Radio Star)

Notes:

• First music video came along 25 years ago
• 1950 was the first pop star kind of a video
• The Beatles would make short films music videos
• Strawberry field by the Beatles was the best song so far

• The Queen spend about 3500£ on their music video which was the most expensive music video so far
• The Queen's video was made in 3 hr

• 1940-1950 musicals were performed instead of music videos
• 1980 John Lennon was murdered
• Duran Duran Planet earth

• Musicians were acting in music videos and people started to think that music videos will become too important
• Videos became more like movies and those are: Millennium by Robbie Williams, Radio Ga Ga by the Queen, California Love by 2pack and Dr. Dre

Millennium by Robie Williams

California Love by 2pack and Dr. Dre

• The Monkeys were the TV show where singing was the main part of it
• Michel Resmith from the Monkeys left the band and sang solo, one of his songs was “Rio”
• Pop Clips was the first programme that was to show music videos on TV it was launched by Michel Resmith from the Monkeys
• The first MTV broadcast was sent in 1981
• The first music video that was shown on MTV was 'Video Killed The Radio Star"

• Bob Pitterman was the cofounder of MTV
• Toni Basil was the first one who was signed to a video contract
• Hit 'Mickey' sold more than a million copies

• 1985 - first CD available in shops and it was Billy Joel's 52nd Street

• Duran Duran "Wild Boys" was directed by Paul Mclay who wanted the guys from the band to look good. This video was very expensive to make

• Hit "Relax" lasted for a year in British charts

• The music video to song "Relax" wasn't allowed to be shown in all the countries 
• A lot of music videos then had different categories and those were the reasons why some of the music videos went allowed to be shown
• The categories such as: "too sexual", "too disturbing", "too antisocial" 
• Before MTV no one knew what Rock was
• Michel Jackson is the King of music video
• 1983 - the best Michel Jackson's album came out
• John Landis was contacted by Michel Jackson to create a music video "Thriller" because Jackson wanted it to be scary and Landis was the perfect person to help him do this