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However, some of our guests felt the videos took attention away from their live performances, which they hoped would promote record sales. If they had a hit song, they didn't want to play it under comic barnyard footage. The Australian TV shows Countdown and Sounds , both of which premiered in , were significant in developing and popularizing what would later become the music video genre in Australia and other countries, and in establishing the importance of promotional film clips as a means of promoting both emerging acts and new releases by established acts.

In need of material for the show, Webb approached Seven newsroom staffer Russell Mulcahy and asked him to shoot film footage to accompany popular songs for which there were no purpose-made clips e. Harry Nilsson 's " Everybody's Talkin ". Using this method, Webb and Mulcahy assembled a collection of about 25 clips for the show.

According to rock historian Paul Fowles, the song is "widely credited as the first global hit single for which an accompanying video was central to the marketing strategy". Video Concert Hall , created by Jerry Crowe and Charles Henderson and launched on November 1, , was the first nationwide video music programming on American television, predating MTV by almost three years. The same year, the New Zealand group Split Enz had major success with the single " I Got You " and the album True Colours , and later that year they produced a complete set of promo clips for each song on the album directed by their percussionist, Noel Crombie and to market these on video cassette.

Billboard credits [29] the independently produced Video Concert Hall as being the first with nationwide video music programming on American television. In , the U. With this new outlet for material, the music video would, by the mids, grow to play a central role in popular music marketing. Many important acts of this period, most notably Adam and the Ants , Duran Duran and Madonna , owed a great deal of their success to the skillful construction and seductive appeal of their videos.

Two key innovations in the development of the modern music video were the development of relatively inexpensive and easy-to-use video recording and editing equipment, and the development of visual effects created with techniques such as image compositing.

During the s, music videos had become de rigueur for most recording artists. In this period, directors and the acts they worked with began to explore and expand the form and style of the genre, using more sophisticated effects in their videos, mixing film and video, and adding a storyline or plot to the music video. Occasionally videos were made in a non-representational form, in which the musical artist was not shown. One notable later example of the non-representational style is Bill Konersman 's innovative video for Prince 's " Sign o' the Times " [36] — influenced by Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" clip, it featured only the text of the song's lyrics.

In the early s, music videos also began to explore political and social themes. Examples include the music videos for David Bowie's " China Girl " and " Let's Dance " which both explored race issues. In , the most successful, influential and iconic music video of all time was released: The MuchMusic music channel was launched in Canada in The inaugural event rewarded the Beatles and David Bowie with the Video Vanguard Award for their work in pioneering the music video.

Video Hits One" , featuring softer music, and meant to cater to the slightly older baby-boomer demographic who were out-growing MTV. This was a program which consisted entirely of music videos the only outlet many videos had on British TV at the time [ citation needed ] , without presenters. Instead, the videos were linked by then state of the art computer graphics. The show moved to ITV in The video for the Dire Straits song " Money for Nothing " made pioneering use of computer animation, and helped make the song an international hit. The song itself was a wry comment on the music-video phenomenon, sung from the point of view of an appliance deliveryman both drawn to and repelled by the outlandish images and personalities that appeared on MTV.

In , Peter Gabriel 's song " Sledgehammer " used special effects and animation techniques developed by British studio Aardman Animation. In , the MTV show Yo! MTV Raps debuted; the show helped to bring hip hop music to a mass audience for the first time.

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In November , MTV began listing directors with the artist and song credits, reflecting the fact that music videos had increasingly become an auteur 's medium. Some of these directors, including, Gondry, Jonze, Sigismondi, [46] and F. Gary Gray , went on to direct feature films. Two of the videos directed by Romanek in are notable for being two of the three most expensive music videos of all time: From this, "Scream" is the most expensive video to date.

MTV2 , originally called "M2" and meant to show more alternative and older music videos, debuted in The website iFilm , which hosted short videos, including music videos, launched its service in Napster , a peer-to-peer file sharing service which ran between and , enabled users to share video files, including those for music videos. By the mids, MTV and many of its sister channels had largely abandoned showing music videos in favor of reality television shows, which were more popular with its audiences, and which MTV had itself helped to pioneer with the show The Real World , which premiered in Video , Facebook and Myspace 's video functionality use similar technology.

Such websites had a profound effect on the viewing of music videos; some artists began to see success as a result of videos seen mostly or entirely online.

The band OK Go capitalized on the growing trend, having achieved fame through the videos for two of their songs, " A Million Ways " in and " Here It Goes Again " in , both of which first became well-known online OK Go repeated the trick with another high-concept video in , for their song " This Too Shall Pass ". At its launch, Apple 's iTunes Store provided a section of free music videos in high quality compression to be watched via the iTunes application.

More recently the iTunes Store has begun selling music videos for use on Apple's iPod with video playback capability. The video for Weezer 's " Pork and Beans " also captured this trend, by including at least 20 YouTube celebrities ; the single became the most successful of Weezer's career, in chart performance. In , the RIAA issued cease-and-desist letters to YouTube users to prevent single users from sharing videos, which are the property of the music labels.

After its merger with Google , YouTube assured the RIAA that they would find a way to pay royalties through a bulk agreement with the major record labels. To further signify the change in direction towards Music Video airplay, MTV officially dropped the Music Television tagline on February 8, from their logo in response to their increased commitment to non-scripted reality programming and other youth-oriented entertainment rising in prominence on their live broadcast. Vevo , a music video service launched by several major music publishers, premiered in December Following the shift toward internet broadcasting and the rising popularity of user-generated video sites such as YouTube around , various independent filmmakers began recording live sessions to present on the Web.

Examples of this new way of creating and presenting a music video include Vincent Moon 's work with The Take-Away Shows; In the Van sessions, a similar platform; [52] and the Dutch VPRO 3VOOR12 , which puts out music videos recorded in elevators and other small, guerrilla filmmaking type locations in a similar tradition called Behind. Offering freedom from the increasingly burdensome financial requirements of high-production movie-like clips, it began as the only method for little-known indie music artists to present themselves to a wider audience, but increasingly this approach has been taken up by such major mainstream artists as R.

In the late s, some artists began releasing alternative vertical videos tailored to mobile devices in addition to music videos; these vertical videos are generally platform-exclusive. A lyric video is one in which the words to the song are the main element of the video. Lyric videos rose to prominence in the s, with it becoming relatively easy for artists to disperse videos through websites such as YouTube.

Despite its rise to prominence in the s, the idea had still been used much earlier. The music video for R. In , Prince released a video for his song " Sign o' the Times ". The video featured the song's words pulsing to the music presented along with abstract geometric shapes; an effect created by Bill Konersman. He had refused to make a traditional music video, so his label released a simple clip that displayed the song's lyrics on a black screen.

As the concept and medium of a music video is a form of artistic expression, artists have been on many occasions censored if their content is deemed offensive. What may be considered offensive will differ in countries due to censorship laws and local customs and ethics. In most cases, the record label will provide and distribute videos edited or provide both censored and uncensored videos for an artist. In some cases, it has been known for music videos to be banned in their entirety as they have been deemed far too offensive to be broadcast.

Due to thinly veiled homoerotic undertones plus lots of skin and sweat but apparently not enough clothing, save that worn by the fully clothed members of Queen themselves , it was deemed unsuitable for a television audience at the time. However, the channel did air Olivia Newton-John 's video for the hit song " Physical ", which lavished camera time on male models working out in string bikinis who spurn her advances, ultimately pairing off to walk to the men's locker rooms holding hands, though the network ended the clip before the overt homosexual "reveal" ending in some airings.

The video for " Girls on Film " by Duran Duran , which featured topless women mud wrestling and other depictions of sexual fetishes, was banned by the BBC. MTV did air the video, albeit in a heavily edited form. Laura Branigan initially protested an MTV request to edit her " Self Control " video in , but relented when the network refused to air the William Friedkin -directed clip, featuring the singer lured through an increasingly debauched, if increasingly stylized, series of nightclubs by a masked man who ultimately takes her to bed. In , Cher 's " If I Could Turn Back Time " video where the singer performs the song in an extremely revealing body suit surrounded by a ship full of cheering sailors was restricted to late-night broadcasts on MTV.

Thomas Radecki of the National Coalition on TV Violence was interviewed accusing the fledgling rock video business of excessive violence.

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Night Tracks ' producer Tom Lynch weighed in on the effects of the video violence controversy. The episode's conclusion was that the controversy will continue to grow. Some artists have used censorship as a publicity tool. In the s, the show Top of the Pops was censorious in its approach to video content, so some acts made videos that they knew would be censored, using the resulting public controversy to promote their release. In , the dance segment of Michael Jackson 's " Black or White " was cut because it showed Jackson "inappropriately" touching himself in it.

Madonna is the artist most associated with music video censorship. Controversy surrounding Madonna's marketing of her sexuality began with the video for " Lucky Star ", and amplified over time due to clips such as " Like a Virgin ". Outcry occurred over the subject matter relating to teenage pregnancy discussed in the video for the song " Papa Don't Preach ". In , Madonna's music video for the song " Justify My Love " was banned by MTV due to its depiction of sadomasochism , homosexuality , cross-dressing , and group sex which generated a media firestorm.

The debate over the banning of "Justify My Love" by the Canadian music video network MuchMusic led to the launching in of Too Much 4 Much , a series of occasional, late-night specials still being aired in the early s in which videos officially banned by MuchMusic were broadcast, followed by panel discussion regarding why they were removed. In , The Shamen 's video for the song " Ebeneezer Goode " was banned by the BBC due to its perceived subliminal endorsement of the recreational drug Ecstasy. As well as this, metal band Tool 's music video for " Prison Sex " was banned from MTV, as the video and lyrics touch on the sensitive matter of child abuse.

In , the music video for " Rock DJ " by Robbie Williams caused controversy due to the graphic nature of the video which features Williams stripping naked then peeling off his skin to reveal bloody flesh, followed by ripping off his muscles and organs until he is nothing but a blood-soaked skeleton. The video was censored in the UK during daytime hours, and was broadcast unedited after 10pm. The video was banned in Dominican Republic due to allegations of satanism.

UK TV presenters Richard and Judy campaigned to have the video banned claiming it pandered to pedophiles with the use of school uniforms and young girls kissing, although the campaign failed. Capitalizing on the controversy, the kiss was choreographed into their live performances.

Top of the Pops aired the girls' performance with the kiss replaced by audience footage. Throughout their promotional tour, t. In , Maroon 5 's video for " This Love " generated controversy due to intimate scenes between frontman Adam Levine and his then-girlfriend. Despite those particular scenes being shot at strategic angles, a censored version was released with a stream of computer-generated flowers added in to cover up more.

The following year, Eminem 's video for " Just Lose It " caused controversy over its parody of Michael Jackson's child molestation trial , plastic surgery , and hair catching fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial. The video was banned from BET , and Jackson spoke out against the video, calling it "inappropriate and disrespectful to me, my children, my family and the community at large". As of , the Egyptian state censorship committee banned at least 20 music videos which featured sexual connotations due to Muslim moral viewpoints.

In , Justice 's video for their song "Stress" was boycotted by several major music television channels due to allegations of racism and violence; the video depicts several youths committing various crimes throughout the streets of Paris , with the youths mainly being of North African descent. While country music has largely avoided controversy surrounding video content, it has not been immune.

The music video for the Rascal Flatts song " I Melt " is a case in point, gaining notoriety for clips featuring guitarist Joe Don Rooney 's bare buttocks, and model Christina Auria taking a shower in the nude. In , Thirty Seconds to Mars ' video " Hurricane " was censored because of its major elements of violence, nudity and sex. In , a rumour circulated that Lady Gaga 's video " Telephone " was banned by MTV, a rumour which reached some press outlets.

The rumour claimed that MTV had banned the video because the content could not be shown within their programming. The video for " Alejandro " was criticized by the Catholic League , for showing the singer dressed in a red latex fetish version of a nun's habit , simulating rape, and appearing to swallow a rosary. Ciara 's video for " Ride " was banned by BET , with the network citing that the video was too sexually charged. The video was also subsequently banned by all UK television channels. Similar to an audio album , a video album is a longform release containing multiple music videos on a disc.

The market size of music videos is considerably smaller than audio albums and audio singles. Video albums are eligible for gold certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA after record labels shipped 50, units to retailers, while both audio albums and singles have to ship , units to achieve gold. The music videos were taped in New York and New Jersey, with some songs featuring the band playing in a concert fashion, and some others having scenarios based on the songs' lyrics. Due to the increase of video albums popularity, Billboard magazine introduced the weekly best-selling music video sales ranking in the United States, titled the Top Music Videocassette chart on March 30, now known as Music Video Sales chart.

A video single contains no more than three music videos in the form of a videotape, LaserDisc or DVD.

The DVD single was introduced in the late s as a replacement for the videotape single. The Final Frontier ". As with other single formats, DVD singles have a limited production run, often causing them to become collector's items. The DVD single never experienced a high amount of popularity in the United Kingdom because when artists started releasing them in the early s, the CD single had started declining.

They were also seen as expensive. The Japanese music conglomerate Hello! The company calls them Single Vs. A Single V usually contains a music video for the title song plus several more of its versions and a making-of. As of , Single Vs are no longer released, instead Hello! Unofficial, fan-made music videos "bootleg" tapes are typically made by synchronizing existing footage from other sources, such as television series or movies, with the song. The first known fan video, or songvid , was created by Kandy Fong in using still images from Star Trek loaded into a slide carousel and played in conjunction with a song.

Fan videos made using videocassette recorders soon followed. A well-known example of an unofficial video is one made for Danger Mouse 's illegal mash-up from his The Grey Album , of the Jay-Z track Encore with music sampled from the Beatles ' White Album , in which concert footage of the Beatles is remixed with footage of Jay-Z and rap dancers. In , a Placebo fan from South Africa [91] made a claymation video for the band's song " English Summer Rain " and sent it to the band.

They liked the result so much that it was included on their greatest hits DVD. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It has been suggested that Single V be merged into this article. Discuss Proposed since September Sexuality in music videos. If you are any kind of fan of music made in the last 50 years or so, there is one musician you've heard more than any other, and we're going to bet you've never heard her name. To explain, well, first let's pause this article for a motherfucking funk break.

We don't care where you are -- turn up your speakers and let's all listen to the goddamned theme from Shaft if not, take a moment to imagine it in your head:. Now we want you to imagine what the recording of that song looked like. It's , you're making a track for a movie about a black detective, and it's being sung by Isaac Hayes:.

National Archives and Records Administration This was before he let himself go by sampling too much cafeteria food. Were you imagining that the person playing the funktastic bass on that song was a year-old mother of three? Yeah, meet Carol Kaye:. Denny Tedesco "I was all about that bass before the radio made it cool. She was there, because she was the bassist of her era. And when we say " the bassist," we mean she was apparently the only one -- she turns up on almost every album.

She is literally one of the most recorded musicians of all time. Starting as a teenage jazz guitarist, she was asked to pound out some bass after the intended pluckmeister didn't show up at a recording session.

From then on, she was the go-to name whenever a cool-ass bassline was needed. For example, The Doors had no bassist unless you count Kaye, who's all over " Light My Fire " and probably anywhere else they could stick her. Carol Kaye Get some scientists to compile it, since you'd probably need their microscope afterwards just to see it.

That's because from the s on, Kaye played with just about everybody over an estimated 10, recording sessions. Since a session typically covers multiple tracks, her total musical tally could easily be six digits. When she wasn't dominating radio stations and record stores, she was busy laying basslines into the soundtracks of every movie and TV show ever. Carol Kaye And she did it while looking like June Cleaver the whole time.

Well, she came along at the right time, for one: She had three kids at home their drunken father having run off and paid the bills by doing nonstop session work, sometimes with three or four bands in a day. She's still around, by the way -- Kaye retired to become an instructor. She has a website where you can Skype with her , and she'll teach you how to play.

Or you can visit her and learn face-to-face, unless she's busy teaching Gene fucking Simmons how his instrument actually works:. The s had a very distinct sound, and that's largely thanks to one man. Go pop in a blockbuster movie from the '80s use your LaserDisc player , and you'll hear what we mean: You hear it, and you immediately picture pastel suit jackets and feathered hair. It's Flashdance , right? Now queue up Scarface , and you hear what might be the most stereotypical "s inspirational montage soundtrack" tune of all time, "Push It to the Limit":.

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In fact, you may have heard that song in a South Park episode mocking s montages. Starting to see a similarity to the style there? Slap it in, and note that its two hit signature tracks -- the romantic sapfest " Take My Breath Away " and fucking " Danger Zone ," despite neither sounding one single iota like the other, both came from the same guy who made all of the tracks above: Moroder wasn't a lyricist, but his electronic, synth-heavy sound dominated Hollywood and TV during the Reagan era, and basically gave the decade its sound. His music for Midnight Express even won him an Academy Award for Best Original Score -- the first time ever an all-electronic soundtrack got the nod.

Oh, and maybe you remember the theme from The NeverEnding Story -- that's him, too:. Oh, and prior to that, Moroder was merely helping to reinvent disco. Today, he DJs and spins remixes of his biggest hits for tens of thousands of people a night. Y'know, typical year-old man behavior.

Atlantic Records Music stores too, if you grew up in the Dark Ages. They all came from the mind and body of one man: Yes, that was his real name and yes, he percent lived up to its potential. See, back when people bought albums and didn't just cherry-pick songs to stuff into their iPhones, cover art was almost as important as the music. And few were better at the form than Storm Thorgerson it would be a crime against humanity not to use his full name at all times. This pleases Storm Thorgerson. He hated covers that were merely the band posing dreamily, preferring images that would personify the music within.

And, since he worked primarily with Pink Floyd he attended school with several band members -- even for the best of us, it's all about who you know , his images were often appropriately tripped out.

Music is a universal language that we all understand and that holds a great deal of power.

What's more, he crafted them by hand, forgoing digital anything in favor of old-fashioned human ingenuity. For Wish You Were Here -- the album cover above featuring a man on fire -- Storm Thorgerson actually set a man on fire. That's right -- he lined stuntman Ronnie Rondell's suit with rubber cement and then lit it up -- everything was fine until the flames burnt through the cement and exploded in his face. The accident scorched his eyebrows and lashes off, but we're guessing not even he could argue with the result.

Harvest Records "I wouldn't have said no to swimming in a giant fish bowl though. For A Momentary Lapse of Reason , he collected beds , trucked them out to a nearby beach, made each one to satisfy even the strictest of orphanage heads, and arranged them Tetris -style -- all in real time. It took six hours and 30 people to set up, all for an image that makes sense only when connected to a title that champions making no sense at all. EMI And still, at least one paranoid pothead will insist the beds are a coded message from the Illuminati. But Storm Thorgerson wasn't a one-band pony.

He also handled Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy meaning he somehow photographed dozens of naked children without serving to-life for it and the Scorpions' Lovedrive , featuring an intriguingly novel use for ABC gum. Even as Photoshop became increasingly accessible, Storm Thorgerson continued to craft all his insane ideas by hand, and continued to be awesome at it.

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