Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!decvax!dartvax!merchant From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: MTV in Virgina vs. Jerry Falwell Message-ID: <2293@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 08:26:56 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.2293 Posted: Mon Aug 13 08:26:56 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 01:42:45 EDT References: <926@pucc-h> <750@hou3c.UUCP> Organization: Dartmouth College Lines: 17 { Video Killed the radio star... } MTV edits the videos very well and will not play the really nasty ones. They editted David Bowie's bottom out of "China Girl" and I have never seen any really savagely violent videos on MTV. One of the cable networks has a video show where they proclaim that they show uneditted videos. It's one of those mostly-movie networks like HBO or showtime, which means even if you can't get MTV, you can still get videos and these are the ones that you get to see. As much as I tend to dislike MTV, especially since they sleazed this "exclusivity agreement" with a few of the record companies, I have to give them snaps for their consistant use of good taste; they know who their audience is and they know how to reach them. -- "Shit, I gotta have her." -- ZZ Top Peter Merchant