Original Link: http://www.nypress.com/article-16889-official-history-of-music-video.html
Upon searching the internet for interesting stories about music video's history, I stumbled onto this little gem. The detail into music video's parallels with other art forms was surprising, considering I had figured since music video itself is a new art form that it would follow new directions, but this was not the case. While in itself music video is a new form of expression, it seemed to follow similar paths that other mediums had already progressed through. The article also went on to talk about the use of music video to comment on cultural happenings, and cited "Night of the Living Baseheads" as the first example of this.
My personal favorite piece from the article was where it talked about how music video could "unite the tribes" tribes in this case meaning the various fangroups of the different genres. Noting that Metallica's "Enter Sandman" airing next to De La Soul's "A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays" as well as other examples made for a good argument that the music video allowed a sort of cross-pollination of genres, expanding the views and tastes of the fangroups while expanding the potential market for the music industry, a win-win.
The article in general was very interesting, and I rather enjoyed reading up a bit on the cultural impact of music video at large. The truth I found to be very surprising, while the ideas I've learned in class have certainly been eye-opening and new, the article here brought new light to the slight illumination that I've gained about music video as a cultural phenomenon.
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