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MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to show music videos, music news and events.<br> | MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to show music videos, music news and events.<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV Article on Wikipedia.] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV Article on Wikipedia.] | ||
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| + | Zappa criticized MTV and the influence it had on making images more important than the music itself. [[Be In My Video]] is a vicious satire of MTV. Despite his criticisms some of his concerts have been shown on MTV and [[Moon Zappa]] was a veejay for the channel during the 1980s. | ||
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]] | [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]] | ||
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MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to show music videos, music news and events.
Article on Wikipedia.
Links with Zappa
Zappa criticized MTV and the influence it had on making images more important than the music itself. Be In My Video is a vicious satire of MTV. Despite his criticisms some of his concerts have been shown on MTV and Moon Zappa was a veejay for the channel during the 1980s.
