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Mick Jagger, Madonna, and David Bowie were amongst the megastars who participated in the \u2018I Want My MTV!\u2019 campaign which debuted on 1st March, 1982; credited for getting music television to a sustainable number of cable providers and thereby kickstarting a whole genre: the music video.\xa0\nAd guru George Lois had come up with the slogan, inspired by an earlier cereal commercial he\u2019d worked on. The promotion hit such a nerve with Generation X that it even made it into a hit single, when Dire Straits and Sting sang \u2018I Want My MTV\u2019 in \u2018Money For Nothing\u2019.\xa0\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why the music and cable industry both needed persuading of the merits of taking the new channel; consider why adopting the segregated playlists approach of American popular radio was a mis-step for the originators of the network; and reveal why so many British artists played a role in the early days of the playlist\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\n\u2018How MTV changed pop music and TV forever - but it all began in cramped room above deli\u2019 (Mirror, 2021): https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/how-mtv-changed-pop-music-24659108\n\n\n\n\u2018George Lois Dead: Icon of Ads & Magazines Popularized \u2018I Want My MTV\u2019\u2019 (The Hollywood Reporter, 2022): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/george-lois-dead-icon-ads-magazine-i-want-my-mtv-1235266407/#!\n\n\u2018I Want My MTV\u2019 (MTV, 1982): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZSWdh17l0\n\n\n\nWe'll be back on Monday - unless you join \U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\U0001f334, where we give you ad-free listening AND a full-length Sunday episode every week!\nPlus, weekly bonus content, unlock over 70 bonus bits, and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Thanks!\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Ollie Peart.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices