| Introduction |
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1 Got My Back against the Record Machine / Close Encounters with David Lee Roth |
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1 | (8) |
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2 Changes Come around Real Soon, Make Us Women and Men / Life before MTV |
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9 | (21) |
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3 Welcome to Your Life / MTV Hires the VJs |
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30 | (9) |
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4 Step Right Up and Don't Be Shy / MTV Blasts Off |
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39 | (6) |
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5 Let's Make Lots of Money / Contracts and Paychecks |
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45 | (5) |
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6 There's Always Something Happening and It's Usually Quite Loud / The First Days of MTV |
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50 | (8) |
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7 Don't Talk to Strangers / The Wages of Semi-Fame |
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58 | (8) |
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8 Sometimes You Tell the Day by the Bottle That You Drink / Life in Hell's Kitchen |
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66 | (3) |
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9 Ain't Nothing Gonna Break My Stride / Early Triumphs and Tribulations |
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69 | (11) |
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10 Here in My Car, I Feel Safest of All / Rental Cars and Limousines |
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80 | (4) |
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11 I Hope That When This Issue's Gone, I'll See You When Your Clothes Are On / Nude Photographs |
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84 | (4) |
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12 I'm a Cool Rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. Now / The Mighty J. J. Jackson |
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88 | (11) |
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13 Hot in the City / New York City Serenade |
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99 | (9) |
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14 Throw Your Arms around the World at Christmastime / Christmas Songs and New Year's Eve Shows |
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108 | (7) |
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15 Take My Tears and That's Not Nearly All / Romance and Its Dis |
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115 | (4) |
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16 I'll Kick You Out of My Home If You Don't Cut That Hair / Makeup and Hairstyles |
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119 | (6) |
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17 And Now You Find Yourself in '82 / Early MTV Videos-a-Go-Go |
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125 | (8) |
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18 I Know There's Something Going On / Alan and Martha's Dangerous Game |
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133 | (4) |
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19 Things Can Only Get Better / Cable TV's Potholes and Pitfalls |
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137 | (7) |
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20 I Spend My Cash on Looking Flash and Grabbing Your Attention / Fashibn in the 1980s |
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144 | (6) |
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21 She's Precocious and She Knows Just What It Takes to Make a Pro Blush /Martha Quinn, America's Sweetheart |
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150 | (5) |
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22 They Told Him Don't You Ever Come 'Round Here / The Irresistible Rise of Michael Jackson |
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155 | (5) |
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23 I Might Like You Better If We Slept Together / Celebrity Flirtations and Liaisons |
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160 | (7) |
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24 You Must Be My Lucky Star /Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone |
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167 | (4) |
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25 Every Time I Think of You, I Always Catch My Breath / Romance and Regret with John Waite |
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171 | (3) |
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26 That's My Soul Up There / MTV Hits the Road |
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174 | (6) |
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27 I've Seen You on the Beach and I've Seen You on TV / The Cultural Impact of MTV |
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180 | (5) |
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28 I Want to Be the One to Walk in the Sun / The Most Unusual Miss Cyndi Laup'er |
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185 | (6) |
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29 You Play the Guitar on the MTV / Heavy Metal Thunder |
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191 | (4) |
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30 You May Find Yourself in a Beautiful House with a Beautiful Wife / Mark and Carol |
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195 | (5) |
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31 My Beacon's Been Moved under Moon and Star / MTV Heads Uptown |
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200 | (8) |
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32 Jokerman Dance to the Nightingale Tune / Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan |
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208 | (6) |
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33 The Kids in America / MTV Contests' Winners and Losers |
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214 | (8) |
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34 I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me / Celebrity and Its Consequences |
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222 | (6) |
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35 What a Pity You Don't Understand / The VJs Versus MTV Management |
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228 | (4) |
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36 I Said to the Man, "Are You Trying to Tempt Me?" / White Lines |
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232 | (6) |
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37 I Was There to Match My Intellect on National TV / The Toughest Interviews |
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238 | (5) |
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38 There Comes a Time When We Heed a Certain Call / "We Ruined Live Aid" |
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243 | (9) |
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39 Love Is a Battlefield /Martha Meets Stiv Bator |
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252 | (4) |
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40 I Guess I Should Have Known by the Way You Parked Your Car Sideways That It Wouldn't Last./ The Final Days of Nina and J. J. |
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256 | (6) |
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41 The Kid Is Hot Tonight /Alan Hunter Coast to Coast |
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262 | (11) |
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42 I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love Tonight / Martha Finds True Love |
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273 | (3) |
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43 Every Now and Then I Get a Little Bit Nervous That the Best of All the Years Have Gone By / MTV Changes, Not Always for the Better |
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276 | (5) |
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44 The Five Years We Have Had Have Been Such Good Times /Martha Leaves MTV |
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281 | (3) |
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45 The Party Boys Call the Kremlin / Billy Joel in Russia |
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284 | (3) |
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46 I'm a Man Who Doesn't Know How to Sell a Contradiction / Introducing Kurt Loder |
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287 | (4) |
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47 We'll Be Moving on and Singing That Same Old Song / The Departure of Alan and Mark |
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291 | (5) |
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48 After the Fire, the Fire Still Burns / Life after MTV |
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296 | (11) |
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49 Don't You Forget about Me / R.I.P., J. J. Jackson |
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307 | (4) |
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50 We Can't Rewind, We've Gone Too Far /Final Thoughts |
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311 | (2) |
| Endnotes |
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313 | (2) |
| Acknowledgments |
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