VJ by Nina Blackwood & Mark Goodman & Alan Hunter & Martha Quinn & Gavin Edwards

Author:Nina Blackwood & Mark Goodman & Alan Hunter & Martha Quinn & Gavin Edwards
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2013-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

Martha:

We were ecstatic when “Billie Jean” got added—art trumped format. What we didn’t see at the time was how it was the foot in the door to expanding the format. And then it became a constant exercise in expanding it a little more: How about a game show? How about a reality show?

Nina:

I think expanding was the right decision. How could you not play Michael Jackson? You cannot think of MTV now without thinking of it having Michael Jackson on it.

Martha:

It felt like we played that “Thriller” film every twenty minutes. But it was more impactful at home than it was in the studio. For us, it was just another segment. You’d say, “Wow, how about that Vincent Price rap,” and then move right into “Well, anyway, this Saturday, we have a Triumph concert.”

We had a lot of Michael Jackson coverage. When he got burned filming those Pepsi commercials, we got the news after hours, so the studio was closed—I went up to the MTV offices to film a news report. And when the commercial finally came out, we gave it a world premiere and played it over and over. I never met him—I wish I had. I used to daydream about the two of us on the cover of People: “MTV PIXIE MARTHA QUINN MARRIES MICHAEL JACKSON.”

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