Episodes

8 episodes in this season

The Art of Recording

53 min

Painting with Sound

53 min

The Human Instrument

53 min

Going Electric

53 min

Four on the Floor

53 min

The World Is Yours

53 min

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Sound & Vision

53 min

I Am My Music

53 min

Soundbreaking

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Season 1 · Episode 7 · Nov 22, 2016

The penultimate episode in our series proceeds from the once-preposterous notion that music is a visual art form. Chronicling the era in which MTV forged an indelible and inextricable link between recorded music and the newly emergent music video, Sound and Vision considers what it means to see music as well as hear it. Offering unprecedented exposure to artists with a knack for the form-- Michael Jackson, Madonna, Billy Idol, the Eurythmics--MTV turned singles into smash hits and musical performers into international celebrities. It also created new expectations of musical entertainment and imposed new burdens on recording artists. Tracking the music video from MTV to the internet, Episode Seven tells the story of how a one-time marketing tool became a powerful mediator between artist and audience, and illuminates the music video's role in the popular music of today.

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Soundbreaking

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Sound & Vision

Season 1 · Episode 7 · Nov 22, 2016

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