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BigRedChief
11-29-2008, 12:54 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NawhWb8Uu5E

Is this the first music video? 13 years before MTV even exsisted.

I think Alice Cooper doesn't get his due in rock history. He has some good songs to go along with his schtick.
patteeu
11-29-2008, 07:59 AM
What counts as a video? The Monkeys were doing a weekly video TV program in the 60s and the Beatles made some full length music features around the same time.
BigRedChief
11-29-2008, 04:26 PM
What counts as a video? The Monkeys were doing a weekly video TV program in the 60s and the Beatles made some full length music features around the same time.
I guess like art, whatever the opinion of the individual is? How could you say this is a video and this is not?
Portlantis
11-30-2008, 04:22 AM
As Patteeu said, bands were sending out promotional videos of their songs as early as the mid-60s.

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The Beatles - Paperback Writer

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/srgi2DkDbPU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/srgi2DkDbPU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Portlantis
11-30-2008, 04:36 AM
Going way back, this short film was released in 1929.

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pb_68v_WDd4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pb_68v_WDd4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues
Portlantis
11-30-2008, 05:03 AM
I do dig that Alice Cooper video, though.

I too would appoint a chimpanzee to a high level cabinet position if I was elected to higher office.