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>Dude getting at MTV and veejay Mark Goodson for not playing
>black artists (remember how they fronted hard on Rick James'
>"Superfreak"). Bowie gave NO fucks calling them out as
>racist....
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>"David Bowie: “Why are there practically no blacks on the
>network?”
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>Mark Goodman: “We seem to be doing music that fits into what
>we want to play on MTV. The company is thinking in terms of
>narrowcasting.”
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>David Bowie: “There seem to be a lot of black artists making
>very good videos that I’m surprised aren’t being used on
>MTV.”
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>Mark Goodman: “We have to try and do what we think not only
>New York and Los Angeles will appreciate, but also
>Poughkeepsie or the Midwest. Pick some town in the Midwest
>which would be scared to death by… a string of other black
>faces, or black music. We have to play music we think an
>entire country is going to like, and certainly we’re a rock
>and roll station.”
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>David Bowie: “Don’t you think it’s a frightening
>predicament to be in?”
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>Mark Goodman:“Yeah, but no less so here than in radio.”
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>David Bowie: “Don’t say, ‘Well, it’s not me, it’s
>them.’ Is it not possible it should be a conviction of the
>station and of the radio stations to be fair… to make the
>media more integrated?”"
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>Video link of cringe-worthy interview:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssMZjic3Mzg