Yacht Rock a Dockumentary

guidomerkinsrules said

Probably the biggest song right before MTV took off was Escape /Pina Colada - a song targeted for people in their 30s (ish) as almost all yacht rock was
The real sea change for Mtv is that the age demo shifted by a decade or two
It went from gearing to adults who were going to buy concert tickets to kids at home eating pizza rolls

And I think your inclusion of Bowie gets it backwards- Bowie, other glam rockers and funk bands like Parliment and EW&F presaged the visual elements of music
MTV did what Bowie, et al were already doing, not the other way around

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Bowie was experimenting with making music videos in the late 70's with "Heroes" and some of his best, state-of-the-art recordings were done with Brian Eno in the late 70's/early 80's so I do see where you're coming from. David Bowie also helped rescue and resurrect proto-punk Detriot rocker Iggy Pop after The Stooges fell apart for the final time in 1974 and helped him kick heroin for a while so he started work on The Idiot. Bowie even toured with Pop in 1977 as his piano player. They both made a very famous appearance on the Dianna Rigg show during that U.S. tour in 1977.