Music Video Time Machine – True Tales & Inside Stories from the Golden Age of Music Video (1976-1994)

1976 – 1994

True tales & inside stories from THE GOLDEN AGE OF MUSIC VIDEO (1976-1994). Go behind the scenes for interviews with the artists, directors, and visionaries who evolved the music video from performance clip to worldwide media phenomenon.

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The Human League’s Philip Oakey Reflects on Making the “Don’t You Want Me” and “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” videos, Giorgio Moroder Versus Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, and Touring This Summer with Soft Cell and Alison Moyet

The Human League’s Philip Oakey Reflects on Making the “Don’t You Want Me” and “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” videos, and Touring This Summer

March 2026

3 Classic Christmas Videos, But Only One Director

George Seminara shot videos for Run-DMC, The Ramones, Darlene Love with the E Street Band

December 2025

Interviews

EMF Releases Cover of Bauhaus’ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” Just in Time for Halloween, Songwriter/Guitarist Ian Dench Talks Andrew Dice Clay, Ex-Girlfriends and That “Unbelievable” Video’s Glitter Bombs & Silly Activewear

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October 2025

Interviews

Paul Spencer Denman Discusses the Dark Electropop of His New Band ASHES AND DIAMONDS, The Magic of Sade’s Diamond Life, and Making Music Videos in Pie and Mash Shops

Sade's bassist talks punk and magic as new projects' album drops

October 2025

Interviews

Ed Begley Jr. Talks About Being the Original Drummer of Spinal Tap

"Stumpy" Peyps was the first Spinal Tap drummer!

September 2025

Vintage Video

Jonathan Kaplan shot John Mellencamp & Rod Stewart videos

Noted film director created some timeless videos

August 2025

The Human League’s Philip Oakey Reflects on Making the “Don’t You Want Me” and “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” videos, Giorgio Moroder Versus Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, and Touring This Summer with Soft Cell and Alison Moyet

3 Classic Christmas Videos, But Only One Director

EMF Releases Cover of Bauhaus’ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” Just in Time for Halloween, Songwriter/Guitarist Ian Dench Talks Andrew Dice Clay, Ex-Girlfriends and That “Unbelievable” Video’s Glitter Bombs & Silly Activewear

Paul Spencer Denman Discusses the Dark Electropop of His New Band ASHES AND DIAMONDS, The Magic of Sade’s Diamond Life, and Making Music Videos in Pie and Mash Shops

Ed Begley Jr. Talks About Being the Original Drummer of Spinal Tap

Jonathan Kaplan shot John Mellencamp & Rod Stewart videos

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