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Re: Questions

From: nessus@mit.edu (Douglas Alan)
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 14:39:55 GMT
Subject: Re: Questions
In-Reply-To: chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu's message of Wed, 27 Apr 1994 03:17:01 -0400
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In article <m0pw3qO-000il7C@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu>
chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (chris williams) writes:

>   That is the actual video [for "Running Up That Hill"].  eMpTyVee,
>   for whatever reason, decided not to play it, and requested a
>   different one. The one that they played was a TV show lip-sync
>   from the British TV talk show "Wogan." Kate never considered that
>   a video and seemed perplexed that the real one was not played.

The reason MTV wouldn't play the real video for "Running Up That Hill"
is the same reason they wouldn't play the real video for "Rubberband
Girl" -- they're not lip-synced.  Kind of a lame reason, but MTV's
kind of a lame channel.

|>oug