David Bowie asking MTV why they don’t play more black artists has gone viral all over again
For reasons which presumably won’t need explaining, this video of David Bowie asking MTV why they don’t play more black artists has gone viral all over again.
It’s quite the watch, as shared by @motelsiren on Twitter.
thinking about this 1983 interview where David Bowie point blank period asks MTV why they don’t play Black artists pic.twitter.com/H36PQhqrNA
— lauren milici (@motelsiren) June 11, 2020
And just some of the things people were saying about it.
When the interviewee becomes the interviewer. Well done job by Bowie getting him to admit what MTV was doing.
— Robin DesCamp (@AskDesCamp) June 11, 2020
David Bowie. What a damn king he was. https://t.co/ACDqwysN7Z
— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) June 12, 2020
He was amazing. He nails the interviewer to the wall with such elegance when he says, “that’s very interesting.”
— culpepperwilliams (@cwhello) June 11, 2020
https://twitter.com/Slangdini/status/1271291692730028033?s=20
thank you so much for posting this it’s a great clip but also it looks like i just found the source of my favorite reaction gif pic.twitter.com/ZutU4leY4b
— nikki justice (@nikkinoterica) June 11, 2020
https://twitter.com/jfreewright/status/1271219032742641664?s=20
You can see more of the interview here.
There’s more of this interview here. Bowie continues to put him on the spot. He would have made a good journalist! https://t.co/Kq6ApQXThp
— Dan (@LargeAdultSun) June 11, 2020
Reminds us of the time he predicted the internet in 1999.
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Source @motelsiren
thinking about this 1983 interview where David Bowie point blank period asks MTV why they don’t play Black artists pic.twitter.com/H36PQhqrNA
— lauren milici (@motelsiren) June 11, 2020
