"The worst video ever made" - the story of Billy Squier's 'Rock Me Tonite' (from Marks and Tannenbaum's 'I Want My MTV')

[Billy Squier was interviewed on MTV October 1986; at that point, he doesn't seem t have realized the damage done to his career by the two-year-old video. The oral history I Want My MTV gives an entire chapter to this one video..]

Chapter 21

“A WHOPPING, STEAMING TURD”

THE WORST VIDEO EVER MADE

BILLY SQUIER, artist: I came up with “Rock Me Tonite” on holiday in Greece, swimming off Santorini. I came out of the water and said to my girlfriend, “I’ve got a hit for the next record.” 

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