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[Sheila E] To be on MTV was everything
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Women Who Rock

To be on MTV was everything, and it meant that you made it if you were able to get on MTV

[Sheila E]
To be on MTV was everything, and it meant that you made it if you were able to get on MTV

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[Sheila E] To be on MTV was everything,
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and it meant that you made it
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if you were able to get on MTV.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:03
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary, music

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Movie Summary

Features interviews with several female pioneers in music and pays homage to those who have stormed the stage and wielded their instruments.
S01 • E02 [Mavis Staples] People started saying - Women Who Rock 00:06
[Mavis Staples] People started saying
S01 • E02 [Merry Clayton] It was rock 'n' roll, - Women Who Rock 00:06
[Merry Clayton] It was rock 'n' roll,
S01 • E04 [Natalie Merchant] These video shoots - Women Who Rock 00:07
[Natalie Merchant] These video shoots
S01 • E01 Growing up, when I discovered - Women Who Rock 00:10
Growing up, when I discovered
S01 • E02 [Tori Amos] Nina Simone's voice - Women Who Rock 00:04
[Tori Amos] Nina Simone's voice
S01 • E03 Women had started - Women Who Rock 00:04
Women had started
S01 • E04 [Danyel Smith] In the late '80s, - Women Who Rock 00:08
[Danyel Smith] In the late '80s,
S01 • E03 I wanted to be a musician who happened to be a girl, - Women Who Rock 00:06
I wanted to be a musician who happened to be a girl,
S01 • E02 [singing bass line to "I'll Take You There"] - Women Who Rock 00:07
[singing bass line to "I'll Take You There"]
S01 • E01 People would be like, "Whoa, - Women Who Rock 00:07
People would be like, "Whoa,
S01 • E03 There was suddenly, like, an underground punk scene, - Women Who Rock 00:05
There was suddenly, like, an underground punk scene,
S01 • E04 [Sheryl Crow] I wanted to be taken seriously, - Women Who Rock 00:05
[Sheryl Crow] I wanted to be taken seriously,
S01 • E03 We thought Patti was the punk priestess, - Women Who Rock 00:06
We thought Patti was the punk priestess,
S01 • E02 [Chaka Khan] In that day, - Women Who Rock 00:08
[Chaka Khan] In that day,
S01 • E04 All these incredible women who made music - Women Who Rock 00:08
All these incredible women who made music
S01 • E01 I wanted to break down that bullshit. - Women Who Rock 00:05
I wanted to break down that bullshit.
S01 • E03 I got more power during my solo career - Women Who Rock 00:04
I got more power during my solo career
S01 • E04 [Pat Benatar] I wanted to break the boys' club, - Women Who Rock 00:07
[Pat Benatar] I wanted to break the boys' club,
S01 • E02 [electric guitar strum] - Women Who Rock 00:09
[electric guitar strum]
S01 • E03 MTV was a massive culture shift. - Women Who Rock 00:05
MTV was a massive culture shift.