New book "I want my Mtv"

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I flipped thru the book today at the store. It's basically a ton of comments from a ton of people about the videos and the scene at the time. Stevie talks about the "Hold Me" video being a pain because it was so hot and she had to keep walking in the boots thru the sand. They kept trying to get the look right of her in the lounge and no one was speaking to each other at the time.
For "Gypsy" she says that she was trying to quit coke at that time, but the stress of the video (again no one was speaking) was too much. So she had a little stash in a bottle on the set, she had it hidden so when she needed it she'd be all set. Over night someone cleaned the set and threw the bottle out. She was pissed because she wanted it and it was gone. She also says that the director just paired everyone up for the dance scene. He didn't realize that he was pairing ex-couples, he thought they just looked good together. Stevie says Lindsey was pissed at her for whatever reason and didn't want to dance with her (which she says you can tell), she also says she wasn't happy and didn't want to dance with him either, besides he can't dance!
She says it's too bad the drugs and egos got in the way because they could have done a lot of other great videos like "Gypsy".
She tells of "Stand Back" and how the whole thing was a disaster and she hated the Civil War concept, when she decided to scrap the video her manager told her she was an idiot. She didn't care and spent another $1million to make the second version.
Of "I Can't Wait" she says she can't believe she did so much coke before the shoot. she says she can't stand to watch the video because her eyes are swimming. She says she could "stab herself" for making her self look so bad. When asked which videos did she do coke before shooting, she says "All of them".
Finally the director for "As Long As You Follow" says that he was panning around the set and filming Christine who sang lead on the on song, then panned over to Stevie who was supposed to be sitting on the couch, but she wasn't there because she'd fallen to the floor!

Looks like a cool book for those who remember when MTV mattered!!!