Bette Midler: MTV Wrecks Singers

Bette Midler: MTV Wrecks Singers

Bette Midler says she knows why today's youth prefer lip-synching pop tarts over the real thing, but she's not blaming the usual suspects who lowered the bar while rising to the top. Instead, Sin City's bawdiest showgirl is pointing a well-manicured finger at MTV.

"Video really did kill the radio star," Midler told us after wowing a sold-out crowd with her "Showgirl Must Go On" extravaganza at The Colosseum at Caesars Las Vegas. "After MTV came along, people were seeing their favorite singers in videos, and suddenly there was a certain vision of a song - how it should sound, how it should look. Then [in concert], there was no room for improvisation - everyone wanted an exact replica."

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