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Posted: 4/28/2024 2:45:07 PM EDT
Contrary to popular "knowledge" amongst folks who aren't old enough to have lived it, "Video Killed the Radio Star" was not the first music video on television.
Share your favorite music videos from before August 1, 1981. Cable (yes, some of my neighbors had it back then) or over-the-air network broadcasts are all welcomed. Concert videos from the King Buscuit Power Hour, although extremely worthy of respect, belong in another thread. . I'll start with Steve Martin's video of Marty Robbins' "El Paso" from the NBC broadcast of "Comedy Is Not Pretty" - Valentine's Day 1980. Njoy.  Steve Martin-El Paso |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 4/28/2024 4:02:58 PM EDT
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The only music video I can remember from pre Mtv days J. Geils band Love Stinks. I saw it played during some daytime talk show at my Grandmas house one summer day. She had cable TV. I am guessing this was right around the time when they were building a video library for the launch of Mtv
 The J. Geils Band - Love Stinks (Official Music Video) |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 5:37:01 PM EDT
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All of the 80’s was pre MTV for me. The town I grew up in wouldn’t allow it on their cable offerings. I did have Night Tracks and Night Flight on TBS and USA respectively. My first time having MTV was in 1994 although I did see part of Headbangers Ball once at my friend’s house who had a satellite.
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Posted: 4/28/2024 6:00:20 PM EDT
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We didn’t get MTV in Canada. Our national music station, MuchMusic, wasn’t launched until 1984, so we had almost nowhere to see music videos. But the first movie channel in Canada which came in 1983 occasionally played a video between movies. This is the only one I remember them playing.
 XTC - Making Plans For Nigel 1979 (Official Video) ?? |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 6:02:23 PM EDT
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Bowie also did a bunch of them in the 70s, I think.
 David Bowie - Space Oddity |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 6:41:33 PM EDT
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Friday Night Videos checking in (before cable was allowed in Ffx Co.).
 Friday Night Videos Intro (Sep 30, 1983) |
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USA
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Posted: 4/28/2024 7:09:16 PM EDT
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 Abba - Dancing Queen (Official Music Video Remastered)  Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (Official Video) |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/28/2024 7:11:19 PM EDT
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I remember Night Tracks and Eddie Money Hot Legs
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NY, USA
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Posted: 4/28/2024 7:41:39 PM EDT
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 I Wanna Be A Lifeguard by Blotto First Music video I saw on a brand new station: MTV. |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 4/28/2024 8:54:33 PM EDT
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 Black Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Extended Music Video On Sync! |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 10:15:29 PM EDT
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 Sweet - Fox On The Run - 45 (OFFICIAL) |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 9:23:21 PM EDT
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 Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 6:01:17 PM EDT
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I recall on weekends there was an America's Top 40 TV show featuring the top songs of the week. This was pre-MTV by a couple of years. Occasionally there were videos to accompany songs.
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