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Posted: 4/9/2023 2:49:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI remember that. I was a senior in college and me and my roommates and a bunch of other people huddled around the TV to see this. Sometimes people played MTV in the background at parties but we usually did what we always did, blasted the stereo. MTV might have been in another room. |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 2:53:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Martha Quinn...  Mojo Nixon stuffin' Martha's muffin |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 3:16:04 AM EDT
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We didn't have cable
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Posted: 4/9/2023 4:35:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Had 4 TV channels via antenna while in the country when I was in High School. Went to Iowa for my Grandpa's funeral around that time. Stayed in a hotel. Turned on the TV and saw 4 Aussies jumping up and down in the dessert, dragging a stuffed koala on a rope. I thought...what the hell is this? Funny stuff. Later I asked my Dad what a vegemite sandwich was, and if Mom could make them for us. I still remember his face looking at me, wondering what the hell I was talking about. Didn't see MTV again until about 3 or 4 years later when in college. 
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Posted: 4/9/2023 7:35:02 AM EDT
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 ABC - Poison Arrow  ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (Official Music Video) [HD Remaster]  The Clash - Rock the Casbah (Official Video)  Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 8:30:17 AM EDT
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A few that come to my mind.
 Golden earring - Twilight zone  The Firm Satisfaction Guaranteed  Aldo Nova - Fantasy Other already posted Tom Petty, Robert Palmer, DLR, Adam Ant, lots of good ones. |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 8:37:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistorySimon Le Bon was (is?) a big sailor back then - had a few issues with his super-yacht during Fastnet though...  Simon LeBon's Boat drum news coverage from the 1980's Australia |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 8:59:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mojo Nixon stuffin' Martha's muffin  Mojo Nixon - Elvis is Everywhere |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:13:36 AM EDT
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 Hair of the Dog - Nazareth - Music Video HD |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:21:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This was mind blowing  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zYThis was such a huge deal. In an age before the internet, you had to wait for it to come on to see it. It would be advertised and you would plan your evening around this video coming on. Think about this, Thriller is still *probably* the best selling album of all time. And the population was about half what it is today. Kids today dont really understand this level of "sensational" and how truly big it was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaAAnd stuff like this....it fueled us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRwrg0db_zYHow could I forget Thriller!?!? Every kid loved that video at the time. Here is another video that was engrained in my memory.  Genesis - Land of Confusion (Official Music Video) |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:21:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE??!!??? I wanna ROCK! |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:37:06 AM EDT
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Who could forget this one
 Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio And a FYI the chick in the cover is the topless dancer in a cowboy hat from Road house. ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (Official Music Video) [HD Remaster] |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:49:01 AM EDT
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 Fashion - You Only Left Your Picture (live, 1982)  Failed To Load Title  Failed To Load Title  Kajagoogoo - Too Shy (Official Music Video)  Howard Jones - What Is Love I arrived at Lackland AFB the day MTV launched. After tech school was stationed overseas. Of course, this was prior to MTV being a global phenomena, but the European answer to this was video jukeboxes, and the stuff that was popularized over there. They also used to show videos at some of the clubs on big screens in between band sets, or when they didn't have a band. The Europ scene was somewhat different than things were back in the world. It left an impression. We ran for our lives once we got back to the states. |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 11:07:09 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/9/2023 11:39:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I didn't have cable. Back then, splicing into cablevision was easy. My college roommates and I had cable because we lived off campus in an apartment building. |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 7:31:48 PM EDT
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Today is my daughter's 37th birthday and earlier we were talking about MTV and she remembers it being on all day at our house. This was her favorite video when it came out in 1988. It's also the ringtone for her. She would run to the tv and sway back and forth through the whole song. Getting nostalgic in here.
 Aerosmith - Angel (Official Music Video) |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 8:18:32 PM EDT
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Quoted: ... you had an AWESOME childhood.  Joan Jett - Crimson & Clover Missing Persons - Destination Unknown The Clash - Rock the Casbah Men At Work - Down Under The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian The Go-Go's - Head Over Heels NENA | 99 Red Balloons Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now Talking Heads - Burning Down the House Those were some of the Crappiest!!  And OP Missed the Hottest Girl ever on MTV??? What's wrong with you boy???   Missing Persons - Words |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 8:23:56 PM EDT
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OP misses all the good stuff:
 Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion  Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama - 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Official)  Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird - 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Official) |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 8:50:22 PM EDT
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You forgot J Geils band. Angel is a Centerfold.
 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (Official Music Video) |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:09:43 PM EDT
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I remember waiting for Tawny Kitaen's nip slip every time this video aired in 1987.
 Whitesnake - Here I Go Again '87 (Official Music Video) |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:20:47 PM EDT
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It was August of 1982 when MTV became available by our local cable provider. We didn’t have cable (couldn’t justify the cost) by my girfriend’s family had it. She called me up in the afternoon after I got home from band camp and said; “come over, you have got to see this!”. I road my bicycle 5 miles in the Florida heat & humidity to her house. We ended-up staying-up all night long watching the same videos over and over again. Her Mom was slightly annoyed I was still there at 2am but my girlfriend convinced her it was OK. We sat on the couch, ate a pizza and drank Coca-Cola all night. We would sneak a kiss now and then but we weren’t having sex (14 & 15). Besides, her Mom would pop into the living room every once in a while just to make sure the night stayed G-rated.
I didn’t know it at the time but that night would become one of the most treasured memories of my entire life. |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:23:44 PM EDT
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As posted above this one spawned a Miami Vice episode. Seems like there was an 18-month period there where every other song had some tie to the show. either it was used in the show or was a parody of some type.
Also, remember the pushback by the religious right when it first came on the air. It will lead our children straight to hell!   Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:27:16 PM EDT
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 Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance (Official Music Video) |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:32:48 PM EDT
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 (1984) Styx - Music Time  Styx - Mr. Roboto (Official Video) |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:34:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryRandee Of The Redwoods was hilarious. |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:39:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tesla's 'Little Suzy' is a cover song? WTF. SHUT UP |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 9:49:38 PM EDT
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 Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey (Official Music Video) [HD]  Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly (Official Music Video HD) |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:10:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Anyone remember their show called "The Young Ones"? The English hippies who were always fucking something up. I thought it was hilarious as a kid. I too remember thinking that show was hilarious. Had totally forgotten all about it. |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:11:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Martha Quinn... Smile if you want it Martha... |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:13:12 PM EDT
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I was the TRL era of MTV. Late 90s/early 2000s.
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:14:39 PM EDT
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I think I still have some of those MTV bumper stickers from early 1980's. Are they worth anything?
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:26:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:29:14 PM EDT
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What was the punk show that was on Saturday nights?
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:31:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This... but I want to fuck the shit out of Chanel Westcoast |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:31:22 PM EDT
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 Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Official Video) |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:34:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As far as teen pop goes, it doesn't get more 80s than Tiffany wearing a jean jacket and singing "I think we're alone now" in a mall. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: ... you had an AWESOME childhood. Joan Jett - Crimson & Clover Missing Persons - Destination Unknown The Clash - Rock the Casbah Men At Work - Down Under The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian The Go-Go's - Head Over Heels NENA | 99 Red Balloons Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now Talking Heads - Burning Down the House As far as teen pop goes, it doesn't get more 80s than Tiffany wearing a jean jacket and singing "I think we're alone now" in a mall. The alternate video, where she's dancing in a white dress with her bewbies bouncing, left an... impression 
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:35:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:39:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryTheme song by the Beastie Boys. |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:40:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryDefinitely a Gen X'er. There was another music video show, where the VJ quipped, "See? See what you can do with a Xerox machine?" That was the FIRST thing that came to mind when I watched Silent Hill and saw all the naughty nurses. The younger audience members probably had no idea why I was chuckling. |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 10:56:38 PM EDT
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Remember 120 Minutes. Now you can go back and watch 120 episodes of the show.
https://120minutes.org/ |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 11:04:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Headbangers Ball! Had to add this as I heard it last week...what a throwback. Strange video but was a catchy tune.  Baton Rouge - Walks Like A Woman 1990 (MTV Video Clip) |
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Posted: 4/9/2023 11:07:07 PM EDT
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I grew up in that era, but I did not have cable until 1997. Being poor sucks.
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Posted: 4/11/2023 6:30:55 PM EDT
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Some more just because.
 Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals  The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You (Official Video)  After The Fire - Der Kommissar |
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