I want my MTV......(back!)

Lula16
Lula16 Posts: 628 Member
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So i was reading the book "I want my MTV: the uncensored story of the music video" by Craig Marks and brings me back to when MTV first came out. Do you remember the first day MTV came out? Or do you remember when they would make announcements on when to expect a video premiere? we would stay up all night waiting. Remember when all you wanted was your MTV? I know we were glued to the tv from that day on....it was nothing but MTV 24/7. Video killed the radio star (literally)! ahhh how i miss watching MTV. Like the bowling for soup song "1985" says..."when did reality become tv?" I stick to VH1 classic in the mornings and especially on the weekends just to watch my favorite videos. I will have VH1 classic on blast while cooking or cleaning.

i want to hear your memories of when MTV came out. what did you think of it? or what are some of the first videos you remember MTV aired.
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  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    Headbangers ball!

    MTV has gone to sheeit.
  • the_journeyman
    the_journeyman Posts: 1,877 Member
    I want my MTV....

    To actually play music videos!!!!

    I remember it a little, but I better remember VH1.

    JM
  • Sp1nGoddess
    Sp1nGoddess Posts: 1,134 Member
    YouTube!
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    Headbangers ball!

    MTV has gone to sheeit.

    This

    Watch That Metal Show in VH1Classics
  • Lula16
    Lula16 Posts: 628 Member
    YouTube!

    i love you tube but its not the same as watching music videos back to back to back to.....
  • Lula16
    Lula16 Posts: 628 Member
    Headbangers ball!

    MTV has gone to sheeit.

    This

    Watch That Metal Show in VH1Classics


    i love that metal show!! i watch every episode!
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    Headbangers ball!

    MTV has gone to sheeit.

    This

    Watch That Metal Show in VH1Classics


    i love that metal show!! i watch every episode!

    Not sure if im proud or embarrased, but I could go toe to toe with Eddie on Stump the Trunk. My wife thinks im a metal savant.
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    Headbangers ball!

    MTV has gone to sheeit.

    This

    Watch That Metal Show in VH1Classics

    Yes I do watch that. Good stuff!
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    Video Killed the Radio Star.

    I remember the debut video - I watched it. I remember when they actually played nothing but music videos and had VJs.

    Not anymore...and I haven't watched it in years.

    Wait...isn't Ridiculousness on MTV? If it is then I guess I do watch it on occasion.
  • christinehetz80
    christinehetz80 Posts: 490 Member
    I most definitely am a product of the MTV generation..when a full story could be told in 4 minutes....I blame it for my ADD. AND MISS IT!!!!!!! I don't think I remember the last time I switched on MTV their programming is SAD!
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    YouTube only works if you know what to look for. The beauty of MTV is that it just brought them to you, like a radio just delivers music. I really miss it. But, it had to evolve or die.

    I remember its first airing and all the original VJ's.

    Headbangers Ball was my favorite.
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    I remember when "Thriller" was released and it was a HUGE event.
    And I thought Martha Quinn was the coolest ever!
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    Headbangers ball!

    MTV has gone to sheeit.

    Headbangers Ball! Yes! I used to watch that religiously
  • L00py_T0ucan
    L00py_T0ucan Posts: 1,378 Member
    Not sure if these are the first ones I saw, but this is as far back as I can remember :laugh:

    Here Comes the Rain Again - the Eurythmics
    She's a Beauty - The Tubes
    She Blinded Me W/ Science - Thomas Dolby

    I remember seeing the Sugarcubes on 120 Minutes - the Sunday night 'alternative' show on MTV.
    (This is the band w/ Bjork before her solo career.)
  • DG_Allen
    DG_Allen Posts: 219 Member
    We get Paladia on DirecTV.

    Guess what? They play vidoes and show concerts!

    Really!

    MTV is brain rotting crud.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    I LOVE VH1 Classic. I only wish I still had that channel.

    The women my age (early 20's) who watch Teen Mom and Jersey Shore need to be euthanized.
  • LaDiablesse
    LaDiablesse Posts: 862 Member
    Headbangers ball!

    And that Adam Curry guy's hair. It kinda had a personality all its own!
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Nah... When I came into this world MTV was already on and playing... and by the time I was old enough to watch it it already had non-music video shows on it... like Daria and the Real World... and Jenny McCarthy was a staple.
  • rjo921
    rjo921 Posts: 130
    Club MTV and Yo MTV Raps! Then there is Remote Control....(God Bless Ken Ober r.i.p.) Those were the days when they actually played music videos and not the CRAP that is on there now. AND IT IS CRAP!!!!!!!!!! :mad:
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    Not sure if these are the first ones I saw, but this is as far back as I can remember :laugh:

    Here Comes the Rain Again - the Eurythmics
    She's a Beauty - The Tubes
    She Blinded Me W/ Science - Thomas Dolby

    I remember seeing the Sugarcubes on 120 Minutes - the Sunday night 'alternative' show on MTV.
    (This is the band w/ Bjork before her solo career.)

    120 minutes was the best! The best!!
  • tam120
    tam120 Posts: 444 Member
    I remember when MTV debuted but we didn't have cable so no MTV for me so I never got hooked, then I got old and it got stupid.
  • JessieArt
    JessieArt Posts: 275 Member
    I watched it the first day it came out. I rememember it all. We used to watch for hours.

    Oh, Simon Le Bon, how I miss seeing you crawl around the jungle singing "Hungry Like the Wolf".
  • rammsteinsoldier
    rammsteinsoldier Posts: 1,552 Member
    I lived for Ricky Rackman and the Headbangers Ball!!!!! Never missed it
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    I don't remember back that far to when MTV started as I was just a baby...however, through the 90's I loved my music videos. In Canada we had MuchMusic... Now though both stations play nothing but stupid shows....
  • cowsstealmythong
    cowsstealmythong Posts: 173 Member
    MTV now stands for Maternity TV, not music...

    Sad. I really REALLY would LOVE to have music videos/music based shows (Say What Karaoke, anyone?)
  • Sox90716
    Sox90716 Posts: 976 Member
    Pat Benatar, The Police, Dire Straits. I used to love watching videos for hours on end after school. Now all they have is pregnant teenagers and those idiots from Jersey Shore! Pathetic!
  • TK266
    TK266 Posts: 3,638 Member
    I remember thinking at the time that MTV and CNN 24 hour news was the greatest advents of my generation. now I feel that MTV and the 24 hour news cycle are the bane of modern existence. Curse you double edged sword that is life!!!


    of course dinosaurs don't roam the earth like when I was a kid either anymore .... the world changes and moves on. :tongue:
  • tlynnclemmons
    tlynnclemmons Posts: 79 Member
    oh yeah - Headbangers Ball - that's how we spent our saturday nights! 12 of us sitting around in front of a TV thinking we were the coolest things on earth with our Bon Jovi hair listening to them sing Runaway - oh and Whitesnake - they were my fave!!!
  • Begood03
    Begood03 Posts: 1,259 Member
    Video Killed the Radio Star.

    I remember the debut video - I watched it. I remember when they actually played nothing but music videos and had VJs.
    You beat me to it, and Pat Benatar was the second video.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I remember when MTV actually had music videos on it.

    *sigh*

    Those were the days.

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