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If kids today only understood what it was like when MTV first came out. I was in high school when it started. We used to get together and sit around and watch for hours on end.
You're a little ahead of me, but not by much. I was barely four when MTV launched in the summer of 1981. We didn't get cable in my neck of the woods until the fall of 1983 (just in time to watch Star Wars debut on HBO in the spring of '84).
In twenty-five years, kids today will be like:
It was even still fun for my age group, with TRL. Granted, that was sort of the beginning of the end, but there was an effort to get home from school fast enough to catch the music countdowns. Same with BET.
I don't know why they still hold on to the MTV name. CourtTV quit showing court so they changed their name to TruTV. MTV quit showing music, they should change their name. They could just call it the Ridiculousness tv since that's the only thing they show.
Wasn’t MTV a cable channel you had to pay for when it started? I remember having to flip a switch on the cable box, like I did for HBO & Spotlight (precursor to Showtime for the younger ppl). But, I was only 8 so I could definitely be wrong.
First video i remember seeing on MTV. I am 53 now and it needs to be changed to RTV. I miss the Headbangers Ball, World premiere Videos, and Hip Hop shows MTV Raps was my favorite.. It is kind of funny, but just Friday I received my MTV T-shirt I ordered I ordered off of a Retro t-shirt site. Looks mighty cool if I don't say so myself.
Some memorable videos :
Thriller
Billy Jean
Lick It Up - KISS, first time without make up.
Smoking In The Boys Room - Motley Crue
Plus tons of the 80's glam band videos.
You're a little ahead of me, but not by much. I was barely four when MTV launched in the summer of 1981. We didn't get cable in my neck of the woods until the fall of 1983 (just in time to watch Star Wars debut on HBO in the spring of '84).
In twenty-five years, kids today will be like:
I was in high school when YouTube came out, we’d get together and watch for hours
My dad wouldn't pay for cable because of Mtv. (Even though he's pretty socially liberal)
When he did get it, he grilled the installer about whether they could tell what we were watching.
He either foresaw the upcoming data mining of the internet or didn't want them to know he was watching Skin-o-max.
When he did get it, he grilled the installer about whether they could tell what we were watching.
He either foresaw the upcoming data mining of the internet or didn't want them to know he was watching Skin-o-max.
Cherry Pie by Warrant and the Whitesnake videos with Tawny Kitaen got me through puberty.
Thriller first aired on MTV on Friday, December 2, 1983. Its production was huge and involved a lot of major people in the entertainment industry so it had the hell hyped out of it before it aired. It's one of the very first major television entertainment events I can remember.
Don’t forget Channel 6. Public Access. Lots of creative stuff on there.
They did. even had Vincent Price who was the voice in the song. It was cool and weird Michael having his Sister Janet be his girlfriend for the video. They where walking down a dark road him with rolled jeans and a letter jacket. His little sissy voice when they first saw the werewolf was comical. Then it switches to a movie theater with them eating popcorn. Michael was a BMF, but wayyyyy too feminant.
Funny thing about the warrant video Cherry Pie, Jani Lane said it was their absolute worst song ever made and hated playing it in concert. Said the song while very popular and put them on the map, also labled them as "The band that sang Cherry Pie" and affected their being taken seriously as a rock band. He hates the song looking back on it.
Original 5 VJ's
Mark Goodman
Martha Quinn
Alan Hunter
Nina Bkackwood
JJ Jackson (JJJ) passed away in 2004, RIP triple J.
VJ's I liked thru the years
Daisy Fuentes (obvious reason why)
Downtown Julie Brown - cool, very energetic
Riki Rachtman - Did the headbangers ball.
Sad, and I know times change, but going from Music TV to reality tv (RTV) made it unwatchable. About the only thing that was watchable was the Ed Lover and Doctor Dre' (none NWA) do the spring break and Yo MTV Raps.
Headbangers Ball, Liquid Television, Alternative Nation, Beavis and Butthead....Staying up late in Middle School to catch the music they didn’t play a lot during the day was eye opening for me.
Haven't thought about liquid television in forever...aeon Flux.
Also, there was that sketch show in the 90s called the state, had a bunch of the ppl that ended up on reno 911. Then there was that prank show called buzzkill.
The early 2000s started the reality downfall with true life and cribs and I hated Carson daily and TRL