Today is MTV's birthday.
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Not MTV, but this was awesome back in the day.
As far as I'm concerned, it died about 28 years ago when it quit actually promoting music and started 'reality' TV shows. I was a HUGE fan for maybe 7-10 years and kept up with the music scene through MTV. When they started doing less and less videos, I quit watching. I understand the industry went away from music videos as a promotional tool but there are other ways to promote music other than videos. I want my MTV!
The bad thing about Video Killed the Radio Star is that it was so true. It meant yhat music didn't have to stand on its own anymore. Just add some strobe lights and women in bikinis to distract from how bad a lot of the music was. Madonna for example.
Cyndi lauper today still wood
Damn gle
nnnnnn what’s wrong with chicks in bikinis? My only complaint is they aren’t nude The original VJs.
Which one is Kurt loder?
Comcast cable was giving these away to promote them going on the air:
I rode my Schwinn Varsity three miles to their offices in Paducah. I wore the **** out of that in eighth grade.
I'm going to speculate that by 10th grade, the sleeves were off and it became a muscle shirt.
During the first six months that they were broadcasting, you had to watch it every available moment. You did not want to be the kid who hadn't seen so-and so's video.
I rode my Schwinn Varsity three miles to their offices in Paducah. I wore the **** out of that in eighth grade.
I'm going to speculate that by 10th grade, the sleeves were off and it became a muscle shirt.
During the first six months that they were broadcasting, you had to watch it every available moment. You did not want to be the kid who hadn't seen so-and so's video.
I watched it come to be on a couch in Fort Collins, CO with Bill, Jack, Jay, Shannon and Nugget.
I think Black Hole Sun ended MTV. Had to have been the most played song on that network of all time.
I used to get Palladia on Dish Network and really enjoyed it, especially when they had footage from the big festivals like Glastonbury, etc. It became Mtv Live and immediately started sucking.
You know you're getting up there in years when you're old enough to remember when MTV broadcast music videos 24/7 and ESPN broadcast sports 24/7.
Tawny Kitaen on the hood of the Jaguar in the Here I go again video got me through puberty and who could forget Rachel Hunter in the Stacy's Mom video.
Sorry I gotta go watch Youtube.
Sorry I gotta go watch Youtube.
You must be too young to remember how much they played Round and Round by Ratt.
There was nothing better than MTV’s Spring Break. Particularly Beauty and the Beast. Ed Lover had himself some fun on that show.
Those were the good old days.
No. It’s all reality tv and commercials and stupid horseshit.Does MTV even play music videos anymore?!?!
Yes.
MTV was way ahead of the trend when it comes to completely changing their programming to be something entirely different from their name and original content.
Just look at all the other networks that did the same:
VH1 (movies more than music)
A&E (currently showing "Live PD")
Headline News (remember when they actually showed news?)
The Learning Channel (now reality shows for brides and wives)
History Channel (aliens!)
Discovery Channel (well, there's still shark week)
Weather Channel (reruns of how planes crash)
CNN, Fox News, MSNBC (mostly political propaganda instead of actual news)
Just look at all the other networks that did the same:
VH1 (movies more than music)
A&E (currently showing "Live PD")
Headline News (remember when they actually showed news?)
The Learning Channel (now reality shows for brides and wives)
History Channel (aliens!)
Discovery Channel (well, there's still shark week)
Weather Channel (reruns of how planes crash)
CNN, Fox News, MSNBC (mostly political propaganda instead of actual news)
