Bang!Zoom! Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Stumbled across this on you tube. What a cool night that was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VVvK7pNgYY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 me! I thought it was neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 I think the first song was "Radio Killed the Radio Start." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Ah, I watched it. I remember the advertisements and the radio talking about it for days and days. I loved MTV when it first aired. It was like a visual radio station with "DJs". Now, I think it is a reality drop-off. Sad. Remember when VH1 aired too? I watched VH1 in the morning. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 We got cable a few months after MTV aired. Ah, the days of youth. I discovered so much music that never got radio play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Found the list ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_music_videos_aired_on_MTV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I was just going into 8th grade. I listen to the 80's channel on Sirius XM in my car and think it's so funny that some of the original MTV VJ's host those shows. Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter and Mark Goodman. I love my 80's. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I wasn't allowed to watch MTV when it started! :lol::glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Oh yes!!!! I remember. I was 13 and I had a few friends over that night to watch. Wow, graphics sure have changed since then. Sadly, so has the content. I haven't seen MTV in probably 20 years and don't care to either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I was up and I remember: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_music_videos_aired_on_MTV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I think the first song was "Radio Killed the Radio Start." LOL, I'm pretty sure it was Video Killed the Radio Star, and yes, I remember it. We were visiting my grandparents for a few weeks and my cousins and I were gathered around the TV in their LR staring at the blank screen just waiting to see what it would be like. We watched for HOURS, never moving. I loved the VJ's. Remember them? Martha and Colin were 2 of my favorites. Ah, I miss when MTV played music. You know, back in the "good old days." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Ahhhh... back when Music Television meant they played music! What is scary now is I remember when they started VH1 and we were all "Ewww it's old people music! It's MTV for old people!" My music is now "classic' and 'oldies'! How did THAT happen! We've been in Dayton about 3 weeks. About a week ago I found an awesome radio station. It is all 80's! It's my high school boom box all over again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I remember people talking about it. We didn't have cable, and in general, my parents didn't approve of us watching MTV. I do remember for my 15th birthday a few years later, we had moved again and gotten cable, and I had 2 friends over for a sleepover and mom let us put MTV on while we giggled about boys, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 The town where I grew up didn't get wired for cable until around 1990 or so. So even had I been old enough to remember MTV's introduction (I was a preschooler at the time), I couldn't have watched it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 My music is now "classic' and 'oldies'! How did THAT happen! We were at the rodeo a few weeks ago, and they were advertising Def Leppard and Poison coming soon on the Rock of Ages tour. My dc started calling it Rock of the Aged. I started to protest, but they were right. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Me:hurray::party: I remember! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I was in graduate school and working as a bartender with lots of other college kids. The boss would only play sports on the bar's tv but as soon as he would leave to run errands we would switch to MTV. The bar had huge glass windows so we could see his car pulling into the parking lot and would switch the channel back to sports . None of the customers ever told him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I didn't see that particular thing (born in 74 and my parents wouldn't have let me stay up for that). I do recall the very early days of MTV though. And I really miss the fact they don't play music anymore. Ditto everything Wendy said, except I was born in '75. :) I miss the old days. And I went to the Wiki list and man, that's some good music!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Oh, I remember!!!! I was in high school in the 80's. Back when MTV first arrived and still played music. When HBO came out and only played on the weekends. And running home to see the premier of Michaels Jackson's "Thriller" video. Geesh, I am dating myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey Mom Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I remember!! I remember very little sleep on the weekends because my best friend and I would stay up all night and watch. I was watching for Rick Springfield (& Duran Duran), and she was watching for Prince. LOL Good times.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 "I want my MTV"..............money for nothin' and your chicks for free:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Ahhhh... back when Music Television meant they played music! What is scary now is I remember when they started VH1 and we were all "Ewww it's old people music! It's MTV for old people!" My music is now "classic' and 'oldies'! How did THAT happen! We've been in Dayton about 3 weeks. About a week ago I found an awesome radio station. It is all 80's! It's my high school boom box all over again! Haahaha!!! It WAS MTV for old people....all "soft rock" type stuff! Too funny:lol: I do remember this....and the weeks of "I want my MTV!" commercials leading up to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I remember! I was staying up at night planning my wedding (the next month) and watching MTV! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriK Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I was 9 years old, but I had an older sister, so we stayed up to watch it. This thread reminds me of the song "1985" by Bowling for Soup. Funny video too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I didn't see that particular thing (born in 74 and my parents wouldn't have let me stay up for that). I do recall the very early days of MTV though. And I really miss the fact they don't play music anymore. I was only 6, but we had a babysitter over that night. She let me stay up. It is one of my earlier memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I remember when they played music and when most of the other channels went off the air :lol: But not that night ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Do you remember the Twisted Sister We're not Going to take it video? That was one of my favs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 6th grade for me! LOVED IT! INXS... The One Thing. Oh my!:blushing: Don't even get me started on Adam and the Ants! :drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 6th grade for me! LOVED IT! INXS... The One Thing. Oh my!:blushing: Don't even get me started on Adam and the Ants! :drool: :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I do remember. And I remember going to a Rock Super Bowl to see The Police, and Martha Quinn was there. Very cool. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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