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stopwastingmymoney

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42. I was watching that day

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 10:35 PM

Aug 2014

My friends and I were 10, we were all very excited.

It was the soundtrack of the next 7-8 years for us.

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33 Years ago today: Video Killed the Radio Star [View all] Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 OP

what killed MTV? napkinz Aug 2014 #1

Reality shows shenmue Aug 2014 #2

MTV stopped playing music videos about 13 years ago if I recall napkinz Aug 2014 #4

They tried to get the record labels to play for play rocktivity Aug 2014 #22

Too much corporate greed and too much substandard music rocktivity Aug 2014 #35

ooh! Post the first video you ever saw on MTV wyldwolf Aug 2014 #3

First thing I ever saw on MTV was a showing of the movie "Let It Be" Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #5

Rarely shown even now ballabosh Aug 2014 #34

"apparently Paul is blocking it" napkinz Aug 2014 #66

This is obviously unconfirmed, but from Wikipedia ballabosh Aug 2014 #67

My neighborhood didn't get wired for cable until 1988 rocktivity Aug 2014 #39

Did Get MTV Until 1982...But This Was My First The Great Escape Aug 2014 #55

I don't remember the first one I ever saw, kentauros Aug 2014 #62

Gotta admit - Video Killed the Radio Star was my first. djean111 Aug 2014 #6

The GREAT Trevor Horn!!!! Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #7

I was cranking Drama today. reflection Aug 2014 #46

I remember them playing Go Vols Aug 2014 #8

This tune too: Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #11

I used to love MTV back then nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #9

Ah, the memories. SummerSnow Aug 2014 #10

Radio is still cranking out music, MTV, not so much. liberal N proud Aug 2014 #12

The first time I ever heard of Prince was seeing his Lochloosa Aug 2014 #13

...and a good one from Martin Briley: Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #14

Another that got played quite a bit Go Vols Aug 2014 #19

Radio stars didn't die... Hugin Aug 2014 #15

Put the blame on VTRs Garthem Aug 2014 #16

WTG! Make me feel babylonsister Aug 2014 #17

M(oran)TV L0oniX Aug 2014 #18

Ahh, someone is really upset about MTV? Wow, you are a lot of fun! n-t Logical Aug 2014 #20

I hate it when something that's good gets destroyed. L0oniX Aug 2014 #26

like gramophones, fucking assholes killed those too snooper2 Aug 2014 #70

I loved the 80s. Still listen to 80s on 8 on Xmradio! n-t Logical Aug 2014 #21

For the occasional walk down memory lane, I strongly recommend... Shandris Aug 2014 #73

Thanks for the link! cool! nt Logical Aug 2014 #74

First one, not so much. Some that jump out? Savannahmann Aug 2014 #23

Everyone thought that Knopfler wrote "Money for Nothing" in his or her amandabeech Aug 2014 #40

That Dire Straits song is edited Seeking Serenity Aug 2014 #60

yep Go Vols Aug 2014 #71

MTV got to be too much about television and too little about music rocktivity Aug 2014 #24

Didn't they play only one song all day safeinOhio Aug 2014 #25

Sorry, I was still a radio person back then. Stellar Aug 2014 #27

I was watching!!! nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #28

What really killed the radio star was the Telecommunications Act of 1996. JEFF9K Aug 2014 #29

I remember August 1, 1981 vividly. Boomerproud Aug 2014 #30

This.... 1980 or so... Tikki Aug 2014 #31

Love this! octoberlib Aug 2014 #41

MTV GET OFF THE AIR!!! Crowman1979 Aug 2014 #32

I thought today was the day but hadn't seen it anywhere else. Lost In America Aug 2014 #33

hey, if Cartoon Network could have a recovery, maybe MTV can! nt MisterP Aug 2014 #36

First one I saw: riqster Aug 2014 #37

I remember a lot of Rod Stewart videos being played when octoberlib Aug 2014 #38

I was watching that day stopwastingmymoney Aug 2014 #42

I dismissed MTV until I happened to catch... RoverSuswade Aug 2014 #43

"I want my MTV!!!" amandabeech Aug 2014 #44

The song was by Dire Straits awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #49

Yes, I know that the song was from Dire Straits, I have the album in vinyl. amandabeech Aug 2014 #50

oh, I misunderstood. nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #54

Bah, I was watching HBO's 'Video Jukebox' in the late 70's. X_Digger Aug 2014 #45

My First M Vid - Not MTV reACTIONary Aug 2014 #47

I remember those cool people...before cool was kewl... Rex Aug 2014 #48

I'm not sure of the very first one I saw, but I recall watching these (and more) on early MTV: Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #51

and then there's Duran Duran - Rio Baclava Aug 2014 #52

I'm so jealous of everybody. minivan2 Aug 2014 #53

I had a great time being young in the '80s, but I wish I'd been born a couple decades later. Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #57

The one that sticks in my mind is SamKnause Aug 2014 #56

This was the first video I saw on MTV, Aug 1, 1981 Seeking Serenity Aug 2014 #58

Another great TR early MTV video: Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #59

LOVED THAT. Seeking Serenity Aug 2014 #61

Oddly Enough, I already listened to that song once this week. That is enough for the decade. CBGLuthier Aug 2014 #63

For me, it was around 1982 when we first got it in our neck of the sticks. HughBeaumont Aug 2014 #64

This is the first one I remember seeing - Spirochete Aug 2014 #65

HUGE hits in the first days/weeks after launch WhaTHellsgoingonhere Aug 2014 #68

33 years from now... sylvanus Aug 2014 #69

Remind me: what does the "M" stand for? brooklynite Aug 2014 #72