MTV started 40 years ago yesterday and.....
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I'm almost 40, and I didn't have cable until the early 00's. But I don't think I've ever seen music on MTV.
Unless is a commercial, or the theme song for a show about pregnant teenagers or annoyingly loud people on the East Coast
Yeah the early 2000s is when MTV fell off the map for music videos. Total Request Live was one of the only video programming periods on the station by then.
We got cable in the 80s and it was wall to wall videos for most of it. The Real World was the turning point. They did have stuff like Beavis and Butthead and Liquid Television, both cartoons that strayed away from music, but MTV soon got addicted to reality tv after the success of The Real World and Road Rules. Teen Mom became a thing eventually as well.
Saw this yesterday on Twitter. Some of you reminiscing about MTV I believe will appreciate this and take you right back to the good ole days. (Man he looks weird though)
Video from Lollapolooza over the weekend.
Video from Lollapolooza over the weekend.
Heavy Metal Half Hour in college was the bomb! We would get out of class and literally run back to the den and take over the TV from 3:30-4:00.
I remember when it was added to our cable in maybe 88 or 89. It was a big controversy in town - all that sex and drugs etc on TV, heavens to betsy.
Beavis & Butthead was HUGELY controversial back then, remember that? Now it's freaking quaint compared to a lot of what's on TV.
Beavis & Butthead was HUGELY controversial back then, remember that? Now it's freaking quaint compared to a lot of what's on TV.
I happened to be home with a friend and we watched the launch and were like WTF? Out of the blue, there was no internet there were no advertisements that I saw. This was great we didn't have to wait until 6:30 for Video Concert hall on USA network or Friday night Night Flight to see videos.
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120 Minutes, that was the best. We stayed up late on Sundays to see the new stuff coming out or stuff left on the dial (College Radio)
MTV should have kept Remote Control. There was some humor in there that was ahead of the curve. "Dead or Canadian" was always one of my favorite categories.
Side note: It was years later before I realized what 'Beat the Bishop" really meant. I always thought it was really just about racing against some dude that was running around the audience in a tall hat.
Side note: It was years later before I realized what 'Beat the Bishop" really meant. I always thought it was really just about racing against some dude that was running around the audience in a tall hat.
That's Fred Durst now?? Lmao, he looks like he's a grandpa now. I just got done watching the Woodstock 99 documentary so I'm used to seeing him in his 20s.
I think he's wearing a wig, but I have no idea why.
Someone on Twitter said he looks like an extra from the Sabotage music video
Head Bangers Ball and YO! MTV Raps were awesome shows too. I heard so many songs I'd never experienced before.
Isn't every day a 24hr marathon of Ridiculousness? It seems to be the only thing I ever see on MTV
Don’t forget about their spin-offs. Deliciousness and the new one adorableness.
Not joking.