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Biography: I Want My MTV (A&E)
Posted on 9/9/20 at 9:48 am
Posted on 9/9/20 at 9:48 am
Did anyone else catch this, last night?
In-depth look at the founding of MTV, particularly by the folks in the front office who did all of the heavy lifting with the record labels, importing New Wave content from the UK, and all the partying.
The one thing I'm left with is an overwhelming sense of sadness for any subsequent generations who didn't get to experience Peak OG MTV from 1981-1987 - from the original VJs, to only music video content. Anyone who thinks that it wasn't all downhill after JJ, Nina, Martha, Alan & Marc left is either fooling themselves, or didn't drink from the firehose that was the first generation of MTV.
Don't come at me with that Real World/Road Rules/Teen Mom horse shite.
Even Remote Control (the game show that marked the first non-video program) was music video-based when you got to the rotating Craftmatic Adjustable Bed bonus round.
In-depth look at the founding of MTV, particularly by the folks in the front office who did all of the heavy lifting with the record labels, importing New Wave content from the UK, and all the partying.
The one thing I'm left with is an overwhelming sense of sadness for any subsequent generations who didn't get to experience Peak OG MTV from 1981-1987 - from the original VJs, to only music video content. Anyone who thinks that it wasn't all downhill after JJ, Nina, Martha, Alan & Marc left is either fooling themselves, or didn't drink from the firehose that was the first generation of MTV.
Don't come at me with that Real World/Road Rules/Teen Mom horse shite.
Even Remote Control (the game show that marked the first non-video program) was music video-based when you got to the rotating Craftmatic Adjustable Bed bonus round.
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Posted on 9/9/20 at 10:00 am to VoxDawg
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The one thing I'm left with is an overwhelming sense of sadness for any subsequent generations who didn't get to experience Peak OG MTV from 1981-1987 - from the original VJs, to only music video content.
It was a golden age, but I doubt anyone would give up the tech that has made MTV outdated.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 10:05 am to VoxDawg
Is there anywhere currently to stream this?
Posted on 9/9/20 at 10:34 am to VoxDawg
quote:
Even Remote Control
Kari Wuhrer
This post was edited on 9/9/20 at 10:35 am
Posted on 9/9/20 at 10:38 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:
It was a golden age, but I doubt anyone would give up the tech that has made MTV outdated.
The media has absolutely been replaced by YT, streaming directly to your phone, etc, but the decision to abandon the video content was made decades before the technology component outkicked the coverage.
It's their fault that reality TV became a thing.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 11:08 am to rich4pres
quote:
Is there anywhere currently to stream this?
Potentially through On Demand from your cable/satellite provider, but maybe an A&E app?
Posted on 9/9/20 at 12:11 pm to CAD703X
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Kari Wuhrer
She went on to get naked in several B movies.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 12:25 pm to VoxDawg
I watched it. It was pretty good. I never knew about the Goodman/Bowie interview where he asked about black performers.
I'd extend it through the 80's.
120 minutes, Headbangers ball, The Young Ones,
It seems everytime I browse channels, the menu for MTV always says Ridiculousness. I have no idea what that is.
quote:
Peak OG MTV from 1981-1987 - from the original VJs, to only music video content. Anyone who thinks that it wasn't all downhill after JJ, Nina, Martha, Alan & Marc left is either fooling themselves, or didn't drink from the firehose that was the first generation of MTV.
I'd extend it through the 80's.
120 minutes, Headbangers ball, The Young Ones,
It seems everytime I browse channels, the menu for MTV always says Ridiculousness. I have no idea what that is.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 12:26 pm to CAD703X
quote:
Kari Wuhrer
I was always angling for that upskirt shot.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 12:41 pm to VoxDawg
Kari and a very young Adam Sandler who occasionally appeared on Remote Control:
This post was edited on 9/9/20 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 9/9/20 at 12:44 pm to Cdawg
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It seems everytime I browse channels, the menu for MTV always says Ridiculousness. I have no idea what that is.
AFV for disaffected, slacker milennials.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 1:34 pm to VoxDawg
quote:
I Want My MTV
From the song "Money for Nothing" written by Mark Knopfler and Sting, which won the MTV Video of the Year in 1986. Crying shame that it probably would not be allowed to broadcast on MTV now due to lyrics.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 1:37 pm to Bigtime92
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From the song "Money for Nothing" written by Mark Knopfler and Sting, which won the MTV Video of the Year in 1986.
Actually, it was an ad campaign on other networks that they launched shortly after the station got off the ground, using various musicians to encourage folks to call their cable company and demand that they begin to carry the channel.
https://youtu.be/AGZSWdh17l0
The Money For Nothing hook was a fringe benefit years later.
This post was edited on 9/9/20 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 9/9/20 at 1:42 pm to VoxDawg
Posted on 9/9/20 at 1:47 pm to VoxDawg
Interesting, now I remember those commercials, but failed to equate the two. I guess from that long ago, I had convinced myself it was first from the song. 
Posted on 9/9/20 at 3:06 pm to Bigtime92
The Old MTV promo rabbit hole is DEEEEEEEEEEEP.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 4:21 pm to Bigtime92
Yeah, it was the ad campaign.
What was up with Randee from the Redwoods?
What was up with Randee from the Redwoods?
Posted on 9/9/20 at 4:25 pm to VoxDawg
I think it got better when they started doing the specialty shows in the late 80s like Headbanger's Ball and Yo MTV Raps. It gave national exposure to bands that would otherwise have never been seen in the regular MTV rotation.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 4:35 pm to VoxDawg
Yeah, nothing will top the first few years with the original VJs...mostly because of the great New Wave music that they were playing back then.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 4:54 pm to Cdawg
quote:Yes!
Kari Wuhrer
quote:Some this are best left forgotten.
Randee from the Redwoods
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