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MTV debuted 40 years ago today
Posted on 8/1/21 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 8/1/21 at 1:58 pm
First two hours of MTV broadcast
Best comment was " They played more music during those two hours than they have the past 10 years."
I watched MTV more than anything else all through the 80s. Then they started the "Real World " ,or whatever it was called , and I couldn't stand watching a bunch of whiny losers sit around and complain all the time.
Best comment was " They played more music during those two hours than they have the past 10 years."
I watched MTV more than anything else all through the 80s. Then they started the "Real World " ,or whatever it was called , and I couldn't stand watching a bunch of whiny losers sit around and complain all the time.
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Posted on 8/1/21 at 1:59 pm to East Coast Band
This post was edited on 8/1/21 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:02 pm to East Coast Band
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:04 pm to East Coast Band
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:04 pm to East Coast Band
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or whatever it was called
cause you totally dont know its actually called the real world
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:05 pm to High C
It's gone to shite after they figured out how cheap "reality" programming is and dropped most music videos in the early 00s. At least Beavis & Butthead was a music centric show.
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:07 pm to East Coast Band
The biggest contributor with MTV's decline was the corporate syngergy with fellow Viacom channel Nickelodeon to market directly to Tween Girls.
Became less about the music and more about which boy band member had the best frosted tips.
Also, cheap, mass produced reality TV shows. Its transition into the Ridiculousness Network is really something.
Became less about the music and more about which boy band member had the best frosted tips.
Also, cheap, mass produced reality TV shows. Its transition into the Ridiculousness Network is really something.
This post was edited on 8/1/21 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:11 pm to East Coast Band
I also watched MTV in the 80s when it was nothing but Music Videos. Had a thing for Martha Quinn. I miss what MTV used to be.
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:13 pm to East Coast Band
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MTV debuted 40 years ago today
And quit playing music 35 years ago
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:15 pm to UndercoverBryologist
quote:
The biggest contributor with MTV's decline was the corporate syngergy with fellow Viacom channel Nickelodeon to market directly to Tween Girls.
Became less about the music and more about which boy band member had the best frosted tips.
Then it became about politics. Appealing to Millennials. In truth, MTV has been dead a long time.
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:15 pm to CatsGoneWild
I think some licensing royalties may have also contributed to the musical demise.
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:15 pm to East Coast Band
Top 20 video countdown everyday after school. It used to be a cool channel
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:16 pm to East Coast Band
Now look at them yo-yos, that's the way you do it
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:17 pm to fallguy_1978
Reality TV killed the radio star
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:18 pm to East Coast Band
Really from the late 90s to mid 2000s VH1 was substantially better than MTV
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:20 pm to East Coast Band
Some of the first non-music programming they had was ok, like the “Remote Control” game show (earliest Adam Sandler I remember). But the further away from music they got, the worse they got.
I don’t remember watching MTV at all after 1988.
I don’t remember watching MTV at all after 1988.
This post was edited on 8/1/21 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:20 pm to East Coast Band
Also, outside of the music videos, one of my favorite things to watch on MTV was Liquid Television
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:22 pm to East Coast Band
And in honor of their 40th anniversary, here is what they are showing today:
This post was edited on 8/1/21 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:23 pm to harmonics
Headbangers Ball and 120 Minutes were the absolute tits.
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:25 pm to harmonics
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Really from the late 90s to mid 2000s VH1 was substantially better than MTV
Link?
TRL was at its peak during these years and was a highly popular show.
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