Happy 30th, MTV -- Your early MTV memories??? archived

Train_of_Thought

Aug 1, 2011 at 5:55am Edited

I was such an addict. Remember those silent "old movie" minutes at the end of each half hour instead of commercials????

rastro

Aug 1, 2011 at 6:04am

Remember when the M in MTV stood for music? Now its just nickelodeon for 18-24 year olds.

kareno

Aug 1, 2011 at 6:18am

Why does this make me feel soooooooooooooooooooooo old? I remember babysitting, and how happy I was when the kids went to sleep, so I could watch music video after music video.

Train_of_Thought

Aug 1, 2011 at 7:15am

One of my early faves. Okay, so Braveheart it ain't...

nohero

Aug 1, 2011 at 8:37am

Train_of_Thought said:
Remember those silent "old movie" minutes at the end of each half hour instead of commercials????

That was one of the first things I thought of when the radio said it's the 30th anniversary. They were these weird, monocolor (blue, red) snippets from who-knows-what, with some random music playing.

I later realized that we were all part of their marketing test, to show advertisers that these stupid kids would sit through ANYTHING, waiting for the next video to show up.

jasper1664

Aug 1, 2011 at 9:03am

30 years? Sweet Jesus, I'm old.

rastro

Aug 1, 2011 at 9:07am

So everyone knows the first video that MTV played. Anyone know the last?

Baby_Jane

Aug 1, 2011 at 9:17am

Video Kille the Radio Star and a Pat Benatar song...dont know the last....

trinity

Aug 1, 2011 at 9:23am

Happy birthday MTV!! The 80's were the best!! Boy George was my DUDE on MTV!!!

boomie

Aug 1, 2011 at 9:34am

To me, this is quintessential MTV:

j_r

Aug 1, 2011 at 9:37am

pippi

Aug 1, 2011 at 9:44am

A good friend of mine was on Remote Control in 1989 or 1990 and that was pretty cool.

drummerboy

Aug 1, 2011 at 10:26am

boomie said:
To me, this is quintessential MTV:

we gotta stop agreeing like this. People will talk.

project37

Aug 1, 2011 at 10:29am Edited

So much to enjoy about MTV back in the day, but my favorite will remain one of my first real crushes - as far as young p37 was concerned, she was the M of MTV:

drummerboy

Aug 1, 2011 at 10:37am

Zbigniew Rybczynski!

boomie

Aug 1, 2011 at 10:44am Edited

I never liked Martha Quinn. She spoke in a weird sort of crawling-to- slow- then- rushing to- fast drawley sort of mumble that pissed my rocker ass off in 1986.

conandrob240

Aug 1, 2011 at 10:47am

Remember the first minute it started. we were all at Michael Feinbergs house because he lived across the street from the high school and we could go there for lunch. We spent most lunches at his house for the rest of the year after that to watch.

nohero

Aug 1, 2011 at 11:11am

project37 said:
So much to enjoy about MTV back in the day, but my favorite will remain one of my first real crushes - as far as young p37 was concerned, she was the M of MTV:

Now you've reminded me of summer, 1984. At the Meadowlands Arena to see Bruce Springsteen, we're in the level of seats which are in front of the suites/boxes. Martha Quinn is in the suite that we're right in front of, and a lot of guys are all over the place hitting on her.

boomie said:
He aged nicely.

I don't know who "he" is, but he's better looking now than he was then....

growinup said:
Does anyone remember--Fish heads, fish heads... A video of a deli window with someone opening and closing the fish's mouth?

Yup. Billy Mumy aka Will Robinson from Lost in Space is responsible for it. He once described the video an experiment fueled by hallucinogens and credit cards.