[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

[MMcC]

"Beavis and Butt-head" = The finest TV entertainment ever created.

[Pablo64]

I remember when MTV first came on where I grew up in Colorado. At that time we had what were known as 3.2 bars. These were bars that only served 3.2 beer which, at that time, you could buy if you were 18 (you had to be 21 for regular beer or wine and spirits). There was one 3.2 bar in the town I went to college at called The Fifth Quarter Electric Tavern (hey, it was the early 80's). I used to love to go there and order a pitcher of (near)beer with my friends and shoot some pool. They had MTV on the big screen tv and it was pretty cool. I know it's hard to believe now, but way back then they used to actually play music videos. It's true!

I can honestly say that I have not watched MTV in over 20 years, though. By the time I was a senior in college they had ruined the format (at least for me) and I'm sure my head would explode if I tried to watch the crap I hear about on MTV now.

Here's to the "good old days" (which is basically anything we fondly remember). :-)

[Brian Mosely]

I recently saw a copy of Zappa's 1981 Halloween show that was live on MTV and Frank had to endure questioning from Nina Blackwood. I'd forgotten how BRAINLESS she was and Zappa was completely brutal in his treatment of her. Priceless.

Now they don't even play music...

[HungarianGypsy]

Heard VH1 was supposed to be a 48 hour special showing the first 48 hours of MTV. I remember in '85 thinking about all the whiny 30-somethings who couldn't get over their '60s nostalgia with My Generation and such shows. Now everything from the '80s is on the same channel.

[gate2wire]

"2. BEAT IT: March 31, 1983. Michael Jackson becomes the first black artist with a video on MTV. The segregation was MTV's early shame, ironic considering its later role in popularizing rap. And the early snub wasn't forgotten: "You don't have all of music television when you are leaving things out," says Los Lonely Boys singer Henry Garza."

I would dispute this. I remember seeing Ray Parker Jr.
(Raydio) singing "You Can't Change That" much before '83.

[Pyro7480]

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