Posted on 07/31/2014 10:52:24 PM PDT by beaversmom
On this day in 1981, MTV: Music Television goes on the air for the first time ever, with the words (spoken by one of MTV’s creators, John Lack): “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.” The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” was the first music video to air on the new cable television channel, which initially was available only to households in parts of New Jersey. MTV went on to revolutionize the music industry and become an influential source of pop culture and entertainment in the United States and other parts of the world, including Europe, Asia and Latin America, which all have MTV-branded channels.
In MTV’s early days, its programming consisted of basic music videos that were introduced by VJs (video jockeys) and provided for free by record companies. As the record industry recognized MTV’s value as a promotional vehicle, money was invested in making creative, cutting-edge videos. Some directors, including Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Three Kings) and Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), worked on music videos before segueing into feature films. In the 1980s, MTV was instrumental in promoting the careers of performers such as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince and Duran Duran, whose videos played in heavy rotation.
By the late 1980s, MTV started airing non-video programming, geared toward teenagers and young adults. Its popular reality series The Real World launched in 1992 and was followed by such highly rated shows as The Osbournes, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, Laguna Beach, My Super Sweet 16 and The Hills. MTV also debuted animated series including Beavis and Butthead and Celebrity Deathmatch, as well as documentaries, news, game shows and public service campaigns on topics ranging from voting rights to safe sex. MTV developed a reputation for pushing cultural boundaries and taste; the airing of Madonna’s 1989 “Like a Prayer” video is just one famous example. In 1984, the channel launched the MTV Music Video Awards, which were followed in 1992 by the MTV Movie Awards. Today, MTV’s music-video programming is largely confined to one show, Total Request Live.
The Day the Music Died.
I'm sorry! I'm getting my parasites mixed up! lol You're right. You're right.
Oh, yeah.
Psycho stalker song everybody plays at their wedding because they don’t pay attention to the lyrical context.
Brilliant!
I know what boys want....
;D
Here’s that story about Steve Perry, WD, in case you hadn’t seen it...along with a nice picture of him and Martha Quinn:
It’s those fauxhawks.
Demodex stylin’.
:D
I guess it was better than “Don’t stand so close to me.”
Did you see the Duran Duran story the other day on here?
I don’t know if I remember that song of theirs that you posted. I’ll have to go back and hear more of it.
Hugs from another Falco lover
My wife and kids think I’m nuts when I play the long version of Amadeus
He was a cool dude.....self deprecating.....more talented than folks realized
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
>.<
Nope...missed it.
I like that one.
Ack earworm nightmares!! ;)
Come on, Wardaddy!
Let’s get DOWN and get back up, again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDPpq4qkkjA
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
:D
Oh it was so great in the beginning! My sister and I would stay up ALL NIGHT watching MTV, just because WE COULD! It was so coooooooool!!
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