[MplsSteve]

The first ten years of MTV were classic though.

Real music videos. Real VJ's who didn't talk like they had just stepped out of the 'hood.

Great music. Great videos.

I wish they'd start re-running MTV (and even VH-1) from that period.

[AbeKrieger]

I wish they'd start re-running MTV (and even VH-1) from that period.

If you have digital cable, check out VH1 classic. It will take you back (at times). The other problem is, we're getting so old (hee hee) that some of the ghetto slop is starting to get the title of "classic". I must have missed the moment when Pearl Jam become "classic" ??? :)

[wjcsux]

The X and I spent a lot of time watching it in the early 80's while sitting up with my youngest when he was a baby. They had great music and videos. Now, MTV is crap.

[reagan_fanatic]

The first ten years of MTV were classic though. Real music videos. Real VJ's who didn't talk like they had just stepped out of the 'hood. Great music. Great videos. I wish they'd start re-running MTV (and even VH-1) from that period.

Absolutely. I used to watch MTV constantly until cRap and political activism took it over.

Today, it's nothing but mindless garbage.

[Lee'sGhost]

If you can get the Digipix (digital) upgrade they have multiple video channels including MTV and VH1 classics. May not be the correct names but you get the idea.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Post #6 you nailed it. MTV was the place to be in the 80s.

[Lizavetta]

Real music videos. Real VJ's who didn't talk like they had just stepped out of the 'hood.

You're right - no politics, no vulgarities, just showing videos (lame as they were, though).

Who was that kind of quiet guy with black curly hair? He was quite pleasant to watch. However I never could get into the whole MTV thing - possibly cause I wasn't a teenager.

[Tribune7]

The first ten years of MTV were classic though.

Yeah, Springsteen, Madonna, way before Nirvana.