30 Years Ago Today Video Killed The Radio Star? - GoFuckYourself.com

Mutt · 08-01-2011, 05:39 AM

nope - MTV is a pile of shit. August 1st, 1981 when we were young and many of you cockholsters weren't even on this planet!

Mutt · 08-01-2011, 05:40 AM

5:40 in - Pat Benatar!

Mutt · 08-01-2011, 05:46 AM

At the moment of its launch, only a few thousand people on a single cable system in northern New Jersey could see it.

selena · 08-01-2011, 06:16 AM

I lived in Charleston, SC, when I first laid my eyes on MTV.

It was amazing, and fueled by drugs of that era, my friends and I watched for days at a time, between our gigs at clubs.

Paul Markham · 08-01-2011, 06:20 AM

When the video became more important than the music, something died in pop music.

Quality of music.

Sly · 08-01-2011, 06:26 AM

Are there any channels that still play music videos nonstop?

I remember when they came out with MTV2 so that they could play videos all day because MTV was starting to do more shows. I think MTV2 is also shows now as well?

Strictly music video channels must not work all that well, they all seem to transition. Fuze did it as well.

tony286 · 08-01-2011, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham

When the video became more important than the music, something died in pop music.

Quality of music.

You are right. There was a time when a record company would grow an act. Hall and Oats , Reo Speedwagon, Bruce Springsteen they were grown over several records before they had huge hits. Now they spend so much money if the first song isnt a hit they are done.

Back then MTV was cool, you could sit,space and watch hours and hours of music videos. Before they added all those stupid tv shows.

gideongallery · 08-01-2011, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Sly

Are there any channels that still play music videos nonstop?

I remember when they came out with MTV2 so that they could play videos all day because MTV was starting to do more shows. I think MTV2 is also shows now as well?

Strictly music video channels must not work all that well, they all seem to transition. Fuze did it as well.

might have something to do with the fact that major artist are "selling" exclusive first play rights to their videos to competing music stations

the cost of production has now grown to more then the cost of creating unique content

and the upside profit is way more for the shows (tv+ DVD+ itunes+ syndication)

Caligari · 08-01-2011, 08:15 AM

i rarely watch music videos anymore, 90% of the time i listen to internet radio so imo radio faked its death and waited for the right moment to return and stab mtv in the heart;)

Rochard · 08-01-2011, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Caligari

i rarely watch music videos anymore, 90% of the time i listen to internet radio so imo radio faked its death and waited for the right moment to return and stab mtv in the heart;)

LOL? Internet killed the video star?

I stream my music all day long using Rhapsody. I love my 1980s crap; Right now I'm listening to Pet Shop Boys. There was a time when I was completely stuck in the 1980s with my music, and would only listen to new music when it was one of the bands from the 1980s. These days using Rhapsody... I listen to everything.

dyna mo · 08-01-2011, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham

When the video became more important than the music, something died in pop music.

Quality of music.

i usually don't reply when i disagree with you but this could not be further from the truth. gobs and gobs of KILLER pop music after mtv launched.

not to mention alternative.

Caligari · 08-01-2011, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Rochard

Internet killed the video star?

that should be done as a parody of the original, twitter Weird Al on this!

really i think he would love to skewer mtv at least one more time...

marcop · 08-01-2011, 10:06 AM

I was addicted to MTV when I lived in NYC in the early 80's.

dyna mo · 08-01-2011, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Caligari

that should be done as a parody of the original, i'm going to twitter Weird Al on this!

CurrentlySober · 08-01-2011, 10:07 AM

i cant afford MTV...

Caligari · 08-01-2011, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

damn that was quick

CaptainHowdy · 08-01-2011, 10:09 AM

Back in the mid 90's MTV was involuntarily educative in musical terms for me ...

dyna mo · 08-01-2011, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Caligari

damn that was quick

i had come across it awhile back looking up the original.

it's a hack compared imo. weird al version would be a lot better eh.

Jim_Gunn · 08-01-2011, 10:10 AM

CurrentlySober · 08-01-2011, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Mutt

nope - MTV is a pile of shit. August 1st, 1981 when we were young and many of you cockholsters weren't even on this planet!

Actually, cheers for that... I had no Idea that MTV launched on My Birthday !!!

Well, not my 'Actual' birthday - I'm a bit older than that.. But the same date - Aug 1st

mountainmiester · 08-01-2011, 10:13 AM

I remember this launch and was in college finishing my undergrad. MTV back then was pretty much background for the party and no one really watched it very close as it was just music videos.

30 years later and wow, how has the world changed.

dyna mo · 08-01-2011, 10:14 AM

96ukssob · 08-01-2011, 10:16 AM

Dang, 30 years.

I remember watching MTV in the late 80s. My friends mom wouldn't let him watch it, so we would go to my house... never knew why.

Back then it was the cool thing to do, even until the early 90's at the lunch tables we would talk "did you see that video from..." etc.

Now its all NON-music related shit. Why? because the younger generation, which MTV goes after, doesn't give a shit about music videos, they can watch them on YouTube and they don't have the TV on while they are playing board games, they have Pandora running while they are playing Halo.

Dont hate on MTV, its their business to stay in business. Shit, the annoying Jersey Shore show is the top rated and most viewed program of all time for MTV. You think they give a shit about a few 30+ year old crying about no more music videos? They are rolling in the cash

Caligari · 08-01-2011, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

i had come across it awhile back looking up the original.

it's a hack compared imo. weird al version would be a lot better eh.

song not so hot, but the zombies in the video are top notch!

Caligari · 08-01-2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

good one, direct parody of the original. i think weird al would also approve

dyna mo · 08-01-2011, 10:54 AM

been listening to these guys a lot

great track, cool video

Rochard · 08-01-2011, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

See, they already did it. Even worth watching!

Rochard · 08-01-2011, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bossku69

Now its all NON-music related shit. Why? because the younger generation, which MTV goes after, doesn't give a shit about music videos, they can watch them on YouTube and they don't have the TV on while they are playing board games, they have Pandora running while they are playing Halo.

I think they started moving away from music videos long before YouTube came along. When MTV first came out it was new and exciting, and everyone wanted to watch music videos 24/7. After four or five years it got old and they started to move over to half hour long shows.

JosephFM · 08-01-2011, 11:21 AM

At least they brought back "120 minutes" with Matt Pinfield to MTV2. It debuted this morning at 1:00am

http://cnnmobile.com/primary/_dLoPn4-iDWHboSoYpL

DWB · 08-01-2011, 12:25 PM

I want a Mexican Radio.

dyna mo · 08-01-2011, 12:35 PM

2 tres cool tracks/vids

dyna mo · 08-01-2011, 12:38 PM

harvey · 08-01-2011, 12:58 PM

good times

when I was a teenage I was living in a small town in Argentina and there was a pub with a screen and a projector. The owner of that pub traveled to US and brought back several VHS tapes with just MTV recorded in them. We could spent HOURS watching that and dreaming on having such a channel like that, we had cable but very far from having MTV or something similar until well into mid 80's

dyna mo · 08-01-2011, 01:03 PM

the other super awesome thing to come out of music videos is it completely changed clubs.

DJs were playing long versions of songs and adding in crazy cool video to the already cool original. i loved it.

Sarah_Jayne · 08-01-2011, 01:12 PM

I hate MTV now but it would be a lie to say it didn't form a big part of my childhood. I can remember seeing it for the first time and it totally changed the way I absorbed music.

Dvae · 08-01-2011, 04:17 PM

The first video I can remember seeing was Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

adultchatpay · 08-01-2011, 04:26 PM

Those where the glory days.

AsianDivaGirlsWebDude · 08-01-2011, 06:25 PM

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On August 1, 1981, something happened to cable television - something that would define pop culture, change generations, and shape an industry. That something had a name. The name was MTV. It launched at 12:01 in the morning, ushered in by John Lack (then the Executive Vice President of Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment) saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll." And so it began.

Prior to 1981, MTV didn't exist. Prior to 1981, we didn't have 24-7 access to MTV, its music videos and VJs. However, the MTV of the 80s was nothing like the MTV we see today.

Did MTV of the 80s have "The Real Word?" Heck no. But it did have tons of music videos, awesome VJs and music news unavailable anywhere else. In fact, we maintain that the MTV of the 80s was waaaaay better than the MTV of today.

What is left of MTV has little to do with "music" and more to do with pandering to the lowest common denominator - read, My Super Sweet Sixteen or whatever that wanna-be-beauty-queen-really-just-a-spoiled-brat-that-needs-a-beating show is called. Oops, sorry for the momentary digression.

The first music video played on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. It served as the perfect song to bring in this new era of music and to begin the MTV legacy.

Do the names J.J. Jackson, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn ring a bell? If you were alive and kicking (and watching MTV) in the 80s, they sure will. They served as the first 5 VJs (video jockeys) that introduced the videos played on MTV.

In our recent interview with Nina Blackwood, we asked her how she feels about the direction taken by MTV away from the music. We agree completely with her answer, "I AM proud of what it was like in the early days and thankful to have been a part of it when the M actually stood for Music not Moronic as it does these days."

Lots of good digital streaming music options (especially live acts) on cable/internet these days...I rarely watch MTV anymore.

ADG

MaDalton · 08-01-2011, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Dvae

The first video I can remember seeing was Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

dammit - i was going to post that

and i still have the actual record (that black, round thing) of The Buggles with "Video killed the radio star" on it

Spunky · 08-01-2011, 06:38 PM

I was a 18 year old snot nosed punk back then

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