Every wonder back to the 1980's and music videos?
What was that song? who was that band? How did I lose an entire decade?
An 80s MTV video channel on YouTube may help you answer those questions and more. Many people spent hours if not days waiting and watching MTV just to see a particular video. Video tape recorders were rare and it was a very cheep form of entertainment. In the 80s not every city had cable television or even the same channels. In the great video war people fought for truth, justice, and their MTV.
Make sure you check out the 59 videos from the first day of MTV:
Split Enz - History Never Repeats Isn't it ironic?
Split Enz - One Step Ahead A young Neil Finn showcases his writing ability
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime One of the most iconic 80s music videos and songs
Kate Bush - The man with the Child in his Eyes A song she wrote years before that landed her a recording contract even as a demo
Rupert Hine - Surface Tension also featured on USA's Night Flight a weekend show for those of us deprived of our MTV
Some very interesting stuff, Hine is a well known producer, Spit Enz morphed into Crowded House, and Kate Bush was just starting her career.
Watch learn and marvel. Remember those that do not learn from the lessons of history are condemned to repeat it, or at least get a bad grade in it.
And I did not see the first video ever played on MTV, "Video Killed the radio Star" by The Buggles, with two of the women in that band later forming Elastica. Careers were made, fortunes were won and lost, it was a time of mimes, street performers and for those days fasts cuts.
