Happy 40th, MTV

[Francisco 2.0 32395]

 

 

 

[RPM 26322]

MTV died about 35 years ago

[Deej 76830]

40 years old and it's been about 26 years since they played music videos. 

[atomheartbevo 89731]

Had a serious thing for Martha Quinn

 

[Underdog 28711]

Martha and Downtown Julie Brown...  wubba-wubba, 

[mininghorn88 2293]

I had to go to my buddies’ house to watch videos as we did not get it at my house. I was 15 when it came out. MTV died many years ago. This should be an “In memoriam”  program being played out today on satellite radio.

[TrashMaster G 17563]

Martha Quinn

Mark Goodman

JJ Jackson

Nina Blackwood

Alan Hunter

[Surly Bevo 25049]

MTV caught the disease that ultimately killed it in 1992, killed by the scripted reality programming it was an originally the pioneer of.  

[Guest Lobo]

I thought all those reality shows were unscripted?  I thought that was their schtick?  I dunno, I didn't get cable until '96 or so.  

We did have "Friday Night Videos" with the pencil intro for a few years.  That was something...is that anything?  

Edited August 1, 2021 by Lobo

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[CooterBrown 18014]

MTV caught the disease that ultimately killed it in 1992, killed by the scripted reality programming it was an originally the pioneer of.  

So, MTV fucked a monkey and gave the world AIDS?

[atomheartbevo 89731]

3 hours ago, Lobo said:

I thought all those reality shows were unscripted?  I thought that was their schtick?  I dunno, I didn't get cable until '96 or so.  

We did have "Friday Night Videos" with the pencil intro for a few years.  That was something...is that anything?  

It was no Up All Night.

 

[Guest Lobo]

What the fuck is she drinking?  I mean, assuming i can take my eyes off her decent fake tit job for a moment.  

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Had a serious thing for Martha Quinn

Somewhere I’ve got an autographed photo of Nina Blackwood that I got at a promo event at a Mishawaka record store before an REO Speedwagon show at Notre Dame.  There are also nude photos of her out there from back before she bleached her hair and got a job as an MTV VJ.

There was a time when I was young and foolish and thought that MTV was one of the greatest things ever, that it was the future of popular music, and that maybe I’d like to pursue a career producing music videos. Later I realized that it was actually really bad for music. And then they thrust reality tv into the mainstream and that’s been bad for tv and even worse for our culture. In retrospect, I think we would’ve been better off if MTV had never existed. 

[TonyTexas 10516]

MTV celebrated the milestone with a 24 hour Ridiculousness marathon. 

[mr. sunshine 2827]

36 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Nina Blackwood

She hosts a show on the SiriusXM 80s channel and sounds like Edward G. Robinson

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

Obligatory:

 

[seven 1367]

Gotta love 50yr old men bitching about a channel aimed at teenagers 

[HornOnTheBayou 8931]

1 hour ago, seven said:

Gotta love 50yr old men bitching about a channel aimed at teenagers 

Wait until you hear their thoughts on Old Austin vs New Austin

[Guest Lobo]

I actually thought that MTV show "Austin Stories" was decent.  It was right after I finally got cable and was living in Austin at the time.  Is there any way to rewatch that show?  You can't stream it anywhere.  

[yoladu 4094]

1 hour ago, Lobo said:

I actually thought that MTV show "Austin Stories" was decent.  It was right after I finally got cable and was living in Austin at the time.  Is there any way to rewatch that show?  You can't stream it anywhere.  

it says all episodes.. but it look like a episode 6 is only a partial.

See youtube link below.

(that Austin skyline!)

 

Edited August 2, 2021 by yoladu

[yoladu 4094]

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Edited August 2, 2021 by yoladu

[South Austin 52519]

3 hours ago, seven said:

Gotta love 50yr old men bitching about a channel aimed at teenagers 

I was bitching about it in my late teens and early 20s when it started sucking around the mid 1990s.  

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

I didn't even know it was still around

[Da Fino 2783]

3 hours ago, Lobo said:

I actually thought that MTV show "Austin Stories" was decent.  It was right after I finally got cable and was living in Austin at the time.  Is there any way to rewatch that show?  You can't stream it anywhere.  

I enjoyed that show and couldn't find the entire series anywhere to watch online. In other MTV news, I recently googled Jesse Camp and was pleasantly surprised to see that he is still alive. 

[Angry Gorilla 1768]

You can make fun of MTV for keeping Music in their name after transitioning away from music videos, but there's no way it would still be around if it didn't change format.

[Duckman 82]

9 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Obligatory:

 

Nice job finding an un-censored version - tough to do these days.

And Martha Quinn FTW.  Mmmmmmmmmmm

 

 

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

11 hours ago, seven said:

Gotta love 50yr old men bitching about a channel aimed at teenagers 

Username checks out. 

[Francisco 2.0 32395]

7 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I didn't even know it was still around

 

Apparently, there are 6 MTV channels now, and they own CMT as well.  I honestly haven't watched MTV since around 95 or so.

They also have something called MTV Classic, which shows only music videos from the 80's-through 2010 or so.  Our tv provider carries this channel, and this channel offers blocks (80's, 90's, etc).  It's a diversion from time to time.

[Deej 76830]

15 hours ago, seven said:

Gotta love 50yr old men bitching about a channel aimed at teenagers 

Check the Sugar baby thread. We've got 50 year old men paying to fuck teenagers.

[seven 1367]

On 8/2/2021 at 10:52 AM, South Austin said:

I was bitching about it in my late teens and early 20s when it started sucking around the mid 1990s.  

So you were angry that you aged out of the audience the programming was intended for? Were you also angry at nickelodeon? 

[Kennythetiger 9390]

22 hours ago, Angry Gorilla said:

You can make fun of MTV for keeping Music in their name after transitioning away from music videos, but there's no way it would still be around if it didn't change format.

Now it’s four-hour blocks of Chanel’s hooters. 

[hayden_horn 11362]

15 hours ago, Deej said:

Check the Sugar baby thread. We've got 50 year old men paying to fuck teenagers.

i thought that was the whole point of being a rockstar ad being on mtv

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

1 hour ago, seven said:

So you were angry that you aged out of the audience the programming was intended for? Were you also angry at nickelodeon? 

Again, username checks out. It’s a childish response to accuse someone of being “angry” for losing interest in something. I’ve never been angry at MTV. I just grew up. I came to grips with the fact that music is an aural medium and trying to turn it into a visual medium was a bad idea. It’s not that coupling visuals with the music is bad in and of itself. I’ll never forget the first time I saw the movie Help! I’ve dropped acid and watched Yellow Submarine and The Wall. And The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. But what MTV did was to force artists to be selected and cultivated with the visual image in mind before the aural one. The look took precedence over the sound. That was bad for music. I’m not angry about it. I took part in it. But that’s what happened. It’s just an historical fact.

MTV’s comedy spinoff Ha! and HBO’s Comedy Channel merged to form Comedy Central and that was a good thing. 

[seven 1367]

7 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Again, username checks out. It’s a childish response to accuse someone of being “angry” for losing interest in something. I’ve never been angry at MTV. I just grew up. I came to grips with the fact that music is an aural medium and trying to turn it into a visual medium was a bad idea. It’s not that coupling visuals with the music is bad in and of itself. I’ll never forget the first time I saw the movie Help! I’ve dropped acid and watched Yellow Submarine and The Wall. And The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. But what MTV did was to force artists to be selected and cultivated with the visual image in mind before the aural one. The look took precedence over the sound. That was bad for music. I’m not angry about it. I took part in it. But that’s what happened. It’s just an historical fact.

MTV’s comedy spinoff Ha! and HBO’s Comedy Channel merged to form Comedy Central and that was a good thing. 

None of my posts have been about you, I apologize that you thought they were. 

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

1 hour ago, seven said:

None of my posts have been about you, I apologize that you thought they were. 

I didn’t think they were. They’ve just been inaccurate observations about other posters and MTV in general.