This ain't really my cup of tea, but it warrants a bookmark nonetheless. Depending on how old you are, you may like it, laugh at it, hate it, or long for "the good ol' days". Someone posted a shitload of old MTV clips at Internet Archive, and I mean shitload. And they're apt to be taken down, so go there soon if you're interested.
For you younger folk, you gotta know that MTV used to be almost exclusively music videos. All sorts of shit, all the time. It was a new format and it really did plug along a good many years like that, primarily music videos. Then some sort of shit hit the fan, I don't know because the novelty had already worn off and I was rarely watching it. But seemingly overnight the non-music shows took over. Probably because a big chunk of their original viewership was just as bored as I was. Now it's just another bad network.
There's a whole mess of multi-hour blocks from the eighties going back to the very first broadcast (from August 1, 1981). There's also special themed shows, guest VJs, best-of shows, and other miscellaneous crap including the broadcast of Live Aid in the mid-eighties. Many, many hours of music videos. It might not be your first choice, but probably good enough while you're working on that jigsaw puzzle.
For you younger folk, you gotta know that MTV used to be almost exclusively music videos. All sorts of shit, all the time. It was a new format and it really did plug along a good many years like that, primarily music videos. Then some sort of shit hit the fan, I don't know because the novelty had already worn off and I was rarely watching it. But seemingly overnight the non-music shows took over. Probably because a big chunk of their original viewership was just as bored as I was. Now it's just another bad network.
There's a whole mess of multi-hour blocks from the eighties going back to the very first broadcast (from August 1, 1981). There's also special themed shows, guest VJs, best-of shows, and other miscellaneous crap including the broadcast of Live Aid in the mid-eighties. Many, many hours of music videos. It might not be your first choice, but probably good enough while you're working on that jigsaw puzzle.
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Listen:80s MTV VHS Recordings 1981 to 1989 Collection at Internet Archive Scroll down the page for the complete listings.
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