Ok, it's not a 60's thread, but it seems right to add:
I saw my first music video in 1982 and almost fainted. I thought it was the greatest invention since the LP. LOL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_music_videos_aired_on_MTVFirst music videos aired on MTV From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis is a list of the first music videos aired on MTV. These music videos were played on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981.1. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles
2. "You Better Run" by Pat Benatar
3. "She Won't Dance With Me" by Rod Stewart (Contains use of the word "fuck" by Stewart [1]. A VH1 broadcast of the video posted on YouTube suggests the word was never edited from the video [2].)
4. "You Better You Bet" by The Who
5. "Little Suzi's on the Up" by Ph.D.
6. "We Don't Talk Anymore" by Cliff Richard
7. "Brass in Pocket" by The Pretenders
8. "Time Heals" by Todd Rundgren
9. "Take It On the Run" by REO Speedwagon
10. "Rockin' the Paradise" by Styx
11. "When Things Go Wrong" by Robin Lane and the Chartbusters
12. "History Never Repeats" by Split Enz
13. "Hold On Loosely" by 38 Special
14. "Just Between You and Me" by April Wine
15. "Sailing" by Rod Stewart
16. "Iron Maiden" by Iron Maiden
17. "Keep On Loving You" by REO Speedwagon
18. "Message of Love" by The Pretenders
19. "Mr. Briefcase" by Lee Ritenour
20. "Double Life" by The Cars
21. "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins
22. "Looking For Clues" by Robert Palmer
23. "Too Late" by Shoes
24. "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Surface Tension" by Rupert Hine
25. "One Step Ahead" by Split Enz
26. "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
27. "I'm Gonna Follow You" by Pat Benatar
28. "Savannah Nights" by Tom Johnston
29. "Lucille" by Rockestra
30. "The Best of Times" by Styx
31. "Vengeance" by Carly Simon
32. "Wrathchild" by Iron Maiden
33. "I Wanna Be a Lifeguard" by Blotto
34. "Passion" by Rod Stewart
35. "Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello
36. "Don't Let Him Go" by REO Speedwagon
37. "Remote Control/Illegal" by The Silencers
38. "Angel of the Morning" by Juice Newton
39. "Little Sister" by Rockpile with Robert Plant
40. "Hold On to the Night" by Bootcamp
41. "Dreaming" by Cliff Richard
42. "Is it You?" by Lee Ritenour
43. "Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac
44. "He Can't Love You" by Michael Stanley Band
45. "Tough Guys" by REO Speedwagon
46. "Rapture" by Blondie
47. "Don't Let Go the Coat" by The Who
48. "Ain't Love a Bitch" by Rod Stewart
49. "Talk of the Town" by The Pretenders
50. "Can't Happen Here" by Rainbow
51. "Thank You for Being a Friend" by Andrew Gold
52. "Bring It All Home" by Gerry Rafferty
53. "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" by April Wine
54. "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" by Kate Bush
55. "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie
56. "Just Between You and Me" by April Wine
57. "Rat Race" by The Specials
58. "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads
59. "Victim" by Bootcamp
60. "Tonight's the Night" by Rod Stewart
61. "Cruel to Be Kind" by Nick Lowe
I think the first video I saw was one of the first videos they ever showed: Video Killed the Radio Star. Great stuff!
Played on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981:
1. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles (That I knew--I loved that song!)
I'm listening to the Jukebox now, "Angel of the Morning." Thanks, it's great.
Played on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981:
38. "Angel of the Morning" by Juice Newton (Who knew? Not me!)
Me, I'm a visual guy, and not very musical; that's just the brain works. For whatever reason, this novelty song by a Norwegian band on MTV in 1985 finally penetrated my brain, and I thought--oh,
that's what video is for!! I loved it.
A-ha -- Take On Me (1984)[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUod3jGQt0U[/youtube]
(By the way--aren't the
clothes and
hair a scream?? And for you younger folk, the final image of this video is
not a reference from
The Matrix (1999), which had been not created yet, but from the 1980 film,
Altered States, with
William Hurt and
Blair Brown.)