"Had this dream where record companies had computers in the basement and manufacture artists..." dang how accurate that was...

@jgweems

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought too. How sad.

@Eric666morse

3 жыл бұрын

Look up who Max Martin is.

@Fakeaorta

Жыл бұрын

They didn't need computers to manufacture artists 70 years ago. Record companies have been doing it since the beginning. The Monkeys might be the most famous. Then came Partridge Family, The Archies, The Bay City Rollers, Menudo, and countless others. You only needed to look and sound good.

@nicoleharrington9086

Жыл бұрын

Scary

@crazyman8472

5 ай бұрын

How did he know??? 🤖

I thought my grandparents were lying when they told me once that MTV used to be a 24-hour music video and music-related network.

@MrMajikman1

3 жыл бұрын

Your grandparents? OMG, I didn't realize I was that old🤦‍♂️😂 Graduated High School in '81 and was living on my own with no parents. I remember when MTV first came out. Good times....damn good times!

@jackmarlow4355

3 жыл бұрын

Why would they lie about that... 🎣 for likes

@DMSProduktions

3 жыл бұрын

SHAME on you!

@christy9995

Жыл бұрын

We are the MTV generation. We should know. 😊

@alexslater6456

Жыл бұрын

I remember watching it all in real time. Great time to be a kid.

MTV is unrecognizable now, and has been for years. Damn shame.

@retroguy9494

3 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it! When I was in high school and college MTV was awesome! Its been YEARS since I've actually seen a music video on it!

@jayward8237

3 жыл бұрын

It started when they aired the Real World & it was all downhill from there.

@jeffreyrigged

3 жыл бұрын

@Gilbert Alvarado you dont love 24hours of ridiculousness

@TheGlssr60

3 жыл бұрын

Great line from Bowling For Soup's single "1985" is "And music still on M-T-V".

@robertcampanella1222

3 жыл бұрын

The M in MTV now stands for Mundane

I remember when it came on to MTV...I am that old.

@Zeldarw104

3 жыл бұрын

A very well season person that's what I will say.🙂🤩

@michellejohnson8404

3 жыл бұрын

I remember when it came out too. Lol. Still like the song 🎵🎶

@andreaturnquist4855

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@bigpmc

3 жыл бұрын

You're not old -just experienced mate

@bigsur175

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Trevor Horn is a genius. There would be no 1980's Britain without him: Buggles, ABC, Yes, Art of Noise, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Grace Jones, Propaganda, Pet Shop Boys

@alanshewitt

3 жыл бұрын

The influence of the Art of Noise *alone* is immeasurable.

@AZ-JKUR-HR

3 жыл бұрын

When i heard the name Trevor Horn....i thought....Art Of Noise? Yep!

@Mario_N64

2 жыл бұрын

Seal, too.

@bkkorner

Жыл бұрын

The man is a musical pioneer.

They are now known as EMPTY-v

@noahpartic7586

3 жыл бұрын

😆Good 1.

My bestie and I sat and watched the clock countdown to the moon man lift off, and watched in awe as The Buggles video launched. Our lives were changed forever.

@violet-blaze

3 жыл бұрын

I like your pic, Brody Dalle is my fave

@krampus2b97

Жыл бұрын

I envy this experience

@occupied1111

Жыл бұрын

@@krampus2b97 Looking back, it was still dope af!

Boy MTV and VH1 really turned to crap what a shame they were so good back then

@retroguy9494

3 жыл бұрын

Does MTV even PLAY music video's anymore? I haven't watched it in years! Because they weren't playing music videos! LOL!

@ninjamaster3453

3 жыл бұрын

When did mtv and vh1 stop playing music video and music content?

@retroguy9494

3 жыл бұрын

@@ninjamaster3453 I thought it was around 2000 or so.

@Aint_no_senators_son

3 жыл бұрын

Music turned to crap

@deadendkid1968

3 жыл бұрын

What happened to VH1 Classic?

I was there for that moment. Me and my cousins all stood around the TV waiting for the channel debut.

@DominicNJ73

3 жыл бұрын

Same here except it was me and my friends, all crowded into another friend's basement.

The second video on MTV? Pat Benatar "You Better Run".

@bobcole612

3 жыл бұрын

First female artist: Pat Benatar First guitarist: Neal Giraldo You Better Run is an infinitely better song than Video Killed The Radio Star, IMO. I saw an interview with Pat Benatar a few months ago where she talked about how appearing on MTV basically ended any anonymity. Before MTV, musicians were pretty unknown outside their immediate fan base. With MTV, EVERYONE knew who you were.

@judgedredd3568

3 жыл бұрын

Little known or remembered fact....I always quiz people on what was the second video on MTV

@JoshMaxPower

3 жыл бұрын

Helllll yea, my forever crush! Saw her at the pier on the west side of Manhattan in '81, she was unbelievable. Opener? Billy Squier.

@funkydung.

3 жыл бұрын

Not many know that

@edwardcox2840

3 жыл бұрын

Boy she was great😀

There was an Asia meet and greet at a bar close to me...that nobody heard about...and I ended up eating dinner with Geoff Downs...we talked about this stuff for about an hour...we had wings...it was 25 cent wing night...

@annieholbis2430

3 жыл бұрын

Lucky!

@DMSProduktions

3 жыл бұрын

@@annieholbis2430 It was the heat of the moment!

@annieholbis2430

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMSProduktions 😁

@DMSProduktions

3 жыл бұрын

@@annieholbis2430 ;oP

@Yakkymania

2 жыл бұрын

@@DMSProduktions Telling me what your heart meant, heeeaaat of the moment, showed in your eyessss

remember folks MTV used to play music videos. MTV stood for Music Television, now it stands for Moron Trash vision

@Ir0nMa1d3n

3 жыл бұрын

They need a starting point for Idiocracy. Lol

@magiccheeseball

3 жыл бұрын

It's wierd they still had MTV music awards for years. Idk if they still do i have no interest if they did.

@Ir0nMa1d3n

3 жыл бұрын

@@magiccheeseball I'd be interested if they went back and pulled up old alternative videos and based an award on the popularity of them now. Tool had some great ones. So many others did, as well.

@magiccheeseball

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ir0nMa1d3n yeah but they have nothing to do with music for years so why do they do music awards? It's like if discovery channel did music awards It's silly

I just saved music videos of my favorite songs to a playlist here and named it “I Miss my MTV”

Let's not forget about GTA: Vice City and the song's inclusion on its soundtrack.

@FlaMan991

3 жыл бұрын

its about video.......

@env0x

3 жыл бұрын

Let's

@coreyjwingate

3 жыл бұрын

It was on gta first

@reptarDISCO

3 жыл бұрын

@@coreyjwingate I have fond memories playing GTA: Vice City back in the late 70's. Kids these days just don't know

Such a hit here in Australia the sound of the new age

@BradPham

3 жыл бұрын

Richard Wilkins used to host, if I recall correctly.

I was surprised how good of a keyboardist Geoff was. I told this to my friend, The band Asia was going to be the first concert for MTV yet their lead singer John Wetton left the band. We are all Prog musicians and we are friendly to each other. I told Greg Lake of Emerson Lake and Palmer fill in and get the exposure you deserve. He had two weeks to learn the material and caught a cold yet they were great. Geoff had two firsts with MTV

MTV was so good when it actually showed music videos. Now you have stupid shows like wild n out. That’s a shame.

@retroguy9494

3 жыл бұрын

I know. I don't even understand why they still call the channel "MTV" because there is no more music!

Many people today won't remember when MTV played videos.

Those days were awesome!Remember watching this and the video Oh Micky your so fine.

@annieholbis2430

3 жыл бұрын

You're so fine you blow my mind

@rayjingloryproductions3770

3 жыл бұрын

Remember when THRILLER first appeared - ? That video set the BAR. It was the first video to cost a MILLION dollars (If I remember right). this was when the average Pro Video ran around 25 Grand. Or LESS. They played that thing round the clock almost. It played probably twice an hour 24 - 7. It was GROUND BREAKING.

@johnmc3862

3 жыл бұрын

@@annieholbis2430 oh Mickey.

This is a blast from the past back in the day when MTV actually had something to do with music.

Awesome. 😊When I rank my own top ten favorite songs of the 80s this comes in at #1 for me. I never get tired of singing it when it comes up in my playlists. My 3 daughters all know the lyrics as well. Terrific song!

I heard you on the wireless back in '52. Lying awake, intent at tuning in on you, If I was young, it didn't stop you coming through..🎶❤️

@jodiepalmer2404

3 жыл бұрын

Oh-a, oh-a They took the credit for your second symphony Rewritten by machine and new technology And now I understand the problems you can see

@therestingrancor8259

3 жыл бұрын

@@jodiepalmer2404 oh-a oh-a🎶

Trevor Horn is the type of musician that ALL musicians should aspire to be...humble and down to earth...LEGEND !!!!

I was there for the launch of MTv. It changed a generation.

1981..my Freshman year in High School Perfect! #40...ty You Tube!

Thats pretty cool to be the 1st. Wish MTV would rededicate theirselves to music television.......

I wish they had a mtv that played all the old programs 24-7

Thank you Trevor! Still a great song/video after all these years!!!

I saw this song live in I =believe 2011, when Asia opened for YES, and Geoff Downes introduced the song by saying his hands were the first thing anyone saw when MTV began. A few years later Downes joined YES as their keyboardist.

I love that song so much and i'm happy it was the first music video👏🎵

Wow It looks really good for a 1981 vídeo

The good ole days.

The good days, when they had awesome stuff on mtv, now they have whatever. I miss the way it used to be on MTV

Some people think that Music Videos started with MTV. There has been music videos as far back as filming begin. And there were plenty of basic TV channel’s that had their Music Video time slot. Before we had MTV, we had Friday night Videos, American Bandstand and Casey Kesam.

Good job on this mini-documentary ... it told me lots that I didn't know.

I bought the record and I was a teenager. I’m that old!

3 жыл бұрын

*@Patricia Rivas* Older and still looking fabulous!

Top of the Pops was massive growing up in the UK. Remember loving this .

*Still thrills me as the first time I heard it on radio, thank you Buggles for wonderful memories*

I watched MTV for 3days straight when it first aired. I was 7

@retroguy9494

3 жыл бұрын

Your parents let you do that?

@andreacombs9242

3 жыл бұрын

@@retroguy9494 they actually did. Times were different then .... they were into too!!

@MusicByAllonaMayost

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up with the Canadian version, Much Music.

@retroguy9494

3 жыл бұрын

@@andreacombs9242 Yes, times WERE different then. Which is why, unlike today's parents, I'm surprised your parents let you back then! I know mine never would have stood for it!

@andreacombs9242

3 жыл бұрын

@@retroguy9494 well it was at dads house who only had me half of summer breaks some holidays and some school breaks. I grew up in Sacramento CA he and his wife lived in Reno NV so I was also riding dirt bikes in the desert when I visited and going to the Reno Rodeo and the Camel races held in Virginia City (awesome old western town back then I felt like Laura Ingalls lol).. and I was taught only professional gamblers gamble. Lol totally different times of course I'd fall asleep for a few hours but the channel didnt change for a long time

I rushed home from school. I turned on the tv waiting as the static buzzed. Then, the logo ran on the screen, I turned up the volume, and now I have heard this song 10,000 times.

What killed the video star?They don't show videos "Much Music" anymore either. 😔

@Grandizer8989

3 жыл бұрын

The Real World

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568

3 жыл бұрын

ah, MuchMusic....the candian music video show with vj Erica Ehm.

@Grandizer8989

3 күн бұрын

Streaming from our toilets

Wow 40 year anniversary!!!! Thanks for 17 years of videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember watching the premier of MTV and this first video. I hated it then but as an adult it has become a very emotional song for me.

Before MTV started they used to play music videos and short films between movies on HBO. The first music video I saw there was by the Police, I think it was Roxanne.

In “Wedding Singer” and “Take That Waltz”

Yep, I remember watching when MTV first aired. All of the kids in my school went home to watch this new music channel air on TV. It was all we talked about.

I remember switching channels and found once that had a countdown and and the astronaut and said "In 5 minutes a whole new tv adventure begins: (something like rhthat...) I was still sitting there happy, 7 years later!

I was there..i got to see it begin..what a time to be alive!

The irony of the song and MTV's first televised music video, now we're watching it over the internet though a data connection our pocket sized computers using a video streaming application. Whoah 🤯

I want my mtv

@retroguy9494

3 жыл бұрын

Money for nothing and the chicks for free.......

@KeesKouwenberg

3 жыл бұрын

That sums it all up!

I met Alan Hunter at Chicago Fest in 1981 he was talking about MTV.

I used to date the little girl in this video (wearing Oshkosh B'gosh Overalls) in the late 1990s. She was a child actress and also in the movie "Annie" Her name is Natassia. I forgot the last name

@wildechild5

3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking I wonder what happened to that little girl in the video. You know what she's doing now?

@billyshepard5514

3 жыл бұрын

@@wildechild5 no I lost contact with her. She was living in Los Angeles last I knew.

@FlaMan991

3 жыл бұрын

perv

@billyshepard5514

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlaMan991 she was 30 dummy

@deadendkid1968

3 жыл бұрын

@@billyshepard5514 I know a girl who was in Annie (Tammy O'Roarke)...her little sister stared in the Poltergiest movies...but she was in the dance numbers with the orphans...

I remember Much Music going on the air and they too played Video Killed the Radio Star. I too still love this song.

I watch this as a kid. Thats back when MTV played Music.

I think the real beginning of what is the MTV mindset started with the appearance of Michael Nesmith's video RIO on the show FRIDAYS a couple years (not sure how much) earlier. It sure created a buzz, and Michael was very much a presence in the public/printed word predicting (and working on) the creation of a "visual music station" with his ELEPHANT PARTS and concept he called POP-CLIPS. Nonetheless, I do love the Radio Star song for some gosh darn inexplicable reason. Maybe just cuz it's catchy...and THAT used to count.

Video killed the radio star, *but at this point streaming has killed video.*

@wazzup233

3 жыл бұрын

And Spotify killed the record companies 🤣🤑

@jackmarlow4355

3 жыл бұрын

@@wazzup233 records are still being printed.... but mostly picture discs

@oneremadytv8773

3 ай бұрын

Not at all cuz without the video you won't know what to stream video is always going to be relevant because without video you won't know who the artist is and you know you wouldn't know what songs to go stream of theirs without the video

Worth the watch for the snippet of Trev at the end.

I remember Mitch Miller and Kate Smith. I am THAT old :-)

Wow, I always assumed that the song was made expressly for MTV's debut. I had no idea it existed prior to MTV's development and was not even about MTV. That said, it's strange how prescient the song-writer was; the world he envisioned doesn't sound so different from the world today.

@RSEFX

3 жыл бұрын

I think maybe they had seen Michael Nesmith's video RIO and got wind of the big reaction to it. Music video suddenly was "in the air". I sure remember the buzz about it not long before Radio Star first played.

@danacoleman4007

Жыл бұрын

Me too!!!

I remember the vid from the Buggles. Pat Benetar . Billy Squire and Rick Springfield were also some of the first to have vids on MTV in '81.

I was there watching. Another favorite from the Buggles, "Clean Clean".

For those of you who aren't familiar with the album that Horne and Downs made with Yes it's called "Drama" and it is an excellent album. Highly recommended.

I saw this video for the first time on a video show on Nickelodeon called Pop Clips. It came before MTV. I was 12 when MTV debuted. Damn, I'm old...lol

Got it on vinyl, roller skated to it early 80s

It was a hit in NZ as well we had a local show called RTR or Ready To Roll long before MTV

EPIC. simply EPIC

First music video was made in Seaside, CA. Nesmith's "RIO" in 79 was the BIRTH OF MTV,by way of PBS? Something like that. To much quality time in Carmel Valley and Big Sur.

@728huey

3 жыл бұрын

Technically there were music videos made sporadically during the 1960's, with the Beatles releasing "I Am the Walrus", Procul Harum releasing "A Wider Shade of Pale", and Bob Dylan releasing "Subterranean Homesick Blues". Queen also released several music videos during the 1970's.

The first I saw it was when HBO had videos shorts between movies. And I do believe that was before MTV.

Literally Video Killed The Radio Star is on my playlist I love it

U2 was a test subject for MTV in 1980

MTV was on in my house from sun up till sun down in the 80's. It is a shame we can't watch Music on it anymore. A damn shame.

Wishing you the best

I love that song! Still !

I missed the moment by about an hour. Spent about six hours watching the same handful of music videos over and over, though. I sort of miss MTV, even though KZread delivers all the music videos ever, there's something about how not knowing what the next song/video will be that is fun.

Ah back when MTV actually played videos!!!!! I remember watching for what seemed like forever to see my favorite video!

The 1st on MTV....& I saw it live !

I recall a music video produced by Scorpio Tunes (?) that featured Bobbie Bee singing "The Night has a Thousand Eyes" originally released in 1962

My parents first got cable around 82 or 83. This video was still in heavy rotation on MTV even then.

I saw it on HBO Video Jukebox a couple of years before MTV went live.

I remember seeing this video before MTV came out on a show called Pop Clips on Nickelodeon

Video Killed the Radio star is one of the Greatest songs and Videos of All Time. The House beat in this song is Sick!

I was a few years late getting MTV. Finally got it in 85 when my parents bought a satellite dish. Eventually MTV made it to everyone with cable. I always loved watching the evening news commercial breaks. MTV is unrecognizable now.

Love the AI upscaled footage!

Yes I remember when MTV came about.

I remember this.

Life imitates art, the process and struggle behind doing a music video that broke barriers, almost proving that video DID in fact kill any radio star LOL. I was like WTF? when you mentioned Hans Zimmer!

It’s ironic that there is more music videos available then in any point in time yet MTV just has reality TV shows. Their Unplugged sessions in mid 90s were iconic. Now it’s just awful.

So cool it was.

Thank you

I saw Trevor Horn front Yes in the late eightie's I would guess. Good times.

should be mentioned that later Trevor Horn did awesome stuff with his ZTT label.

Would give anything to have that album

I was 12 years ils in August 82 and watched MTV that day

The video was on tv in Australia 2yrs before MTV

Well the last 3 seconds were insightful

🙋🏻‍♂️ hello from Sweden 🇸🇪

I remember the The Tubes She's a Beauty. Lol

meencantasuletray musica,yelvideomuy pegadizo....

I ve always thought it was Money for Nothing, but now I guess it was because of its lyrics.

@jennyfurr

3 жыл бұрын

That would’ve been cool!

@bubbaguy4411

3 жыл бұрын

If only MTV had held off for 4 more years then...yeah...However, it WAS the first video when MTV decided to expand in 1987 (I think) with "MTV Europe"

And to think 40 years later, mtv would be complete crap.

@rayjingloryproductions3770

3 жыл бұрын

Their true lifespan was Ten YEARS. 83 to 93. Then they were overtaken by Crap and SHIT Hop. And ALL THE BOY BANDS. SHITPOP "Singers" with a CADRE of distracting back up dancers. Game shows. UN reality shows. "News" programming (Of which there was ZERO when the channel appeared). What a shame.