What MTV music video do you remember seeing debut for the first time? - ThreadSky

jakevig.bsky.social • 2 days ago

What MTV music video do you remember seeing debut for the first time?

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family won satellite dish, the big one kind, when signals were all free and I got MTV tuned in and they were heavily promoting this new Prince song

https://youtu.be/l7vRSu_wsNc?si=yaQO1hwWE5tOxFds

davidniallwilson.com•2 days ago

I'm that guy. I saw Video Killed the Radio Star when it premiered.

cablomster.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also that gal 🙋‍♀️

te-kanawa.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also that guy

anthrodiva.bsky.social•2 days ago

Me three

justtheprincess.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also was watching.

klaybourne.bsky.social•2 days ago

Same! 🤘

calyka.bsky.social•2 days ago

Same.

jakevig.bsky.social•2 days ago

the genesis

davidniallwilson.com•2 days ago

I am an MTV OG.

jnrn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Take It On The Run ~ REO Speedwagon. 1981 was a great year.

abbysomeone1.bsky.social•1 day ago

The be-all end-all of MTV premieres:

dadmakingcans.bsky.social•2 days ago

Victim of Love - Robert Palmer

jakevig.bsky.social•2 days ago

do you mean Addicted to Love?

edgardoblock.bsky.social•2 days ago

tbf, the two things are not mutually exclusive, as per the blues 😀

garymuppet.bsky.social•2 days ago

I saw lots but for some reason that Free Willy song by Michael Jackson is the one that sticks out

betsyross.bsky.social•2 days ago

Prince-When Doves Cry

mariablack.bsky.social•1 day ago

Video killed the radio Star

knewagirlnic.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thriller

profdolske.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thriller

arjayman.bsky.social•2 days ago

not sure, but I had to move out of Philly to see it.

Breakin the Law is burned into my brain as first/best

stevecvi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thriller

That was a huge deal back then.

babewiththepower.bsky.social•2 days ago

The epitome of the genre, Thriller.

slipofmytongue.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also becoming aware of the word vegemite.

marfyroo24.bsky.social•2 days ago

maxthyme.bsky.social•2 days ago

November Rain

rjharris816.bsky.social•2 days ago

qualitysnark.bsky.social•1 day ago

I just turned a co-worker on to this video last week.

cdbrow1.bsky.social•2 days ago

I turned this on just as the step kids came in the front door. Blew their mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw

jimander.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pat Benatar

qualitysnark.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.

I also remember when David Bowie's Blue Jean extended video debuted.

danibananica.bsky.social•2 days ago

I know I probably saw a lot. I was chronically addicted to MTV but I can’t recall and I wish I could

danibananica.bsky.social•1 day ago

I know I saw Thriller premier. Trying to remember what if anything I saw before that. I lost sleep thinking about this because I have issues

edgardoblock.bsky.social•2 days ago

“If you remember the 1980s you probably weren’t there” or something like that - Falco

skyhooman.bsky.social•22 hours ago

The dozens of versions of Yes “Leave It” videos

erdrickstorm.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thriller. They put it on the big screen at skateland, which was the most 80’s thing ever.

waynefryback.bsky.social•2 days ago

Weapon of Choice.

I was stoned off my ass and it scared the shit out of me. 😂

sgbohs.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Thriller”

jeffgleason.bsky.social•1 day ago

Surely there were some before it, but I watched every episode of the first 10 seasons of Making The Video.

raisingonebrow.bsky.social•2 days ago

Great White ‘Once Bitten Twice Shy’

westcoastweller.bsky.social•1 day ago

Blondie

ianif.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Sweater Song - Weezer
Blind - Korn
Paranoid Android - Radiohead

sicburns2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thriller
Jump (Van Halen)
We are the World

At the time I thought video premiers would be that big a deal forever. Ha!

mamafi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Duran-Duran
Rio

dumpythepumpkin.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm old as ballz

jakevig.bsky.social•2 days ago

great cut

dagnabbit62.bsky.social•1 day ago

ayankdownunder.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fish heads

retrodes.net•2 days ago

Fun trivia: that video was directed by actor Bill Paxton, who even appears in the video.

(He is the guy who took a fish head out to see a movie & didn’t have to pay to get it in.)

ayankdownunder.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, he's all over that video, with the round sunnies on.😁

ayankdownunder.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's so cool, I had no idea!

tracylacy84.bsky.social•1 day ago

That is so random and I love it, I gotta look up the video now, thank you, I have a soft spot for Paxton.

qualitysnark.bsky.social•1 day ago

Another fun trivia fact: one of the Barnes&Barnes guys who sang "Fisheads" is Billy Mumy, AKA Will Robinson from Lost in Space.

ayankdownunder.bsky.social•1 day ago

I thought I sensed danger!

qualitysnark.bsky.social•1 day ago

julessky.bsky.social•2 days ago

Saw the very first video on MTV - Video Killed the Radio Star

snacksalot.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thriller

mulk.bsky.social•1 day ago

Many things, but for some reason I have a vivid recollection of seeing the video for True Men Don't Kill Coyotes by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, late one night.

dreamsingray.bsky.social•1 day ago

Digital Underground Humpty Dance when I was 10ish

mardigroan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thriller, because of the hype for the debut. I'm sure there were others, that I now forget viewing the debut of, that would have made a better answer.

jakevig.bsky.social•2 days ago

That was definitely the one that put a big debut on the map. But they used to just roll some out randomly that no one was expecting.

mardigroan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes. I likely remember many of those videos still but seeing their debuts - introduced by maybe Mark Goodman or Martha Quinn - is something lost to me in the cruel passage of time.

freerangemink.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Jesus Christ Pose" - pretty sure they only ever aired it the one time.

freerangemink.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Sweet Child O' Mine" ~ it was a summer (no school) morning around ten AM (CST). Maybe it was a Tuesday and maybe it wasn't. Anyway it was pretty mind-blowing for this teen.