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HBO had a "Video Jukebox" as well. Hard to believe but people rushed home from school to watch that 3-hour Michael Jackson "Thriller" video. OK, it wasn't 3 hours, just seemed that way.

 

"Night Flight" had cool film clips, too. They'd show the campy old dating films, or "duck-and-cover" films. It was a great combination of entertainment.

 

Agrees with this post </jmenforever>

 

We didn't have MTV on our basic cable package, so we had to settle for the weekly showing of Night Tracks on Friday nights. It was actually better than MTV because we had to stay up past midnight (gasp!) and usually ended up falling asleep on the living room in sleeping bags.

The funny thing? When I think of Night Tracks, I always think of the Steve Perry video for Oh Sherry! For some reason, that's the video I associate with Night Tracks.

How's this for nostalgia?

 

I used to watch Friday Night Videos on one of the local network channels when I was little.

 

Maybe a spoiler alert from the book, but grunge happened while MTV was pushing hair metal, making its major thrust instantly quaint. Grunge groups didn't feel the need to go all out for MTV, and new owners slashed budgets and personnel. Plus they found out that actual programs like Real World were going to get better ratings than videos.

Of course, VH1, which was founded as the counter to Ted Turner's feeble attempt at a music video channel, became the actual "music television." And now it's not so much that anymore, leaving that to BYH Classic

 

Night Tracks was cool. One night it showed every Neil Young video ever made. He did some serious horseshit for most of the 80s.

 

"...and Night Tracks will immediately follow Braves Baseball..."

 

Bump MTV down to third in Aug. 1 musical importance. On 8-1-27, the Carter Family made their first recording as part of the Bristol Sessions.

 

I watched it a few times. For some reason, I always remember Jason and Justine Bateman hosting them.

 

And it was worth it, right? On another front, long live Beavis and Butthead.

 

That's pretty cool.