MTV circa 1983

[ondeadline]

I used to watch a lot of MTV, but now I couldn't even tell you where it is on my channel guide.

 

[Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell]

I saw this on an other board, the commercial for the Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks contest cracked me up the most. Also, I never realized at the time how boring Mark Goodman was.

That's because you were five ****ing years old in '83!

Time for the big people to watch MTV, you go watch GoBots or something. :D

The Go-Bots cartoon didn't debut until '84, jerkass :D

Christ. I'm sitting here trying to watch Human League and you're throwing GoBots' debut dates at me? Did you really write that? You documented on a major national message board that you possess that knowledge?

Don't make me burn your teddy bear on the stove burner, nerdboy. It might be 25 years later, but I still think his ass isn't crispy enough. :D

I looked it up on Wikipedia, I never really watched the Go-Bots anyway. I don't think there's anything left of that teddy bear to burn, but thanks for bringing up one of the most traumatic experiences of my childhood, jerkass! :D

SJ should know that the aforementioned bear, Michael, was the bomb. He wasn't as cool as Archie the Armadillo or my bear, Abercrombie, but cool nonetheless.

I fully admit I was a total **** for burning his bear's ass and that I scarred Z-Man for life. I had issues as a misbegoten youth. Didn't I burn a couple of G.I. Joe's you had taken out of circulation?

As far as I know, you only burned this one.

 

[jmm1412]

Cool. Seconds in, I see the list of dates for the Synchronicity II tour and the concert I was at in Biloxi.

Hey. I was at that show too. We went from Pensacola on some radio-station bus.

 

[dooley_womack1]

I saw this on an other board, the commercial for the Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks contest cracked me up the most. Also, I never realized at the time how boring Mark Goodman was.

That's because you were five ****ing years old in '83!

Time for the big people to watch MTV, you go watch GoBots or something. :D

The Go-Bots cartoon didn't debut until '84, jerkass :D

Christ. I'm sitting here trying to watch Human League and you're throwing GoBots' debut dates at me? Did you really write that? You documented on a major national message board that you possess that knowledge?

Don't make me burn your teddy bear on the stove burner, nerdboy. It might be 25 years later, but I still think his ass isn't crispy enough. :D

I looked it up on Wikipedia, I never really watched the Go-Bots anyway. I don't think there's anything left of that teddy bear to burn, but thanks for bringing up one of the most traumatic experiences of my childhood, jerkass! :D

SJ should know that the aforementioned bear, Michael, was the bomb. He wasn't as cool as Archie the Armadillo or my bear, Abercrombie, but cool nonetheless.

I fully admit I was a total **** for burning his bear's ass and that I scarred Z-Man for life. I had issues as a misbegoten youth. Didn't I burn a couple of G.I. Joe's you had taken out of circulation?

As far as I know, you only burned this one.

Wasn't that part of the Village People set?

 

[terrier]

Martha was a bit spavined, wasn't she?

Jesus, Fenian, that is one of the coldest things I've ever heard anyone say.
But now that I've looked the word up, I agree.

 

[Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell]

I saw this on an other board, the commercial for the Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks contest cracked me up the most. Also, I never realized at the time how boring Mark Goodman was.

That's because you were five ****ing years old in '83!

Time for the big people to watch MTV, you go watch GoBots or something. :D

The Go-Bots cartoon didn't debut until '84, jerkass :D

Christ. I'm sitting here trying to watch Human League and you're throwing GoBots' debut dates at me? Did you really write that? You documented on a major national message board that you possess that knowledge?

Don't make me burn your teddy bear on the stove burner, nerdboy. It might be 25 years later, but I still think his ass isn't crispy enough. :D

I looked it up on Wikipedia, I never really watched the Go-Bots anyway. I don't think there's anything left of that teddy bear to burn, but thanks for bringing up one of the most traumatic experiences of my childhood, jerkass! :D

SJ should know that the aforementioned bear, Michael, was the bomb. He wasn't as cool as Archie the Armadillo or my bear, Abercrombie, but cool nonetheless.

I fully admit I was a total **** for burning his bear's ass and that I scarred Z-Man for life. I had issues as a misbegoten youth. Didn't I burn a couple of G.I. Joe's you had taken out of circulation?

As far as I know, you only burned this one.

Wasn't that part of the Village People set?

Yeah, it came with these guys.

 

[Chi City 81]

SHIPWRECK!!!!!!

I had something like 30 GI Joes. Not one was Snake. :'(

 

[Del_B_Vista]

Cool. Seconds in, I see the list of dates for the Synchronicity II tour and the concert I was at in Biloxi.

Hey. I was at that show too. We went from Pensacola on some radio-station bus.

Small world, no?

And I probably only watched/listened to about 15 minutes of it, but it was something to see how the world's changed since 1983. A couple of examples:

1) 1-800-HOT-ROCK: You mean we actually had to wait like a week to get music? Hello, iTunes.

2) Goodman starts talking about some interview of some band. "If you want to see the interview, go to the museum in Berlin. Who the heck are we kidding? We've never been to Berlin, who's going to go to Berlin to see that interview?" Thanks, the InterWebs!

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

I've no idea why, but a few minutes of that depressed me. Weird.

Felt the same way.

 

[Bob Cook]

I've no idea why, but a few minutes of that depressed me. Weird.

Because instead of watching MTV for three hours and ignoring your parents, you're now watching MTV for three hours and ignoring your child(ren)?

 

[HandsomeHarley]

God I had the hots for that chick from Bow Wow Wow.

I had the hots for two MTV video chicks:

Terri Nunn of Berlin. In "The Metro" video, she was smoking hot.

The chick in Bryan Adams' "Cuts Like A Knife" video. Beautiful black hair, gorgeous face, and she strips (you can't see anything). Damn, that lady had me adjusting my fly.

 

[Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell]

The best part of the second video is definitely the Ken Anderson Coffee Achievers commercial.

 

[Bubbler]

How weird. Based on the video, this aired the first week of November 1983 (more on that in a separate thread).

Men At Work's It's A Mistake is among the videos shown ... and unbeknownst to us ... the Soviets damn near did mistakenly blow us to kingdom come in early November 1983. Colin Hay -- new wave Nostradamist!

 

[Football_Bat]

How weird. Based on the video, this aired the first week of November 1983 (more on that in a separate thread).

Men At Work's It's A Mistake is among the videos shown ... and unbeknownst to us ... the Soviets damn near did mistakenly blow us to kingdom come in early November 1983. Colin Hay -- new wave Nostradamist!

I went back in time and saved us all.

You're welcome. ;D

 

[Mira]

I was 16 in 1983 and MTV fascinated me to no end. I loved Leo Sayer, REO Speedwagon ... and of course, Duran Duran.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Miss the original VJs? Wish MTV still showed videos? Then I've got the link for you.

Three hours of MTV from 1983 including videos, commercials and Mark Goodman ...

http://www.appelogen.be/2008/01/25/3-uur-mtv-uit-1983/

Wait, let me feather my hait and throw on my British Flag t-shirt like Joe Elliott!!!

And please let there be some Marhta Quinn. Me and Mojo Nxon want to watch.

 

[Bubbler]

The best part of the second video is definitely the Ken Anderson Coffee Achievers commercial.

I remember that commercial, and I always wondered why I associated ELO with coffee, now I know.

Among the mysteries of it is that it looked as if Kurt Vonnegut is in the ad too, along with some B-grade early 80s personalities, yet they focus most on Ken Anderson. Who knew Super Bowl XVI would be the endorsement bonanza it was for the then-veteran Bengal QB?

"Do your best!"

There's a lot of commercials on there that took me back, including the Cody cologne commercial with the two cave-teens, and all of the Sessions compilations. Awesome footage.

 

[JR]

Ah, to be 16 again, sigh.....

Or, 33.

Here's my (And FB, and Spinited and Casty) generation's MTV:

 

[Bob Cook]

Ah, to be 16 again, sigh.....

Or, 33.

Here's my (And FB, and Spinited and Casty) generation's MTV:

Just like Chrissie Hynde in "Middle of the Road," circa 1983.

Which means Chrissie Hynde is REALLY ****ING OLD.

 

[patchs]

Ah, to be 16 again, sigh.....

Or, 33.

Here's my (And FB, and Spinited and Casty) generation's MTV:

What, no Canadian Bandstand?
Bruno Gerussi could have hosted.