MTV turns 40

[garrow]

Launched 8/1/81

Here is the first two hours

 

[Spartan Squad]

Is … is it now a man?

 

[Songbird]

We got cable in '83. I was 11. MTV hooked me from the first minute. This was the first video I ever saw and it's still my favorite Petty song:

 

[swingline]

I might like you better
If we slept together

 

[Slacker]

 

[Slacker]

 

[Slacker]

 

[Slacker]

 

[heyabbott]

Thank you for 8 years of music.

Unplugged was a great music show.

 

[Scout]

There never has been or ever will be a better guitar riff.

 

[Batman]

Thank you for 8 years of music.

Unplugged was a great music show.

I hate that those went by the wayside. Those were some of my favorite albums from the age of CDs.

 

[garrow]

 

[Scout]

That’s… wow…

But we all had Blackberries 12 years ago.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

That’s… wow…

But we all had Blackberries 12 years ago.

iPhones officially began in 2007 and iPads began in 2010. Hardly seems like ancient history to this Gen Xer.

Then again, I enjoy being able to check my fantasy teams any time I like instead of having to go to a computer with internet access.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Is … is it now a man?

It's definitely sporting a mullet these days.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

That’s… wow…

But we all had Blackberries 12 years ago.

I had a Blackberry 16 years ago and it was amazing. Speak for yourself.

 

[Scout]

I had a Blackberry 16 years ago and it was amazing. Speak for yourself.

But it’s ancient history to teenagers.

 

[Neutral Corner]

I might like you better
If we slept together

I had both the EP and the album. Romeo Void was the ****.

 

[wicked]

Has there ever been a company that imploded as quickly as BlackBerry did. They were the thing in D.C. until Obama came to town.

 

[Tighthead]

Has there ever been a company that imploded as quickly as BlackBerry did. They were the thing in D.C. until Obama came to town.

In the simplest possible terms, I don’t think they foresaw smartphones as a consumer device, just as a business device. They had great tech and zero fun/fashion appeal.

When I got my first blackberry I don’t think I’d sent a text in my life.

They were durable though, and I had a charger for extra batteries which was great.