Old MTV

Tech Tee · Dec 23, 2010

Anyone have any ideas?
 
Odd question. Years ago. I mean YEARS. This was the mid-1980s. I was watching, in fact, even TAPED (no, I don't have it anymore, otherwise I wouldn't be asking) a segment on MTV where Elvis Costello was the guest VJ (yes, kiddies, they used to play music on MTV), and there were some very interesting bands/videos he picked. This was back in the days of Adam Curry, Downtown Julie Brown, Mark Goodman, and girl next door Martha Quinn.
 
One of the songs was Johnny Rotten's group Public Image Limited's Rise (which at the time, sounded, to me, SO EDGY, but now sounds so tame/lame/boring).
 
But he had a few other bands and songs that I thought were good (at least then). I'd like to revisit them.
 
Anyway, I'd love to find that broadcast again, and, especially the videos. Or, at least, a listing of who was on. MTV's website is no help. The search comes up with nothing. And there is no way to send an e-mail to the staff. yeah, I could drop something on one of the blogs, but I'd rather not. Elvis' site had no place to ask questions either.
 
A regular old google search isn't turning up anything.
 
Anyone have any ideas?

RandMart · Dec 23, 2010

Fire up the Delorean???

RandMart · Dec 23, 2010

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by Tech Tee <a href="/forum/thread/71789/old-mtv#post_1971673"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a> yes, kiddies, they used to play music on MTV
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Tech Tee · Dec 23, 2010

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 You would think that there would be a playlist somewhere in the anals (yes, I misspelled that on purpose) of MTV.

RandMart · Dec 23, 2010

Much like the Apollo Moon Landings, Rocky V, and Van Halen III ... Music on MTV??? Never REALLY happened!!!

Mrtambalynman · Dec 23, 2010

Did you try youtube?

gretriever · Dec 23, 2010

Dear Yo Gabba Gabba!,
 
Where's GWAR and The Dead Milkmen on that playlist? I want a FULL refund this time! 
 
Sincerely,
Center cubicle in the office.

gumbee · Dec 23, 2010

I used to take a couple days off over the holidays during the golden era of MTV. I would turn MTV on and leave it on for four or five days.
Probably the best memory was the 24 hours of Christmas as hosted by The Monkees, with Michael Nesmith showing up dressed as Santa in the last hour as a surprise.

RandMart · Dec 23, 2010

Did we ever determine whether Martha Quinn was in the "Centerfold" video or not???

PeterP · Dec 23, 2010

Does anyone else think that chick from Sprout looks like Martha Quinn?

kerfwango · Dec 23, 2010

Heh. This thread already comes to the top of Google with "elvis costello mtv guest vj."

Tech Tee · Dec 23, 2010

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by gretriever <a href="/forum/thread/71789/old-mtv#post_1971755"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a> Dear Yo Gabba Gabba!,
 
Where's GWAR and The Dead Milkmen on that playlist? I want a FULL refund this time! 
 
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Center cubicle in the office. 
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Wow. Dead Milkmen. I have two of their CDs from the 80s...Not sure if I'm proud of that, or ashamed.

Tech Tee · Dec 23, 2010

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 Yeah, tried it. Actually, I'd bet that those bands are there. its just that I don't know who they were.

Tech Tee · Dec 23, 2010

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 I'll never figure out google's algorithm. I certainly used that search term last night, but when I put it in, it did NOT fill in automatically.

gretriever · Dec 23, 2010

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Wow. Dead Milkmen. I have two of their CDs from the 80s...Not sure if I'm proud of that, or ashamed. 

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Stuart is a classic. Even better than Bitchin' Camaro.

RandMart · Dec 23, 2010

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Be Proud!!! and relive the days <a href="http://jacktalcum.com/archivebotm.php" target="_blank">HERE</a>
 
I was at most of them INCLUDING!!!
 
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=409096&id=100000051587761" id="user_myphotolink" target="_blank"><img alt="34465_137813896230329_100000051587761_409095_595424_n.jpg" id="user_myphoto" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs042.snc4/34465_137813896230329_100000051587761_409095_595424_n.jpg" style="width:347px;height:450px;"></a>
 
I saw a LOT of bands at Abe's: Crucifux, MoreFiends, She-Male Encounter ... My girlfriend at the time [the one who tried to kill me] made a LOT of flyers for Abe's
 
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gretriever · Dec 24, 2010

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Full House - best live album evah!

RandMart · Dec 24, 2010

Saw J Geills open for The Stones at JFK ... Damn good party band = never given enough credit
 
Peter Wolfe's solo move [see below] may or may not have killed them ... after all, how many bands do you know carry full-time horn sections these days??? Let alone a harp player named Magic Dick???

[please forgive the karaoke subtitles]
[and YEAH, that's Bruce Willis's house when he was on Miami Vice]

Tech Tee · Dec 24, 2010

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Wow. Dead Milkmen. I have two of their CDs from the 80s...Not sure if I'm proud of that, or ashamed. 

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Stuart is a classic. Even better than Bitchin' Camaro. 

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Bitchin' Camero is a great song. As is Serrated Edge (Charles Nelson nailed to a cross). I had Beelzebubba (don't like it too much except for Stuart, and Big Lizard In My Back Yard (which I like). By the way, I hear they are reunited and touring again. I lost Beelzebubba. Don't know what happened to it. Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance To Anything) was a GREAT song. It was hard to find their albums. They weren't exactly on the shelves of most record stores. I had to go to one alternative store up in Princeton to find them.
 
 
 
Any band that has a line like this is awesome/crazy/funny/enjoyable.
 
"You'll dance to anything by any bunch of stupid Europeans who come over here with their big hairdos intent on taking our money instead of giving your cash where it belongs to a decent American artist like myself."
 
Listening to Big Lizard right now. Gotta love a band who has 21 tracks on their CD. Because the longest song is 2 minutes. (actually Bitchin' Camaro is 2:58).
 
 
OK....for all you folks who don't know what the HELL we're talking about...check these links out. Beware...they are odd, offensive, have terrible language, and just plain stupid
 
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xuvcpjf1JU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xuvcpjf1JU</a> (Stuart, Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo stick!))
 
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U30K-Dw18Jw&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U30K-Dw18Jw&feature=related</a> (Bitchin' Camaro, doesn't really start until 7 minutes in, hard to hear the lyrics)
 
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co63vQYx9-g&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co63vQYx9-g&feature=related</a> (offensive, although I love the "heads" in the video)
 
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJYjr-vUKZM&NR=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJYjr-vUKZM&NR=1</a> (Punk Rock Girl, their big "hit")
 
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj-GIAACClc&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj-GIAACClc&feature=related</a> (Methodist Coloring Book...don't color outside the lines or God will send you to hell)
 
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ufmuvVtHc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ufmuvVtHc</a> (Serrated Edge)

Tech Tee · Dec 24, 2010

Since we're talking about punk.
 
Randy....do you remember these guys?
 
You may not have been around Philly back then. Early to mid-80s. I was up in Princeton then, used to listen to WPRB in the afternoons (they played classical in the mornings, so I wasn't interested).
 
The Fems (not the Violent Fems). This was their only song that got any airplay, and then, it was only on college stations.
 
<a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/08/the-fems-go-to-.html" target="_blank">http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/08/the-fems-go-to-.html</a>
 
The 1982 and 2001 versions are good. The 1990 version...not so good. Sheesh, these guys must be in their 50s now.
 
I still have my Repo Man soundtrack on vinyl. Not that I have anything to play it on. Love that album. I was also the occasional Tom Waits listener back then too.
 
Boy, I have odd tastes.

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