August 1, 1981 at 12:01 AM- MTV made its cable television debut. I wasn’t sitting in front of the television watching on that day- the cable company in town was a little slow in getting it- as I recall we finally got MTV in the summer of 1983.
MTV back then believe it or not played music videos- not culturally bankrupt trash. They didn’t have deejays- they had veejays- and the original MTV veejays were Alan Hunter, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, J.J. Jackson and my favorite Martha Quinn.
A trivia question over the years has been what was the first video ever played on MTV- it was “Video Killed The Radio Star” by The Buggles- but do you know what was played next? Attached below is a list of the first 25 videos played on MTV.
https://spinditty.com/industry/List-of-first-25-videos-played-on-MTV
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Thanks for the memory nudge, MTV and Spring Break Daytona Beach lol!!!
Cool list!
They played some good music back in the day.
About Martha Quinn.. there’s a weird but charming 4 part video of Martha and Bob Dylan backstage at a concert in the 80s.. she’s applying his eye makeup and he’s madly flirting with her
Never heard of that- sounds interesting!
It’s actually 5 parts, here’s part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6UiYoeHIB4&list=WL&index=7&t=0s