The sound of August 1981
I think you mean the sound of Sept. 10 1979 OP.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 2, 2021 5:53 AM |
It was the first video that aired on MTV at 12:01am August 1, 1981
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 2, 2021 5:59 AM |
Who cares about MTV's first video?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 2, 2021 6:02 AM |
I do. Fuck you.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 2, 2021 6:07 AM |
No one in the US was familiar with this song until they saw it on MTV which turned it into a Top 40 single in 1981
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 2, 2021 6:10 AM |
Calm down R4.
Your posting of that song inspired me to pull up the album it came from.
It holds up well for a 40+ year album (I only know this group from their big hit).
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 2, 2021 6:19 AM |
It boggles my mind that The Buggles feature Trevor Horn and Hans Zimmer. Both music producing legends.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 2, 2021 7:32 AM |
The video HQ looks better than it did in the 80s
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 2, 2021 2:41 PM |
They played videos on MTV?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 2, 2021 3:41 PM |
also this hot number about selling your ass on the streets
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 25, 2021 4:14 AM |
Forty years ago today, the original MTV VJs were getting ready to launch the channel with The Buggles
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 31, 2021 4:02 AM |
Which one of you poofters can name the SECOND video ever played on MTV?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 31, 2021 4:06 AM |
List of first music videos aired on MTV
1 "Video Killed the Radio Star" The Buggles
2 "You Better Run" Pat Benatar
3 "She Won't Dance With Me" Rod Stewart
4 "You Better You Bet" The Who
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 31, 2021 4:42 AM |
How were the Buggles so prescient? MTV didn't even exist yet they knew what was going to happen.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 31, 2021 5:15 AM |
R15 Because it was about videos, not music video clips. In the early 1980s VHS started to become affordable enough to most consumers.
We can't rewind, we've gone too far Pictures came and broke your heart Put the blame on VCR
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 31, 2021 5:30 AM |
[quote]The video HQ looks better than it did in the 80s
This is because it was originally shot on film, rather than on video (oh, the irony!)
Film masters can easily be re-scanned at hi-def standards, whereas anything originally produced on videotape will always be 525 lines (625 lines in the Eurozone). Oh, and France had 800 line TV in black and white only in the 50's through 70's that still looks really stunning.
One possible exception to the low resolution of old video may come in the form of artificial intelligence based upscaling, which is now in an experimental phase. I suppose this would be a bit like Ted Turner's colorizing old movies.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 5, 2021 3:51 AM |
I think "Turning Japanese" by the Vapors was also an early video on MTV. HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY, MTV!!!!!! Also, HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 5, 2021 3:57 AM |
Gerry Todd really thinks so too, R19.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 5, 2021 1:30 PM |