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This is a list of all the videos played on MTV's first day:

"Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles
"You Better Run" by Pat Benatar
"She Won't Dance" by Rod Stewart
"You Better You Bet" by The Who
"Little Suzi's on the Up" by PhD
"We Don't Talk Anymore" by Cliff Richard
"Brass in Pocket" by The Pretenders
"Time Heals" by Todd Rundgren
"Take it on the Run" by REO Speedwagon
"Rockin' the Paradise" by Styx
"When Things Go Wrong" by Robin Lane and The Chartbusters
"History Never Repeats" by Split Enz
"Hold on Loosely" by .38 Special
"Just Between You and Me" by April Wine
"Sailing" by Rod Stewart
"Iron Maiden" by Iron Maiden
"Keep On Loving You" by REO Speedwagon
"Message of Love" by The Pretenders
"Mr. Briefcase" by Lee Ritenour
"Double Life" by The Cars
"In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins
"Clues" by Robert Palmer
"Too Late" by The Shoes
"Stop Draggin' my Heart Around" by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Surface Tension" by Rupert Hines
"One Step Beyond" by Madness
"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
"I'm Gonna Follow You" by Pat Benatar
"Savannah Nights" by Tom Johnson
"Lucille" by Rockestra
"The Best of Times" by Styx
"Vengeance" by Carly Simon
"Wrathchild" by Iron Maiden
"I Wanna Be a Lifeguard" by Blotto
"Passion" by Rod Stewart
"Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello
"Don't Let Him Go" by REO Speedwagon
"Remote Control/I'm Too Legal" by The Silencers
"Angel of the Morning" by Juice Newton
"Little Sister" by Rockestra
"Hold on to the Night" by Bootcamp
"Dreaming" by Cliff Richard
"Is it You?" by Lee Ritenour
"Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac
"He Can't Love You" by Michael Stanley Band
"Tough Guys" by REO Speedwagon
"Rapture" by Blondie
"Don't Let Go the Coat" by The Who
"Ain't Love a Bitch" by Rod Stewart
"Talk of the Town" by The Pretenders
"Can't Happen Here" by Rainbow
"Thank You for Being a Friend" by Andrew Gold
"Bring it all Home" by Gerry Rafferty
"Sign of the Gypsy Queen" by April Wine
"The Man With the Child in His Eyes" by Kate Bush
"Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie
"Just Between You and Me" by April Wine
"Rat Race" by The Specials
"Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads
"Victim" by Bootcamp
"Tonight's the Night" by Rod Stewart
"Cruel to be Kind" by Nick Lowe

VH1 Classic will re-broadcast MTV's first day on August 1 (25th birthday of MTV). http://www.vh1.com/channels/vh1_classic/channel.jhtml

Cool. Hope MuchMoreMusic picks this up or someone torrents it [:D].

wonder if theyll start showi any other classic original mtv broadcast in complete hours or days from 81-86?

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Re: Bootcamp. I was thinking the same thing. I went to allmusic.com to see if I could find out something about them, but the closest matches were all 90s bands.

Bootcamp has a little info here:

http://www.nwoutpost.com/videos.asp?range=B

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There are a handful of music videos there I am really excited to see, some I never heard of and interested in hearing what they are all about

I'm most excited about
"Clues" by Robert Palmer (this should be titled "Looking For Clues")
"Too Late" by The Shoes
"I Wanna Be a Lifeguard" by Blotto

"Mr. Briefcase" by Leo Ritenour has to be one of the worst videos I have ever seen. Can someone explain how the group Phd got a video much less a record deal they sucked.

[quote][i]Originally posted by enzfan[/i]
<br>"Mr. Briefcase" by Leo Ritenour has to be one of the worst videos I have ever seen. Can someone explain how the group Phd got a video much less a record deal they sucked.
[/quote] I agree! And Rockin' the Paradise (Styx) and Keep On Lovin' (REO Speedwagon) were really bad videos as well.

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I have to disagree about PhD. I really liked them at the time. I have their second album and a 12 inch of "I Won't Let You Down."

I am really disappointed in the whole thing. I thought it would be a straight through run of the first day of MTV. I was looking forward to seeing the vj's and fashion.
All VH1 did is run the same videos over and over throughout the day.
I even ran out and bought some vhs tapes to tape the whole thing. [:(][V]

[quote][i]Originally posted by enzfan[/i]
<br>Can someone explain how the group Phd got a video much less a record deal they sucked.
[/quote]

I agree. I bought one of their albums in the 80's out of a delete bin and had heard good things about them, I got lied to. I have played it once back then and then found a few 45's a few years ago and got them with a bunch of others and they still suck.

[quote][i]Originally posted by enzfan[/i]
<br>"Mr. Briefcase" by Leo Ritenour has to be one of the worst videos I have ever seen. Can someone explain how the group Phd got a video much less a record deal they sucked.
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"I Won't Let You Down" was even worse. And it was a Top 5 hit in England!