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Here's a list of the first 50 videos played on MTV.


1) Video Killed the Radio Star- The Buggles
2) You Better Run- Pat Benatar
3) She Won't Dance- Rod Stewart
4) You Better You Bet- The Who
5) Little Susie's on the Up- PhD
6) We Don't Talk Anymore- Cliff Richard
7) Brass in Pocket- The Pretenders
8. Time Heals- Todd Rundgren
9) Take it on the Run- REO Speedwagon
10) Rockin' the Paradise- Styx
11) When Things Go Wrong- Robiin Lane & The Chartbusters
12) History Never Repeats- Split Enz
13) Hold on Loosely- .38 Special
14) Just Between You & Me- April Wine
15) Sailing- Rod Stewart
16) Iron Maiden- Iron Maiden
17) Keep on Loving You- REO Speedwagon
18. Message of Love- The Pretenders
19) Mr. Briefcase- Lee Ritenour
20) Double Life- The Cars
21) In the Air Tonight- Phil Collins
22) Clues- Robert Palmer
23) Too Late- The Shoes
24) Stop Draggin' my Heart Around- Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
25) Surface Tension- Rupert Hines
26) One Step Beyond- Madness
27) Baker Street- Gerry Rafferty
28. I'm Gonna Follow You- Pat Benatar
29) Savannah Nights- Tom Johnson
30) Lucille- Rockestra
31) The Best of Times- Styx
32) Vengeance- Carly Simon
33) Wrathchild- Iron Maiden
34) I Wanna Be a Lifeguard- Blotto
35) Passion- Rod Stewart
36) Oliver's Army- Elvis Costello
37) Don't Let Him Go- REO Speedwagon
38. Remote Control/I'm Too Legal- The Silencers
39) Angel of the Morning- Juice Newton
40) Little Sister- Rockestra
41) Hold on to the Night- Bootcamp
42) Dreaming- Cliff Richard
43) Is it You? - Lee Ritenour
44) Tusk- Fleetwood Mac
45) He Can't Love You- Michael Stanley Band
46) Tough Guys- REO Speedwagon
47) Rapture- Blondie
48. Don't Let Go the Coat- The Who
49) Ain't Love a Bitch- Rod Stewart
50) Talk of the Town- The Pretenders

Wow! what a really eclectic mix! I love that Rupert Hine video - also liked his video for "Misplaced Love". And that Blotto video was hilarious.

45) He Can't Love You- Michael Stanley Band
41) Hold on to the Night- Bootcamp
38) Remote Control/I'm Too Legal- The Silencers
34) I Wanna Be a Lifeguard- Blotto
29) Savannah Nights- Tom Johnson
11) When Things Go Wrong- Robiin Lane & The Chartbuster

[quote][i]Originally posted by SwampThing[/i]
<br>45) He Can't Love You- Michael Stanley Band
41) Hold on to the Night- Bootcamp
38) Remo

The US was inundated with plenty of Cliff Richard and REO Speedwagon, eh? I recorded the first hour on VHS when it was rebroadcast on MTV's 5th anniversary (stuck in a box somewhere, I'm sure). Mark Goodman had that Kevin Cronin stand-in look. Ugh. "W

I was so pissed when Mtv came on the air, my cable company didn't pick it up for almost a year. I had to go to my cousins house to watch it. I remember staying there for hours, it exposed me to a lot of music that i would never have heard otherwise.

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[quote][i]Originally posted by SwampThing[/i]
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34) I Wanna Be a Lifeguard- Blotto
5) Little Susie's on the Up- PhD

I was a MTV jun

[quote][i]Originally posted by WolverineSyr[/i]
<br>I was so pissed when Mtv came on the air, my cable company didn't pick it up for almost

I'm surprised to see so much total crap on the list.

I'm in agreement with manekineko...I had always equated the early days of MTV with lotsa New Wave, and there is hardly ANY NW on that list! I am amazed. I just don't remember that much AOR crap in those days. Maybe I was really good at tuning it out. Nigh

early MTV was really middle of the road...thinking back on it now I'm not certain if they were looking for a demographic or simply playing what was out there...don't forget, this was 81 and there wasn't the glut of crap there is now...this was more select

[quote][i]Originally posted by XXX[/i]

Yeah. It was all about NightFlight and Friday Night Videos back then[8D]

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I don't think MTV ever had a direction musically. They just went with the flow. Early they seemed to settle on Rock, then new wave/pop, later Metal, then Rap, and finally non-music shows.

[quote][i]Originally posted by WolverineSyr[/i]
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I don't think I watched Friday Night videos too much. The video show I recalled wa

It would be really cool if they packaged this up and release a dvd of it. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.