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19 June 2006

Rember when MTV played videos? →[More:] Which one is your fave? I'm currently checking out the Waitresses "I Know What Boys Like".

post by: Doohickie at: 20:42 | 42 comments

In a related story, the post hasn't been deleted yet on MeFi. Just sayin'.

posted by Doohickie 19 June | 20:46

Awesome.

posted by jrossi4r 19 June | 20:50

I wanted "And I Ran" by the A Flock of Seagulls. Well, as soon as I saw their name.

I have a bad feeling about this. Check with me in six hours.

posted by kmellis 19 June | 21:06

Oh, Christ. I've been wanting to watch that Bow Wow Wow video of "I Want Candy" for the longest time.

posted by kmellis 19 June | 21:12

what a great find, Doohickie! Now I know what I'll be doing for the rest of the night, click, click away...

What ever happened to Tanita Tikaram?

posted by carmina 19 June | 21:43

and, oh! my god! what hair! and clothes...

posted by carmina 19 June | 21:47

You should watch Olivia Newton John's "Physical" for the hair and, um, clothes.

posted by kmellis 19 June | 21:56

eeek! Keith... I owe you one!

posted by carmina 19 June | 22:09

Ah yes... "A Flock of Beagles".... I remember them....

posted by Doohickie 19 June | 22:11

Yay! The (mostly) love it on the Blue! Maybe Jess will not regret absolving me of my sins.

posted by Doohickie 19 June | 22:14

What was the first music video you saw?

For me it was Styx and ... ummmm, "Babe" off of "Cornerstone" and seen very very very late at night on (back when it was) WTBS. The credits for the damn thing were as long as the song itself, but it was awesome.

posted by WolfDaddy 19 June | 22:15

Milli Vanilli!!!!! oive!

yeah! what happened to them....

posted by carmina 19 June | 22:20

i love you for this!!! it's just what i needed!!!! (especially after working past 9 and feeling ancient) : >

posted by amberglow 19 June | 22:26

The first one I remember is the Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime".

GAWD: The guitar riff on Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy" makes me so maniacally happy. I think I just had the emotional equivalent to an orgasm!

Speaking of Talkin Heads... "And She Was". Brilliant!

We had a fire at our fraternity during my college years, and naturally, the Talking Heads song "Burning Down the House" happened to be popular at that moment. A theme song was born.

Ah, good times. Good times.

posted by Doohickie 19 June | 22:26

The first video I remember is Welcome to my Nightmare.

posted by arse_hat 19 June | 22:34

Madness- Our House, great song; bad link. Luckily, YouTube saved the day. A great song with a video that looks like was blast to make!

posted by Doohickie 19 June | 22:35

First video I ever saw on MTV was Waitin' on a Friend by the Rolling Stones. Second one was Please Please Tell Me Now by Duran Duran (still love that song).

posted by jrossi4r 19 June | 22:51

Iggy Pop, Cry for Love. I still weep.

posted by carmina 19 June | 22:57

Here's a list of those that caught my interest (not necessarily my favorite bands or songs, but for whatever reason hits my nostalgia buttons the hardest):

After The Fire - Der Kommissar
Aldo Nova - Fantasy
Art of Noise (feat. Max Headroom) - Paranoimia
Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
Blondie - Call Me
Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You
Boomtown Rats - Don't Like Mondays
Boston - Amanda
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Dexy's Midnight Runner - Come On Eileen
Edgar Winter - Frankenstein
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
Gary Numan - Cars
Hall and Oates - Maneater
INXS - Need You Tonight & Mediate
J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock N Roll
Joe Walsh - The Confessor
Kate Bush - Running up that Hill
KISS - I Was Made For Loving You
Laurie Anderson - Language Is A Virus
Madonna - Like A Virgin
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
Missing Persons - Words
Olivia Newton-John - Physical
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Prince - Purple Rain
Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize
R.E.O. Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling
Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares to You
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Cold Shot
Styx - Mr. Roboto
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Talking Heads - And She Was
Ted Nugent - Wango Tango
The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
The Cars - Drive
The Clash - London Calling
The Fixx - Red Skys at Night
The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
The Who - You Better You Bet
Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Tommy Tutone - Jenny (867-5309)
Toni Basil - Mickey
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
XTC - Dear God
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
ZZ Top- Gimme' all your lovin'

posted by kmellis 19 June | 23:05

ahh! so much fun stuff! Shiny Shiny!

posted by amberglow 19 June | 23:06

hipsway!

posted by amberglow 19 June | 23:10

Centerfold? OMG! But now it's time for LT's Radio MeCha.

I'll listen more later, and listen to all Keith's recommendations.

amberglow.... I know what you mean; like a kid in a candy store.

Go over to MOOKIE and thank him for the link!

posted by Doohickie 19 June | 23:12

icicle works! "we are, we are, we are, the dark children...."

joboxers!

junior! *dances around the room*

: >

posted by amberglow 19 June | 23:30

Come on Eileen!
Isn't that a great great song?!

posted by carmina 19 June | 23:31

Is there anyone, man or a woman who does not just love Cyndi Lauper?

Should be taught in school, methinks.

posted by carmina 19 June | 23:37

Carmina, I have been known to dance so hard to that song that I fall down. Literally. Right on my ass.

posted by jrossi4r 19 June | 23:38

Oh, dear. If I start ~~reliving my youth~~ watching these now, I'll be up all night.

posted by matildaben 19 June | 23:41

king! (he was adorable too)

young kirsty maccoll : >

kon kan!!!

so many good ones!

ministry--revenge!

posted by amberglow 19 June | 23:48

omfg! Ocho Rios!!!! : >

posted by amberglow 20 June | 00:02

Bauhaus and Alannah Myles in the same night. I am exhausted.

posted by carmina 20 June | 00:21

Wow. I actually remember every scene in the "Girl You Know It's True" video by Milli Vanilla. I'm not sure what to make of that.

posted by cmonkey 20 June | 03:10

Holy shit, a Wedding Present video! I don't think we got those in the US in the '80s.

posted by cmonkey 20 June | 03:15

Thanks for this! I was especially happy to hear The Passions’ I’m in Love With a German Film-Star again, although, to be honest, I could’ve done without seeing them…

posted by misteraitch 20 June | 03:41

Speaking of I Ran, by A Flock of Seagulls, I found it on YouTube.

posted by kmellis 20 June | 04:51

Some more, mostly 82 or so.

AC/DC: Back in Black.
Blondie: Rapture, The Tide is High.
Devo: Whip It.
Foreigner: Urgent.
George Michael: I Want Your Sex.
Go-Go's: We Got the Beat.
Joan Jett: Do You Wanna Touch Me?, Crimson and Clover.
John Cougar: Jack and Diane, Hurts So Good.
Knack, The: My Sharona.
Motels, The: Only the Lonely.
Nena: 99 Luftballons.
Police, The: Everything Little Thing She Does is Magic.
Queen: Another One Bites the Dust.
Supertramp: Breakfast in America.
Van Halen: Hot for Teacher.
Vapors, The: Turning Japanese.

posted by kmellis 20 June | 05:42

These are great. And I'm little enough that the New Kids video made me feel ten again. Aww.

posted by dame 20 June | 08:00

I was having too much fun watching the before-they-were-super-famous videos: the Kids Inc. video featuring a young Stacy Ferguson (aka Fergie from the Black-Eyed Peas - and of course I had to follow that with Martika's "Toy Soldiers"), the Menudo video with an extremely young Ricky Martin, and the New Edition video with the pre-crack Bobby Brown.

I also enjoyed the ELO "All Over The World" video from Xanadu. Gene Kelly is missed.

posted by sisterhavana 20 June | 09:31

Only one Duran Duran video?! Pffft.

posted by deborah 20 June | 14:24

You would have to look far and wide to find a more despised video than this one.

posted by Wolfdog 20 June | 15:15

See also: Pitchfork's 100 Awesome Music Videos

Excellent casting of the mini-Van Halens in the "Hot for Teacher" video.

Come on Eileen!
Isn't that a great great song?!

It is a great song, but you really need the comma in the title: "Come On, Eileen"

posted by kirkaracha 20 June | 17:20

I always really liked C'est comme ça by Les Rita Mitsouko (it's linked improperly on that website). Also Massive Attack's Karmacoma is amazing as well - it's on this website (flash, sound), along with many other excellent ones.

posted by Zack_Replica 20 June | 19:06

carmina: I wish I know what happened to Tanita Tikaram, commercially. I do have all her albums, though ... the new one wasn't released in the US but is quite nice anyway. (Look who's in her top fans.) Oh, know what? She has a MySpace.

posted by stilicho 20 June | 23:09

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