10at10 Club
Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: Tinka Cat on August 01, 2011, 03:47:03 PM
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watch MTV's first 10 mins of life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw6xesXLIAA
"On August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., MTV: Music Television launched with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll," spoken by John Lack. Those words were immediately followed by the original MTV theme song, a crunching guitar riff written by Jonathan Elias and John Petersen, playing over a montage of the Apollo 11 moon landing. With the flag having a picture of MTVs logo on it. MTV producers Alan Goodman and Fred Seibert used this public domain footage as a conceit, associating MTV with the most famous moment in world television history.[5] Seibert said they had originally planned to use Neil Armstrong's "One small step" quote, but lawyers said Armstrong owns his name and likeness, and Armstrong had refused, so the quote was replaced with a beeping sound.
At the moment of its launch, only a few thousand people on a single cable system in northern New Jersey could see it."
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watch MTV's first hour of life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw6xesXLIAA
"On August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., MTV: Music Television launched with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll," spoken by John Lack. Those words were immediately followed by the original MTV theme song, a crunching guitar riff written by Jonathan Elias and John Petersen, playing over a montage of the Apollo 11 moon landing. With the flag having a picture of MTVs logo on it. MTV producers Alan Goodman and Fred Seibert used this public domain footage as a conceit, associating MTV with the most famous moment in world television history.[5] Seibert said they had originally planned to use Neil Armstrong's "One small step" quote, but lawyers said Armstrong owns his name and likeness, and Armstrong had refused, so the quote was replaced with a beeping sound.
At the moment of its launch, only a few thousand people on a single cable system in northern New Jersey could see it."
We didn't get cable in Queens until 1987 (seriously). I had friends who lived in Manhattan make videotapes of MTV for me. I had a bunch of 6-hour VHS tapes of MTV programming. Wish I still had 'em!
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watch MTV's first hour of life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw6xesXLIAA
"On August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., MTV: Music Television launched with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll," spoken by John Lack. Those words were immediately followed by the original MTV theme song, a crunching guitar riff written by Jonathan Elias and John Petersen, playing over a montage of the Apollo 11 moon landing. With the flag having a picture of MTVs logo on it. MTV producers Alan Goodman and Fred Seibert used this public domain footage as a conceit, associating MTV with the most famous moment in world television history.[5] Seibert said they had originally planned to use Neil Armstrong's "One small step" quote, but lawyers said Armstrong owns his name and likeness, and Armstrong had refused, so the quote was replaced with a beeping sound.
At the moment of its launch, only a few thousand people on a single cable system in northern New Jersey could see it."
We didn't get cable in Queens until 1987 (seriously). I had friends who lived in Manhattan make videotapes of MTV for me. I had a bunch of 6-hour VHS tapes of MTV programming. Wish I still had 'em!
Didn't get cable until 1989, when I moved out - but I do remember KTVU televising the first MTV awards with Bette Midler and Dan Ackroyd hosting. Madonna was rolling around the ground in 40 feet of taffeta. Hot boy toy mess!
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"In honor of MTV's 30th anniversary, the five best music videos you've never seen"
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/in-honor-of-mtvs-30th-anniversary-the-five-best-music-videos-youve-never-seen/
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"In honor of MTV's 30th anniv, five best music videos you've never seen"
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/in-honor-of-mtvs-30th-anniversary-the-five-best-music-videos-youve-never-seen/
For MTV's 30th b'day, a photo gallery of 30 former MTV stars:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2011/08/02/mtv_stars_today.DTL&object