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We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Happy 30th Anniversary, MTV!

MTV celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this week. I'm old enough to remember when they actually did play music on the channel. I thought that I'd post my favorite early MTV video and encourage all of you to do the same. Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" was an immediate favorite for me, combining some state of the music making with video technology. How about the rest of you? Post a link to your favorite MTV video in the comment box. Enjoy!

posted by The Blue Devil @ 9:31 AM 

4 Comments:

Blogger Someone Said said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0l3QWUXVho

One of my faves. Great backing band. Dave Edmunds (also as chauffer) Billy Bremner and Terry Williams. Rockpile.

Carlene Carter as the bride. She looked good before the hard living.

9:45 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Great shout there, Someone. One of my favorite power pop tunes and a classic MTV video - a bit of performance in an odd context, a flimsy story line, the band piercing the fourth wall to sing the chorus. All classic 80s video components. Luv it!

9:49 AM  
Blogger Someone Said said...

Don't know if any of you have seen this. It leaked over the weekend. This was the original concept for the video. Luckily he, or his management saw the footage and scrapped it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9iejG-kgSE

The Robin Williams suspenders, the Travolta Staying Alive choreography, the headband that may have gone around Jennifer Beals' leg in Flashdance. This bordered on Billy Squire "Rock Me Tonight' territory. All kinds of wrong here.

But Clarence rocks the red suit.

10:00 AM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

The only upsides in this atrocity are The Big Man and that Courteney Cox never has a career.

11:56 AM  

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