themusicaddict: (Finished September 7th, 2020) The Glory Days of MTV 1981-1985, Part 2

Saturday, August 22, 2020

(Finished September 7th, 2020) The Glory Days of MTV 1981-1985, Part 2

Hello,

Imagine if you will a hot summer, back when time moved slowly, no driver's license and not much to do. Imagine if there's a really new innovation called cable TV, but honestly there's not that much to watch. Let's fast forward to August 1st, 1981 when MTV first started. Now imagine that you don't have access to MTV but you hear a lot about how cool it is. Sure there are a couple of other places to watch videos, but they're not 24 hours. Finally a year or two later there you are on that hot summer day watching video after video on MTV and absolutely love it. Although these blogs are focusing on 1981-1985, I will include videos from before if they were also memorable. Now almost 40 years later on this hot summer day imagine this is that long ago hot summer day and enjoy....

Sometimes I'm not sure what the original video or I can't find the original video, but I did my best.

A&E is starting a series on Tuesday called "I Want My MTV", here's a trailer.

To tie in with that I am continuing my series of the the glory days of MTV 1981-1985. I have enough songs for at least 14 of these blogs and there are dozens of songs that I haven't found yet. I'm in process of finding at least most of those songs.

21) Rod Stewart "Tonight's The Night":

22) Nick Lowe "Cruel To Be Kind":

23) Blondie "Heart of Glass":

24) J. Geils Band "Love Stinks":

25) REO Speedwagon "Keep On Loving You":

26) Lee Ritenour featuring Eric Tagg "Is It You":

27) REO Speedwagon "Tough Guys":

28) Elvis Costello "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding":

29) The Vapors "Turning Japanese":

30) The Cars "Double Life":

31) Cliff Richard "We Don't Talk Anymore":

32) Andrew Gold "Lonely Boy":

33) Soft Cell "Tainted Love":

One band that took full advantage of MTV, which was one of the reasons they were the biggest band in the world for about 6 months in the 80s. 34) The Police "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic":