Mtv Original Broadcast Thursday March 17th , 1983 Part 1 ( Journey - Separate ways Worlds apart )

[80sMusicFan1985]

Man I wish MTV was still like this. I wasnt around back then but I wish I was. I think they should make an MTV Classic channel that plays nothing but old MTV. I have seen other posts that say the same thing and I agree with them. We want our MTV back!

[1989hirokazu]

Your are a hero to future generations everywhere! (and me who never hot to live the 80's or half of the 90's)

[MetallicBill]

Me loves old Music TV concept, but I dropped cable in 1995, and it NEVER GOT BETTER! STILL! Thank the Lord for MTV....er, I mean YouTube!!

[astralartist4]

Thank you! Keep em' coming!

[hazor777]

MTV died the day it began airing their "programming" that had nothing to do with music videos -i.e REMOTE CONTROL (a stupid fucking game show!) - it was ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE: Real World,numerous other mind rotting drivel- to the present: ABSOLUTE NONSENSE GIVING FECES A BETTER NAME

[sfjohn5]

ahhh the good old days =)

[fluffydolly]

klassik remember all this from my early teens.....great stuff,thanks!!!!

[Newbell2]

wow... I knew The Outsiders was made in 1983 but I wasn't expecting a commercial. haha

[pistolpete0500]

Oh my god. The video blew my mind.

[oldteenagegirl]

I can tell you that even though I was practically addicted to MTV in the old days, I finally quit watching it altogether after Kurt Cobain died. Coincidence? I don't know

[MetallicBill]

@oldteenagegirl 1995, until I was at ppl's house who did have cable, but it never was that addicting after the crash of quality in the 1990s

[Neptuneman07]

The Year I was born!!! :)

[WHIZKID355]

You can thank VIACOM for screwing off ALL of MTV's old networks! Thanks VIACOM!

[MetallicBill]

@WHIZKID355 What were all their old Networks? Video Hits?? hahaha I like Don Pardo hawking Ms. PacMan from AtariSoft. I have the 2600 cart and Apple floppy version I'm sure but never was I happy it dumbed down the original arcade that is so loved, even today. Ms. Pacman finally got USA release from Namco as it should have originally

[14Meows]

Yeah, "I want my (old) MTV back!"

[DKR200]

Going back to the old format would never work

How many channels now play music videos all day?

The damage has been done, the reality TV show format has been running for too long

And if MTV were to go back to playing just music videos 24/7, who's videos would they play?

Miley Cyrus? Justin Beiber?

The internet is one of the main reasons MTV doesn't play muic videos anymore, before the internet, the only way to watch music videos was by watching MTV

[1olrocker]

@DKR200

It would have to go back to the level of talent or lack thereof in modern music. 25 years ago you HAD to PLAY your guitar, bass, and drums. You HAD to have a voice. Even though it was videos, it was still music and the videos would have meant nothing without great music (tell me if this song by Journey would have been anything on MTV if Steve Perry couldn't sing worth a crap). Today's music is just crap. Flash in the pan. Produced to be huge and make money. Plastic.

[JillSaphic]

@DKR200 wrote: Going back to the old format would never work! Yes it would! MTV in this original format would make a huge comeback. And MTV wouldn't play teeny pop. MTV was obvioulsy smart about their playlist. AND 3/4 of the planets population DOESN"T have computers or internet. Thats a fact. But they do have TV, and everyone likes watching their fave songs and bands in music vids! Hey, could be what they said when they first came up with MTV... LOL!!!

[hazor777]

@JillSaphic : oh you are soo right on this! The way I see it you have a huge market for this : 20 somethings,30,40, and yes even early 50 somethings who are all disenfranchised by the current version of MTV & VH1. Not too mention it would be a huge hit now due to an overwhelming majority of people who agree that the Millenium basically sucks and they all nostalgically yearn for the days of old (i.e 80's!) - I cant understand why the major networks have not picked up on this FACT !!

[vf74tomcat]

Gret post!!! MTV used to be GREAT!! Now its just a channel that I skip past to avoid watching reality television. MTV sucks now!!! I was 18 when it launched in 81 and watched faithfully for years. I miss those times!

[storrs19]

This is real Music Television, not the crap that MTV has become now. I sure wish I could go back when things were simple and there was good stuff to watch on tv. I was 12 when this was airing so I certainly remember watching MTV as it was.

[MrClassicAds]

Thanks so much for uploading all of these early MTV videos...especially with the commercials!

[BRUTUSPLAC]

ANYONE recall DAVEY JONES guest hosting and being so drunk ??

[XMOO7]

LOL, This is awesome dalekenbuck, You even uploaded the commmercials

[rdanlord]

Wow, I forgot how great Steel Breeze was...in fact, I forgot about them entirely.

[4EverAKaseyKahneFan]

What a magnificent voice Steve Perry has. I miss MTV. Can't even let my kids watch it. Sad. I grew up in the 80's and would always sneak up after everybody went to bed to watch it. LOL! Oh to be in 1983 and be 17 again. Thank you for posting this, brings back lots of memories.

[ehgz1]

I feel so lucky to have been a child of the 80s. THIS is what music should sound like and MTV back in the glory days is amazing to watch! Please if you have more unedited early MTV programming let me know. Would love to invite you to a private TV tracker site where you can upload the whole version. You will be a hero to a ton of people on that site! Let me know!

[permitmotor]

MTV is so full reality that Music Videos dont even mater to them, if u do see a video it is so bad. how many times can you see people throwing money at the camera,lambos, and the look at me im so rich, o ya an woman are just a pleasure peice of meat your money bought. Nothing wrong with a hottie or money or cars, but come on... Bring MTV back....

[gal80s]

Thing is, the concept behind MTV was so clever. By us teens watching the actual video while listening to the musical theme, we wanted to buy the record (vinyl in those days of course). So, this made us so fond of music and loyal to the groups we liked best. And we did have plenty of choices for good music, for all tastes. Thanks to today's technology we can again enjoy and relive those happy times!

[Neptuneman07]

Back when TV was worth the money to purchase Cable TV. Now, 100+ channels and nothing on.

Thank goodness for You Tube!

[marcuslinnus1]

PLEASE tell me you can do the same with an hour of Martha Quinn???

[Longhornzmatt]

personally I love everything off their first album especially space age love song.

I promise I am not trying to put them down.

[Longhornzmatt]

I know it came out in '82 and they had minor hits in the United States. You say A Flock of Seagulls to anyone be it a teenager or someone in their mid to late 40's. They think two things Mike Score's haircut and the video to I Ran. What I was trying to comment on was the world premiere video, that at the time of this original broadcast I bet they were not counting on only really being remembered for those two things. No disrespect just trying to clarify my past comments.

[Longhornzmatt]

I bet A Flock of Seagulls wasn't counting on becoming a one hit wonder back in'83!

[vaportrails44]

I was born in 1974 so this is just prime stuff here. Absolutely love people who take the time to upload these tapes. Thank You.

[GialloHorror]

@vaportrails44 1976 here, and I couldn't agree with you more.

RIP - MTV

[BRUTUSPLAC]

@vaportrails44 I'm a fool and let friends borrow the original video tapes of live aid .

i just bought my first vcr 2 days before on july 11 1985. i have 1 cassette of  radio play. but because of the internet i have the whole live aid on cds.

[JPMcFly1985]

Thanks for posting these! I'm loving all these videos, especially with the old commercials. I wasn't quite old enough to remember this at the time (born in '81) but I watched VH1 in the early 90s which was similar.

This is like the most authentic way to watch these videos, since it feels like you're really back there.

[imachildofthe80s8089]

@JPMcFly1985 me too. I'm your age. And I mostly remember the vids. I remember commercials, and the interviews they gave and the news breaks(music world news breaks, remember) sadly I wished I had been old enough to remember what they were broadcasting concerning these great video stars, and I've learned so much more sense. It's clearly entertaining!

[imachildofthe80s8089]

@JPMcFly1985 I'm your age and I too wished I remembered more than just the videos, like the commercials and then the world music news breaks(remember those) it would been so nice to remember what the news had said about these "video stars" because I've come to learn about so many of the ones I loved..and even more sense.

[imachildofthe80s8089]

@JPMcFly1985 pt.2 I also wished I remembered everything else presented than just videos, the time for the movies, making of videos, I remember beach parties complete with interviews remote control. I watched MTV for hours for the good part of the 80's and into the 90's. Maybe a time or two a week in the early 2000's. Sadly after reality program took over(it seemed after the 20th ann.) I was quickly disillusioned!

[samsmutt]

I just caught the twenty or so parts posted just recently. Keep up the good work! It's too bad that we can't have an MTV Classics channel where they played this as is, old commercials and all. If they played the first five years, it would take five years to run out. If one were to watch twelve hours a day, it would take tens years to see it all. If one were to watch eight hours, it would take fifteen years. Four hours would take THIRTY YEARS TO SEE. By then, you could start all over.

[jwgreek8606]

gee, Warner Communications used to own MTV.  Imagine if Time Warner owned MTV now.

[bwall002]

I remember those commercials.

[Robman7]

Ok, I just watched this clip and saw the ad for World premiere video on Friday night. Whoops, it has been a few years ago. :-)

[4porka]

funny story about this time in my life, obviously there was no remote control back then, so when the turn knob on the tv broke, we used to fight over the pair of pliers so we could be in control of turning the channel! Different world these days!

[Robman7]

4porka, that's too funny. :-) Does anyone remember World premiere video would happen on like Tues or Sun nights. I remember asking my dad if he could turn it to MTV so I could watch the premiere of Def Leppard's "Foolin'". He was probably thinking the same thing I think of today's 'music?'. 'Son, what the h__l is this?"

[14qtpi]

What a memory!!! When MTV was M! - it played MUSIC!! All different types too!! And in 1983, we didn't have those stupid shows, like : Bret Michaels looking for a wife. Bret was a musician, and didn't have to worry about finding a woman, he had more than needed then!!! MTV = DTV : Drauma TV now!! Isn't that what soap operas are??

[Reg197844]

You said it perfectly! early 80's MTV was iconic. It changed the face of the music industry (for better or worse). The piece of crap 24/7 reality channel it has become is an insult to the early pioneers of this once great network.

[samsmutt]

This is so cool. PLEASE POST MORE!!!!! Where does this stuff come from? This brings back good memories of these days. It's too bad that MTV is crap now. If I owned it, it would be just like this again. MTV was really good for about five years, and then it went crap. It really died when the original VJs were fired.

[drfulmore07]

I totally agree with you. I'm 27 years old and I remember seeing MTV like this when I was a baby. If we both owned the channel,we will bring back the four VJs (it sucks that JJ Jackson died almost 6 years ago),take the Hills and all the other crap off the air and show old music videos and promos again.

[iheartthe80s]

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[earlymtv]

awesome. i had mtv in 83. wow love it

[KOSMICKEN09]

nina blackwood was in an old issue of playboy i have....

[beatle0001]

As Jeff Spiccoli would say..."Awesome! Totally awesome!!

[ringbolt9]

awesome and love the commercials

[mefault]

"Mtv was born at 12:00 am Aug. 1st, 1981 still not clear on exact time and cause of death."

I LOVE this statment!!! My thoughts exactly and by the way, thanks for bringing the old MTV back to those that are in withdrawl...

[josephD32]

@mefault MTV: Music Television, 8/1/81 - 2/8/2010, Aged 28 years, death determined to be caused by a mixture and overdose of 'Reality' television and bullshit. Secondary cause is dementia due to a mixture and overdose of 'Reality' television and bullshit, causing memory loss and dementia (it is believed that MTV would frequently forget that it was a music channel).

Look at the current MTV logo - the words "Music Television" have been omitted.

[mefault]

@josephD32 LOL...my thoughts exactly. I haven't watched MTV for a while but it wouldn't surprise me that they would remove the "Music Television" from the logo.

[4T5Scott]

@mefault If I'm correct, the year that killed MTV was 1997. I'm still with that statement not sure what time :)