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ep68: Our Mtv Youth

Chris and Randall discuss growing up watching MTV.

The first two hours of the debut of MTV in 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJtiPRDIqtI

Topics discussed include:

MTV original concept
early VJs
early MTV format
Alan Hunter
Mark Goodman
Martha Quinn
Nina Blackwood
J.J. Jackson
Album-oriented rock
Eagles
I want my MTV
Smells Like Teen Spirit
120 Minutes
http://www.mtv.com/news/1671285/smells-like-teen-spirit-nirvana-120-minutes/
Matt Pinfield
Origin of music videos
Video Killed the Radio Star
Pat Benatar
Madonna
Borderline
Michael Jackson
Thriller
Cyndi Lauper
Duran Duran
ZZ Top
Michael Nesmith
Rodney Bingenheimer
Fake Plastic Trees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5h0qHwNrHk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_Western_Civilization_Part_II:_The_Metal_Years

recorded August 11, 2021

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