MTV
Slowly chipping away at my TiVo recording of MTV Day 1 on VH1 Classic. Six hours of cheesy music from MTV's first day in 1981. I need to finish it to make room for more Campus Ladies and Pee-Wee`s Playhouses.
So, apparently, people in 1981 listened to a lot of Rod Stewart. It's about every third video in this show. I was only 5, so you can't blame me. Kelle didn't have cable as a child, so she was curious about what the big deal was. Thankfully, not having been exposed to many R.E.O. Speedwagon videos doesn't qualify you as being culturally handicapped.
As bad as the videos are (I'm lookin at you, "Hold On To The Night" by Bootcamp), it's still refreshing to see actual music videos on MTV as opposed to bad reality shows. You know the world has gone terribly wrong when you're wishing for a little more Stewart.