[For GenXers, MTV was IT.]
Jan. 6th, 2026 07:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
roaming_kate23MTV went off the air. Showed the first video(The Buggles-Video Killed The Radio Star) so it was the first *and* last video ever shown on MTV.
MTV has not been relevant for a long time.The slippery slope started with The Real World-granted the first few seasons were entertaining -later seasons not so much.
Fun fact:There were only a handful of music videos so you would see the same videos every hour on the hour.They would throw in the occasional special.
I also would tape hours and hours of MTV hoping to see Duran Duran videos-and I did.They were the darlings-among other bands-of MTV and MTV(and several radio stations).
MTV has not been relevant for a long time.The slippery slope started with The Real World-granted the first few seasons were entertaining -later seasons not so much.
Fun fact:There were only a handful of music videos so you would see the same videos every hour on the hour.They would throw in the occasional special.
I also would tape hours and hours of MTV hoping to see Duran Duran videos-and I did.They were the darlings-among other bands-of MTV and MTV(and several radio stations).
