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Joined : 24 May 2007 Posts : 100

How many of you miss the old MTV? I remember first getting the channel in 1983. Back then it was 24/7 music videos and on Saturday nights concerts. Oh yeah and how about the old Headbangers Ball. I used to watch that show every Saturday night with friends. Times have changed as we all know and the channel sucks big time now. So what are some of your memories of the old MTV??

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I remember hearing about mtv then one day for my birtday my wife got me cable and MTV....The first videos I remember watching was Sinaed Oconnor-Nothing Compairs, Jane Chylde- I dont remember the song, and Faith No more- You want it all and THE SUNDAYS-heres where the story ends....Then there was HEADBANGERS BALL....OOOHHHH MAN....I was in heaven, Im talking RICKY RACHTMAN not that blonde poser....Those was the day...then one day RAP CAME ON.....and the crap never left.

Subject: Re: MTV back in the day Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:16 am

Getting drunk and stoned watching headbanger's ball at my buddy's house every Saturday night!

(Where's the "horns" icon?)

Subject: Re: MTV back in the day Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:57 am

I miss the old VH1 with Behind The Music on all the time

Joined : 24 May 2007 Posts : 100

MTV tried to get music videos back on via VH1 Classic. That only lasted a few years. All though they do play metal mania and we are the 80s still. The glory days of MTV are gone. But there are alot of good memories of the channel.

C-ya,
Jimmy

Subject: Re: MTV back in the day Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:33 pm

Back in the day at my very very small Catholic school I was the only metalhead, so the weekend for me was all about Headbangers Ball!! And I agree with metalviking that it was only headbangers ball when Ricky Rachman was the host!
Oh also Saturday night was also USA Up All Night! With Gilbert Godfrey - not the blonde chick there either! Cheezy horror flicks, good metal music - every little girl's dream. Well it was for me anyway.
I used to watch Mtv all the time when it was still good. I can remember when Mtv rocked and Vh1 played the kind of music my mom listened to.
Then after Mtv blew for years Vh1 was cool - like Pop Up Video and Behind the music.
Which leads me to ask what (if any) of the Behind the Music made you cry - or watery eyed?
Me - Lynyrd Skynyrd and Sublime
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The very first vid i seen on Headbangers ball was by oooh crap i forget the name of the band, but the song was called soilent green.......MAN i hate that when my mind goes spastic........Oh well ill update this when i remember...God i hate being OLD.

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yeah, i remember when the "m" in mtv stood for "music" and not "moron"! ;-)

Subject: Re: MTV back in the day Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:20 pm

i miss headbangers ball..... Crying or Very sad

straight up. the new mtv is a lame, almost unbearable exuse for public broadcasting....
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Subject: Re: MTV back in the day Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:48 pm

Headbangers ball and back in the day even 120 minits was a decent show.
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Subject: Re: MTV back in the day Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:10 am

Apologies upfront to Nirvana fans, but when MTV started promoting Nirvana like they were the greatest thing since sliced bread, that's when metal started to decline. Everyone forgot about metal and glam and looked at Nirvana and Kurt Cobain like they were musical saviors.

Now, I'm not dissing the entire grunge scene, because there are a few good bands there, but Nirvana was the biggest waste of talent I had ever seen.

For a while, Headbangers Ball was my only refuge of hope for watching MTV. But when the top 10 countdown to Headbanger's Ball had a Blind Melon song for a number one video, (ON A HEAVY METAL SHOW!!), I knew that its days were numbered.

Subject: Re: MTV back in the day Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:58 pm

nicely put.

oi, where'd u get your name from?
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Subject: Re: MTV back in the day Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:27 am

i loved the Headbangers ball was awsome!!!! i miss it but then i also like some of the stuff on the new MTV.
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Subject: Re: MTV back in the day Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:58 pm

I would have introduced Cobain to the buisness end of a shotgun myself for what he did to metal..... Mad

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Subject: Re: MTV back in the day Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:55 pm

haha, brutal man.
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