Is that **** still on?
MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.

I don't know why, but I was initially thinking that MTV first came in the early 90s.
I stopped watching around the early to mid 00s.

That's where I got my top 12 from…lol
Here's better quality of this one
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"MTV Turns 40 Years Old"
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wow!

Those were the days my friend. We thought they'd never end.

Seems like only yesterday…
I remember the VJs… Nina, Martha, JJ…
You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
Fasten Your Seatbelts….
It's Going To Be A Bumpy Night!

MTV gave the Canadian acts much airplay…but in 1981, it was probably Loverboy that was getting airtime.
The vids you posted came a year or two later.
Except for 'Gloria', which most likely never got shown on MTV…that was probably a bit too Pop-ish for their Rock and alternative Rock format.
They
did
show 'Self-Control' though.
U2's 'Gloria' was more MTV's style.
Eurhythmics in 1981 would be seen this way -
And as the original band members of The Tourists
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I’m probably thinking that the videos I just posted were some of the first played on Canada’s version of MTV called MuchMusic.
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It was a great time. It was probably around 1983 until we finally got cable.
We still had the wired remote haha!
The first video I ever saw was Duran Duran "hungry like the wolf"
I eventually saw them at a free concert in 2000 and was very impressed. They gave an amazing show.
Coming back en 2026-Viva Venezuela!

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Thank you
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

You have great taste Nettie!

I'm a fan
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

Yea, they played a lot of their vids right from the get go
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Interesting to see a New Zealand band on that list! Split Enz was great, and later spawned Crowded House.

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"But when they finally did show Billy Idol on MTV, he was given more airplay than most artists at that time."
He and Martha Quinn, one of the first VeeJays, dated so that might have had something to do with it.

lol…it's all good.
I just thought you might like to know when Idol made his debut on MTV.
I'm sure there were days they were played together.
'Hot In The City' got much radio play in the day, so not sure why MTV didn't promote it.
He also was on Solid Gold in that year performing his cover of 'Mony Mony' yet had no video for it.
Even 'Dancing With Myself' didn't get a vid til a couple years after it was released.
But when they finally did show Billy Idol on MTV, he was given more airplay than most artists at that time.
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First of all don't get your panties in real tight knots over what is just an example.
Second, I am sure that at some point when they were showing vids Cars and Idol were seen on the same day at least once at some point.

The Cars were on day 1 - 2 different vids, but both live clips.
Billy Idol didn't get there til late 1982 (White Wedding)
There was a vid for 'Hot In The City' but for some reason it wasn't shown on MTV.
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Before eMpTV bands and singers for some strange reason made these films of them singing and playing and I dunno who aired them or where they were shown.
Then after eMpTV they would make videos just to be shown on there and other shows that would feature music videos on other shows.
Sometimes they would even get fancy using whatever state of the art effects they had to create strange new vids.
And then they would get talked about.
"Did you see the new Cars vid? How crazy was that?"
"And how about that Billy Idol? His was really cool!"
And all videos are is just commercials and advertising for a music act.
eMpTV is the first 24/365 advertising channel.
Now reality TV has killed the video star.

They played this one a lot
If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana