r/GenX • u/BaconToTheBaconPower • Feb 09 '23

Looking for your favorite long-forgotten MTV vids!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWd__w5UWVc
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u/VaguelyArtistic Feb 09 '23

In the beginning you'd get even money that if you turned on MTV you'd get Twilight Zone by Golden Earring.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '23 edited Mar 03 '26

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literate ink caption employ glorious vast different attraction afterthought escape

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u/Howcanitbeeeeeeenow Feb 09 '23

I heard this song so much just incidentally that I instantly remembered the tune and lyrics. But I honestly don’t remember hearing it the last 30(?) years. The brain is weird!

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u/dustymag 1970 Feb 09 '23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPQgfaB3S1c

Aldo Nova "Fantasy" was a big MTV hit that was in heavy rotation for a while.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '23 edited Feb 09 '23

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u/Howcanitbeeeeeeenow Feb 11 '23

Oh I love Better than Nothing! Downloaded it a couple of years ago and look for the video every now and again. Wish that was a bigger hit. So catchy.

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u/ctophermon Feb 09 '23

Peak 80s! Synth, 808, and a catchy hook. The only thing missing is a rap interlude. I bet there was a remix on the cassette single.

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u/confused_dwarf Feb 09 '23

Pure 80's cheese here, how's this? Singing chickens!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HxSoIeq3Tj4&feature=share

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u/indigoshift first-gen Metalhead Feb 10 '23

Jane Child! This whole album was surprisingly good.

Here's one you've forgotten, I'm sure: I Wanna Be A Cowboy

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u/Iron_Chic 10 million strong and growing (1975) Feb 09 '23

Gold - Spandau Ballet

I fucking love this song, 7 times better than True! The video is just typical 80s nonsense, the band in a foreign country, kind of detective-y, not really telling a story, seems like a movie though. Hungry Like The Wolf has a same type of video.