** - Question changed by Trent
- What was the first music video you remember seeing? What was memorable?
I would have to say the "Rapture" music video by Blondie. It was memorable for me because I liked the song "Rapture" a lot when it came out. So in the video, I adored Debbie Harry because she was wearing that sexy black dress with her hot legs, looking like a cheap hooker. I watched that video for hours. I also loved the "dancing black guy" that was wearing an all white outfit with the top hat near the end of the video.
I also have to say that the "King of Rock" video by Run-DMC was also another clip I watched all the time when I was a teenager. That video was memorable for me because it was the first time I ever saw Run-DMC perform. Melvin "Bud" Mellman (the short bespectacled old guy from the David Letterman Show) had a cameo in that video and I thought he was hilarious. More importantly, Run-DMC was the only black faces on MTV at the time (besides VJ J.J. Jackson).
- What was your favorite music video as a teenager? Why?
Gee, there were a lot of music videos that I loved watching as a teenager. I went ga-ga over the videos by R&B group Cameo (like "She's Strange" and others) because they would always feature hot-looking ladies wearing spandex. I also loved watching Michael Jackson's music videos because they were like mini-movies. And every rap video that appeared on Yo! MTV Raps.
- How often did you watch MTV as a teen? How often now? Why has this changed, if at all?
I used to watch MTV religiously when I was a teen. Back in the days, I was watching Yo! MTV Raps every day. In fact, I still have some of their shows on videotape. (I used to record the show on my VCR, whenever I couldn't be home to watch the series.)
Today, I watch MTV periodically. Lately, I have been watching Making the Band 2 and seeing Bad Boy Records' rap group Da Band look like fools on TV. Prediction: 2 albums and it's a wrap – Da Band will . . . be done. They are a nice group of kids, but I don't think they have a long future in the music biz. I hope they have enough sense to save their money, while they are still getting that paper.
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Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
Right on assessments, Trent - if you want music you don't watch MTV
2 - TDavid
The MJ Thriller video is one of my personal favorites of all time. Horror and music. It's ironic that MJ has become a lot like the fiction in that video.
3 - some guy
Whatever happened to 120 minutes?
Indeed.
Actually, it was Larry "Bud" Mellman - not Melvin.