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bLISTERd: Happy Anniversary MTV! The Top 50 Videos of The Eighties! (40-31)

by Popblerd Staff on Jul 26, 2011 • 2 Comments

40. “New Sensation”-INXS (1988) INXS were not new when the reemerged with Kick in 1987, but they were certainly a sensation. The album was an international success and went 6x Platinum, in large part due to the series of videos that accompanied the four of the album’s hit singles. “New Sensation” was the third video from the album, featuring the band’s performance intercut with neon stop action animation to match the driving energy of the song. Among other things, […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary MTV!! The Top 50 Videos of the Eighties

by Popblerd Staff on Jul 25, 2011 • 2 Comments

bLISTerd / Lists! / music / pop culture / Pop Music / Prince / rock music

Turns out that the revolution WOULD be televised. The musical revolution, that is. On August 1st, 1981, MTV was launched. It was the first TV channel to devote itself exclusively to music videos. When it debuted (with The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star”), I don’t think anyone had the slightest idea that MTV would turn into the cultural phenomenon it became. Within a few short years, the video age began. The era of the faceless, unphotogenic rock star was […]

Blerd Radio Episode 8: MTV in Middle Age

by MJ on Jul 15, 2011 • 2 Comments

Blerd Radio / movies / music / New Releases / news / Podcasts / pop culture / Pop Music / R.I.P. / TV

Welcome to yet another episode of Blerd Radio! In this episode, your hosts Mike & Jesse pay tribute to a cultural phenomenon by acknowledging the thirtieth (!) anniversary of MTV. Whether you love it or hate it, you can’t deny that the advent of Music Television changed the industry as well as pop culture. Over the course of this episode, we discuss our favorite classic videos, shout out some iconic VJs, and bemoan the constant “16 & Pregnant” marathon the […]