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Reading Is Fundamental: “I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Video Revolution”

by MJ on Nov 16, 2011 • 10 Comments

An excellent new book details the first 10 years in the life of one of the most influential TV networks of all time. Check out our review of “I Want My MTV”.

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!: The 50 Best Videos of the ’00s (40-31)

by Popblerd Staff on Aug 23, 2011 • 1 Comment

bLISTerd / Lists! / music / Videos

Madonna writhes around in a leotard, Dave Grohl channels Michael Douglas in “Falling Down”, and The White Stripes do “Conan” (in other words, #50-#41) can be found here . Now, here’s the next batch of new millennium video hits! (said in douchey DJ voice) 40. Burning Beard | Clutch (2005) “Burning Beard” by Clutch had me the moment Neil Fallon opened his maw and barked “Everyday/I wake up/Drink a lot of coffee and watch the CNN” (He also actually barks later […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV: The 50 Best Videos of the ’00s (50-41)

by Popblerd Staff on Aug 22, 2011 • 2 Comments

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Generally speaking, the Popblerd crew has been able to come to a consensus when it comes to the best videos of the Eighties and Nineties. When it came to counting down the best videos of the past 11 1/2 years, though, we were all over the damn place. It makes sense: MTV became less of a cultural signpost as they shifted towards reality programming (buoyed by the success of “The Real World”), the music industry witnessed a severe decline in […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!: The Best Videos of the ’80s (Top Ten)

by MJ on Jul 29, 2011 • 3 Comments

bLISTerd / Lists! / music / Pop Music / rock music / soul music / Videos

10. “Money for Nothing” Dire Straits (1985) “Money for Nothing” is probably the video most synonymous with MTV that wasn’t by Michael Jackson. Spotlighting very early computer animation, the clip combines live footage of the band performing with a loosely defined narrative in computer world (cue Kraftwerk). To folks who weren’t around in MTV’s first decade, watching this video today might be like the same person trying to play Calicovision. But again, in the context of the time, the video […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!:The Best Videos of the Eighties (20-11)

by MJ on Jul 28, 2011 • 2 Comments

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20. “Every Breath You Take” The Police (1983) Simplicity, ladies and gentlemen. Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers went straight for the heart with “Every Breath You Take”, their biggest hit single (and the #1 song of 1983, according to Billboard magazine). The greatness of this video is all in the incidentals-the shadows moving from one side of Sting’s face to the other, his standup bass, the way the video seemed to fit seamlessly with the quiet intensity of the […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!: The Top 50 Videos of the Eighties (30-21)

by MJ on Jul 27, 2011 • No Comments

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30. “Shock the Monkey” Peter Gabriel (1983) Peter Gabriel is often lauded for his video work, although most of his innovative music videos are overshadowed by his greatest video achievement (which we’ll get to later). Frankly, I still have no idea what the hell 1982’s “Shock the Monkey” is about, but it has everything – monkeys, midgets, dot matrix printouts… The song is apparently about lovers’ jealousy, but the video looks a lot more like paranoid schizophrenia to me. Whatever […]

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 […]