MTV turns 25! Your favorite MTV moment?

[Leo Lakio]

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Make that the "WORLD FAMOUS UP-and-UP Tavern" that no one has heard of outside of people from the Northwest!

Damn right! (I didn't think you were old enough to go there, before you moved to the Islands, Manoa. Shhhhh...I won't tell.)

[MadAzza]

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Maddie, I'm not exactly sure...how again do you actually feel about the music industry? Reminds me of Dick's rant about the Island airlines...honestly, I enjoy when you and some others go off like this, because I find myself in agreement with you, frankly.

Thanks, sweetie, but I think I ranted a bit too much in another thread. I shouldn't post when I'm getting a migraine.

Did you ever play at / go to the Up-And-Up Tavern?

That was our home bar! We played there all the time. Oh, God, don't tell me ... you weren't going there in the mid-80s, were you?

[Leo Lakio]

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That was our home bar! We played there all the time. Oh, God, don't tell me ... you weren't going there in the mid-80s, were you?

Um, yes, mid- to late-80s...but I was living in Seattle, so I only got there on rare occasions. But I went there almost every time I was in B'ham.

One time, I went up during a community radio conference at WWU, and went to see a blues-rock band that was playing there (don't remember who, unfortunately.) Turns out we had the wrong night, but I stayed there with two other friends (both male), and we drank several pitchers of Grant's Scottish Ale, while attempting to play pool. We were the only patrons by closing time (I think it was a Wednesday - a slow night.)

After we staggered out to go find a place to eat (a story in itself, involving a decorative fountain, an ATM, and the front window of Woolworth's - don't worry, no harm done), we got to talking with the wait staff at whatever place we ended up. We told them about the conference in town, and the band that we were one night too early to see. When we told them we had been at the Up-And-Up, they said to us: "isn't that a gay bar?" My friends and I looked at each other, then said: "not tonight it wasn't!"

We did find it funny that the bartender had pom-poms behind the bar, however...he was cheering on our efforts at "pool" - which involved more than one table at a time.

...or at least, that's how I sorta remember it...

[damontucker]

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(I didn't think you were old enough to go there, before you moved to the Islands, Manoa. Shhhhh...I won't tell.)

Wasn't old enough to legally go until about 1990...

However, was still going there from about 87 till 90...until Speedy O'Tubbs in Fairhaven became popular!

and before that...

Could just jump across the Peace Arch border and go to the clubs up in Canada at age 19!
I wonder how many college residents in Bellingham still cross the border to drink legally?
Especially after 911 and the increased border patrol!

What's this have to do with MTV??? I think Bellingham must have been one of the last places in the Nation to get MTV!!! so the only places we could SEE music was at the Bars and Clubs!!!

[alohabear]

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For anyone who cares, heres a link to a photo gallery of MTV's best moments in 25 years according to Entertainment Weekly magazine. You can also watch MTV's first hour at this link.

[Leo Lakio]

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Think the days of creative music videos are gone? Think again...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI

[kimo55]

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I'm thinking again, leo. so. whatcha got?
gimme sumpin that'll top a brothers quay visual

[mel]

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Getting back to one of the original questions in this post:

What is your favorite all time MTV video?

Here are my top 5 videos from the 80s which kind of define what I think MTV was....

1. Take on Me - Aha
2. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
3. Lucky Star - Madonna
4. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
5. Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen

There are dozens more but those are the ones that come to mind. They were also shown on "Night Tracks" and other video programs.

[Hellbent]

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its weird, i just saw the guy who used to do the headbangers ball (baldheaded short guy) doing something on vh1.

[kimo55]

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its weird, i just saw the guy who used to do the headbangers ball (baldheaded short guy) doing something on vh1.

Riki Rachtman is bald?

[Leo Lakio]

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I'm thinking again, leo. so. whatcha got?

It is brilliant in its simplicity. No need for CGI, editing, or storylines. Just basic physical creativity.

[alohabear]

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oh, my fave videos:
1. the Safety Dance-Men With Out Hats
2. Down Under- Men At Work
3. Once In A Lifetime-Talking Heads
4.You Might Think- The Cars
5. Oppitsites Attract- Paula Abdul


Favorite MTV Moment: Discovering Kari Wuhrer on Remote Control.

[blueyecicle]

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My favorite moment! When the "people" voted JessY! as the new MTV VJ and the highly qualified MTV Execs favorite LOST so they hired him anyways and he is still there!!

Where's JESSY????

[Menehune Man]

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Where's JESSY????

But more importantly... where's Martha (Quinn)?