Facts About the Original MTV VJs
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- Sure, VH1 had them too, but MTV really introduced the world to the concept of the VJ aka the Video Jockey. And for a while, the world was enamored by the concept and everything that it introduced to pop culture.
Remember that infectiously catchy song "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles? Well, that quote definitely describes what was going on in the 80s to a tee.
Suddenly the western world was obsessed with not only hearing their music, but they wanted to see it too. Music videos gave us an extra added dimension to our media consumption. Before we'd have to listen to the old transistor radio, buy the LPs and read Rolling Stone from cover to cover to get a peek into our favorite musical artist's lives.
This was long before the internet. You couldn't just follow the musician's social media pages, subscribe to their CZcams channels, and memorize their Wikipedia entries.
But then in 1981, Music TV aka MTV launched in America and the world of music would never be the same. Artists like Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran, and even Madonna owe a great deal of their success to this new form of musical media.
And for the next two decades before the rise of streaming services and faster internet speeds, MTV was the place to watch this blossoming art form.
The MTV VJ used to be someone that everyone who had a TV was familiar with. MTV was the backdrop of American life back in the day. These fresh-faced media personalities were the ones to introduce the world to the music that was actively changing the world.
It was a big deal. It wasn't like today where social media, CZcams, and blogs influence our lives and culture more than anything. MTV was the thing and the VJ was the face of that thing. Facts Verse is going to take you on a little journey back in time once again to find out what it was like to be a VJ for MTV back in those days and just what has happened to the 5 original Vjs over the years.
It looks like they all went in separate directions but many of their stories tell a similar tale of what it was like working for MTV In a time when the world was in such a state of flux. The cold war was going strong and tensions in the world were running heavy. Find out what that had to do with the success of MTV and the music video. You won't believe what was really going on behind the scenes of MTV in those early years.
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I used to be so addicted to MTV when it first came out. You could hear music and watch videos at the same time. I really miss those days when the whole idea was about music. Now I don’t even know why they still call it MTV it’s nothing but reality shows and that’s it. Thank you for another great video Facts Verse and for bringing back the good years 👍
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Music TeleVision MUSIC!! Music based programming not reality programming. Honestly they should change to RTV Reality TeleVision or go back to there roots and bring back the music.
RUSTY BUCKET I completely agree with you. I wish they would go back to music, especially Head Bangers Ball. They can take all the reality shows to VH1 or just make a new channel so people can watch music videos again. Thank you so much for your reply and I hope you have a wonderful day 🤘
@@sassykaren7587
HEAD BANGERS BAALLLL!!!!
OH! HELL YEAH!!!
When my parents first got cable in the early 80s I was so addicted to MTV. It’s what defined the 80s pop culture in my opinion
@@MrUnsolvedMystery I was the same way. If I wasn’t in school or sleeping I would be watching MTV. Now they just need to change it to RTV (reality shows).
I miss the old MTV. The 80’s were iconic.
I want my MTV!!! I really miss the music, I was 14 when it began, and everyone watched. I can't imagine high school without MTV and the VJ's playing the hottest sounds.We all talked about them, they were part of our social circles.
someone should do a music vid chanel again, youtube isnt the same, id love to throw on mtv like chan and workout or clean or party with random top videos. its a shem we dont have one
I don’t think it could happen today. The 80's had so many types of music and innovation. That era still lives on with my iPod vs my Walkman.
Then we are exactly the same age.... and share the same memory. 🙃
@@richardc7869 Why yes we do, wish we could all remember those days.
I still want my MTV too! I was 13 when it started (13.5, lol - young enough for six months to matter!) and it was there throughout my teen years. It was mindblowing - music! videos! VJs! - and I miss the feelings that went along with it as much as I miss the channel itself. 🎶🎸❤
Don’t care for the new format, bring back the old MTV when it was music & television!
The two biggest life-changing events in a teen's life: getting cable to see MTV and watching uncensored movies!
I met Nina at a party in San Diego. She said Martha was probably my favorite and while I admitted I loved Martha I told her I loved her just as much. She was really nice.
They're both pretty awesome really, very different girls though. It's hilariously female that two girls so completely different would not see how silly it is to try to compare each other.
@@alexanderfretheim5720 it was the "Ginger or Maryanne" of the 80s
Bring back old style MTV! I WANT MY MTV!!!!!!
I turned 20 when MTV began. I hung on every video for the latest view and news of my music hero's. I remember getting so excited at the news of a new video. The old cliche holds true in this case. They don't make music like that anymore.
I still want my MTV and I miss Downtown Julie Brown Club MTV
Did anyone catch that the fact about the nude photo going to Steve Perry of Aerosmith. It's Joe Perry, not Steve. Steve Perry is Journey.
Or did he mean Steven Tyler?
@@billspangler2556 either way he's busted LoL
I heard that ! ! !
It kind of takes away , from the validity , of the whole video .
i caught that too... he also called nina blackwood blackmon toward the end
@@mikedifranco1973 LoL ikr! LoL
I lived through that period, from " Video Killed the Radio Star" to all the rap and beach shows and what not. It is sad that they changed the format, but it was one of the greatest times. I'm glad I was there to experience it.
Back in the 80's everybody in my household watched MTV, it was the channel (channel 25 btw) that we always went to if we weren't watching a movie or the news etc. MTV was great for introducing you to new music and I miss that more than anything. The 80's was just a better time in general partly due to having MTV
I want my old MTV it was the soundtrack to my adulthood bring back The original MTV!!!! 🖤💚🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶💚🖤
In 1982 my best friend and a couple our friends would be at his parents house during the spring ,summer and fall his parents had a cabin on Shoals Creek they spent weekends at leaving the house to us. Damn at the hours of MTV we watched an listening too. Mark Goodman was the most handsome of all the guys then or that followed. Billy Idol was huge during the early 1980's on MTV. Then things changed and no more MTV music videos like in the old days. Sad ! Those were wonderful times the 1970's after graduation ,turned into the 1980's without the pressures of high school. The 80's was out real introduction to our early adult day. But honestly I never felt like an adult and in my mind and soul I'm still not. Wonderful memories of my friends and family members who were still very much alive and well on planet earth.
It’s hard to express how revolutionary and explosive MTV was. Cable tv was still in its infancy and to have a channel dedicated to music was almost unbelievable to us. Much to the chagrin of my parents it was on the tv almost all day and night. Music videos were the topic of conversation and whenever a song hit the first question was “did you see the video?” It really was amazing how it changed and influenced culture
The vjs really were like your buddies. I surely do miss those early days....God bless those original fresh outta the box times music was everything to me
if memory serves me right, "VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR" is the first video that MTV aired
They said that on the video
Yep it was "video killed the radio star." Now people are famous only from releasing on the internet. I don't even watch the award shows anymore. I don't know half of the people being shone.
@@geraldmulligan5836 So you think Dire Straits wrote a song with the line "I want my MTV" before MTV existed?
Miss Kitty Fantastico -- Joan Jett got I love Rock N Roll from a band in the 30’s. 😂😂😂
@@jcarterla ok I looked it up. The first video for MTV on August 1, 1981 was "video killed the radio star." The first video on European MYV August 1, 1987 was "money for nothing" by Dire Staits that in the beginning of that song was "I want my MTV" so there you have it. We were both right, in a sense.😎
I miss the headbanger's ball!!!!long time ago
I always called it Hairmetal Ball, as that seemed to be almost all of what was played on it.
Awwwww I remember Everyone of them!!
i remember getting out of school doing my homework an watching MTV in the 80's those were the good ole days and I haven't watched it in years because of they have gotten away from music videos and most of the music now days ain't music and yes I want my old MTV
When i was in high school we couldn't afford cable so a new station called Fox was invented and at midnight on Friday nights they would have 2 hours of all the new and popular videos and I couldn't wait for Friday night all week. I remember "welcome to the jungle" blew me away and couldn't wait to go to the mall next day to buy that G and R tape. 😆
Yes! Friday Night Videos! We didn't have cable in our town yet so we had to watch that show too. I thought it was NBC though....
It was NBC. FOX didn't exist until 1987.
i remember when kiss took the makeup off jj Jackson was there.
I love mtv in the 80s.I watched all the time and I was in my 20s.I am now in my 60s and love the old mtv.
When MTV actually showed music videos...
Did they still have VJ's in the latter part of the music video era though? I don't remember seeing them as a kid watching MTV in the early 90's.
@@alexanderfretheim5720 Yes. Kennedy, Adam Curry, Downtown Julie Brown, et al.
Y’all just glossed over JJ. So what if he had a heart attack in 04, he was there at the beginning.
Or that jj was a pop sar in the 60's?
Poor job not really talking about jj my favorite vj
I agree, shalfing JJ was sad. I mean he interview KIss when they appeared without make up for the first time. RIP JJ
In my opinion the 80s MTV was the best. They had the best music ever
...I was definitely from the MTV Generation. In fact, so much so that I used to actually produce music videos in the late 90’s, up to about 2005’ish.
It was a great gig if you could get it and survive the turbulent waters.
This is a really interesting video. Thanks for posting!
When it first came out we were obsessed with MTV. At college it was pretty much on all the time whereever you went.
I was 22 years old when MTV started, and it was perfect. I had so much fun and learned so much as well. The 80's were mine and my friends, I miss that so much. I want my MTV. I would give anything to go back and do it again. What it became is tragic at least in my mind. I am so grateful for experiencing it and to have the memories. Thank you for MTV.
My brothers loved Martha 💙 I was 13 when Mtv aired it was so great back then all the old bands from the 60's and New Wave mixed it made me love classic rock even more and yes even some stereo typical 80 junk.
I miss it so bad the 80's what a great time to grow up in.
I lived on the couch eating a pound of m&m''s and drinking a gallon of soda back in the early 80's after middle school every afternoon. Ancient history.
Brings back memories. thank you!
I miss the old Mtv, always will, life was so much better back then.
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I was addicted to MTV in the early years. I always felt that Alan Hunter ruined MTV with his"Running Amuck In August" around 1987 or 1988. Suddenly, there was no more videos being run 24 hours a day. Does any one else remember that?
I want my MTV!!!
Old MTV was the best .. when MTV really was just music, and the VJs were great. Miss it..!!
Does anyone remember this 1985 video
"Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" ~ David Lee Roth
LOL .. awesome video, as many others.
🎶😍🎶💕
Just rerun blocks of MTV content from the 80s, in their entirety, late night, on one of the streamers. My wife & I would watch that; she grew up in the 80s, I in the 70s, but I like most of that decade's pop and rock, and I dug MTV when it first aired, the deal having been sealed with MJ's "Thriller".😎
How come Downtown Julie Brown wasn't mentioned? She was a V.J. too.
She was not an original VJ, she started in 1987 on a show called Club MTV.
A GREAT GREAThank
You to the original 5 VJ's!!!!....Thank You for ROCKIN AWSOMESTunes!!!!....i am A BIG FAN of Q104.3 new yorks CLASSIC ROCK....something much better than me....iLIKE LISTENIN to Q104.3 and remembering when videos for these TUNES were ROCKIN the AIRWAVES!!!!🙂🇺🇸🙂....
with much RESPECT and APPRECIATION....
ernie caplanson
Thanks for listening
I was there when it began and loved it! Used to watch it all the time and record my favorite videos on VHS. it s ok to branch out and try new things but I wish they hadn’t moved so far away from the videos. Martha has become quite beautiful!
Thanks for sharing!
DEVO’s Beautiful World song/video truly explains what was happening in the late 70s and 1980s‼️ MTV also had quite a few early DOVO videos that they produced themselves well before they thought of MTV & record labels paid for them. In the beginning, MTV played their videos numerous times over a 24 hour period until MTV’s catalog was huge, then they blacklisted DEVO 🤔👎👎
Sure do miss those days and JJ. Jackson as well rest his soul.
My favorite VJ growing up was Dave Kendall of 120 minutes. My buddies and I would record each of his shows to find the latest and greatest Alternative bands since we didn't live in an area with great radio channels
I was also addicted to the whole show my favorite was Headbangers Ball.
Us too! Thank you for sharing your favorite. What other types of video would you like to see?
yeah!!!!! Headbangers Ball, with Adam Curry. Then, he handed the reins to Riki Rachtman.
I remember JJ would call Tina Turner, "The Burner". Awesome memories!
I miss the old 80’s videos!!!!!!!
AMAZINGLY COOL VJ's!!!🙂📻🙂
R.I.P. JJ Jackson
MTV used to be Music Television. Now, it's Mediocre Television.
100% agree
Wish MTV hadn't abandoned the format that made them famous.
Loved the mtv till the mid 90’s then it went to crap with all the reality bull crap! Haven’t seen it in 25 years because of it,
I’m so old I remember when MTV played music. I’m 64 now and I remember looking forward to new videos from bands like Whitesnake, Cinderella, Motley Crue and Ratt. Anyone remember the game show they had called Remote Control ? I always made it a point to watch Head Bangers Ball. Now all they show is fake scripted drama shows about pregnant teenagers. Now I call it Suck TV!
great bands
Facts Verse Yes the bands were awesome. But what I could never figure out is during the mid 80’s they played videos from talent such as Tina Turner Bryan Adams , Hall and Oates, Springsteen. But where I lived in Indiana from 1:00 to 1:30 pm they played the most requested videos of the day. And they were always the Hairbands such as Whitesnake, Cinderella, Ratt, Twisted Sister etc. Never quite understood why they didn’t show the videos of these bands more during the day.
They got sued a few times in the early 2000's, and it really broke their spirit. They began to transition to shows with Daria, and for a while the programming was actually decent, but it had a particular nihilistic focus and philosophy and when that was combined with the Reality TV philosophy it was perfect lawsuit fuel.
"Never quite understood why they didn’t show the videos of these bands more during the day." Because the people making the requests will tune in during a time of day when they wouldn't otherwise tune in to see the requests, whereas they'll tune in at peak hours regardless. Plus stuff that's being requested has already been seen a fair bit and is probably already borderline overplayed.
Well, "video killed the radio stars." - The Buggles - "Reality Shows killed the music videos on MTV. - Me - CZcams does have a lot of music videos from the old MTV days and a lot from the 50's, 60's' and 70's. A lot from TV Variety Shows and concert footage. In the 60's music videos were referred as promotional music films. Also on CZcams as well as many full recorded studio albums of many genres of music from all over the world.
Today's TRUE MTV is the internet.
Thanks for watching, Jesse!
well on you tube you can get pretty much anything even old MTV back then i never thought i would be watching music on a computer go figure shit changes and the world moves on ready or not
I was 17 and a college freshman when MTV started, 1981 we would leave only MTV on for all 7 years of Bachelor’s & Masters, my who I met in college always tells everyone that I’m still an MTV teenager. Because I recorded days & months of MTV for my colleagues and she says I stayed in that phase even with a PhD I’m still immature.
I started watching MTV from the beginning. And watched all the videos. Miss the original MTV.
But please double check your information. It's not Adam and the Ants. Its Adam Ant. And Steve Perry is not with Aerosmith. He was with Journey. Steven Tyler is with Aerosmith
Exactly, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler. Steve Perry is Journey LoL 🤣
He was Adam Ant.
Adam Ant Fan here. It was Adam and the Ants before it was just Adam Ant. 🥰
And Joe Perry is Aerosmith
The band was Adam and the Ants. When Goddard went solo he took the name Adam Ant
There's never been anything like the original MTV & there never will be.
in 1982 I really like Martha Quinn and to this day I still watch Martha Quinns Rock trivia.
19 in 81....what a year
I had a crush on Nina Blackwood back in the 1980's. I stopped watching MTV as they switched more and more into metal. Haven't watched it in decades.
I think we all were addicted.
In Canada we have Much Music which has gone the same way as MTV
Miss the old MTV.
Us too! Music is the best back then.
This is the first "Facts Verse" video that I have enjoyed. Usually very misleading.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I do miss the original style and content of MTV.
Makes me sad and very nostalgic. Oh and I now feel old as dirt. Lol
Steve "Perry" is from Journey. Steve "Tyler" is from Aerosmith.
I want my real MTV 80’s for ever
And, thanks to CZcams, you can (basically) have it.
This is the only facts verse video I've ever enjoyed
In all honesty, I'm glad I found this video, but I'm probably not going to subscribe.
You can never go home again. That saying applies to MTV, and too bad because I miss the old days.
Sad but true. Thanks for sharing. What other types of video would you like to see?
I loved the original MTV but not all those stupid reality shows. Martha or Nina I am not sure which one I liked better. They both had something about them. 👍
My vote goes to Martha.
What I liked about this classic MTV is that I might catch a video when my TV show on another channel was showing commercials.
Even if MTV continued in this format today, I don't think I could tolerate all the rap videos they would be obligated to show..
Bring back the videos 24/7.
Speaking of MTV's programming pivot, I think CMT missed a valuable opportunity when Firefly was cancelled. If CMT had taken on Joss Whedon's sci-fi western when the network orphaned it, they could have made the transition to being much more culturally relevant.
❤MTV❤ , Yo MTVRaps, MTV Cribs, videos and news was and will be great to watch now oh and if the vj’s were the🕺🏼 musicians themselves who are and were in videos! The videos helped bring their music to life 💃🏻with a better understanding, the meaning of their lyrics.🧟♂️” The Thriller”! Need I say more. Yes I 😢miss❤ my MTV!
That's easy. MTV sucks now...end of story
I do enjoy the Classic MTV channel... well most of it !! but we always have the 80's on 8 on Surius XM....
I want my old MTV
MTV's music v-j's need s to be back on the Air from the 1980's
.....like it used to be
Martha Quinn...the best of all!!
Loved MTV
I had a crush on Nina Blackwood,,🔥😎
I can see why. She was a darling!
I watched the entire vid -- mind not blown. Do I get my 10 mins back now?
Did he really just say "Aerosmith's Steve Perry?" LMAO! 03:26
I strongly agree with Mark Goodman that CZcams is now literally today's Mtv.
I love the 80s musics ❤️👍
I miss the old Mtv!!Used to watch in college!!
I was in my first enlistment in the Airforce living off base. Thought it was great being independent at the time as a 20 year old.
I Definitely Miss the Old MTV, the VJ's, the Videos, & Especially the Types of Music.
I know that I'm Dating myself... But I was getting ready to be a Senior in high school when MTV Debuted & it was Definitely a Hit & the Latest Craze.
Years later when formats changed, it was a Very Sad☹ Day for the VJ's, Music, & Music Videos on MTV.
Now MTV is All About Drama TV Shows & Everything that MTV was Created for, is Now Locked Up in the MTV History Vault.
But, at Least We Have CZcams to Thank to Savor MTV's Music History from the Beginning on 08/01/1981.
A little Tidbit from my local history....a few months after MTV became a Huge Success, a little know Detroit, Michigan TV Station created a place for teens to go to dance or we could watch at home that we could see the kids dancing, but watch the Videos of the songs being played too. Anyways, it was Our Version of MTV....but was Called MV3.
It lasted roughly from late 1981-1984.
I wrote to both MTV & MV3 & asked if I could Get their Iconic Original Logo Pins.....& After a few months, I Did Receive "1" from MTV, which is made of Pewtor, & "1" from MV3, which is a round metal pin with their Logo in pink & light blue.
I still have both to this day & I got them both for Free. What Sweet Deal it Was & Is to be able to own a Piece of Music📻 History.
Yes I do miss the old school MTV
Still got a thing for Martha Quinn
60s 70s 80s and 90s were the best years of my life and now we are in 2020 and the world 🌎 is upside down😞😞
I llisten to Martha Quinn on my local radio station KDZA 101.9 fm🎙️💻📱📻☺️🙂✌🏼
Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! What other types of video would you like to see?
They were also forbidden to do endorsements. With their fame Coke Pepsi or Doritos would have jumped to have them as spokespeople. MTV didn't want anyone to be bigger than the MTV brand.
By the time our cable company started airing MTV, Nina and JJ were already gone.
At the time these were the coolest people.
We had peace
MTV is now "Empty V" (Empty Vision)
I miss the original MTV
I like the original MTV way of just videos and it’s all music and video concepts. Now I’m showing my age. That’s for this information.