On That Note: I Want(ed) My MTV

[cyclones500]

I could ramble about how perfectly this video captures the theme/lyrics/vibe of this song … but draw your own conclusions and we can babble later.

 

[MeanDean]

Pre-MTV by about 15 years. Pretty cool for the high school kids that got to be in the video. Herb almost gets smacked...

Another pre-MTV "Promotional Film" as I think they were called back then.

 

[Cyclonepride]

The song, the voice, the girl (not necessarily in that order). Class A 80's make out song

 

[BoxsterCy]

One of the best of "today" IMHO. The editing in this is flawless. Some of the takes are priceless. Just pure fun. I guess with 3.5 billion views peeps like it as much as I do.

 

[JP4CY]

This was on a lot years ago. Almost like a short movie.

 

[CyclonesFan4ever]

A truly groundbreaking video for it's time. After Thriller it's my next favorite 80's video.

Rulzzz you beat me to it. That's definitely one of my favorite songs and MVs of the 80s. This MV used a revolutionary technology called rotoscoping animation that features the band in a live-action / pencil-sketch animation sequence and it won multiple awards (source: Wikipedia).

I once made part of the song (20-37th sec in the video) as a cell phone ringtone and got people asking me what the ringtone came from.

 

[MuskieCy]

Took a VIP tour of Paisley Park a week ago. OMG, what a genius.

 

[cyclones500]

A joy. When I first saw this video, my Wilco exposure was limited mostly to “Box Full of Letters." This inspired me to buy “Being There" -- and I was on the runway into Wilco fandom.

 

[johnstoncy]

 

[CyclonesFan4ever]

For songs about fun and happiness, these are two of my favorite with their award-winning MVs.



This is the best Pharrell Williams song IMO.

 

[MuskieCy]

A drum machine and a keyboard, played by Prince.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Funny thing about this one, this song really didn't register with me fully until later, when I was playing Grand Theft Auto and I'd steal a car and this would come on the radio in-game. Classic 80's song

 

[drlove]

 

[drlove]

 

[CyclonesFan4ever]

Introducing the first-ever MTV Music Award "Video of the Year" (yes I love the song).

It's one of the first songs that used computer graphics in special effects.

 

[drlove]

 

[cyclones500]

 

[jay moe]

 

[demoncore1031]

Fun facts: The "not by the hair on my chinny chin chin" vocals were done by Maynard James Keenan of Tool. And Tool's drummer was also Green Jelly's drummer during this time.

 

[Cydar]

One of the first videos I watched on MTV