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Some More Obscure Early MTV Videos

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by MR. MEOWGI, Oct 6, 2007.

  1. MR. MEOWGI

    MR. MEOWGI Contributing Member

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    The Hitmen - Bates Motel

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/il42fQHke8A"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/il42fQHke8A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>



    Martin Briley - The Salt In My Tears

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I6KlcL6V2H0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I6KlcL6V2H0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>



    Joe King Carrasco - Party Weekend

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qOCxhSdKWkc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qOCxhSdKWkc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>



    Neal Schon & Jan Hammer - Lies

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_5uCKz7eCLU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_5uCKz7eCLU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>



    Ultravox - Vienna

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X3OaIsqtG64"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X3OaIsqtG64" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>



    Utopia - Feet Don't Fail Me Now

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_IDEMzGbMv4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_IDEMzGbMv4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>



    Snakefinger - The Man In the Dark Sedan

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bpy02W2rWts"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bpy02W2rWts" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>



    Jason & The Scorchers - White Lies

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7itLeZg85Ac"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7itLeZg85Ac" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>



    Landscape - My Name Is Norman Bates

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pLvnYwvJMKE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pLvnYwvJMKE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>




    PhD - Little Susie's On The Up

    <embed src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/player/media/swf/FLVVideoSolo.swf' flashvars='id=1152473&emailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.yahoo.com%2Futil%2Fmail%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26vid%3D19085&imUrl=http%25253A%25252F%25252Fvideo.yahoo.com%25252Fvideo%25252Fplay%25253Fei%25253DUTF-8%252526vid%25253D19085&imTitle=Little%252BSusie%252526%25252339%25253Bs%252BOn%252BThe%252BUp&searchUrl=http://video.yahoo.com/search/video?p=&profileUrl=http://video.yahoo.com/video/profile?yid=&creatorValue=ZF9mdWxtb3Jl&vid=19085' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='425' height='350'></embed>



    Todd Rundgren - Time Heals

    <embed src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/player/media/swf/FLVVideoSolo.swf' flashvars='id=1097164&emailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.yahoo.com%2Futil%2Fmail%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26vid%3D18982&imUrl=http%25253A%25252F%25252Fvideo.yahoo.com%25252Fvideo%25252Fplay%25253Fei%25253DUTF-8%252526vid%25253D18982&imTitle=Time%252BHeals&searchUrl=http://video.yahoo.com/search/video?p=&profileUrl=http://video.yahoo.com/video/profile?yid=&creatorValue=ZF9mdWxtb3Jl&vid=18982' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='425' height='350'></embed>



    Lee Ritenour - Mr. Briefcase

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x6pFt0K2fw8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x6pFt0K2fw8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>




    Rupert Hine - Surface Tension

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6FYlcMXb9lg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6FYlcMXb9lg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>



    Cliff Richard - Dreaming

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/itEytND-98E"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/itEytND-98E" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>



    Michael Stanley Band - He Can't Love You

    <embed src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/player/media/swf/FLVVideoSolo.swf' flashvars='id=1192074&emailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.yahoo.com%2Futil%2Fmail%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26vid%3D19148&imUrl=http%25253A%25252F%25252Fvideo.yahoo.com%25252Fvideo%25252Fplay%25253Fei%25253DUTF-8%252526vid%25253D19148&imTitle=He%252BCan%252526%25252339%25253Bt%252BLove%252BYou&searchUrl=http://video.yahoo.com/search/video?p=&profileUrl=http://video.yahoo.com/video/profile?yid=&creatorValue=ZF9mdWxtb3Jl&vid=19148' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='425' height='350'></embed>



    Chilliwack - My Girl

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yahBtp_1jWE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yahBtp_1jWE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>



    Blotto - I Wanna Be A Lifeguard

    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6KhXbtUldqg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6KhXbtUldqg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
     
  2. FranchiseBlade

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    Some great ones. I was especially pleased with Party Weekend, My Name is Norman Bates, and I Want To Be A Lifeguard, even if it didn't hold as well as I would have thought.

    I have had the hardest time locating an original version of "Party Weekend" on CD or even a legal MP3.
     
  3. the futants

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    Ever listen to much Snakefinger? Fantastically weird. Affiliated with The Residents...
     
  4. Faos

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    Anyone remember Video Jukebox on HBO back in the day BEFORE MTV?
     
  5. SirCharlesFan

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    Anyone here familiar with an old British Band from the 80s called "Roman Holliday" ? I don't think they had much success in the states, but had a couple of top 40 hits in the UK.
     
  6. Rocket River

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    aahhhh
    USA 'UP' All Night

    Rocket River
     
  7. Fatty FatBastard

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    Legal?
     
  8. FranchiseBlade

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    Yes, I pay for all of my music downloads legally. I didn't used to, and I didn't care, but it was actually reading arguments from Jeff on these boards that caused me to get rid of my illegal ones, and since then I've only paid for them.
     
  9. Roxfan73

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    Does anybody know who made a video from the mid 80's that had a nerd in a bubble floating on the surf surrounded by bikini clad hot chicks? It was in heavy rotation around 84 I think.
     
  10. Shroopy2

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    ;)

    similar type songs play on http://www.all80sradio.com/playingnow.htm once in a while.

    Even if it charted decent when it came out, I think Vienna is one of the more underrated songs of the era...

    MTV played all kinds of "promo" videos (as UK'ers liked to call them) from all around back then. Now they don't need to have varied music with regional MTVs like MTV Europe, Asia and similar, and stick with whats bankable in the US (not like they WERENT trying to bank back then but still...)

    Wait, what you learned something from this board, and actually APPLIED it into real life? This board is good but I didnt think it actually turned posters into better people :p
     
  11. TheFreak

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    That is a great song. I had no idea they were ever on MTV. Their albums seem to be mostly out of print. That is just not right. :(

    If you happen to know of a way I could obtain this album, please let me know.
     
  12. MR. MEOWGI

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    Email sent.
     
  13. RocketMan Tex

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    They're actually still around. When they played Fitzgerald's in 1983, my old R&B band opened for them, and those guys partied me up, down and sideways. I was a dead DWI in the drivers seat coming home that night...at 6AM. :eek:
     
  14. TheFreak

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    I figured they might be still around. I have one of their later albums (Blazing Grace) but never liked it that much. I've been wanting the album w/"White Lies" on it for a while now though.
     

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