MTV killed the video star
Dear MTV,
Happy 25th birthday! It's so funny to think that only seven years ago, you were able to vote and buy porn for the first time. Now all your friends are getting married, moving to the suburbs, buying Kias, and having babies. But you - you! You're showing Madonna and Britney Spears kissing open-mouthed! Why, you haven't aged a day!
I remember the day you were born ... it was a hot day, in 1981. You had terrible hair, but maybe it was just the humidity:
But you had Martha Quinn, and she was adorable.
Anyway, I saved these other YouTube moments from your baby book. They're after the jump.
Your first video: The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
Cyndi wants her MTV: "I Want My MTV" commercial
Zombies!: Michael Jackson's Thriller
Kurt's finest hour: Nirvana on Unplugged - Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam
Madonna, touched, for the very first time: "Like A Virgin" at the 1984 Video Music Awards
Michael Stipe flails, for the very first time: R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
Before he was daily: The Jon Stewart Show
Morphing faces! George Wendt! Augh!: Michael Jackson - Black Or White
Monkey torture, the Nutracker in a tiny room, etc.: The State, Episode 201 (or just the monkey torture)
The ageless Kurt Loder, the adorable Kim Deal: The Breeders on The Week In Rock
I'm'a set it straight, this Watergate!: The Beastie Boys: Sabotage
My son Spanky: Snoop on Cribs
Oh, the intrigue: Duran Duran, "Hungry Like the Wolf"
Ready Freddie!: Queen at Live Aid
Yo! Ed Lover Dance!: Yo! MTV Raps
Eminem and Eminem and Eminem: "The Real Slim Shady" on 2000 Video Music Awards
Sandler, embarassment, etc.: Remote Control
Frog baseball: Beavis & Butthead & the poor frog
... and we'll just ignore "Singled Out."
Happy Birthday!
Love,
Robot David