'real version' remakes of some early MTV videos

[thrihyrne]

I'm hooked. I admit it; I became a fan of doing laundry in 7th grade solely because my mom said I could watch MTV if -- and only if -- I was folding laundry. Some of these literal remakes are genius and show just how awful some of the original videos were. This one, of Billy Idol's White Wedding, I have to embed. In fall of '83, I was the last one in my household to go to school. My sister and brother went off, and my mom went off to grad school. Once I had the house to myself, I would illicitly turn on MTV and then call my then-best friend, Kelly Killingsworth, with whom I shared a birthday, when this video came on.

Yes, it's Thev trivia. And the literal remakes are glorious camp. Any others born around 1970 or thereabouts... welcome to parodies of our early adolescence.

Comments

[gingerspark.livejournal.com]

LOL

umm... yeah... music videos are often in the PWP/WTF category

very funny... loved it.

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

I loved early MTV. I was such the MTV watcher when it first came on and adored it all. Last night, however, I saw the 'remake' of A-Ha's "Take On Me" and, well, yeah. Early MTV was well suited for an early adolescent! Now it just makes me laugh, and that's okay.