Episode 10: Welcome to the Boomtown Episode 10 (I Want My MTV)

Welcome back to the 80s! Where were you at 12:01 am on August 1, 1981? If you weren’t living in New Jersey you missed seeing The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first music video to launch the new cable channel, MTV. Over the next several years MTV would come to influence not only music, but also fashion, television, film, and advertising around the world. In Episode 10 we celebrate the 40th anniversary of MTV, playing some of the biggest music video hits of the 80s, and share some of our favorite video memories.

A shout out to those of you who have been with us since the beginning and welcome to our new listeners. As always, thanks to the people who helped us put this together: Alan (for all our artwork), DJ Phil B (for the technical stuff) and David Baerwald and David Ricketts, also known as David + David, for their amazing album which inspired the title of our podcast.

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Songs chosen by both of us. 

Group or artist - song title (album and release date)

1. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (Age of Plastic 1979)

2. a-ha - Take on Me (Hunting High and Low 1985)

3. Big Country - In a Big Country (The Crossing 1983)

4. Duran Duran - Rio (Night Version) (Rio 1982)

5. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (So 1986)

6. The Cars - You Might Think (Heartbeat City 1984)

7. David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (Crazy from the Heat 1985)

8. Yes - Leave It (90125 1983, single release 1984)

9. Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield (Live from Earth 1983)

10. Billy Joel - Allentown (The Nylon Curtain 1982)

11. Talking Heads - Burning Down the House (Speaking in Tongues 1983)

12. Godley & Creme - Cry (The History Mix Volume 1 1985)

13. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - The Waiting (Hard Promises 1981)

14. Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me (Hysteria 1987, single release 1988)

15. ZZ Top - Legs (Eliminator 1983, single release 1984)

16. Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love (Riptide 1985, single release 1986)

17. Madonna - Like a Prayer (Like a Prayer 1989)

18. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Thriller 1982, single release 1983)

19. Prince - Little Red Corvette (1999 1982, single release 1983)

20. David Bowie - Modern Love (Let's Dance 1983)

Listen, enjoy, share, follow. And thanks for keeping 80s music alive!

BB & DD