(Finished August 9th, 2026) Part 2 of The Best Music Videos In The History of History and MTV: Best of First 100 Videos

Hello,

This year is the 45th year anniversary of MTV, perhaps the most significant music movement in my life. Before MTV we didn’t know what most musicians looked like, unless we saw them on magazines/tvs and movies. MTV started on August 1st, 1981

But when MTV started we could see everyone and know what they looked like. We found out so much more the musicians, got music news, saw concert coverage and eventually game shows. Sadly those game shows and “Real World” reality TV was the beginning of the end for the best MTV era. However I always loved “Remote Control”, shout out to Ken Ober, Colin Quinn and Kari Wuhrer. From about 1981 to the late 90s was the era of being able to watch music videos twenty-four hours a day. So many great memories. I wonder how many hours I spent watching MTV in the 80s?

These are the best videos of all-time. Warning this blog will lean heavy 80s. I’m including the original video as much as possible.

18) Fleetwood Mac “Tusk”:

19) Michael Stanley Band “He Can’t Love You”:

20) REO Speedwagon “Tough Guys”:

21) Blondie “Rapture”:

22) April Wine “Sign of the Gypsy Queen”:

23) Talking Heads “Once In A Lifetime”:

24) REO Speedwagon “Take It On The Run”:

25) Leo Sayer “More Than I Can Say”:

26) Blondie “Heart of Glass”:

27) Split Enz “I Got You”:

28) David Bowie “Fashion”:

29) The J. Geils Band “Love Stinks”:

30) REO Speedwagon “Ridin’ The Storm Out”:

31) The Pretenders “Talk of The Town”:

32) Genesis “Turn It On Again”:

33) Ultravox “Vienna”:

One of those weird, but good, one hit New Wave hats. There seemed to be a lot of those. 34) The Vapors “Turning Japanese”:

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