VH1 Classic

I’ve just discovered a cool treasure on TV: VH1 Classic. This channel shows all the old music videos I remember watching on MTV in the 80s—when MTV actually showed music videos. I guess VH1 figured from the popularity of the “I Love the 80s” series that its demographic would be interested in seeing the full-length and full list 80s videos.

I’ve only been able to watch it a few times, for only a few minutes (a couple of videos) at a time. I remember most of the videos they’re showing, but they’re mixing the Headbangers Ball stuff in with the regular pop/rock stuff. And they’re playing new (current) Eagle’s stage performance stuff to sell the Eagle’s new album.

I was never a fan of the Headbangers Ball on MTV. I wasn’t a metalhead, so I just didn’t watch the channel during the HB hours. But the weird metal videos (yes, I said “weird”) are now all mixed in with the pop stuff. At least I haven’t seen all the “Yo! MTV Raps” junk mixed in as well. I might not be a fan of the old metal stuff, but I actively dislike the classic rap junk.

While writing this post, I turned on VH1 Classic. The first video I saw was the Eagle’s new stage performance of “Desperado”. Right after, now they are showing a new video of the new song, “How Long”. That’s just wrong—a new performance video of a song that never had a video in the classic days, and a new video of a new song. Not a very classic moment for VH1 Classic.

Bullgrit
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