# What video am I not remembering from the early days of MTV?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-video-am-i-not-remembering-from-the-early-days-of-mtv/843595>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 18, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-video-am-i-not-remembering-from-the-early-days-of-mtv/843595 "2019-11-18T01:22:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-video-am-i-not-remembering-from-the-early-days-of-mtv/843595/41 "2019-11-22T01:27:38Z")

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> [@ShadowFacts](#):
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> That is…not a good video. Even by 1984 standards.

…that video was art of the highest caliber. It wouldn’t look out of place hanging in the Louvre.

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-video-am-i-not-remembering-from-the-early-days-of-mtv/843595/42 "2019-11-22T03:48:04Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> I can’t understand how you could possibly get a Scottish vibe from that! 😃

I pick up on the little things.

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-video-am-i-not-remembering-from-the-early-days-of-mtv/843595/43 "2019-11-22T04:05:33Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> I can’t understand how you could possibly get a Scottish vibe from that! 😃

With that video coming round about the same time as Come on Eileen, I used to think Slade and Dexys were both from Scotland.

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