…this was what we were watching.
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27 Years Ago…
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What was really great about early MTV, aside from the mockery opportunities afforded by its VJs, was the relative paucity of music videos at the time meant they had to put on whatever they could get. This ranged from the fairly cool—”Too Many Creeps” by the Bush Tetras—to the hilariously pompous—”On the Loose” by Saga—to the fantabulously lame—”Citizen” by Citizen, containing the immortal lines “I’m a citizen/and I’m concerned.” Who was it who did “I Won’t Let You Down,” anyway?…
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