After the tumultuous 60’s and 70’s, and having survived the disco years as a long-haired hippie, I was there on that fateful day in 1981 when a new musical concept was born with the name of Music Television, or MTV. Good music was still good music of course, but the additional art form of video juxtaposed with it breathed new life into and made some instant classics of tunes which otherwise would have just been memorable pop tunes.
This experiment had the bonus of exposing me to several bands that I otherwise would probably never have heard of. And so, here is my list of personal favorites from that early 80’s MTV era.
1) Duran Duran
2) Tears For Fears
3) Simple Minds
4) Level 42
5) Icehouse
6) INXS
7) Go West
The Police
9) Madonna
10) A-ha
11) Bourgeois Tagg
12) The Cars
13) Crowded House
14) Def Leppard
15) Thomas Dolby
16) The Eurythmics/Annie Lennox
17) The Fixx
18) Human League
19) Joe Jackson
20) Killing Joke
21) Madness
22) Men At Work
23) Modern English
24) Mr. Mister
25) Naked Eyes
26) Oingo Boingo
27) Pet Shop Boys
28) Spandau Ballet
29) Talk Talk
30) Wall of Voodoo
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