Awesome Mtv

For the 2024 MTV EMAs, synth-pop legends Pet Shop Boys performed the the Mott the Hoople / David Bowie classic All the Young Dudes, then rolled into to their hit track, West End Girls. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe prove they’ve still got it, contrasting their trademark minimalism with a flashy show with a string orchestra and dancers in artsy-fartsy costumes.

(PG-13) From the late ’80s to the early 2000s, MTV was the vehicle for musical artists to spread not just their work but their creative wings as well. Polyphonic recounts the trends along with lots of trivia from the golden age of the channel. Big-budget short films, raw performances, and the early days of CGI all coexisted and entertained two generations of viewers.

1980s and 1990s music fans will remember MTV’s 120 Minutes as the go-to show for the latest in alternative music. Thanks to fan Chris Reynolds, there’s now a YouTube playlist featuring the more than 2500 music videos that ran on the show between 1986 and 2003. We’re assuming he had a little help from this website.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, MTV was the place to go for the latest music videos. But over the years, the network has lost its way and its cultural relevancy. Slidebean’s Company Forensics digs into MTV’s history, their explosive growth, and the gradual changes that moved them away from their musical roots.

Dust off your knowledge of classic music videos with this blast-from-the-past party game. Players face off in a battle of musical knowledge from the ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s to collect artist cards from each of the MTV Challenge categories. It’s basically The Blockbuster Game, but with music instead of movies.

’80s kids, remember when MTV was all about the music videos? An anonymous Internet Archive poster scrounged and cleaning up old VHS and DVD footage from the first hours that MTV broadcast its cable signal starting on August 1, 1981, and kicking things off with The Buggles’ Video Killed the Radio Star… all in stereo.

Give yourself a cheap thrill with your very own MTV Video Music Award, inspired by the iconic moon man seen on the very first moments of MTV’s existence, and later on VMA trophies. Naturally, the Funko POP! version has a disproportionately large head, but it still looks awesome.

More than 20 years ago, Radiohead appeared on an unlikely stage – MTV’s Beach House – turning in performances of their classics Creep and Anyone Can Play Guitar, and transfixing what would have normally been a rowdy group of college kids with their hard-edged alt-rock.

Starting 8/1/16, VH1 Classic will become MTV Classic, a channel dedicated to the company’s original series and music programming with a focus on the 1990s to the early 2000s, such as Beavis and Butthead, Pimp My Ride and MTV Unplugged. We hope they put it online too.

MTV has unveiled the first official footage from the long-awaited revival of Beavis and Butt-head. Series creator Mike Judge, who reprises his various roles, said the animation will be drawn by hand.