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Big Mets fan, black cat & beach lover!! Queens girl!!!
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American Southwest best part of the USA!!
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43 years ago, Michael Jackson stepped onto the stage in that fedora and gave the world the moonwalk for the very first time ๐บโจ
A legendary Billie Jean performance that still feels untouchable today ๐ฅโก๏ธ
An injured kitten named Gelato gained the ability to walk thanks to a wheelchair that staff at a Cincinnati animal shelter built with toy cars and rulers. Read more: https://t.co/X0Kwmeny2l
MTV premiered August 1, 1981.
When MTV (Music Television) launched at 12:01 AM with John Lack's famous wordsโ"Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll"โand footage of the Apollo 11 moon landing, nobody could have predicted how profoundly it would reshape pop culture.
Here are a few quick, fascinating highlights from MTV's legendary launch:
The Very First Video: The first music video ever broadcast on the network was The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star," followed immediately by Pat Benatar's "You Better Run."
The Original VJs: The network introduced five original Video Disk Jockeys (VJs) who quickly became household names: Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson, and Martha Quinn.
A Regional Start: MTV wasn't initially available nationwideโit first went live on cable systems in Northern New Jersey and parts of the Midwest. Cable operators were flooded with calls from fans demanding, "I want my MTV!" after the iconic ad campaign launched in 1982.
The Visual Revolution: Before MTV, music videos were largely an afterthought or promotional clip for European television. MTV turned videos into an essential art form, launching careers, dictating fashion trends, and turning the 1980s into the ultimate visual era for rock and pop music.
Do you miss te MTV that was all about the music?๐๏ธ
Freddie Mercury dropping to his knees right in front of Brian May while John Deacon performs in the background at Wembley Stadium back in July 1986. Taken during Queen's legendary Magic Tourโjust one year after their triumphant Live Aid performance on the very same stage. Photo by Dave Hogan
Forty years after Queenโs historic performance as the first Western rock band to play a stadium show behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest, the landmark concert returns in a newly restored 4K edition with remixed audio.
Queen Budapestย arrives in cinemas and IMAX from October 7, with 3LP, 2CD, Digital, 4k UHD, Blu-ray and DVD formats following on October 30.
Pre-Orderย Now: https://t.co/tGoIb0k3Gc