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10 Fearsome Facts About Stephen King’s ‘Cat’s Eye’ for Its 40th Anniversary
In this classic horror anthology film, Drew Barrymore, a stray cat, and Sting take viewers through three frightening tales.
Who Was in Band Aid, the British Supergroup That Did ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’
One big British star couldn’t make the recording session, but one American group did!
Watch the Winning Videos From MTV’s First VMAs
Watch the videos for “Thriller,” “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “Rockit,” “Every Breath You Take” and all of the others that won at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, the music channel’s first VMAs ceremony.
Unpopular Opinion: The Police’s ‘Ghost in the Machine’ > ‘Synchronicity’
In spite of its sales and popularity, ‘Synchronicity,’ while still an incredible record by any metric, is eclipsed by The Police’s penultimate effort, ‘Ghost in the Machine.’
‘Friday Night Videos’ Helped a Lot of MTV-Less Early ’80s Music Fans
“For many of you, Friday Night Videos will be your first experience with music video” said a narrator during an intro to an early episode of NBC’s series. And it was true. For early ’80s music fans without MTV or cable television altogether, FNV filled a big void.
Enjoy Three Hours of Martha Quinn VJ-ing MTV in July 1983
It’s another trip back to when MTV actually was ‘Music Television’ with this three-hour video from July 16, 1983. Besides Quinn introducing videos and delivering music news, there are also great commercials from the era.
The Police Arrested Us With ‘Synchronicity’ 40 Years Ago
The band’s final studio album dethroned Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller.’