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Zoneboy
10-27-2012, 01:36 AM
Actual videos only, concert footage doesn't count.

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Zoneboy
10-27-2012, 01:41 AM
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Riley Martin
10-28-2012, 01:35 PM
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MickeyMac
10-28-2012, 01:37 PM
Videos are basically music promo films. They go all the way back to the 1920's
Zoneboy
10-28-2012, 01:59 PM
Videos are basically music promo films. They go all the way back to the 1920's

True but they weren't mainstream until MTV debuted. The only time you saw one on tv was when it aired on shows like Don Kirshner's Rock Concert or The Midnight Special which is where I first saw this one in 1976.

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Zoneboy
10-28-2012, 02:04 PM
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Riley Martin
10-29-2012, 04:59 PM
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Riley Martin
10-29-2012, 05:05 PM
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Vahan
10-29-2012, 05:26 PM
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Nothing more fun than driving around Los Angeles, California circa 1980. :cool:
Zoneboy
10-29-2012, 07:46 PM
Billy Joel-Sometimes a Fantasy

Good one! Definitely my favorite Billy Joel song.
Zoneboy
10-29-2012, 07:50 PM
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gilligan fanatic
10-30-2012, 07:18 AM
Glen Campbell - Galveston
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Regulus
10-30-2012, 08:38 AM
In the late 1960s and early 1970s Filmation did several Saturday-Morning Cartoons (The Archies, The Groovy Ghoulies and The Hardy Boys), which had musical interludes featuring the charactures in them. . IMO These were the forerunners of music videos.
UMFaninMD
10-30-2012, 02:23 PM
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Riley Martin
10-31-2012, 07:09 PM
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Zoneboy
11-01-2012, 08:42 PM
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Riley Martin
11-02-2012, 09:36 PM
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Zoneboy
11-04-2012, 01:13 AM
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Penny Lane
11-04-2012, 02:32 PM
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Rhinestone Cowboy! Love that song!:D :wave:
Penny Lane
11-04-2012, 02:34 PM
Great videos! I miss the 70's!:(
Zoneboy
11-04-2012, 03:38 PM
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Steve M.
11-29-2012, 11:02 PM
"Local Girls" by Graham Parker and the Rumour (1979) - my favorite Graham Parker song!

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Riley Martin
12-15-2012, 08:26 PM
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Steve M.
05-13-2017, 02:27 PM
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

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