What was the First Music Video?
By lanlan011
@lanlan011 (701)
United States
January 31, 2009 3:18pm CST
I was sitting at the tv when a thought came across my mind. I wondered "what was the first music video?" I decided to ask my sis and she was just as stumped as I was. Then I said I should google it. But then I thought that maybe Ill ask my fellow myLotters. It seemed like a great discussion so I decided to start it. So Im asking YOU to do the research. What was the first music video? Who was it by? What was the name of the song? If you could please provide a link.
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3 responses
@bows280 (184)
• Romania
31 Jan 09
i think this is it
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_first_music_video_ever_made
just hate it that i can't paste here
@lanlan011 (701)
• United States
31 Jan 09
cool thanx. ill see if i can find it. i kno it sucks not being able to paste.
@LilPixelle (828)
• United States
31 Jan 09
yeah You'd think the beetles would have had one made long before that :P
@kel1483 (986)
• United States
31 Jan 09
In like the 1960's and 1970's a lot of bands would make videos, but there wasn't a lot of outlets for them to be played. I don't know the exact first band or song for a video, but I know bands like Queen had made videos, but there wasn't like a tv station or the internet to watch them.
But I am quite sure that the first video played on MTV was the Buggles' video for the song 'Video Killed The Radio Star. Hope that sort of answers your question. It isn't necessarily the first one ever made, but it was the first one on MTV =)
@lanlan011 (701)
• United States
5 Feb 09
Thanx alot. I didnt know that was the first video on MTV. So what did they play on MTV before music videos. I guess they only played songs before then. Maybe Ill try finding the video on the computer and if I do Ill provide a link for every1 else. Thanx for sharing your fact.
@eitai32 (1)
• United States
12 Dec 09
Sometime in the early 70's I watched a tv performance by Todd Rundgren where he introduced the song "Can We Still Be Friends?"; he stated before performing the song that this was the origination of a new music genre called a "music video". The video featured Todd Rundgren performing the tune at the piano with the image of a tiny ballerina dancing on the piano. Nothing spectacular I know but I have clear recollection of the event and how Rundgren introduced the song.
