1988 Countdown: #100-76 Roundup
Back in 1988, I videotaped the MTV year-end top-100 countdown. Earlier this year, I unearthed the tapes and started watching them for the first time in two decades. I’ve been gradually working my way through the countdown, dissecting every single clip (and the commercial breaks too). Half a year later, we’re now two and a half hours into the countdown, or 25% of the way through. I’ve seen videos both wonderful and vomitous, more of Kevin Seal than I ever expected to in this century, and five airings of the ad for The January Man.
If you’d like to catch up, here’s your chance.
#100: Keith Richards, “Take It So Hard”
#99: Crowded House, “Better Be Home Soon”
#98: Vixen, “Edge of a Broken Heart”
#97: Rick Astley, “Together Forever”
#95: The Bangles, “In Your Room”
(Bonus clip not on the countdown: Def Leppard, “Armageddon It”)
#94: Michael Jackson, “Another Part of Me”
#92: Pet Shop Boys, “Always on My Mind”
#91: Eric Carmen, “Hungry Eyes”
#90: Natalie Cole, “Pink Cadillac”
#89: The Traveling Wilburys, “Handle With Care”
#88: Michael Bolton, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”
#87: Kylie Minogue, “The Loco-Motion”
#86: Henry Lee Summer, “I Wish I Had a Girl”
#85: The Fat Boys, “The Twist”
(Bonus clip not on the countdown: U2, “Angel of Harlem”)
#84: Belinda Carlisle, “Circle in the Sand”
#83: Pet Shop Boys, “What Have I Done to Deserve This?”
#82: Icehouse, “Electric Blue”
#81: Van Halen, “Finish What Ya Started”
#80: Whitney Houston, “Where Do Broken Hearts Go”
#79: OMD, “Dreaming”
#78: Pat Benatar, “All Fired Up”
#77: Foreigner, “I Don’t Want to Live Without You”
#76: Johnny Hates Jazz, “Shattered Dreams”
And the introduction that started it all.
posted 5 November 2008 in 1988 and tagged MTV, roundups. no comments yet
