November 1981... I remember watching Mtv when it first came on over cable, played only about 15-20 videos all day every day for a while. New Wave had arrived in the States and my grandmother eeked out over A Flock Of Seagulls hairdo. And yes absolutely quarters and arcades (especially casino arcades) were KING back then. I had a hard time convincing friends and family in Sacramento that a music video channel called "Mtv" existed. They all thought I was full of shit until I brought them a Betamax tape with Ratt and Motley Crue videos on it. They never did let me have that tape back. Sacramento didn't have cable until around 1988, it was all rabbit ears until then.
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