This was our very first installment of Criss Cross Counter Punch and was originally published on Culture Brats on March 29, 2010. But since Michael Jackson and Prince played such a big role in the early days of MTV, we dusted it off for this week's festivities.
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Archphoenix: Don't get me wrong, I love me some Prince, especially
Purple Rain. His purple funkness is quite a talented musician. But
Thriller remains, for me anyway, the best pop album, pretty much ever.
Thriller is the best selling album of all time. Seven of the album's nine songs were released as singles and all seven songs hit
Billboard's top ten list. The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy awards. I know, I know, just because it sells doesn't mean it's necessarily good (i.e. Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Nickleback, etc.). But in this case, the fact that it still sells ridiculously well 25 years later is a testament to the longevity of the album.
To help commemorate our look back at the 30th Anniversary of the launch of MTV, we decided to take a look back at one of our favorite shows to air on the channel, MTV Unplugged.
MTV debuted thirty years ago today. We're going to be taking a look back at MTV all week long but to kick things off, we thought we'd share the first thirty videos MTV played thirty years ago.
