This is NOT a thread about how great this song is. This thread is about how popular the song WAS in the '80's.

I was born in 1959. When the '80's started, I was 20. When they ended, I was 30. I am THE demographic for popular music in the '80's. I lived it. I loved it.

I watched MTV premier. I actually watched the very first broadcast of MTV - "Mexican Radio" - in August 1981. I watched it premier in a friend's apartment in College Station, Texas as he was moving in for his last year at Texas A&M.

I watched MTV all the time. Although I am now not a fan of music videos, it wasn't always that way. I watched every single video ever played on MTV in the 80's. There were lots of days where my TV never had anything else but MTV on.

Get my drift? I know the '80's. I know 80's videos.

Here is how many times I remember seeing Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" video on MTV:

ZERO. ZERO TIMES.

I'm sure it was played, and I'm sure I saw it, but let me tell you this:

THERE IS NO WAY "POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME" WAS THE MOST POPULAR VIDEO OF THE '80'S.

When VH1 ran their first "Best Videos of the 80's" list and this one topped it, I fell out of my chair. Even though it's an OK song and not a bad video, there's no way this video is even in the Top 500 Most Played Videos in the 1980's.

Do any of you that are around my age remember it that way? Or was I watching some parallel universe MTV that didn't show this video, while the earthly MTV played it 24/7?

RodeoSchro said:

This is NOT a thread about how great this song is. This thread is about how popular the song WAS in the '80's.

I was born in 1959. When the '80's started, I was 20. When they ended, I was 30. I am THE demographic for popular music in the '80's. I lived it. I loved it.

I watched MTV premier. I actually watched the very first broadcast of MTV - "Mexican Radio" - in August 1981. I watched it premier in a friend's apartment in College Station, Texas as he was moving in for his last year at Texas A&M.

I watched MTV all the time. Although I am now not a fan of music videos, it wasn't always that way. I watched every single video ever played on MTV in the 80's. There were lots of days where my TV never had anything else but MTV on.

Get my drift? I know the '80's. I know 80's videos.

Here is how many times I remember seeing Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" video on MTV:

ZERO. ZERO TIMES.

I'm sure it was played, and I'm sure I saw it, but let me tell you this:

THERE IS NO WAY "POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME" WAS THE MOST POPULAR VIDEO OF THE '80'S.

When VH1 ran their first "Best Videos of the 80's" list and this one topped it, I fell out of my chair. Even though it's an OK song and not a bad video, there's no way this video is even in the Top 500 Most Played Videos in the 1980's.

Do any of you that are around my age remember it that way? Or was I watching some parallel universe MTV that didn't show this video, while the earthly MTV played it 24/7?

the song was EVERYWHERE and played on MTV every hour...maybe its a regional thing?

I too was GLUED to MTV in the 80s. But it was more like 1983, 1984. But I was still watching when that song came out a few years later, I guess. I can't say I remember that video at all.

The most popular video of the 80s should have been Every Breath You Take or Burning Down the House or possibly Home Sweet Home. You know, some video MTV played so often that you actually had to turn your favorite station OFF and go outside or something.

I abhor that song, always will. Yes, it was ubiquitous throughout the late 80s, but diluted rockers from Hyteria failed to measure up to High 'N 'Dry.

I was a big fan of MTV during throughout the years '82 to '88. I dont recall "Pour Some Sugar On Me" being the most popular video of the 80s. Im sure it received some heavy rotation when the song was a hit but there was nothing outstanding about the video if Im not mistaken there was two videos to this song.

To me it doesnt surpass the "Thriller" video.

Perhaps you're confused

That video was probably the most-popular video in Headbangers Ball, at least during the late '80s...

JoeTyler said:

Perhaps you're confused

That video was probably the most-popular video in Headbangers Ball, at least during the late '80s...

That could be, I didn't watch Headbangers Ball.

But even it was the most popular video from that program, I still can't see how VH1 or anyone else can say it was one of - and sometimes, the - most popular videos of the '80's.

Wham2011 said:

the song was EVERYWHERE and played on MTV every hour...maybe its a regional thing?

Maybe, but I don't think MTV had regional programming.

I remember once back around '86 or '87, I was listening to the top songs of that year on the local country station, KIKK. KIKK was one of the top country stations in America, and Joe Ladd, their program director, was recognized as the top in his field.

So Ladd is playing the top songs and when he gets to number one, it was a song no one had heard in Houston. Seriously, not me nor none of my friends had ever heard the song (I wish I could remember what it was).

Not long after, the payola scandal broke open. That song HAD to have been part of it, and since we'd never heard it in Houston on KIKK, that meant that KIKK did not play the payola game.

abigail05 said:

I too was GLUED to MTV in the 80s. But it was more like 1983, 1984. But I was still watching when that song came out a few years later, I guess. I can't say I remember that video at all.

The most popular video of the 80s should have been Every Breath You Take or Burning Down the House or possibly Home Sweet Home. You know, some video MTV played so often that you actually had to turn your favorite station OFF and go outside or something.

Exactly, that's the way I remember it too.

JoeTyler said:

Perhaps you're confused

That video was probably the most-popular video in Headbangers Ball, at least during the late '80s...

I used to watch Headbangers Ball back in the day too.

RodeoSchro said:

JoeTyler said:

Perhaps you're confused

That video was probably the most-popular video in Headbangers Ball, at least during the late '80s...

That could be, I didn't watch Headbangers Ball.

But even it was the most popular video from that program, I still can't see how VH1 or anyone else can say it was one of - and sometimes, the - most popular videos of the '80's.

Why is anyone still watching VH-1? You know they're popularity contests with those lists. I don't pay attention to it.

The video may not have been popular but the song sure as hell was and I dig the song, thank you very much.

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

Perhaps you're confused

That video was probably the most-popular video in Headbangers Ball, at least during the late '80s...

I used to watch Headbangers Ball back in the day too.

I watched the show as a kid in the early '90s, and I DO remember the PSSOM video; those were the days of Metallica (Black Album), Megadeth, Skid Row, RATM, Soundgarden, Mr.Big, Tesla, Aerosmith, GN'R...

JoeTyler said:

Timmy84 said:

I used to watch Headbangers Ball back in the day too.

I watched the show as a kid in the early '90s, and I DO remember the PSSOM video; those were the days of Metallica (Black Album), Megadeth, Skid Row, RATM, Soundgarden, Mr.Big, Tesla, Aerosmith, GN'R...

Oh hell yeah! That's really how I got to know about heavy metal and hard rock. I also learned about other alternative rockers on 120 Minutes.

Good times.

[Edited 1/19/11 13:59pm]

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

I watched the show as a kid in the early '90s, and I DO remember the PSSOM video; those were the days of Metallica (Black Album), Megadeth, Skid Row, RATM, Soundgarden, Mr.Big, Tesla, Aerosmith, GN'R...

Oh hell yeah! That's really how I got to know about heavy metal and hard rock. I also learned about other alternative rockers on 60 Minutes.

Good times.

JoeTyler said:

Timmy84 said:

Oh hell yeah! That's really how I got to know about heavy metal and hard rock. I also learned about other alternative rockers on 60 Minutes.

Good times.

I honestly don't know what I would've done without MTV as a child, which makes me sad for these kids who don't have a clue because while we grew up with music, they're growing up with Snooki.

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

I honestly don't know what I would've done without MTV as a child, which makes me sad for these kids who don't have a clue because while we grew up with music, they're growing up with Snooki.

smart kids of the '00s use Youtube or Spotify to find the good "old" stuff

the silly kids of the '00s use iTunes to find the crappy new stuff and I'm "only" 25 I already talk like a !!!

JoeTyler said:

Timmy84 said:

I honestly don't know what I would've done without MTV as a child, which makes me sad for these kids who don't have a clue because while we grew up with music, they're growing up with Snooki.

smart kids of the '00s use Youtube or Spotify to find the good "old" stuff

the silly kids of the '00s use iTunes to find the crappy new stuff and I'm "only" 25 I already talk like a !!!

I'm like you lol I'm a 26-year-old

But yeah I notice most kids between 13-25 going on YouTube so yeah you got a point.

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

smart kids of the '00s use Youtube or Spotify to find the good "old" stuff

the silly kids of the '00s use iTunes to find the crappy new stuff and I'm "only" 25 I already talk like a !!!

I'm like you lol I'm a 26-year-old

But yeah I notice most kids between 13-25 going on YouTube so yeah you got a point.

Now I've finally understood that Timmy84 name

lol

just kidding

but I thought you were 30-35

Identity said:

I abhor that song, always will. Yes, it was ubiquitous throughout the late 80s, but diluted rockers from Hyteria failed to measure up to High 'N 'Dry.

High 'N' Dry man I love that album.

I avoided every Leppard album after Pyromania, but their first three were great.

JoeTyler said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm like you lol I'm a 26-year-old

But yeah I notice most kids between 13-25 going on YouTube so yeah you got a point.

Now I've finally understood that Timmy84 name

lol

just kidding

but I thought you were 30-35

People always said they thought I was older than I really was. On one of the old Michael boards, someone was convinced I was 40!

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

Now I've finally understood that Timmy84 name

lol

just kidding

but I thought you were 30-35

People always said they thought I was older than I really was. On one of the old Michael boards, someone was convinced I was 40!

I guess many old timers () cannot accept that someone born in the mid '80s actually cares for '50s-'80s music

A couple of years ago, a dude who was (then, lol) 41 asked me about my fav groups and he couldn't believe that I dig Muddy Waters, Zeppelin, Prince, etc. He thought that I only cared for Oasis, Jamiroquai, The White Stripes or Daft Punk, lol

JoeTyler said:

Timmy84 said:

People always said they thought I was older than I really was. On one of the old Michael boards, someone was convinced I was 40!

I guess many old timers () cannot accept that someone born in the mid '80s actually cares for '50s-'80s music

A couple of years ago, a dude who was (then, lol) 41 asked me about my fav groups and he couldn't believe that I dig Muddy Waters, Zeppelin, Prince, etc. He thought that I only cared for Oasis, Jamiroquai, The White Stripes or Daft Punk, lol

Yeah. It's like "oh if someone's that young, 'they wouldn't get the older music'" so when they see you do, they act all like "aw hell naw, you GOT to be 40!" It's like "please, music is timeless!"

There have been enough replies that agree with me to convince me I'm not crazy or suffering from Old Man's Selective Memory.

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

I guess many old timers () cannot accept that someone born in the mid '80s actually cares for '50s-'80s music

A couple of years ago, a dude who was (then, lol) 41 asked me about my fav groups and he couldn't believe that I dig Muddy Waters, Zeppelin, Prince, etc. He thought that I only cared for Oasis, Jamiroquai, The White Stripes or Daft Punk, lol

Yeah. It's like "oh if someone's that young, 'they wouldn't get the older music'" so when they see you do, they act all like "aw hell naw, you GOT to be 40!" It's like "please, music is timeless!"

not only timeless, but I still consider the '80s and '90s (and even the '70s) as modern-current eras hell, for me, an album released in 1992 is still FRESH & NEW !!! lol

JoeTyler said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah. It's like "oh if someone's that young, 'they wouldn't get the older music'" so when they see you do, they act all like "aw hell naw, you GOT to be 40!" It's like "please, music is timeless!"

not only timeless, but I still consider the '80s and '90s (and even the '70s) as modern-current eras hell, for me, an album released in 1992 is still FRESH & NEW !!! lol

I do too! It's never "old".

RodeoSchro said:

There have been enough replies that agree with me to convince me I'm not crazy or suffering from Old Man's Selective Memory.

Please you ain't old or crazy, you just speak your mind, I appreciate that.

RodeoSchro said:

There have been enough replies that agree with me to convince me I'm not crazy or suffering from Old Man's Selective Memory.

the thread has already been jacked anyway

you're dealing with two of the three members of "THE TRINITY" here ... watch out...

"You Got the Peaches

I Got the Crrrrreammm!"

JoeTyler said:

RodeoSchro said:

There have been enough replies that agree with me to convince me I'm not crazy or suffering from Old Man's Selective Memory.

the thread has already been jacked anyway

you're dealing with two of the three members of "THE TRINITY" here ... watch out...

"You Got the Peaches

I Got the Crrrrreammm!"

Hell I consider you a member of the nWo now.

JoeTyler said:

RodeoSchro said:

There have been enough replies that agree with me to convince me I'm not crazy or suffering from Old Man's Selective Memory.

the thread has already been jacked anyway

you're dealing with two of the three members of "THE TRINITY" here ... watch out...

"You Got the Peaches

I Got the Crrrrreammm!"

Yeah I know. I had originally started that post with the words "OK threadjackers".

But hey, any discussion of REAL rock and roll is OK with me!

Timmy84 said:

RodeoSchro said:

There have been enough replies that agree with me to convince me I'm not crazy or suffering from Old Man's Selective Memory.

Please you ain't old or crazy, you just speak your mind, I appreciate that.

<We need an emoticon for bro hugs>

I forgive you for posting that Nirvana cover of "Do You Love Me".