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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2007 13:43:00 GMT -5
I still wanna be Martha Quinn. The MTV veejays have really changed throughout the years. (Do they even use veejays anymore?) The earlier ones had knowledge and a love for music...I can't say the same about the later ones. LaLa? Sway? Hilarie Burton (now on "One Tree Hill")? Nope. I agree!! The only (more recent) veejay that knew his music has gone to VH-1 (I think). He was/is(?) bald and I think his first name was Matt. He knew his shit!! He probably got tired of trying to fit a video or two in between all of the teen reality shows! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2007 13:47:30 GMT -5
And does anyone watch MTV as much as they used to? I don't. I watch NO kind of MTV!! I'm stricly a VH-1 Classic kind of girl. Even though VH-1 plays a lot of "reality" shows, at least they involve celebrities and are a little more entertaining than watching 16 year olds plan their birthday party. They do have the "I Love The 70's/ 80's" series and others like that, which are pretty cool. Oh yeah and the "World of Pop Culture" series! Gottal love that! |
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Post by JoSi's Gurl on Aug 2, 2007 15:45:33 GMT -5
The MTV veejays have really changed throughout the years. (Do they even use veejays anymore?) The earlier ones had knowledge and a love for music...I can't say the same about the later ones. LaLa? Sway? Hilarie Burton (now on "One Tree Hill")? Nope. I agree!! The only (more recent) veejay that knew his music has gone to VH-1 (I think). He was/is(?) bald and I think his first name was Matt. He knew his shit!! He probably got tired of trying to fit a video or two in between all of the teen reality shows! yep...it's Matt...somethingorother. i can't remember his last name. LOL oh...and Mark Goodman has turned up on VH-1 Classics as well doing some Music News reporting for them. gotta wonder since it's coming up on 30 years for MTV, if their sister station isn't trying to resurrect a few veejay careers.... not that i'm against it. i'd love to see Nina Blackwood, Martha Quinn and Alan Hunter (I'd even settle on seeing Adam Curry). If i'm not mistaken, didn't JJ Jackson pass away not too long ago? ok..i answered my own question above (when in doubt....GOOGLE!) : www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485838/20040318/index.jhtml?headlines=trueMar 18 2004 4:40 PM EST
J.J. Jackson, One Of MTV's First VJs, Dies At Age 62
Jackson suffered apparent heart attack.
J.J. Jackson, remembered as one of the first faces of MTV, died Wednesday night in Los Angeles of an apparent heart attack, according to friends and former business associates. He was 62.
Jackson helped define the term "VJ" as one of the first on-air personalities on MTV when the channel launched in 1981. During his five-year tenure with the network, Jackson interviewed some of the top names of the day and was part of some key music milestones. Jackson covered the 1985 Live Aid benefit concert in London and helped to "unmask" Kiss during a 1982 interview. He also hosted the debut episode of MTV's long-running "120 Minutes" in 1986, and brought music titans like Robert Plant and Pete Townshend to the then-fledgling channel.
MTV released a statement Thursday (March 18), mourning the loss of one of its beloved alumni and reflecting on his immense contribution to the station.
"J.J. Jackson's deep passion for music, his ease and good humor on air, and his welcoming style really set the tone for the early days of MTV. He was a big part of the channel's success and we are sure he is in the music section of heaven, with lots of his friends and heroes. We are fortunate to have had him as a part of the MTV family. He will be greatly missed."
Mark Goodman, another of the original VJs who helped blaze trails with Jackson in the '80s, said he was floored when he heard the news. "I was at home, I actually got a call from Martha Quinn," Goodman said Thursday from his home in Los Angeles. "I almost couldn't understand what she was saying, she was so upset."
Goodman said that even though the on-air tenure of MTV's original fab five ended almost two decades ago, they remained a tight-knit group.
"I think the kind of bond I had with J.J., the original five of us, it's kind of like soldiers who share a foxhole," Goodman said. "It's a bond that has only gotten deeper through the years. It's worse than a family member dying. It's hard to comprehend. None of us would have expected it. It's too soon. It wasn't supposed to happen now. He's too young. It's kind of scary.
"I knew he a had a bad heart," Goodman added. "He had heart surgery a couple of years ago, but he was in great shape, he'd lost weight. He was in a great state of mind, feeling really positive about what was going on. I just saw him last week."
Goodman said the two were about to be co-workers again, at Sirius satellite radio. Goodman already has a position there and was looking forward to his friend J.J. starting soon. He said according to the information he received, Jackson was traveling home Wednesday night after having dinner with a friend when he suffered the heart attack.
"He was driving. Typical of J.J., he didn't even hurt anybody," Goodman said. "He was somehow able to ease his foot off the gas. He eased his car over to the side of the road. By the time the paramedics got there, they could not revive him there or the hospital either."
Goodman still has great memories of the man he says used to be the butt of some practical jokes on air, but who always laughed and loved to have a good time.
"J.J. was really a gentle man," he remembered. "He was smart. As I think of him, I think of him laughing. The guy had this huge laugh. He was a rabid music fan. Rod Stewart was a friend of his, guys in Led Zeppelin were friends of his. He championed these bands early on when they were kind of just getting going. He did Bruce Springsteen's first television interview. J.J. was a great guy. For the five of us, he was the wise DJ. He was the guy who had been through it all and was able to always put a mature perspective to things. He wound up handling the spotlight that was thrust on us better than any of us."
Besides his endeavors in television, Jackson also logged a thick résumé in radio. Prior to his MTV days, Jackson was a rock-radio staple, first at WBCN-FM in Boston, and later at a few stations in Los Angeles. His voice even made it to the big screen, as a DJ in the 1976 movie "Car Wash." After his VJ days, Jackson returned to radio in the Los Angeles area.
On Thursday (March 18), Paul Goldstein, program director of L.A.'s KTWV-FM, said "J.J.'s tenure with the station ended just six months ago. He was a wonderful man and will be very missed." |
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Post by silentwords621 on Aug 2, 2007 16:05:31 GMT -5
JJ sounded like someone who was really into the music. RIP
The last time I saw Nina Blackwood was on John Walsh's now defunct talk show. It was an episode devoted to the year '84.
And when I was a kid I remember her walking on glass in "Circus of the Stars" that used to come on network TV.
Also, didn't she date JT for a tidge?
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Post by pix1070 on Aug 2, 2007 21:47:05 GMT -5
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MTV!!!
Yeah - I miss the days when they actually played videos. I was going thru the list . . . sad, but I remember quit of few of them & can give details of the videos. *sigh*
I WANT MY MTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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