120 Minutes Partial (1986?)

[@DerwoodEllington]

Why can’t MTV and VH1 create a streaming service where you can stream all these old shows and videos??????????

[@OBear07]

totally agree i would absolutely subscribe

[@E.C.2]

Thank you for this upload. Victoria Principal was beautiful.

[@6828Lu]

120 Minutes is the only place I ever heard "Living Kind" by Ups & Downs. Do I ever miss this show!

[@chris-py2qe]

Always liked hearing new music on this show. Never saw this one. Thanks for sharing it.

[@marcopervo]

This was pretty radical for 1986 even though MTV interspersed ALT/college radio/UK Pop/underground bands in with mainstream artists pretty regularly. IRS Records "The Cutting Edge" had done a good job of introducing unknown bands throughout the 1980s.

[@E.C.2]

Yes but IR$ collapsed because they didn't pay their Artists.

[@ChrisPlush]

i got to tour a little with the flat duo jets in 92 93... so strange they were at the end of this i didnt even remember them on mtv ever.

[@SteveTheDiva]

This was 1987, but, wow, MTV playing the Cro-mags, Balaam & The Angel, and some indie band called Ups & Downs is why the channel was so great at the time. By 1988, 120 Minutes had become almost too formulaic, but for a moment there was hope for the little bands.

[@markplugis]

Thanks for the clarification. I tried really hard to figure it out using playlists other people posted online....but never locked it down

[@E.C.2]

1991 was when 120 Mins became hopelessly mainstream. I'd have to stay up for the last 4 vids,which were the actual indie underground bands.1989-1991 were good yrs,w Kevin Seal and Dave.

[@WaitingForTheHook]

That's so silly. If you watch episodes from 1995-96, the vast majority of them aren't videos played during the day by big mainstream bands at all. @@E.C.2

[@Votedjt2024]

❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 i am was born in 1987

[@42fontenator]

'87 was the year ELECTRIC by THE CULT hit the record stores. I haven't been the same since.

[@AzimuthTao]

CS Angels were one of the best bands from the 80s.

[@PalaszewskiFamily]

1987. Thank you for posting this, Mtv was a lifeline back then.

[@colinlarson9656]

Pretty crazy seeing Suicidal Tendencies, Cro-Mags and MTV talking about the first single off of the Sonic Youth's Sister album. I was 5 years old when this aired and Sonic Youth was my favorite band and I had that album 7 years later.

[@yesthatjake5601]

Weird thing is the song/video from Sister they are teasing is Shadow of a Doubt from Evol. I wonder what the story is there?

[@PalaszewskiFamily]

The Converse commercial features Kim Walker from Heathers. Rest in peace, Kim!💖

[@jasonpeters9716]

Most important music show ever

[@rivotrich7]

I just stepped into a time machine right back to 1987 (apparently).

[@user-ec1iw1yd1c]

Victoria Principal was HOT back then!

[@weirdart7803]

87 was Heaven

[@newwavepop]

this would have been some time between my freshman and sophomore year of high school. music was so much more interesting to me then than what happened in the 90s.

[@waskerbasket9601]

That Coca-Cola ad was obviously an ad for cocaine. Creepy.

[@frigidpony]

Thanks for posting! Never missed 120 Minutes in the mid-80's, used to record them on my Betamax! The show was quite a bit more diverse in this era than what it became by the 90's, they would play hardcore and industrial videos! I.R.S. Record's "The Cutting Edge" was also a worthwhile show MTV used to air in the mid-80's.

[@hardnheavy9529]

You still have these shows? Did they aired Jude Cole Back To School in there? In 1986?

[@frigidpony]

@@hardnheavy9529 I wish I had all my old Betamax tapes! I typically recorded over 120 Minutes episodes after I watched them due to a lack of tapes, but I saved many many tapes full of Night Flight episodes on the USA Network. Sadly, I do not have any of them today (nor would I have a machine to play them on, even though Beta was a far superior format to VHS IMO). I do not recall Jude Cole.

[@hardnheavy9529]

@@frigidpony what a pitty..thankfully i digitalized many betamax and U-Matic reels in dvd..so i keep a huge collection of 80s stuff even on dvd..

[@frigidpony]

@@hardnheavy9529 That's great! Please post some on your channel (I subscribed).

[@WaitingForTheHook]

They were definitely still playing stuff like that in the 90s, too, because that's when i begun watching it and i remember all kinds of "alternative" music, even though i guess some of it was probably better suited for the aptly titled "Alternative Nation" but there was plenty of crossover.

[@alejandrocurado5134]

This was a mirage in USA culture

[@treysimmons7707]

This is probably late summer/fall of 87.REM Succumbs was released in October of 87,and Sonic Youths Sister LP came out on June 29th, 1987.

[@thislazylife]

That Juicy Fruit commercial is the shit!

[@RicPeters]

This is from 1987

[@markplugis]

Thanks.

[@coolhandlucas4148]

Now I wanna pet a goose. 😢

[@theheartlandgroup757]

Umm, that’s a duck….not a goose….

[@ClarenceDoskocil]

1987.

[@WillyBraggTV]

1987

[@startervisions]

8:28 Nick Oliveri of Kyuss and QOTSA

[@user-ec1iw1yd1c]

Where?

[@user-ec1iw1yd1c]

The Cro Mags best album.

[@startervisions]

@@user-ec1iw1yd1c in the Cro Mags music video

[@BriansFunHouse]

Mtv used to be edgy.....

[@theheartlandgroup757]

Nope, 1987….

[@EnochOfficial]

120 minutes....more like 29 minutes!

[@marcibolton5718]

Nah.... seems like '89 or '90