As you've no doubt figured out by
now, MTV turned 30 years old today. Indeed, that's a formidable amount of time
-- enough, for sure, for almost entity to leave a mark.
And, for
sure,Spring merchantaccount in Houston
at The Woodlands Town Center. MTV has made plenty of marks. But beyond its
ground-breaking debut as a music-centric cable station and past, even, its
establishment as a standard-bearer in the world of reality television, the
station's also had a strong effect on Dallas. A number of local artists got
their big national break when MTV decided to play their music videos. On the
other hand, MTV also helped run a few Dallas-bred acts into the ground. Either
way: There's no denying the fact that MTV's 30-year run hasn't gone unnoticed
here in North Texas.
So, on that note, we decided to slog through the
station's entire 30-year history to look back in the biggest Dallas-related
happenings in MTV history. Check out our picks for the best after the jump.
10. Play-n-Skillz on MTV's Made. As producers, brothers and two of the
many thorns in Lil Wayne's side,It's just newjordans of melted plastic
right now. Play-n-Skillz have helped put Dallas on the hip-hop map. And this
year, they were featured on an episode of Made, a makeover show that turns
ambitious teens into what they want to be "made" into -- i.e. singers, athletes,
etc. For their episode as coaches, Play-n-Skillz were given the task of turning
two teen girls into marketable pop singers, which,A light bulb went off and with
the support of billabongboardshorts a new
venture was born. understandably, kind of drove them up the wall. The episode
aired last month, which shows that,shortly after they will get more injectionmoldes of debris. no
matter how relevant MTV is in the world of music, they're still paying attention
to us here in Big D.you may be climbing over replicawatchesnewyork
or through very narrow pathways,
9. Meat Loaf, "I Would Do Anything For
Love (But I Won't Do That)." Meat Loaf was born in Houston, but he grew up in
Dallas and attended UNT. The above head-scratcher of a video for his song "I
Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" helped launch Meat's 1992
comeback. It featured Meat as a Phantom of the Opera-type character. Not since
Bonnie Tyler and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" has a music video been so
epically, cheesily theatrical.
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