Microwaves, MTV and Solid Gold

When I was my oldest daughter’s age, we got a microwave oven. It was a big deal. Not like now where most every household has one. None of my friends had one yet. And I was not allowed to ever, ever use it. haha. It was huge and weighed a ton.

It strikes me as funny that getting a microwave was like getting a brand new car. Everyone wanted to come over to see it.

And now in my house, I only use the microwave to make popcorn and ramen and the occasional re-heating of leftovers. I don’t see anyone lining up to see that. My kids use it daily, too.

We were one of the first of my friends to get cable TV, too. When MTV first started, I was my daughter’s age and they barely had ANY videos from bands. Some of the first videos I saw were by Pat Benatar, The Cars, Blondie and Reo Speedwagon. I remember the song Video Killed The Radio Star playing over and over (Loved that they had this song in the movie Take This Waltz). And some songs played without a video and in between videos, it would just be black or some graphics before the next video played. And they had VJ’s (like dj’s but for videos). Which was your favorite VJ? I liked Martha Quinn, but a lot of people thought she was annoying. My least favorite was Daisy Fuentes, but that was in the 90’s anyway.

Now MTV barely even plays music.

I used to watch American Bandstand and Solid Gold, too. haha. I remember Madonna’s and the Go-Go’s performances probably the most. But when I just watched a couple of their old videos on youtube, I can’t believe my mother ever allowed it. I guess she picked her battles. haha. I’ll share more about TV shows another time.

Anyway, I think it’s memories like these that encouraged me to let my kids enjoy technology at a younger age than I initially planned to. I guess I’m picking my battles, too.

And for those that love lyrics:

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