I’m talking to you — my friends and fellow Fourth-Level Dwarves with hit points to spare — the basement-dwelling, video-obsessed music nerds who watched the once-great video channel from day one (August 1, 1981) and who thoroughly enjoyed seeing the eclectic mix of artists and songs like “No Time to Lose” by the Tarney-Spencer Band and “So Long” by Fischer Z played at least six times day, every day. MTV sure had a lot of time to fill, here are some standouts.

Mesmerizing slice of teen life in 1982. I love this. I lived this… except for the dancing part and girl-interacting parts.

King Kong Bundy, Jack Black, the Dances with Wolves guy? Excellent. I love old tech ads and I love watching celebs awkwardly shill for odd products. Here’s a nice collection from Adfreak.

Mark Mothersbaugh at the Starwood The Ramones on Sunset Boulevard 1978 “You Will Never Work in This Town Again” Robert Plant 1978 View many more evocative shots of The Beatles, Sinatra, Matt Dillon, The Sex Pistols, Debbie Harry, Muhammad Ali. Website: www.bradelterman.com

What are your music guilty pleasures? Best Comment wins a book. Please comment on website. Every so often something sneaks through that many might consider “odd,” “not what I expected,” or “okay, this is so weak!” In the spirit of sharing, here are some chinks in my rarely-battered platemail armor (I got hit points to spare, my friends).

I only know this one Saga song and call me crazy, but I think it still holds up. Guitar solos, keyboard solos, Han solos… it all just works. I loved watching this video back in the day, a nice mix of live performance and cheesy-as-hell conceptual work. I’m still not sure why the guy from Hall & Oates was in prison, but thankfully, with the help of a dame, hebusted out.