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MorrowPlotting t1_iwgboiz wrote

I was a kid in the early MTV days, and I remember the Rolling Stones were one of the bands making videos back then. They were, even in the early 1980s, an “old” band, identified with the ‘60s. But still, Mick & Co. were no more out-of-place in those early video days than Duran Duran or Pat Benatar.

I’m surprised songs like “Beast of Burden” or “Start Me Up” weren’t bigger hits, based on record sales — they got tons of airplay on MTV.

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bolanrox t1_iwgeokb wrote

Even anybody seen my baby was huge on MTV when it came out

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Wei_Lan_Jennings t1_iwgfc3k wrote

And they didn’t even write that themselves. They had to give kd lang a writer’s credit because Mick accidentally borrowed the chorus from “Constant Craving.”

It’s pretty good for late-period Stones though.

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RetroMetroShow t1_iwhenks wrote

Ha yeah they were all over MTV for sure - Beast of Burden (8) and Start Me Up (2) were both top 10 on the Billboard charts

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