Ha! What a great post! I do remember the birth of MTV (first video: Video Killed The Radio Star by the Buggles) and all the music you mention.

I am older than you and my wife has a great story of sneaking into a bar somewhere in CT to see Iggy Pop perform. She and her friend were 16 and they had heard the Mr Pop would remove his pants during the show.

Unfortunately, on this night he did not....