corianderstem
Blue Crack Distributor
Summer of 1985, I was 12 and a diehard Duran Duran fan, so I was watching for them.
I remember being pissed that we didn't have MTV so I couldn't watch it all day, and figured I'd have to make do with the prime time coverage that ABC (? I think?) showed that night. But one of the local stations showed coverage all Saturday afternoon, which was AWESOME.
No idea if I caught U2's set or not - I was just thrilled I got to see any of it in a non-cable-having household!
A few years later when I was babysitting for neighbors, one of the dads told me he had a whole VHS tape of stuff he'd taped off MTV's broadcast, and I think I watched it every time I babsat for them, after the baby had gone to bed.
I remember being pissed that we didn't have MTV so I couldn't watch it all day, and figured I'd have to make do with the prime time coverage that ABC (? I think?) showed that night. But one of the local stations showed coverage all Saturday afternoon, which was AWESOME.
No idea if I caught U2's set or not - I was just thrilled I got to see any of it in a non-cable-having household!
A few years later when I was babysitting for neighbors, one of the dads told me he had a whole VHS tape of stuff he'd taped off MTV's broadcast, and I think I watched it every time I babsat for them, after the baby had gone to bed.