40 of the Biggest MTV Moments for Its 40th Birthday

It kicked off August 1st, 1981 to a tiny audience with the Buggles video, "Video Killed the Radio Star," and through these 40 years of monumental success, some moments stick out and let us relive all that MTV has brought us....careers were launched, dead careers were revived, like the pairing of Aerosmith with Run-D.M.C. for the "Walk This Way" video, which shot Aerosmith back into stardom, and made Run-D.M.C. the first hip hop act to go into heavy rotation on the music channel...like Kiss unmasking to breathe life into their stalling careers....hundreds of crazy contests, like the "Lost Weekend with Van Halen"....Bon Jovi performing tunes from their biggest album ever, "Slippery When Wet," which was so successful, it gave birth to the wildly successful "MTV Unplugged" series....speaking of which, one of the greatest nights in that franchise--Eric Clapton Unplugged" ...."Live Aid" was aired in America on MTV--the 1985 mega concert which happened simultaneously in London and Philly's JFK Stadium to benefit famine relief in Ethiopia and raised $127 million dollars....oh, and there were fights and feuds, and Prince with the assless pants performing at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards....here's an overview of 40 of the biggest moments of MTV';s history from Ultimate Classic Rock.