90's Nostalgia: Nirvana Unplugged

It doesn't seem possible that Kurt Cobain killed himself more than 20 years ago. It really seems like just last year that I was flipping between Nirvana's album and Courtney Love's band, Hole's pretty amazing Live Through This. But it was a really long time ago and WAY back in 1993 MTV first aired Nirvana's Unplugged set. Remember how video clips from it played constantly for about a year? I haven't watched it in a really long time so taking a look at it this morning reminded me of just how cool Cobain really was.

On This Day in Pop Culture History- Madonna's Scandalous Behavior Took Her to #1

On this day way back in 1991 Madonna scored her 9th number one single with the super controversial "Justify My Love". The single raised eyebrows at first for the lyrics and then once the video was released it faced serious backlash due  to the sexual situations that it depicted. The black and white footage still seems the like most powerful way for the iconic singer to take the song and use it to push as many boundaries as possible.

Back in 1991 watchdog groups sought to ban the video from being played but all of the controversy only brought more attention to Madonna's song and that undoubtedly helped to push it to the top of Billboard's charts. If you were around when this first premiered, did you love it or did you think that perhaps Madonna had gone a bit too far?

On This Day in Pop Culture History: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Debuted

On this day in pop culture history MTV broadcast Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video for the very first time!

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On this day way back in 1980, Freddie Mercury and the rest of the boys from Queen hit the number 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 with "Another One Bites the Dust" and it stayed there for three weeks.



Dan Rather was attacked by a man in NYC on this day back in 1986, who asked "What's the frequency, Kenneth", a much publicized reference to the 1984 song of the same name by REM.

On this day way back in 1988, TNT became the fourth channel on the air for Turner Broadcasting and 30 years ago today Commando hit theaters starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Boom Daily Throwback- 'Charles In Charge'

On this day way back in 1984, Charles in Charge debuted on CBS and ran for five seasons before moving into syndication in 1987.