MTV's 44th anniversary marks a major shift in music videos that revolutionized pop culture and transformed how we experience music.

MTV changed the game with its launch in 1981, playing music around the clock and breaking new stars. It shifted the artists' focus from solely radio to also their visual image.

MTV, no longer satisfied with simply ruining teenagers' minds (it took mine in 1982), has become the most astute and thorough documentarian of just how bad teenagers can be. I'm not talking about ...