Rock On TV

[The Blowhard]

Before MTV and music videos, we were stuck with "Midnight Special" and "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert", "American Bandstand" and a cool UHF channel called "U-68".
Any memories of these shows?

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[JustJon]

I remember Bandstand. It ran until about 10 years ago. There was Soul Train if you were into the R&B (I wasn't)

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[EffMeBoobs]

Anyone remember Kids Incorporated? I wanted to be a part of their group so bad! The drummer was a hottie who later on starred in Saved By The Bell.

Piddlers and BJQ's
do it better....

[JustJon]

Jennifer Love Hewitt was on that show! She was cute even then.

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[skullcrush]

how bout good ol friday night videos

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[Cynic By Nature]

how bout good ol friday night videos

Hell, that was enough for me! I didn't get MTV until around '87, so Friday Night Videos was my source until then. But they were the first to show Michael Jackson's Thriller video in its entirety, so they were okay by me. Of course, this was before Michael became a known child molesting white woman...

[girl germs]

i don't remember rock on tv, but i remember hip hop on tv. james brown's <i>future shock</i> was really great. i've seen old episodes of that show and i'd say future shock was better than soul train.

[The Blowhard]

I will never forget seeing John Travolta singing on Bandstand! He had a semi-hit single back during the "Kotter" days. The song was called "Let Her In".
I am cursed with a memory like a sponge!

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[radio junkie]

Anyone remember Clay Cole? I first saw the Beatles Strawberry Fields video on that show.

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[The Blowhard]

Clay Cole rocked. I remember seeing the Beatles also.


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[scooter]

KISS on the "PAUL LYNDE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL" in 1976. They performed DETROIT ROCK CITY, KING OF THE NIGHTTIME WORLD, and BETH.....

[Gvac]

I can vividly remember seeing Squeeze on the old Uncle Floyd show (UHF 68) performing "Nail In My Heart", about a year before it hit on the radio.







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[LittleLizaJane]

KIDS INC. was cheesy but I
loved i

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

Anyone remember seeing The
Ramones on Sha Na Na? I think
I was 10 or 11 when I saw that
show. I was mesmerized for the
full two minutes and 10
seconds of their song.

[The Blowhard]

Sha Na Na was addictive.
I watched it all of the time, and I remember meeting "Bowser" in the supermarket. Whatever happened to him anyway?

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[JimBeam]

Friday Night Videos was cool before we had MTV.
Where I lived in the Bronx we couldnt get cable for a while because there weren't enough kick backs being given out in order to wire the place.
Alas I was only give FNV and for a short time there was a show on Fox that would show videos.
I rememebr the " Wild Boys " video by Duran Duran. I think it premiered on FNV, rather than MTV.
I also remember FNV being simulcast over the radio, possibly with WNEW being the channel that played it.

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[Dirtybird11]

i lived in black in white until i stayed up late and saw van halen on don kirshners, wow that was better than mtv. video really did kill the radio star.

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[HordeKing1]

Damn, I loved Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. What ever happened to it? How long ago did it go off the air.

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[The Blowhard]

Ed Sullivan was the ultimate, but damn that Topo Gigio!


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[radio junkie]

Does anyone remember In Concert? It was on Friday nights on ABC. I saw Alice Cooper and The Kinks on that show. They had some great bands. They also televised California Jam which had good bands also. As far as Ed Sullivan goes, I always enjoyed the Russian dancing bears and the guy spinning plates on the sticks.

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[jafter]

Fridays used to have really great guests on. I remember seeing Devo on there way back when.

I remember that Paul Lynde special all of my friends and I watched that. God we were kiss freaks back in 75 76 I have a pic from back then and all of us have kiss shirts on.

[maki]

remember uncle floyd ramones
bonjovie many others.....


joe poo rulz

[The Blowhard]

I miss Ed Sullivan.

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[FUNKMAN]

I remember waiting up for Don Kirshner but can't remember any of the concerts...
Ed Sullivan - my favorite memory was when I saw "Three Dog Night" do my favorite song, "ELI's COMING" My aunt had a corner candy store with juke box and pinball machines. Played ELI's COMING every time I went in...
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[Zipgun]

Remember "Night Flight"?

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[The Blowhard]

Remember the WNEW commercial with the fat guy dancing? Hilarious.

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[Brooklyn Stroonze]

Wasn't that Ass man?

I think I remember Andy Kim on Rock concert.

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[The Blowhard]

I remember The Bay City Rollers on Howard Cosell's Saturday Night Variety Show..UGH!!!!!!!!

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[Brooklyn Stroonze]

I remember that Heckler! wasn't that the BCR's debut?

L.A.M.F.

[The Blowhard]

Don Kirshner always had Kansas on. Same with Black Oak Arkansas. Where have you gone Jim Dandy?

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[high fly]

I got Jim Dandy Mangrum's washboard.
Just thought you'd like to know.

Anyone remember the late night talk show that Chip Monk had?

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[JustJon]

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[Ralphy Ramone]

Rock on TV? How about Hullabaloo.Produced like a Bing Crosby Special,but showcased all the "hip" acts of the day.The up and comers like Sonny and Cher,Gary Lewis and the Playboys,Lovin' Spoonful.
Real rebels.
And then there was"Where the Action Is",hosted by Paul Revere and the Raiders.

Television was really musically challenged in those days.

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[high fly]

The Chip Monk show was the first I heard cussing on. I think Bill Wyman said "shit" or something....

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[KennethC]

One of my early Rock on TV memories was seeing Eddie Money perform live on "Kids are People Too". It did zilch for me. However, I remember being extremely impressed by a video clip of the Stones doing "She's So Cold" on Solid Gold. That was actually a life changing moment. Hard to explain why now.

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[high fly]

Sure it wasn't "She Was Hot"?

" and they ask me why I drink"

[mikeyboy]

Sure it wasn't "She Was Hot"?

Shockingly, the Stones were scraping the bottom of the barrel by the mid-80s. Those are two different songs.

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[KennethC]

Sure it wasn't "She Was Hot"?


Nah, this was circa 1980. Something about the way the guitars sounded made me want to dedicate my life to playing music. They were playing in a white room. I only saw it once.

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[Hottub]

I can never forget the "Power-Hour" on

U-U-UU-U68.
It helped me cut my metal teeth.


Accept
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Judas Priest
Dokken ????

Oh well. Good Times, Good Times.

Then the Uncle Floyd Show...

Hell Yeah!!



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[high fly]

I'm reminded of an old school trivia question: What was the first world-wide release of a video for a single?

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[KennethC]

"Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane?"

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[high fly]

[quote]"Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane?"

Nope.

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[KennethC]

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen?

You're killing me with this one, High Fly!

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[high fly]

Nope.


Wanna clue?




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This message was edited by high fly on 12-9-03 @ 7:30 PM

[KennethC]

Sure, clue me.

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[high fly]

The song was a big hit, but wasn't on the album...




" and they ask me why I drink"

[MattyBronx]

Dude, you're killing me. What's the answer?

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[KennethC]

Okay, I'm going back to the fab four. Was it "All You Need is Love?"

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[high fly]

Nope.

Here's another clue- I'll give you a rough time frame--late 60s.
It's a cool song and you know every word...

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[KennethC]

I'm sorry I can't get off this Beatles kick, but is it "Hey Jude?"

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[high fly]

Sawry. So so sawwry.


It's not by the Beatles..



(edit) I heard that fist hit the table all the way down here in F'burg...



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This message was edited by high fly on 12-10-03 @ 2:36 PM

[KennethC]

I heard that fist hit the table all the way down here in F'burg...


That wasn't my fist...

Let's see, a big late sixties hit that wasn't on the album, cool song..."Honky Tonk Women?"

That I know all the words to?..."Rock and Roll McDonalds?"

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[high fly]

"Country Honk" was on Let It Bleed, and no, sawree, I don't think "Honky Tonk Women" had a worldwide release of a video to go with it.


You're getting warm...

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[KennethC]

Okay, I do remember a clip for Jumpin' Jack Flash.

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[high fly]

BINGO!

The first worldwide release of a video for a song was "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and it is cool, way way cool.
Real psychedelical and stuff, the boys gots indian war paint on...
And I like the version of the song in it more than the single.
" and they ask me why I drink"

This message was edited by high fly on 12-10-03 @ 3:19 PM

[KennethC]

Now I'm spent.

That's a gas, gas, gas. How many hit singles have ever featured lines like "I was crowned with a spike right through my head."

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[high fly]

Heh heh heh. I kinda wanted to drag it out a lil' while longer, but I guess this'll do.
And check out that video, if you can find it.

There mighta been some blacklight shit going on in it too...

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