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100. The Velvet Underground doing "Guess I'm falling in love" on the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell show

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 10:04 (twenty years ago)

99. the pre-VU nico on totp

― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 10:20 (twenty years ago)

98. the Velvet Underground doing Nico on totp

― Lee F# (fsharp), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 10:33 (twenty years ago)

97. yello - there is no reason from the jetz und alles film.
96. heaven 17 - play to win from top of the pops.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 11:03 (twenty years ago)

95. Funky 4 + 1 performing on Saturday Night Life

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 12:10 (twenty years ago)

95. Saint-Etienne - PSV 6-0

err...wait

95. MTV Europe had this show during the end of the 80s, I always forget the name, but it was all stroboscopic abstract computer graphics and acid soundtracks (actually they should release that stuff on DVD, right now!)

― Omar (Omar), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 12:12 (twenty years ago)

haha that should be Live not Life

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 12:14 (twenty years ago)

94. Gobs and gobs of stuff from NBC's "Night Music", the show Jools Holland has stolen all subsequent ideas from.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:13 (twenty years ago)

93. John Lennon and Paul McCartney interviewed by Joe Garagiola (and mildly harrassed by a drunk Tallulah Bankhead) on The Tonight Show in 1968.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:25 (twenty years ago)

92. King Crimson with Keith Tippett on piano doing "Cat Food" on TOTP in 1970 just to prove I didn't dream it.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:28 (twenty years ago)

Personally, I think SNL (even in its "classic era") is largely overrated, and I know Lorne Michaels has a vested interest in keeping SNL history scrubbed of embarrassing things like the '80-'81 season, but #95 is a damned good reason why all of SNL should be released on DVD.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:30 (twenty years ago)

91. Frank & Caroline Mouris' Frank Film

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:34 (twenty years ago)

90. All of An American Family because the fuckers at PBS won't put it out on DVD.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:36 (twenty years ago)

89. John Cougar Mellencamp's MTV Pink Houses Contest promo

"Ah give yew the deed, then the keys, and then we paynt de mutherr pinnnk"

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:04 (twenty years ago)

88. Just about any appearance by a noted rock band on The Uncle Floud Show (Ramones excepted, only because those clips are easy to find and have been commercially released).

― James, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:42 (twenty years ago)

er, make that Uncle Floyd, even

― James, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:42 (twenty years ago)

87. IRS' The Cutting Edge -- all episodes

― i am a grammar boy. as such, i am fierce. (grammaboy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:57 (twenty years ago)

You right about Uncle Floyd. Also some of his musical parodies, like Abbot Presley singing "I Wanna Be A Pop Star."

― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:02 (twenty years ago)

86. C4's Play at Home (Cure, Siouxsie, New Order, XTC, Bunnymen, etc.)

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:02 (twenty years ago)

USA Network's "Night Flight" opening credits with the logo flying over Los Angeles....

― elgin again (golf and games), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

While on the subject of the USA Network......any clip from the mid '80s "Dance Party USA".

― elgin again (golf and games), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:06 (twenty years ago)

sorry....those would be #85 and #84 respectively.

― elgin again (golf and games), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:07 (twenty years ago)

All from David Sanborn's Night Music --
83. Mary Margaret O'Hara
82. Sun Ra
81. NRBQ

― i am a grammar boy. as such, i am fierce! (grammaboy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:08 (twenty years ago)

80. Skafish from Urgh!

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:09 (twenty years ago)

79. a watchable colour copy of soft cell's sex dwarf video.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:10 (twenty years ago)

Omar— Are you talking about Liquid Television (which, at least here in the states, interspersed rudimentary computer animation shorts with Aeon Flux cartoons and trance/ambient videos like Papua New Guinea. Come to think of it, there was also a show called The Orb that would play longform umm IDM [I guess... What was Future Sound of London again?] tracks all crossfaded underneath computer animation that just went and went...)

It would be really cool to get the concert projections of the Butthole Surfers, Revolting Cocks or VU up on Youtube. There was a movie that played at the Ann Arbor Film Fest a couple years ago that was clips of Marshall McLuhan interspersed with projections from Exploding Plastic Inevitable.

― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

was the bunnymen play at home the crystal days thing or the upstairs at erics thing? or something else? (that version of Villier's Terrace popped up on shuffle earlier today. 'Liverpool FC wouldn't even let us film in the Kop' etc)

78. E&tB: Shine So Hard

― koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:16 (twenty years ago)

77. John Peel praising the Fall on SNUB.

― i am a grammar boy. as such, i am fierce! (grammaboy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

JS, i'll mail a friend of mine who never forgets the title of the show.
It wasn't Liquid TV...this really went on & on, just spinning cubes and banging acid. I'll get back with the exact title.

― Omar (Omar), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:00 (twenty years ago)

76. "Night Music" episode with Christian Marclay
75. "Night Music" episode with Diamanda Galas

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:15 (twenty years ago)

74. stoop rap from wild style (this would be so easy to do too, help me out here)

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:20 (twenty years ago)

76. "Night Music" episode with Christian Marclay

This, I swear, changed my life.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Marclay's Records CD has the audio for this, though.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:23 (twenty years ago)

73. 'Sex Over The Phone' by the Village People. Saw it once about five years ago, I laughed so hard it hurt.

― dr lulu (dr lulu), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:52 (twenty years ago)

80. Colin - I may be able to help on that one...

72. Jack Bruce on SNL in ?'81?

― Dave NSFW (dave225.3), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:55 (twenty years ago)

I'm tossing this one in because I've been reading Jake Austen's excellent book -TV A Go Go- lately. A big thank you to Mr. Austen for writing this one up.

71. Blue Cheer on one of Steve Allen's talk shows in the late 60's, playing *and* bantering with Allen(!).

Actually, -TV A Go Go- has an entire chapter (set up like a series of TV Guide listings) of memorable music appearances on TV, most of which will probably never turn up on YouTube anytime soon, I'm thinking.

― James, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

73. 'Sex Over The Phone' by the Village People. Saw it once about five years ago, I laughed so hard it hurt.

god, what an amazing song.

― PRIVATE HELL 36 (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:49 (twenty years ago)

70. Diana Ross shoving Mary Wilson out of the way in the rehearsal for the Motown 25th Anniversary special

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:52 (twenty years ago)

Omar— Are you talking about Liquid Television

I think he's actually thinking of this show, BUZZ, that was produced in Europe but aired on MTV in America. Not sure if it was on MTV Europe or not, but the timeframe is right.

― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:57 (twenty years ago)

74. stoop rap from wild style (this would be so easy to do too, help me out here)

-- Fritz Wollner (fritzwollner5...), March 15th, 2006.

Buy the dvd you cheap faggot.

― MR PERFECT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:02 (twenty years ago)

69. The Fruity Pebbles rap

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 16 March 2006 03:01 (twenty years ago)

You mean the one that goes

We're Fred and Barney and we're here to say
We go for Fruity Pebbles in a major way
?

― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Thursday, 16 March 2006 03:04 (twenty years ago)

68. The Spike Jonze directed "All About the Benjamins (Rock Remix)" featuring Lil Kim dancing and striping at a high school prom.

― theghostrobot (theghostrobot), Thursday, 16 March 2006 03:42 (twenty years ago)

We're Fred and Barney and we're here to say
We go for Fruity Pebbles in a major way
?

Yeah. I always thought it went something like:

"I'm Rapmaster Barney and I'm here to say
I love Fruity Pebbles in a major way.
The bedrock yellow orange purple lime and red
But to get that fruity taste, I've gotta trick Fred."

Fred: "To get that fruity taste, he's gotta... TRICK FRED!!??!?"

Barney: "Guess that's a rap!"

I would LOVE to see that commercial again!! WHY hasn't this shown up on YouTube yet????

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 16 March 2006 03:57 (twenty years ago)

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell had a show? Not even.

― musically (musically), Thursday, 16 March 2006 04:21 (twenty years ago)

67. R.E.M. doing "So. Central Rain" on SOLID GOLD

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 16 March 2006 04:23 (twenty years ago)

flintstones rap would be much appreciated. my favorite part is how Fred plays hype man echoing the line "I love Fruity Pebbles in a major way", I can still hear that whole thing. I don't have a 66.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 05:45 (twenty years ago)

oh wait

66. WWF's "The Slickster" singing "I'm a Jive Soul Bro"

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 16 March 2006 05:51 (twenty years ago)

65. speaking of solid gold, loverboy doing "turn me loose" circa 1980 -- one of my earliest pop-tv memories

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 16 March 2006 05:59 (twenty years ago)

Drew went ahead and named two of the three episodes of Night Music I was thinking of (Marclay as a part of the band backing up Todd Rundgren performing a bit of "The Pirates of Penzance" -- WTF??); the third one was with Sun Ra.

Dave: don't tease -- put that thing up!

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 16 March 2006 08:29 (twenty years ago)

I digitized it last night .. I'll probably be able to post it later today (much later - 12 hours or so - sorry...)

― Dave NSFW (dave225.3), Thursday, 16 March 2006 12:28 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I think you got it right, Mr Snrub.

― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Thursday, 16 March 2006 13:40 (twenty years ago)

74. stoop rap from wild style (this would be so easy to do too, help me out here)
-- Fritz Wollner (fritzwollner5...), March 15th, 2006.
Buy the dvd you cheap faggot.

-- MR PERFECT (123456...), March 15th, 2006. (later)

what the fuck?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:49 (twenty years ago)

Download skafish:
http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2HM51RMQFPH3G2E8LI1SHD92PM

or tube it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lTNXLcyGTv0

― Dave NSFW (dave225.3), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:44 (twenty years ago)

Cool! I'd forgotten that the guitarist nearly spoils it -- but it's still a hell of a performance.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 17 March 2006 08:11 (twenty years ago)

i want fear performing "mengele," dammit. i know it was on some san francisco punk tv show or something. used to have it on videotape.

― baby, disco is fuck (yournullfame), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 12:10 (twenty years ago)

jon savage's story of dance music (1990-ish, channel 4)

suede closing their glastonbury set (2004 bbc3) with 'she's in fashion'
(long close ups of our kid in 'gayanimalsex' t shirt on friend's shoulders throughout)

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 12:57 (twenty years ago)

67. R.E.M. doing "So. Central Rain" on SOLID GOLD
-- Tim Ellison (thefriendlyfriendlybubbl...), March 16th, 2006.

hey tim you know the performance of that off LETTERMAN (before it even had a title!) and the pre-song interview with the band is on soulseek? ace it is too.

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 12:59 (twenty years ago)

Regarding R.E.M., they appeared on a Nickelodeon show, Livewire, in 1983, where they performed and answered questions from kids. Urban legend has it that the kids in the audience included the Beastie Boys, though I have no idea if that's true or not. I'd like to see that clip.

Which makes this 66 on the list...

― James, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 13:51 (twenty years ago)

(It was only Adam Yauch).

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 16:51 (twenty years ago)

I used to have part of that on tape. They did "Carnival of Sorts" at the end.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:15 (twenty years ago)

Buttole Surfers live shows 1983-5 era.

― going to see, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:25 (twenty years ago)

i want fear performing "mengele," dammit. i know it was on some san francisco punk tv show or something. used to have it on videotape.
-- baby, disco is fuck (el.sabo...), March 21st, 2006 7:10 AM.

You are thinking of
65. All of New Wave Theatre, the best show on television, evah.

64. Beastie Boys around '86 on a dating game skit on MTV.
Contestant: What would you do if I brought you home to meet my mother?
MCA: I'd set her on fire.

63. The video for "Put That Head Out"

― Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 20:38 (twenty years ago)

i want fear performing "mengele," dammit. i know it was on some san francisco punk tv show or something. used to have it on videotape.
-- baby, disco is fuck (el.sabo...), March 21st, 2006 7:10 AM.

Come to think of it, I might be able to sort that out for you....

― Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 20:51 (twenty years ago)

62. Archie Bell & The Drells performing by the pool @ Channel 13 in Houston (Pix from this appear in What'd I Say: The Atlantic Records Story)

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 00:28 (twenty years ago)

61. Performance footage of the "5" Royales (haha good fucking luck)

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 15:18 (twenty years ago)

60. Moby Grape (anything)

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 18:32 (twenty years ago)

59. Fishbone on Nickelodeon show "Don't Just Sit There."

― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 20:03 (twenty years ago)

58. the early 70's performance of R.L. Burnside shot on video by Tav Falco, alluded to in the very nice Arthur magazine profile of Mr. Falco in this month's issue.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 23 March 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

i want fear performing "mengele," dammit. i know it was on some san francisco punk tv show or something. used to have it on videotape.
-- baby, disco is fuck (el.sabo...), March 21st, 2006 7:10 AM.
Come to think of it, I might be able to sort that out for you....

-- Edward III (ehonaue...), March 21st, 2006 3:51 PM.

Unfortunately I'm having trouble finding that clip - I used to have it around here somewhere. It's on one of the Best of New Wave Theatre video compilations, and I know it's floating around in the p2p universe, so it shouldn't be that hard to get a hold of.

I loved NWT's ability to convey a sense of total anarchy and wildness yet being totally grounded in the mission of documenting the current music scene. So many great bands played that show, but also a lot of mind-blowing bands that disappeared without a trace. I remember one band that had about 7 members, lead singer played the clarinet, and they were on this droning/hypnotic/alienation trip that was something to behold. Never heard or saw anything by them since, can't even remember their name.

Supposedly there are like 60 episodes sitting in a vault somewhere. I can't begin to imagine what goodies are hiding in that pile.

― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 23 March 2006 14:33 (twenty years ago)

57. Any of the Top of the Pops appearances by The Beatles.

Amazingly, all these were destroyed by the BBC years ago but it is still hoped that off air recordings might exist somewhere.

― ant, Thursday, 23 March 2006 16:22 (twenty years ago)

here's a fine clip from 'new wave theater'

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FFX4Cx2W1uU&search=new%20wave%20theater

would kill to get more, especially the Monitor clip. I was lucky enough to attend many of these shoots at the old Florentine gardens Auditorium in Hollywood circa early 80's.
good times and truly one of the best tv shows of all time. Supposedly the creator, David Jove
is waiting for someone to give him mega dollars for his archives. In other words, we'll probably never see most of that stuff.

― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Thursday, 23 March 2006 16:32 (twenty years ago)

Wow, that's quite a claim to fame Brad. David Jove died in 2004, though, so I guess his wait is over. His daugther ended up with the stuff and she's trying to release it somehow. I think there would be so many rights issues that a legit release is probably unlikely - imagine tracking down all the bands that appeared! But I know I would lay out serious cash for New Wave Theatre season sets on DVD...

― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 23 March 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

didn't know he died, thanks for that info Edward. Sorry to hear that. I was in at least 4 bands that taped appearances for nwt and have never seen any of it. don't suppose you could be of any help with that ?

― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Thursday, 23 March 2006 17:31 (twenty years ago)

r.e.m. doing "carnival of sorts" on livewire:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2KBNXEb17lg

(though the part with the pubescent mca isn't included, which is a pity)

― bijoux (bijoux), Thursday, 23 March 2006 18:30 (twenty years ago)

One hopes that at 19 he'd gotten through the worst of his pubescence.

― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 23 March 2006 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Try contacting Bea Havens: ms.beahavens at sbcglobaldotnet
or Jove's daughter, Lili Haydn: lili at lilihaydndotcom

So which bands were you in?
http://ghosttownfilms.net/FlyerNewWave14Dec82W.jpg

― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 23 March 2006 20:35 (twenty years ago)

thanks !

the bands were :

The Touch (crappy power pop band. we taped our segment at the earlier pre-florentine
Burbank studio, same day as Johanna Went and some band that played inside a huge balloon/bouncy palace type of thing !)

Debt of Nature (teen noise band also I believe shot in Burbank)

Earth Dies Burning (pseudo nervous gender teen synth punk band)

Severed Head in a Bag ( a bunch of grizzled country music session hacks making insane noise rock, with 15 year old me on drums)

who knows if those ever got used at all ?

― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Thursday, 23 March 2006 21:10 (twenty years ago)

wow, had no idea lili haydn was his daughter.

― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Thursday, 23 March 2006 21:19 (twenty years ago)

Anything from the late '70s/early '80s NYC cable show Inner Tube.

― They Call the Wind Howchamagowcha (Arthur), Friday, 24 March 2006 01:16 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Any Kenickie videos. Videos of Kenickie. A video of "Punka" produced to publicise the single by Kenickie. Or similar.

― mark grout (mark grout), Saturday, 6 May 2006 17:25 (twenty years ago)

Sir Douglas Quintet stuff that ISN'T the mid-60s "She's About A Mover" clip (or that ACL that just came out on DVD)

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Saturday, 6 May 2006 17:35 (twenty years ago)

The "My Buddy"/"Kid Sister" commerical(s). Two products, one jingle!

― gooblar (gooblar), Saturday, 6 May 2006 18:38 (twenty years ago)

yournullfame to thread, Fear's "Mengele" and other New Wave Theater goodies are here:

http://anamericanpunkinsuburbia.blogspot.com/

― sleeve (sleeve), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 04:14 (twenty years ago)

aww, man, thanks for the heads up! awesome!!!

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 04:38 (twenty years ago)

In fact, any kenickie at all. Live recordings? A full gig? yoosenditttt to me for two little girls that love "At the club".

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 07:23 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Wow, apparently the Velvet Underground were on Upbeat at least twice:

http://home.aol.com/olandem3/tv.html

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 15 June 2006 20:14 (twenty years ago)

One of those must have been the clip Mark started the thread with. (Was apparently Upbeat, though, and not the Marvin Gaye and Tami Terrell show.)

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 15 June 2006 20:17 (twenty years ago)

The Other Two "Tasty Fish" Promo Video

Other Two "Superhighways" Promo Video

― william, it was really nothing (superpopelectro), Friday, 16 June 2006 03:18 (twenty years ago)

mark grout !

go to

http://www.psychicdefence.co.uk/

click media

and there's a docu there (from regional tv in about 98).
it has live bits in it i think. well interesting.

someone who's clever can put it on YOU TUBE i guess.

― pisces (piscesx), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:48 (twenty years ago)

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