Thanks to youtube, 1st time I saw this Music Video.

[Lawnboy13]

Even though I have heard the songs & have them in my music library, I never knew there was a video for some until I did a little searching around on youtube. So "THANK YOU" youtube for this visual pleasure.

 

What songs have you discovered on youtube that you didn't know had a video?

 

 

Since I have been posting some things on Foreigner/Lou Gramm, I discovered two that I never seen until a few days ago. The 1st, "Women", was off the 1979 Head Games album. I NEVER knew guitarist Ian McDonald was using the "whammy bar" for the distinct sound in this tune.......BTW, pretty cool tune.

 

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[Lawnboy13]

The 2nd, off 1981's "4" album and reached #26 on the Billboard charts in 1982......."Break It Up". Another solid tune.

 

[video=youtube_share;1IlrpFxqW_s]http://youtu.be/1IlrpFxqW_s

[B-Ball-fan]

Digging both of those as I didn't realize it either, and pretty cool idea for a thread.

 

Off the top of my head I can't think of any just yet, but you just know that you've triggered another thing musically for me to obsess over, and I'll be certain to brainstorm and search endlessly.

 

Around the time MTV began I was mislead to think that videos to songs was a new thing, but indeed I've come across along the way proper videos of great tunes that were created long before the MTV era.

 

Other than an hour long Saturday video show named "Rock World" that aired on Channel 64 in 1980, and MTV, I thought that was it.

 

Now it's got me wondering where many of these videos were aired before the MTV era when for the most part unless we saw a band in concert, or caught them on shows like Don Kirshner's Rock concert, and of course heard them on the radio, or bought the record, where did they actually play the older videos?

 

Like you see here in the "Woman" video it just wasn't live footage as it was filmed especially to be a video of the song with actresses adding to the song for visual effect like videos typically do.

 

So if so many proper videos were being created before the MTV era, who saw them and where were they available to be seen?

 

It seems like numerous bands were doing it before the MTV era, so where were they expecting them to be seen when there wasn't any craze yet about it?

[frankdracman23]

1959: The Big Bopper coins the term “music video”

According to some music historians, singer and songwriter Jiles Perry Richardson, who went by The Big Bopper, became the first person to use the phrase “music video” in a 1959 interview with a British magazine. (Richardson died that same year in the plane crash that also killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.) The “Chantilly Lace” singer is also credited with making some of the earliest known rock videos in 1958.

 

1960s: The Beatles marry movies and music

Perhaps more than any other band before them, The Beatles harnessed the power of film to market their records and express themselves as artists. In addition to starring in full-length features such as “Help” and “A Hard Day’s Night,” the Fab Four recorded dozens of promotional clips—some with narratives and others composed largely of psychedelic images—that were broadcast in their native England and overseas. Many rock and roll bands of the late 1960s and 1970s followed their lead, releasing increasingly sophisticated promo films that shared the lineup with live performances on televised music variety shows.

 

1974: Australia paves the way with “Countdown” and “Sounds”

Two weekly teen-oriented music programs premiered in Australia in 1974. Both prominently featured music videos, some of which were created especially for the shows. As “Countdown” and “Sounds” quickly earned a devoted following, the format spread to other countries around the world. In 1978, three years before MTV hit the airwaves, the American program “Video Concert Hall” began offering several hours of unhosted music videos every day on the USA Network.

[Run To State]

Thanks to youtube, I found out this TV concert was on video. I get a kick out of watching these guys, I also can't imagine how they could perform at all considering the shape they were in. :lol2:

 

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[BlueTip]

Found this recently...my favorite Eagles tune.

 

[Lawnboy13]

Thanks to youtube, I found out this TV concert was on video. I get a kick out of watching these guys, I also can't imagine how they could perform at all considering the shape they were in. :lol2:

 

[video=youtube_share;MB_dodhR7bQ]

 

Whatever they were "doing/takin'/drinkin'":eek:, didn't hamper their playing. Although they probably don't remember a single thing about that night. :lol2: Good Stuff.:thumb:

[B-Ball-fan]

Thanks to youtube, I found out this TV concert was on video. I get a kick out of watching these guys, I also can't imagine how they could perform at all considering the shape they were in. :lol2:

 

[video=youtube_share;MB_dodhR7bQ]

 

That's pretty funny, and they actually nailed it considering. I'm guessing that the drummer must've been in better shape to at least keep the time to keep them steady.

 

If I've got booze in my system forget it, I'm way off with my timing. Pot on the other hand has been known to keep me steady and in focus to carry a tune off, and even more so than without it.

[B-Ball-fan]

1959: The Big Bopper coins the term “music video”

According to some music historians, singer and songwriter Jiles Perry Richardson, who went by The Big Bopper, became the first person to use the phrase “music video” in a 1959 interview with a British magazine. (Richardson died that same year in the plane crash that also killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.) The “Chantilly Lace” singer is also credited with making some of the earliest known rock videos in 1958.

 

1960s: The Beatles marry movies and music

Perhaps more than any other band before them, The Beatles harnessed the power of film to market their records and express themselves as artists. In addition to starring in full-length features such as “Help” and “A Hard Day’s Night,” the Fab Four recorded dozens of promotional clips—some with narratives and others composed largely of psychedelic images—that were broadcast in their native England and overseas. Many rock and roll bands of the late 1960s and 1970s followed their lead, releasing increasingly sophisticated promo films that shared the lineup with live performances on televised music variety shows.

 

1974: Australia paves the way with “Countdown” and “Sounds”

Two weekly teen-oriented music programs premiered in Australia in 1974. Both prominently featured music videos, some of which were created especially for the shows. As “Countdown” and “Sounds” quickly earned a devoted following, the format spread to other countries around the world. In 1978, three years before MTV hit the airwaves, the American program “Video Concert Hall” began offering several hours of unhosted music videos every day on the USA Network.

 

Good find... that explains a lot.

[Lawnboy13]

Digging both of those as I didn't realize it either, and pretty cool idea for a thread.

 

Off the top of my head I can't think of any just yet, but you just know that you've triggered another thing musically for me to obsess over, and I'll be certain to brainstorm and search endlessly.

 

Around the time MTV began I was mislead to think that videos to songs was a new thing, but indeed I've come across along the way proper videos of great tunes that were created long before the MTV era.

 

Other than an hour long Saturday video show named "Rock World" that aired on Channel 64 in 1980, and MTV, I thought that was it.

 

Now it's got me wondering where many of these videos were aired before the MTV era when for the most part unless we saw a band in concert, or caught them on shows like Don Kirshner's Rock concert, and of course heard them on the radio, or bought the record, where did they actually play the older videos?

 

Like you see here in the "Woman" video it just wasn't live footage as it was filmed especially to be a video of the song with actresses adding to the song for visual effect like videos typically do.

 

So if so many proper videos were being created before the MTV era, who saw them and where were they available to be seen?

 

It seems like numerous bands were doing it before the MTV era, so where were they expecting them to be seen when there wasn't any craze yet about it?

 

I'm in full agreement, I too though this was a new medium.

 

I remember staying up late on Saturday nights to catch Don Kirshner's Rock Concert back in the day, Good stuff B-Ball-fan.

 

Checkout the list of those who played on his show, it's legends after legends....Don Kirshner's Rock Concert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[B-Ball-fan]

Y'all should get a kick out of this one from 1965.

 

Check out this chick dancing. She really gets going little after the 1 minute mark.

 

More bounce to the ounce.

 

Shake it but don't break it.

 

[B-Ball-fan]

I'm in full agreement, I too though this was a new medium.

 

I remember staying up late on Saturday nights to catch Don Kirshner's Rock Concert back in the day, Good stuff B-Ball-fan.

 

Checkout the list of those who played on his show, it's legends after legends....Don Kirshner's Rock Concert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Wow that's some list. That's anybody who was anybody.

 

I'm guessing that just like me you were in Heaven anytime you could find anything on TV that rocked your teen socks off. I scoured the TV listings every Saturday when they came as an insert with the Post making sure that nothing music related got past me. I could never get enough of finding a new favorite band to add to my already favorites. Casey Kasem's weekly Top 40 countdown on the radio was not to be missed either.

[frankdracman23]

Not sure if you are old enough to remember this in the early days of cable:

 

Video Jukebox is an American television program that aired from 1981 to 1986 on HBO. It was a monthly series that showcased music videos from the popular recording artists of the time such as Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Prince, Culture Club, Linda Ronstadt, David Bowie, Hall & Oates, Madonna, Blondie and The Human League to name a few. A typical episode of Video Jukebox consisted of seven or eight music videos and lasted roughly 30 minutes, and the lineup changed in the middle of each month.

 

During the late 1970s (and before the MTV network debuted), HBO was already airing one or two music videos (or "promotional clips" as they were known at the time) as filler in between their feature films and other series. These short clips also carried the Video Jukebox moniker. When Video Jukebox premiered as a half-hour series in December 1981, HBO was reaching more households than MTV (which had been launched only four months earlier), so a video that aired on Video Jukebox may have received a little more exposure than it would on MTV, a claim that would be short-lived as MTV quickly gained more cable markets by around 1983.

[B-Ball-fan]

When we first got cable when I was a teen, my parents were thrifty (can't blame them), and didn't buy the premium stations, and settled just for basic cable, so I missed out on the HBO Video Jukebox that you're talking about.

 

Once MTV came on I didn't mind much because I just sat hypnotized in front of the tube and watched that endlessly.

 

There was also a program called "Night Flight" that showed some cool music stuff especially at night on the USA Network. That seemed pretty cool and edgy introducing me to some interesting stuff.

 

Around 1980 just before we had cable, Channel 64 aired an hour long Saturday Noon- 1:00 program called "Rock World" that I watched religiously.

 

Some of the stuff I remember from that show was Adam Ant, and also that crazy "Fish Heads" song. I think they also had stuff like Talking Heads, Blondie, Elvis Costello, and the Pretenders. It was sorta underground and introduced me to a bit of "New Wave" before MTV took over and filled in the gaps, breaking tons of bands that weren't typically heard on the radio just yet.

[Lawnboy13]

Wow that's some list. That's anybody who was anybody.

 

I'm guessing that just like me you were in Heaven anytime you could find anything on TV that rocked your teen socks off. I scoured the TV listings every Saturday when they came as an insert with the Post making sure that nothing music related got past me. I could never get enough of finding a new favorite band to add to my already favorites. Casey Kasem's weekly Top 40 countdown on the radio was not to be missed either.

 

Can remember getting ready for church in the morning listening to Casey, and after Mass asking my Dad to turn on Q102 so we could listen to the end of the Countdown on the way home. Always hated that morning when there was a long homily cause we would miss a song or two on the way home. :lol2: