Carl Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 We recently spoke with Carmine Appice, who played with Rod Stewart for several years and helped write "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" and "Young Turks." They cranked out a lot of videos in the '70s, so when MTV went on the air, about 20% of their library was Rod Stewart videos. I was trying to figure out who played their videos before MTV, and Carmine said they got a lot of play in Europe and Australia, but there were also some video shows in the US. Does anyone remember the names of these video shows? One of them might be "Midnight" something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Sorry Carl, I don't know. But...did Carmine Appice work with Vanilla Fudge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 I remember something like that. Not Midnight Special, or Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, either. It was either called Midnight, After Midnight, Around Midnight. Something like that. It's going to drive me crazy now. Thanks alot Carl. Wasn't there one called Rockline? Or maybe it was Rock Show...I seem to remember a theme song at the beginning with the wrods rock show in it. Blast you Carl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt_Acid Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Rats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 I think you are talking about "Night Flight"...I seem to remember it being on very late on Friday or Saturday nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Don Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 I do recall HBO sometimes aired music videos between movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Sorry to take this off in a another direction, but...does anyone remember a show back in the early to mid 70's that aired around 1 AM Fri nite/Sat morn Eastern (immediately following Midnight Special I think) hosted by a fellow named Chip Monk (may have been Munk)? I think the show may have simply been titled Chip Monk. Chip was either a radio personality or TV music commentator out of LA, Calif. He was extremely knowledgeable about the music and the insdustry. He featured musical guests who would discuss their music/careers and then perform live. He had a very eclectic rock guest list. Many performers were on his show before they acheived national recognition. And their live performances were often awesome. I think it's because it was such a relaxed atmosphere. Some perfomers I especially remember were John McLauglin (Mahavishnu Orchestra fame), Alvin Lee, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Janis Joplin and many, many more. Anyone recall? BluesBoy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Aauuugghh! Night Flight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 I agree, all those tv shows were great! here's more. rock visually had programs like; American Bandstand Soul Train Hullabaloo etc. Also, Rock Documentaries - Don't Look Back - D.A. Pennebaker's groundbreaking(for the time, mid 60s) camera tag along look at Bob Dylan + The Beatles Movies Monterey Pop Gimme Shelter Woodstock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 Dont forget "The Kids Are Alright" and that Led Zeppelin movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 I was trying to figure out who played their videos before MTV, and Carmine said they got a lot of play in Europe and Australia Hi Carl. In Australia we had a TV show called "Countdown" which featured a mix of the very latest music videos and Australian and Overseas artists appearing live (but usually miming) to their records. It was a fantastic show, hosted by Ian "Molly" Meldrum. It ran from 1974 to 1987. The best clip ever, for it's time - 1976, was Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted December 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 I remember "Night Flight," as well as a local show in Tampa, but maybe this "Midnight" show was our imagination. Carmine was in Vanilla Fudge, and they're still going strong (check out their cover of "Tearing Up My Heart). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 He's been quite a journeyman. If memory serves, I believe he played on a few Ted Nugent albums, as well. I'll have to lookit in up now. It'll bug me. I'm almostt 100% sure he was touring Uncle Ted when I saw him in the early 80's in Baltimore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 I agree, all those tv shows were great! here's more. rock visually had programs like; American Bandstand Soul Train Hullabaloo etc. Also, Rock Documentaries - Don't Look Back - D.A. Pennebaker's groundbreaking(for the time, mid 60s) camera tag along look at Bob Dylan + The Beatles Movies Monterey Pop Gimme Shelter Woodstock BB has always the right word... I have seen many 60´s bands playing for the German, French and British TV shows... which names I can´t remember now... but I can look in my papers back home and see if I find some interesting info. They used to send me lists of bands and timings and all that stuff when I worked in the Spanish TV, making music programs with TV material... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 The Midnight Special, a music show hosted by Wolfman Jack, often had videos of the bands which appeared weekly. Not quite the videos of MTV but taped recordings of the band playing (lip synching) the song popular at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjock Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 This goes waaaayyyy back...sorry Mr Peabody..but KHJ TV in LA played what is arguably the first music video show...late 1966 Last Train to CLarkesville by the Monkees can be listed at the first "commercial" video, excluding Beatle clips from the films that were'nt really produced as promotional tools as the Colgems Monkees track was. Sorry, the name of the show escapes me, but it was something "Boss" or of that mid-decade phrase ilk. Rock On.. Ken. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalynn Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 The Midnight Special, a music show hosted by Wolfman Jack, often had videos of the bands which appeared weekly. Not quite the videos of MTV but taped recordings of the band playing (lip synching) the song popular at the time. :(I remember this...I feel old.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 If you remember it...go with the feeling. Welcome to Songfacts. I'm jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 This goes waaaayyyy back...sorry Mr Peabody..but KHJ TV in LA played what is arguably the first music video show...late 1966 Last Train to CLarkesville by the Monkees can be listed at the first "commercial" video Welcome KJ, Sounds like something The Real Don Steele would MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambchop Flansburgh Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Night Flight aired on WTBS out of Atlanta, which was a "superstation" because it was syndicated to local cable outlets across the country. But if you want to go way back, in the '60's and '70's, bands would make promotional videos to send to talk shows in lieu of actually appearing on these shows. The Beatles did it with Strawberry Fields Forever and a few other songs. The Monkees clip mentioned would be another example. But really, making a promotional video for a song is much older than that. Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan and others made short films of "performances" (often lip synched) to be shown before the feature film in movie houses. Or so I'm told. Really all of this was before I was born. Really.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Every episode of The Monkees... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjock Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 There were some jukeboxes(kinescope boxes?) in the classic wurlitzer mode..pick a tune,put in your dime, watch the tiny screen.... earliest version of videos.Heres a bit of a wordy dissertation: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuchelo1 Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 i remember a program called "friday night videos" coming on in the early '80s. it was, obviously, friday nights at 11:30 or so. it was just before MTV, and there was no host or "VJ" personality, just videos. of course, at that time, there were very few so you basically saw the same ones week after week, but i faithfully watched it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Cuch, I remember that show. Good one! Welcome to Songfacts!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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