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Post by pizzzzza on Oct 28, 2011 11:15:06 GMT -5
I didn't bother to go through all of the threads on this site, but was curious if any of you ever watched Night Tracks on Atlanta SuperStation WTBS back in the 80s/90s?
To me, what make the 80s so special was the presence of music videos - MTV, VH1, Night Tracks, Friday Night Videos for example - it was a great time to be a music lover (in addition to AT 40 and other countdown shows).
Fortunately, I recorded a LOT of the Night Tracks shows, and just in the past few years, converted them to DVD.
The 60s had American Bandstand, the 70s had great Top 40 radio, and the 80s had music video era eruption - was a great time for me growing up!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2011 12:30:40 GMT -5
Occasionally yes I watched Night Tracks, especially Night Trackd chart busters. Don't forget Nick Rocks also.
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Post by Michael on Oct 28, 2011 18:53:47 GMT -5
I didn't bother to go through all of the threads on this site, but was curious if any of you ever watched Night Tracks on Atlanta SuperStation WTBS back in the 80s/90s? To me, what make the 80s so special was the presence of music videos - MTV, VH1, Night Tracks, Friday Night Videos for example - it was a great time to be a music lover (in addition to AT 40 and other countdown shows). Fortunately, I recorded a LOT of the Night Tracks shows, and just in the past few years, converted them to DVD. The 60s had American Bandstand, the 70s had great Top 40 radio, and the 80s had music video era eruption - was a great time for me growing up! Your forgetting the most important one AT10.  I remember in the 80s we had a local show that showed videos. Back before KLOU was oldies they were KHTR which was a hot hits format. They had a show on the local CBS station which was known then as KMOX TV since they both owned by CBS at the time. The show itself had an odd premise. Each week they have one of the DJs host the show. But you wouldn't really see him. They have him sit in a small booth and they have lots of fog around him and the only thing you would see of him is a silhouette. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2011 19:09:57 GMT -5
I didn't bother to go through all of the threads on this site, but was curious if any of you ever watched Night Tracks on Atlanta SuperStation WTBS back in the 80s/90s? To me, what make the 80s so special was the presence of music videos - MTV, VH1, Night Tracks, Friday Night Videos for example - it was a great time to be a music lover (in addition to AT 40 and other countdown shows). Fortunately, I recorded a LOT of the Night Tracks shows, and just in the past few years, converted them to DVD. The 60s had American Bandstand, the 70s had great Top 40 radio, and the 80s had music video era eruption - was a great time for me growing up! Your forgetting the most important one AT10. I remember in the 80s we had a local show that showed videos. Back before KLOU was oldies they were KHTR which was a hot hits format. They had a show on the local CBS station which was known then as KMOX TV since they both owned by CBS at the time. The show itself had an odd premise. Each week they have one of the DJs host the show. But you wouldn't really see him. They have him sit in a small booth and they have lots of fog around him and the only thing you would see of him is a silhouette. I thought of AT10 and Smash Hits but they werent really a music video show to me in the same vein as Night Tracks, Friday Night Videos, Nick Rocks, etc. Just to get this out there, I didn't consider Kidd Video to be one either. |
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Post by easye on Oct 29, 2011 0:31:24 GMT -5
One reason Night Tracks was popular for awhile was that it played videos that MTV would not. Most obvious example was Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Oct 29, 2011 5:54:57 GMT -5
MTV didn't play MJ's Billie Jean? I'd be surprised if it didn't get played on MTV.
And AT10 was not that great, IMO. They didn't give you the full video - just one minute of it max, and then it moves on to the next video in rank. The only exception was when they aired the Christmas Countdown - which I last saw during Christmas 1989.
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 29, 2011 7:11:58 GMT -5
One reason Night Tracks was popular for awhile was that it played videos that MTV would not. Most obvious example was Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". That's not true. I distinctly remember seeing MJ walking with the sidewalk lighting up for each step he took in the video for "Billie Jean" on MTV. |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Oct 29, 2011 7:45:31 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2011 8:28:36 GMT -5
One reason Night Tracks was popular for awhile was that it played videos that MTV would not. Most obvious example was Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". That's not true. I distinctly remember seeing MJ walking with the sidewalk lighting up for each step he took in the video for "Billie Jean" on MTV. I saw it on MTV all the time as well, but perhaps he was talking about when the video first came out and the song was first becoming popular. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2011 8:29:32 GMT -5
I'd wake up Sunday morning to the last 30 minutes to an hour of Night Flight, followed by the USA Cartoon Express. |
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Oct 29, 2011 9:06:08 GMT -5
I'm sure thats what he means. In the early days of MTV, they wouldn't show videos by black artists, Billie Jean was one of the first and broke the so-called "color barrier" for MTV.
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Post by pizzzzza on Oct 29, 2011 9:54:39 GMT -5
Pete - I taped a bunch of those shows as well! It's too bad those shows didn't last long, especially Night Tracks and Chartbusters. |
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Post by vto66 on Oct 29, 2011 20:34:47 GMT -5
Anyone (besides yours truly) remember a show called MV3? It aired in 1983, right around the height of the MTV craze, and originated in Los Angeles. MV3 was carried locally on KICU 36 in the San Francisco Bay Area, but I believe it also ran on other stations around the country. The show had three hosts (David Maples, Karen Scott and Richard Blade) and ran videos of the popular acts of the day such as Culture Club and Duran Duran, but mostly focused on "new wave" acts.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2011 6:01:21 GMT -5
Anyone (besides yours truly) remember a show called MV3? It aired in 1983, right around the height of the MTV craze, and originated in Los Angeles. MV3 was carried locally on KICU 36 in the San Francisco Bay Area, but I believe it also ran on other stations around the country. The show had three hosts (David Maples, Karen Scott and Richard Blade) and ran videos of the popular acts of the day such as Culture Club and Duran Duran, but mostly focused on "new wave" acts. Don't think I've ever heard of that one. |
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Post by pizzzzza on Oct 31, 2011 16:09:24 GMT -5
Anyone (besides yours truly) remember a show called MV3? It aired in 1983, right around the height of the MTV craze, and originated in Los Angeles. MV3 was carried locally on KICU 36 in the San Francisco Bay Area, but I believe it also ran on other stations around the country. The show had three hosts (David Maples, Karen Scott and Richard Blade) and ran videos of the popular acts of the day such as Culture Club and Duran Duran, but mostly focused on "new wave" acts. I recall seeing a video by Romeo Void - "Never Say Never" - and seeing the MV3 logo in the corner of the screen - can't remember where and when, but I do remember that logo. |
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