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Showing Original Post only (View all)A lot of people put down the 70's as far as music goes.... [View all]
I am listening to the tube as night turns into day and there is an infomercial on about the Midnight Special and how you can buy a collection of the videos...
I'm thinking about buying because I remember sitting home on Friday nights and watching those shows and seeing how varied the music really was...
We look back and think Disco but there was so much more.
Dobbie Brothers, ELO, Tina Turner, Cheap Trick, Marvin Gaye, Queen, Heart, Jim Croce and so many more.
And I forgot the comedians that they had on.
It was really then that they thought hmmm, maybe a video music channel might be a great idea...
And here is Little Feat, one of my favorite bands from way back then...
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And the production values made it actually sound like actual musical instruments being played
arcane1
Aug 2012
#32
i remember my buddy had a boot-leg 8track of Led Zeppelin's fourth album and it changed tracks
WCGreen
Aug 2012
#41
Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Television, Hawkwind, Tangerine Dream, Roxy Music, Neu
Tom Ripley
Aug 2012
#10