Showing posts with label MTV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MTV. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Valentine's Day Goodies with Genuine Nerd Toby Radloff


This video is from 1989. I love hearing this guy talk. He sounds like a Dallek from Doctor Who. At least watch this until he tries to spin the pinwheel. Harvey Pekar based a character in the American Splendor comic book on him.



Wednesday, December 28, 2016

R. I. P GEORGE MICHAEL


I believe "Careless Whisper" by Wham is one of the greatest and classiest hits of the 80s. Never understood why many of my classmates didn't like this.  Of course, I also like Seether's Vanilla Fudge-ing of the song from a few years back.



Tuesday, June 10, 2014

British comedian Rik Mayall dies at 56

British comedian Rik Mayall dies at 56

SIDE NOTE: I didn't always have a blog. I started off commenting on Missouri Radio Message Board and Ron Davis' Chatter blog, where I made numerous enemies. During this time, I swiped one of Rik Mayall's catchphrases from The Young Ones.

On The Young Ones, the character of Rick, frequently would say, "Please don't make fun of the woman I love!" if the punker, Vivian, made a disparaging remark about a female celebrity (usually British TV star Felicity Kendall).He also got upset if people made fun of singer Cliff Richard.


There was an anonymous commenter on the Chatter blog, who hated former KYTV reporter/anchor Cara Connolly (above). Anytime this jerk slammed Cara Connolly, I would reply with "Please don't make fun of Cara, she is the woman I love!"

From what I understand, my comments and old blog used to cause someone at KSGF to have violent fits like Vivian on The Young Ones.       

Monday, March 25, 2013

HEAVY METAL IPOD PLAYLIST 3: HAIR BANDS AND 80s HITS

In the early 80s in Los Angeles, there were two kinds of rock bands that were in abundance. One was the power pop band and the other was the glam/heavy metal band. Power pop bands were influenced by the 60s British Invasion and garage bands and wore matching suits with the fashionable skinny ties. The glam/metal bands were influenced by 70s glam and metal and dressed in a mix of spandex and leather, topped off with makeup and long hair. Bar owners began refering to the groups as either the "skinny tie" bands or "hair" bands.

Music listeners and even the press didn't use these terms until sometime in the late 90s, when 80s nostalgia started come into vogue. I will eventually create a "skinny tie" power pop playlist, but since I've been on a heavy metal kick for the past few playlist, lets look at the "hair" bands.

Many people have commented that the difference between hair bands and old school metal bands was the hair bands had huge followings among girls and young single women (Mothers, of course, hated these bands). Each band had its "power ballad" - a slow, mushy love song that made girls sigh (Truth is the British Invasion bands may have invented the power ballad. i.e: "Yesterday," "As Tears Go By," and "Because") and the fact that hair bands smiled and were more photogenic, which was important during the heyday of MTV.

Not all of this will be what you would call "Hair band" metal, some are 80s hits by bands left over from the 70s. Radio would later stop calling these groups "heavy metal" and call this "classic rock," to appeal to white Baby Boomer men going through a mid-life crisis. I have even included a few songs from the 70s that influenced the "hair" band sound. So, crank it loud to offend your mom.

"So Young, So Bad - Starz
"Action" - Sweet
"Cum On Feel The Noize" - Quiet Riot
"Round and Round" - Ratt
"You Give Love a Bad Name" - Bon Jovi
"Talk Dirty To Me" - Poison
"Kickstart My Heart" - Motley Crue
"Fantasy" - Aldo Nova
"Rock in America" - Night Ranger
"Dance The Night Away" - Van Halen
"Sweet Child O'Mine" - Guns N Roses
"Rock You Like a Hurricane" - The Scorpions
"Seventeen" - Winger
"18 & Life" - Skid Row
"New Girl Now" - Honeymoon Suite
"We're Not Gonna Take It" - Twisted Sister
"Up All Night" - Slaughter
"In My Dreams" - Dokken
"Shake Me" - Cinderella
"Poison" - Alice Cooper
"She's A Beauty" - The Tubes
"Legs" - ZZ Top
 "Saulsolito Summernight" - Diesel
"Take It On the Run" - REO Speedwagon
"Don't Stop Believing" - Journey
"Heaven's On Fire" - Kiss
"Livin After Midnight" - Judas Priest
"Love In an Elevator" - Aerosmith
"Sign of the Gypsy Queen" - April Wine
"Going Crazy" - David Lee Roth
"Summertime Girls" - Y & T
"Cherry Pie" - Warrant
"Edge of a Broken Heart - Vixen
"7 O'Clock" - London Quireboys
"Once Bitten, Twice Shy" - Great White
"I Love Rock and Roll" - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
"When The Heart Rules The Mind" - GTR
"Here I Go Again" - Whitesnake
"Two Steps Ahead" - Box of Frogs
"Wait" - White Lion
"Kiss Me Deadly" - Lita Ford
"Don't Treat Me Bad" - Firehouse
"Love Will Rock You" - Donnie Iris
"Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through" - Jim Steinman
"Back In Black" - AC/DC
"Since You've Been Gone" - Rainbow
"The Hero" - Queen
"The Final Countdown" - Europe
"Heaven Tonight" Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force
"To Be With You" - Mr. Big
"Hole Hearted" - Extreme
"Goodbye" - Enuff Z'Nuff
"The Stroke" - Billy Squire
"Lay It On The Line" - Triumph
"Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche
"Run To The Hills" - Iron Maiden
"Working For The Weekend" - Loverboy
"Burning For You" - Blue Oyster Cult
"Power" - Kansas
"Over The Mountain" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Too Much Time On My Hands" - Styx
"Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring
"Knocking At Your Back Door" - Deep Purple



  

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

DESDINOVA'S CAMPY 80's PLAYLIST

As I promised (or threatened), I have created a campy 80s playlist, much like the campy 70s playlist. I mentioned I was apprehensive about doing this, because some people that grew up in the 80s don't have a sense of humor about the music and culture of that era. On the other hand, as graduate of the class of 1987, I want to point out those songs that scream 80s. None of these songs are not bad. As a matter of fact, I don't think any of these are as bad as some of the songs on the 70s playlist, it is just they sound "so 1980s." The minute you hear them you say "That song  is from the 80s." As with the other list, I have included songs by some great major artist, because it wouldn't be an 80s list without these artist or the particular song. Also a few of these are actually songs from around 78 or 79, but they sure sound like the 80s. These are in no particular order.

The Buggles - "Video Killed The Radio Star"
The Mo-Dettes - "White Mice"
Prince - "1999"
Devo - "Whip It"
Bauhaus - "Bela Lugosi's Dead"
Stacey Q - "Two Hearts"
Loverboy - "Notorious"
Eddie Rabbit - "I Love a Rainy Night"
Frank & Moon Zappa - "Valley Girl"
Flock of Seagulls - "I Ran (So Far Away)"
Animotion - "Obsession"
The Bangles - "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Corey Hart - "Sunglasses at Night"
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Olivia Newton-John - Physical
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Aldo Nova - Fantasy
The Gap Band - "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - "Lost In Emotion"
Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes"
The J. Geils Band - "Centerfold"
Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf"
Bruce Springstein - "Born in the U.S.A"
Diesel - "Sausalito Summer Night"
Rick James - "Super Freak"
Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
Human League - "Don't You Want Me"
Madonna - "Like a Virgin"
Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls"
Peter Schilling - "Major Tom (Coming Home)"
Nena - "99 Red Balloons"
Rick Springfield - "Jessie's Girl"
Soft Cell - "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go"
Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me With Science"
Wham! - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
The Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These)"
Yaz - "Situation"
Earth, Wind and Fire - "Let's Groove"
Billy Idol - "Hot In The City"
Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon"
Van Halen - "Jump"
Kool & The Gang - "Celebration"
Gary Numan - "Cars"
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - "I Love Rock & Roll"
Michael Sembello - "Maniac"
Motley Crue - "Shout at the Devil"
Pat Benetar - "Sex as a Weapon"
Robert Palmer - "Addicted To Love"
Warrant - "Cherry Pie"
Sheena Easton - "Morning Train"
The Police - "Roxanne"
Peter Gabriel - "Games Without Frontiers"
Mike & The Mechanics - "Silent Running"
Katrina & The Waves - "Walking On Sunshine"
The Cars - "Shake It Up"
Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

I'm sure somebody reading this is thinking I left off something or one of their favorites. This is just one playlist. Since I'm a product of the 80s, I may do another 80s playlist. I also plan a heavy metal playlist, so I may take care of some omissions there.

Friday, May 4, 2012

MCA OF THE BEASTIE BOYS DIES




Here is the obit from All Access. Not only is this one of the greatest rock songs every recorded and one of the greatest rap songs ever recorded, but it has one of the greatest videos ever made.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF NIRVANA'S NEVERMIND

I don't think there has been a more important day in the history of the United States of America than September 24, 1991. That was the day that Nirvana's Nevermind was released.
I can tell you where I was the first time I heard it. I was in college, working on my electronic media degree and living in a small apartment on Elm Street between two frat houses near M.S.U (then known as S.M.S.U). It was on a rather warm day, shortly before Halloween, that heard this song being blasted from a stereo system in the backyard of the frat house on the left of the apartment building. I remember thinking "Now that is what music is supposed to sound like." I saw one of the frat members and asked him what the song was. He told me the group was called Nirvana and showed me the cassette's cover (Yes, kids it was on cassette in those days). I went that night and bought a copy.
Nirvana's Nevermind came out at a time when heavy metal bands were recording lame love ballads just to get airplay among the New Kids On the Block and Whitney Houston songs dominating the airwaves. Most AOR stations were playing bar bands and older artist like John Hiatt, Don Henley and Bonnie Raitt between the power ballads. With the exception of Guns N Roses and Metalica, AOR was turning into music for men in a midlife crisis.
Nirvana changed all of that! It revitalized rock and roll much the way the Beatles did in 1964 and the Sex Pistols did in 1976.
That is why I'm excited about this 20th anniversary edition of Nevermind. I'm saving up my money to buy a copy. Not a day goes by that I don't listen to "Smells Like Teen Spirit," so I know I will enjoy this one. It is hard to believe it has been around for 20 years, because it seems like only yesterday that I heard it for the first time.
It is also hard for me to believe that a local scumbag blogger and trouble maker named Stormy dared to slam Kurt Cobain on Facebook. He also slammed John Lennon in the same post.
Because of that I'm posting a BEST OF DESDINOVA of the most popular post ever, in which I explain how the radio industry's ingnoring Nirvana caused it to lose younger listeners.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

I'M OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR A ONE HIT WONDER Part 1

As I mentioned in my last post, it is not easy to determine which songs are one hit wonders. You are either surprised that an act had another hit or that the other song wasn't a Top 40 hit. Many musical acts are called one hit wonders, even though they had another hit or two in the Top 40 or Hot 100.

Why? Part of this is memory lapse on the part of people discussing music. This in turn effects polls being conducted by magazines, radio stations or online sights. Another cause of this can be laid at the feet of the radio industry, which frequently limits the number of songs by an artist on their playlist. Many oldies and classic rock stations only play one song by an act. The worst offender is reference books and articles (print and online) written on the subject which are either poorly researched or purposely ignore the facts. Some CD and LP compilations have done this also.

I looked over several listings of one hit wonders and decided to list the ones that were glaring mistakes. This one contains the acts that had other Top 40 hits. I plan to follow this up with groups that had hits that "bubbled under" the Top 40. Also, if the song charted on or was higher on another chart, I designated that chart. Some I listed because they received radio and MTV airplay.

Johnny Preston - "Cradle of Love" #7 and "Feel So Fine" #14 in 1960 after "Running Bear."

Big Bopper - "Big Bopper's Wedding" #38.

C. W. McCall - "Wolf Creek Pass" #40 and "The Old Home Filler Up and Keep On Trucking Cafe" #54. Both had a connecting story line featuring the waitress named Mavis, sidekick Earl and Sloan, the dog of the truck driving narrator, Rubber Duck.

A-Ha - "The Sun Always Shines On TV" #20, "Cry Wolf" #50 and "The Living Daylights" #113.

Great White - "The Angel Song" #30 and "Rock Me" #60.

Tommy Tutone - "Angel Say No" #38.

Strawberry Alarm Clock - "Tomorrow" #23.

Question Mark & the Mysterians - "I Need Somebody" #22 and "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" #56.

Falco - "Der Kommisar" #72, "Vienna Calling" #18 and "Sound of Musik" #13.

The Rembrants - "Just The Way It Is, Baby" #14.

The Foundations - "Baby, Now That I've Found You" #11.

Keith - "Ain't Gonna Lie" #37 and "Tell It To My Face" #37.

The Left Banke - "Pretty Ballerina" #15 and "Desiree" #98.

Maxine Nightingale - "Lead Me On" #5.

Taste of Honey - "Sukyaki" #3.

The Fat Boys - "The Twist (Hey Twister!)" #16.

Looking Glass - "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" #33.

Steel Breeze - "Dreaming Is Easy" #30.

Maury Head - "Superstar" #14 in 1971. This song is best known as "Jesus Christ Superstar." Head played Judas in the original version in London.

The Romantics - "One In a Million" #37 and "What I Like About You" #47.

Blue Swede -"Never My Love" #7 and "Hush/I'm Alive" #61.

The Soul Survivors - "Explosion (In Your Heart)" #33 and "Impossible Mission" #68.

The Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time" #27.

Vanilla Fudge - "Take Me For A Little While" #38, "Seasons of the Witch" #65, "Shotgun" #68 and "Where Is My Mind" #73.

Brownsville Station - "Kings of the Party" #31, "Lady (Put the Light On Me)" #46, "I'm the Leader of the Gang" #48, "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" #57 and "Martian Boogie" #59.

Spandau Ballet - "Gold" #29 and "Only When You Leave" #34.

Swing Out Sister - "Twilight World" #31 and "Am I The Same Girl" #45/#1-AC.

The Cardigans - "My Favorite Game" #16-Alternative.

Madness - "Must Be Love" #33.

Semisonic - "Singing In My Sleep" #33-#11 Modern, "Secret Smile" #21 Modern and "Chemistry" #39 Modern.

Lighthouse - "Sunny Days" #34 and "Pretty Lady" #53.

American Breed - "Step Out of Your Mind" #24 and "Green Light" #39.

Alias - "Waiting for Love" #13.     

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY MTV!!!

This week MTV celebrates its 30 anniversary this week. Here is a Rolling Stone article about the original VJs. Some idiots here in the Ozarks hate MTV, because they feel it has had a negative effect on American youth. I'm not one of them. I feel that Fox News has had a much more negative effect on our country than MTV has. I also believe that parents who have MTV blocked on their cable systems should have their children taken away from them.
Of course, opinions, like these, are why I'm considered the Super Villain of the Ozarks!!! Mwu-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

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