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01:00:02 2.47 |
PROMOTER NAMED RICH TALKS ABOUT OLDER AND NEW BANDS ARE DOING GREAT STUFF LIVE RIGHT NOW. TALKS ABOUT GENTLE GIANT BEING INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY HITS. HAVE A KIND OF CULT FOLLOWING. TALKS ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL RADIO AND ROCK AND ROLL TELEVISION AND VIDEOS.
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01:02:29 150.16 |
PROMOTER TALKS TO VIDEO CREW OUTSIDE CONCERT VENUE.
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01:02:48 168.73 |
ROCK FANS BUY CONCERT TICKETS. TICKET WINDOW. UNFOLDING DOLLAR BILLS. 1980S CONCERT LINE. CU HANDS HANDLING MONEY AND KOOL CIGARETTES. PAYING FOR TICKETS WITH QUARTERS. WAITING IN LINE TO BUY CONCERT TICKETS.
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01:03:36 216.57 |
INTERVIEW WITH SOME MEMBERS OF GENTLE GIANT PROG ROCK BAND. PROGRESSIVE ROCK. LEAD SINGER AND SCOTMAN DEREK SHULMAN AND DRUMMER JOHN WEATHERS, KEYBOARDIST KERRY MINNEAR INTERVEWED AFTER THEIR SHOW. SWEATY AND TIRED AND ACTUALLY ILL. THE BAND WAS SICK BUT PLAYED ANYWAY. DEREK JOKES THAT PROFESSIONALS TRY TO PUKE ON THE SIDE OF THE STAGE INSTEAD OF THE FRONT OF THE STAGE. FOOD POISONING. JOKES ABOUT KENTUCKY FRIED RAT.
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01:05:47 347.71 |
DEREK TALKS ABOUT THE USE OF FILM AND SLIDE PROJECTOR DURING PERFORMANCE. DIFFICULT TO GET THE TECHNICAL STUFF DOWN FOR A LIVE SHOW. DEREK DRINKS FROM A BOTTLE OF HEINEKEN.
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01:07:50 471.19 |
JOHN WEATHERS TALKS ABOUT DRUM SOLOS AND HOW BAD THEY GENERALLY ARE.
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01:08:53 533.92 |
RAY SHULMAN OF GENTLE GIANT JOINS THE INTERVIEW. TALKS ABOUT WHERE THE TOUR HEADS NEXT.
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01:09:41 582.23 |
TALKING ABOUT A RIOT WHERE GIL SCOTT-HERON PERFORMED.
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01:10:26 626.6 |
TALK ABOUT TELEVISION. DEREK SAYS SARCASTICALLY "I THINK VIDEO AND COMPUTERS AND CABLE TV AND STUFF ARE THE THING OF THE FUTURE, MAN".
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01:11:01 661.46 |
JOHN WEATHERS JOKES "THE IDEA OF HAVING A HOME COMPUTER AND DOING SHOPPING FROM IT...." BAND JOKES ABOUT BECOMING PASTY BLOBS WHO NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE ETC.
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01:11:31 692.39 |
TALKING ABOUT COMPUTERS ENTERING THE MUSIC WORLD. SYNTHESIZERS, POLYMOOGS ETC, DIGITAL VERSUS ANALOG. NOT LOSING ANY CLARITY WHEN RECORDING DIGITAL ETC. "DIGITAL WILL BE THE THING OF THE FUTURE."
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01:14:05 845.58 |
TALK ABOUT USING VIDEOTAPE TO DEVELOP A FILM OUT OF THE SONG. JOKES "THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN."
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01:15:51 952.04 |
INTERVIEWER RAISES A CAN OF BUDWEISER BEER. RAY MOCK SINGS, "BUDWEISER". DRINKING AND ROCK & ROLL, OTHER BANDMEMBERS HOLD UP BOTTLES OF HEINEKEN. JOKE ABOUT IT BEING IMPORTED.
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01:16:12 973.25 |
MUSIC VIDEO DISCUSSION CONTINUES. TALKS ABOUT RECORDING THE BAND LIVE FOR A CONCERT VIDEO VS MAKING A CREATIVE FICTIONAL STYLE VIDEO.
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01:17:28 1048.6 |
DEREK MENTIONS THAT TODD RUNDGREN IS REALLY HEAVILY INTO VIDEO. DISCUSSION MENTIONS BOWIE AND RUNDGREN AGAIN IN PASSING.
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01:18:00 1081.13 |
DEREK MENTIONS THEIR 1978 ALBUM GIANT FOR A DAY. MENTIONS THAT THEY SHOT 3 PROMOS (EARLY MUSIC VIDEOS) AND THAT THEY TOLD THE DIRECTOR WHAT THEY WANTED. HE WAS IN THE EDITING ROOM EXPLAINING WHAT HE WANTED DONE.
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01:18:34 1115.26 |
JOHN WEATHERS SAYS THERE ARE SO MANY VIDEOS BEING MADE FOR MEDIOCRE BANDS PLAYING MEDIOCRE SONGS, FOR BANDS THAT DON'T DON'T PROJECT ANYTHING ON STAGE. THOSE VIDEOS HAVE TO BE GREAT TO SELL THE BAND.
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01:19:14 1155.09 |
RAY SAYS THERE'S A STRAGE QUALITY ABOUT VIDEO THAT'S TOO REAL. FLAT. THERE'S A NICER QUALITY ABOUT FILM. DEREK SAYS FILM IS MORE THREE DIMENSIONAL WHILE VIDEO IS MORE TWO DIMENSIONAL.
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01:20:18 1218.97 |
BAND IS ASKED WHERE HOME IS. THEY SAY THEY ARE ON THE ROAD. ON THE WAY TO HOUSTON. PROBABLY MOVING FROM ENGLAND TO THE UNITED STATES SOON. LOS ANGELES, DALLAS. MENTIONS THEY WOULDN'T MOVE THE WEST COAST. SITES MOUNT ST. HELENS. NOBODY LIKES LOS ANGELES. CALL IT AN OPEN PRISON. IT TAKES TWO HOURS TO GET ANYWHERE AND IT'S THE DESERT OR THE OCEAN.
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01:21:51 1311.84 |
TALK ABOUT SOUTH EASTERN UNITED STATES. TALK ABOUT A LOT OLD PEOPLE. JOKES ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE CLOSE TO DEATH. LOTS OF REFUGEES IN FLORIDA.
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01:22:34 1355.26 |
WHAT IS ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU? IS THE QUESTION: "BEER IS FREE." "BREATHTAKING", "TERRIFIC FUN", "TRULY EXCITING". NOT TAKING QUESTION VERY SERIOUSLY. "NUMBING".
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01:24:15 1456.03 |
DEREK SAYS "THIS IS MIAMI BUT IT COULD BE NEW JERSEY OR DETROIT." RAY SAYS TOURING IS DISORIENTING BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS."
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01:25:24 1525.04 |
JOHN WEATHERS SAYS GENTLE GIANT HAS BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER SINCE 1970 OR 1971.
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01:25:39 1539.95 |
BAND IS ASKED WHERE THEY SEE THE BAND IN FIVE OR TEN YEARS. BAND LAUGHS AND SUGGESTS "HOW ABOUT FIVE OR TEN MINUTES FROM NOW?" THE REALITY IS THAT THEY WOULD PLAY JUST 12 MORE SHOWS ON THIS TOUR AND THEN THEY NEVER PLAYED AGAIN.
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01:27:17 1637.97 |
BAND GENTLE GIANT WITH VIDEO CREW AND WOMEN BACKSTAGE. DRINKING, EATING, TAKING PICTURES. VIDEO CAMERA GUY RECORDING HIMSELF IN MIRROR AND RECORDING THE BAND BACKSTAGE.
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01:29:41 1782.33 |
CU: BACKSTAGE DOOR. SIGN POSTED WITH TAPE READS "DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL OUR BUTLER AND MAID HAVE RESIGNED. YOUR COOPERATION IN HELPING TO KEEP THIS PLACE CLEAN WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED."
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01:29:51 1791.52 |
FUTURE VOICE ACTOR CORY JAMES FOR MTV SITS AT A DESK WRITING ON A CLIPBOARD HE STOPS WRITING, PICKS UP A CAN OF BUDWEISER BEER AND JOKINGLY MAKES A FAKE COMMERCIAL.
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01:30:34 1834.69 |
DAVID JOHANSEN ENTERS THE ROOM HOLDING A CIGARETTE. REMOVES SOME CLOTHING AND ATTACHES MICROPHONE.
***HF-YTV APRIL 2020*** |
01:31:46 1906.62 |
JOHANSEN PREPS HIMSELF FOR INTERVIEW. ADJUST HIS HAIR AND LIGHTS A CIGARETTE.
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01:32:25 1946.11 |
JOHANSEN MENTIONS SONGS BY THE NEW YORK DOLLS THAT HE PERFORMED EARLIER THAT EVENING. STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE.
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01:32:58 1978.94 |
JOHANSEN SAYS HE LIKES TO DO SONGS FROM HIS WHOLE CAREER. NOT TRYING TO JUST DO NEW YORK DOLLS STUFF. SAYS HE STARTED PLAYING IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH A LOCAL BAND CALLED VAGABOND MISSIONARIES AND FAST EDDIE AND THE ELECTRIC JAPS AND USED ALL JAPANESE EQUIPMENT. MENTIONS FAST EDDIE'S FATHER GAVE THEM A LARGE JAPANESE FLAG THAT THEY'D HANG ON THE STAGE FOR GIGS. SAYS THEY USED TO OPEN FOR A BAND CALLED THE GROUP IMAGE. DESCRIBES THEM AS THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE OF NEW YORK.
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01:35:00 2101.17 |
TALKS ABOUT HIS STAGE ATTIRE. NO HIGH HEELS LIKE HE WORE IN THE DOLLS DAYS BUT LOTS OF HATS. SAYS HE'S INTO HATS, NOT SHOES.
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01:35:51 2152.43 |
SAYS HE'S DOING 52 DATES WITH PAT BENATAR AND SOME SIDE GIGS ALONE. ON BENATAR GIGS HE PLAYS 45 MINUTES. ON HIS OWN GIGS HE DOES 90 MINUTES. PLAYING SOME CLUBS. RECENTLY PLAYED JB SCOTT'S IN ALBANY. SAYS LATER THIS YEAR THEY'LL DO AGORA'S AND THE RITZ IN NEW YORK.
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01:36:32 2193.24 |
ASKED WHERE HE PARTIES IN NEW YORK JOHANSEN SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN NEW YORK RIGHT NOW. SO MANY CLUBS. SAYS WHEN HE STARTED YOU COULD ONLY PLAY AT MAX'S (KANSAS CITY), KENNY'S CASTAWAYS AND THAT WAS IT. NOW THERE ARE MANY.
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01:37:16 2237.06 |
ASKED ABOUT HOW OTHELLO MOLINAUX (JAZZ STEELPAN PLAYER) WHO STARTED WITH JACO PASTORIOUS, PLAYED ON JOHANSEN'S NEW ALBUM HERE COMES THE NIGHT. JOHANSEN CALLS HIM BRILLIANT ON 45 RPM. CALLED "SHE LOVES STRANGERS". SAYS HE'D BEEN HEARING ALL ABOUT OTELLO AND JUST ASKED HIM TO PLAY ON THE RECORD.
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01:38:17 2298.34 |
ASKED ABOUT QUAD RADIO STUDIOS. SAYS IT'S A NICE PLACE. SIMPLE. SAYS HE PRODUCED THE ALBUM WITH BARRY MRAZ. SAYS BARRY HANDLED THE TECHNICAL STUFF. LIGHTS CIGARETTE.
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01:39:22 2362.91 |
TALKS ABOUT HIS SONG/ALBUM HERE COMES THE NIGHT. MENTIONS THERE WAS AN OLD SONG BY THE BAND THEM (VAN MORRISON) CALLED HERE COMES THE NIGHT BUT THE THOUGHT NEVER CROSSED HIS MIND. SINGS A LITTLE OF THE THEM SONG. EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCES.
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01:40:16 2417.07 |
SAYS HE HAS DIFFERENT WAYS OF WRITING SONGS. THE HARD ROCKERS CAN BE TONGUE IN CHEEK AND LUDICROUS. SAYS SOME OF HIS SONGS SAY THINGS THAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM, LIKE HIS SONG, "YOU FOOL, YOU" BUT SOME OF HIS SONGS ARE JUST MEANT TO HAVE A PARTY OR HAVE A DRINK TO, HAVE A DANCE TO.
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01:41:01 2461.81 |
ASKED ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL STARS AND HOW SOME TAKE THEMSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY, HE SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE ROCK AND ROLL STARS. HE DOESN'T TAKE HIMSELF TOO SERIOUSLY BECAUSE HE ONLY CONSIDERS HIMSELF A ROCK PERFORMER OR ROCK SINGER, NOT A STAR. DOESN'T LIKE THE TERM ROCK STAR. COMES OFF VERY POMPOUS. THE NEW YORK DOLLS WAS ABOUT DEFLATING THAT WHOLE TRIP ABOUT ROCK STARS. THEY GOOFED ON THE IDEA.
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01:41:39 2499.64 |
SAYS THE NEW YORK DOLLS TO HIM WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED. WE DID THAT. THE WHOLE THING WITH THE HOMOPHOBIA AND ALLEGED DRUG ABUSE AND DEBAUCHERY. IT WAS LIKE THROW A FEATHER BOA ON AND BOOM, BOOM. IT WAS LIKE PUTTING A LITTLE BIT OF LITTLE RICHARD BACK INTO IT. FEELS NOW HE CAN TAKE HIS SINGING MORE SERIOUSLY.
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01:42:19 2539.6 |
ASKED ABOUT HIS PREVIOUS ALBUM "IN STYLE" REFERRED TO AS A DISCO ALBUM. JOHANSEN LAUGHS AND EXPLAINS THAT THE BAND REFERS TO IT AFFECTIONATELY AS THEIR DISCO ALBUM ONLY BECAUSE OF THE ALBUM COVER WITH PHOTOS OF JOHANSEN BY RICHARD AVEDON. SAYS ONLY ONE SONG HAS A DISCO BEAT.
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01:43:00 2580.93 |
JOHANSEN SAYS HERE COMES THE NIGHT IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM HE'S EVER HAD UP TO THAT POINT. SAYS "SHE LOVES STRANGERS" IS GETTING THE MOST PLAY. THEN "HERE COMES THE NIGHT". SAYS IN BOSTON "MARQUESA DE SADE" IS A HIT AND WOULD PROBABLY BE GREAT IN FLORIDA, TOO, BECAUSE IT'S GOT A SALSA BEAT TO IT. SURPRISED BY THE SUCCESS IN BOSTON. EXPLAINS HIS REACTION ON STAGE TO THE AUDIENCE ON THE SONG.
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01:43:53 2634.26 |
SAYS DIFFERENT SONGS IN DIFFERENT PLACES DO WELL. "SHE LOVES STRANGERS" AND "HERE COMES THE NIGHT" SEEM TO DO WELL ALL OVER.
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01:44:20 2660.5 |
TALKS ABOUT FRACTIONALIZATION OF AUDIENCES. SAYS ROCK DIDN'T START WITH THE NEW YORK DOLLS. IT STARTED WITH ROY BROWN, LITTLE RICHARD AND BIG JOE WILLIAMS. TALKS ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL RECORDS IN THE 1940S AND FURTHER BACK- BLUES SINGERS LIKE ROBERT JOHNSON AND IN THE 20S YOU CAN LISTEN TO RUTH ETTING RECORDS AND BESSIE SMITH RECORDS. SAYS HE LISTENED TO ALL THAT AND IT BUILT UP TO ROCK AND ROLL. SAYS KIDS MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE MUSIC BUT AS THEY AGE THEY'LL HEAR A SONG AND INVESTIGATE. THEY'LL HEAR JIMMY ROGERS (OR POSSIBLY REFERRING TO JIMMIE RODGERS?) AND THEY'LL EXPAND THEIR MUSICAL LIBRARY. SAYS BUT HE UNDERSTANDS KIDS LIKING "THEIR STUFF". HE SAID HE WAS THE SAME WHEN YOUNGER. "YOU KNOW, I LOVED LEVI STUBBS. FOUR TOPS RULE, FOUR SEASONS SUCK, YOU KNOW." JOKES THAT ANYONE WHO SANG HIGH WOULD BE CALLED, "YOU KNOW WHAT WE USED TO SAY " WITH A LAUGH. INTERVIEWER CHIMES IN WITH "FAGGOTS". AND JOHANSEN APPROPRIATELY SAYS, "NO, NO." THEN MENTIONS CASTRADAS.
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01:46:24 2785.29 |
ASKED IF HE DOES ANY MUSIC VIDEO STUFF. SAYS HE'S DOING A LOT OF IT. SAYS HE JUST DOES IT REAL UNABASHEDLY. GOES FOR IT. NOT LIKE THIS. REAL FRESH. SAYS HE'S AT HIS MOST UNPROFESSIONAL STATE WITH THE ART RIGHT NOW AND FINDS IT VERY EXCITING.
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01:47:47 2868.31 |
SAYS HE WOULDN'T MIND DOING THE FRANCIS COPPOLA (MISPRONOUNCES IT AS CAH-POLA) THING WHERE HE WATCHES THE FILM ON A TV OUTSIDE INSTEAD OF BEING IN THE ROOM.
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01:48:08 2888.73 |
*(DUPLICATE TRANSFER MTV TURN-ON PARTY CAZ-157)*
MTV TURN ON PARTY. SHAKY HANDHELD CAMERA IN OFFICE. PEOPLE TALKING. CAMERA LANDS ON THE MTV LOGO ON A TABLETOP BOX WITH A BUTTON BELOW IT. A COUNTDOWN CAN BE HEARD. BUTTON IS PRESSED AND CAMERA MOVES TO SHOW A PROJECTION TV WITH ROCK BAND THE POLICE PLAYING THEIR SONG "CANARY IN COAL MINE". APPLAUSE. CAMERA TURNS TO SHOW A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE. THE PRESS, CAMERA MEN. OFFICE PARTY TYPE EVENT. REPORTER INTERVIEWS "WAXY RADIO" UNNAMED MORNING SHOW HOST WHO SAYS MTV WILL NOT TAKE AWAY THE MORNING RADIO SHOW. TALKS ABOUT THE IDEA LATER KNOWN AS SIMULCASTING, COULD BE GREAT BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RADIO SHOW IN ACTION. TALKS ABOUT HIS SCHEDULE AND JOKES THAT HE SLEEPS ALONE EVERY NIGHT. |
01:51:46 3107.22 |
MTV PROMO SHOWN ON PROJECTION TELEVISION. HALL AND OATES MUSIC VIDEOS BY TOM PETTY, DIRE STRAITS, KIM CARNES, DAVID BOWIE ETC. MTV IS "TELEVISION YOU USE LIKE RADIO". PROMO ON SCREEN CONTINUES WITH MTV VJ JJ JACKSON ADDRESSING THE CAMERA.
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01:54:28 3269.14 |
CU TABLE OF MTV PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL. SWAG. MTV MUSIC TELEVISION BUMPER STICKER AND MTV PROMOTIONAL FLYER. A BROKEN PLASTIC CAMPAIGN GLASS LAYS AMONG THE ITEMS, PROMO POSTER: INTRODUCING MTV.
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01:54:53 3294.17 |
TERRY LEE PRESIDENT OF STORER BROADCASTING COMPANY, PARENT COMPANY OF STORER CABLE. SAYS HE'S BEEN FOLLOWING THE CHANGES GOING ON IN THE INDUSTRY.
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01:55:16 3316.89 |
ASKED HIS PERSONAL FEELING ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL. SOUND BITE: "I WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE MY LAST KID GET OUT OF THE HOUSE SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT ANYMORE." LAUGHS. ANTI ROCK AND ROLL SENTIMENT.
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01:55:31 3331.71 |
SAYS ROCK AND ROLL NEVER APPEALED TO HIM BUT HE THINKS IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THINGS THAT APPEAL TO ALL DEMOGRAPHICS.
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01:55:49 3350.4 |
FEELS TV AND RADIO ARE VERY DIFFERENT. THINKS MTV IS A VERY INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. MENTIONS WHEN HE WAS A KID TV HAD SNADER TELESCRIPTIONS THAT WERE LIKE MUSIC VIDEOS. TALKS ABOUT POSSIBLE SUCCESS MIGHT CREATE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHANNELS LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC AND JAZZ. TALKS ABOUT STORER'S RANKING IN THE CABLE INDUSTRY.
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01:57:39 3460.16 |
CU PHOTO OF A STORER CABLE WORK VAN ON A DESK.
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01:57:53 3474.37 |
DIANE HUNT NATIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER FOR STORER CABLE. TALKS ABOUT THE UNVEILING OF MTV FOR THEIR CABLE SYSTEM. "CHAMPAGNE FLOWING!"
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01:59:13 3553.8 |
SAYS SHE THINKS MUSIC ON TELEVISION WILL HAVE BIG IMPACT WHEN USED IN BARS AND RESTAURANTS, IT WILL PROMOTE THE ARTISTS AND THE ALBUMS.
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01:59:42 3583.34 |
"I DO SEE A FUTURE FOR MTV." SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST TEST MARKET FOR MTV.
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02:00:14 3614.79 |
TALKS ABOUT LIMITED CHANNEL CAPACITY AND DEMOGRAPHICS. THINKS THERE'S ROOM FOR MORE MUSIC CHANNELS.
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02:01:06 3666.61 |
SEXIST INTERVIEWER OFF CAMERA ASKS "YOU BEING YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL, WHAT ARE YOUR MUSICAL TASTES?" DIANE LAUGHS UNCOMFORTABLY. WOMAN IN A MAN'S WORLD. SEXUAL HARASSMENT. INAPPROPRIATE QUESTION. UNPROFESSIONAL. QUESTION. FLIRTING OR OFFENSIVE? DIANE REPLIES WITH A SMILE, "OH NO, WE'RE GOING TO GET PERSONAL HERE." SAYS SHE LIKES ROCK AND ROLL BUT STEERS IT BACK TO MARKETING TO DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS.
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02:02:09 3729.46 |
CU TEE SHIRT T-SHIRT READS "YOU'LL NEVER LOOK AT MUSIC THE SAME WAY AGAIN."
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02:02:21 3741.96 |
*(DUPLICATE TRANSFER MTV TURN-ON FROM CAZ-157 ENDS )*
CORRY JAMES REPORTER TALKS ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF MTV ON LOCATION AT STORER CABLE SYSTEMS IN THE DADE/BROWARD AREA OF FLORIDA. BLOOPER. RE-DO. ANOTHER TAKE. |
02:04:15 3856.21 |
PHIL WALDEN, CO FOUNDER OF CAPRICORN RECORDS OUT OF MACON GEORGIA (OFTEN CITED AS THE RECORD COMPANY THAT CREATED THE SOUTHERN ROCK SOUND) INTERVIEWED.
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02:04:27 3868.3 |
PHIL WALDEN SAYS "I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE 80S." SAYS ROCK AND ROLL IS MATURING AS THE DECADES ROLL ON. HIGHER QUALITY MUSICIANS NOW.
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02:05:32 3933.16 |
"I THINK WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF SOMETHING VERY EXCITING HAPPENING." JOKES ABOUT BEING IN THE BUSINESS IN THREE DECADES. STARTING TO SE A NEW SOUND COMING. PHIL WALDEN SMOKES DURING INTERVIEW. SAYS HE THINKS IN THE SEVENTIES MUSIC HAD STARTED TO BECOME HOMOGENIZED AND IT WAS HARD TO TELL A COUNTRY RECORD FROM A POP RECORD ETC.
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02:07:25 4046.08 |
SAYS PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR THAT BIG NEW THING. THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE ELVIS PRESLEY OR THE BEATLES OR OTIS REDDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SAYS THE MUSIC OF THE LATE SEVENTIES WAS A LOT LIKE THE POLITICS OF THE LATE SEVENTIES. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 80S IS A REACTION TO A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING ALONG. SAYS THE GREAT THING ABOUT MUSIC IS IT KEEPS EVOLVING. SAYS A THREE MINUTE SONG CAN SAY WHAT A BOOK MIGHT TAKE 800 PAGES TO SAY. MUSIC IS A GREAT FORM OF EXPRESSION. NO DENYING THE ROLL THAT ROCK AND ROLL HAS PLAYED CULTURALLY.
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02:10:27 4228.16 |
SAYS EXPECTATIONS IN THE 70S BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH. NOW WE HAVE MORE REGIONAL GROUPS. SAYS MUSIC IS BECOMING VERY PERSONAL AGAIN.
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02:12:23 4343.87 |
SAYS THE SONG IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE PACKAGE. MUSIC VIDEOS ETC ARE ONLY PART OF IT. SAYS THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT ARTISTS BUT NOT A LOT OF GREAT SONGWRITERS. SONGWRITERS OFTEN WRITE 3 GREAT SONGS AND THEN WRITE THE SAME ONES OVER AND OVER. SAYS THE PUBLIC DICTATES A LOT OF WHAT YOU HEAR ON RECORD, NOT THE RECORD COMPANY.
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02:17:18 4639.22 |
PHIL LIGHTS A CIGARETTE. TALKS ABOUT HOW RECORD COMPANIES, HIS INCLUDED, GOT CAUGHT UP IN MAKING MONEY. EXECUTIVES TOLD HIM A GOLD RECORD WASN'T ANYTHING ANYMORE. NEED PLATINUM ETC.
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02:18:36 4716.95 |
AUDIO PROBLEMS. MUSIC CAN BE HEARD OVER PHIL'S INTERVIEW. UNUSABLE BECAUSE OF IT.
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02:19:00 4740.68 |
PHIL TALKS TO INTERVIEWER IN BETWEEN THE INTERVIEW. PHIL DRINKS A BOTTLE OF MILLER HIGH LIFE.
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02:20:40 4841.27 |
PHIL TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RECORD COMPANIES AND RADIO STATIONS. BOTH ARE TO BLAME FOR POOR RECORD SALES. SAYS PEOPLE GOT AWAY FROM THE BUSINESS THEY WERE IN. BECAME LESS ABOUT THE MUSIC AND MORE ABOUT MAKING MONEY. BUSINESS. LAWYERS. IMPERSONAL. MUSIC AUDIO CONTINUES TO BLEED IN TO THE INTERVIEW. "EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR A TREND BUT NOBODY WAS DEVELOPING A TREND." "EVERYBODY'S PLAYING IT SAFE."
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02:24:35 5076.37 |
PHIL SAYS TO DEVELOP NEW ARTISTS IS VITAL. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING IN THE EARLY 80S- BANDS LIKE MEN AT WORK AND JOAN JETT, JOHN COUGAR- ARE NEW THINGS. THE PUBLIC IS TRYING TO TELL EVERYONE ELSE SOMETHING. VIDEO GLITCHES TOWARD THE END.
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END.
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