Music on TV

[RGMike]

Super Duper Holiday Cheeze Alert!!

Tonite at 8, SF's KMTP, Ch. 32 (32 on most cable systems too, afaik) is doing their annual showing of "Scrooge's Rock Christmas" -- hands-down the worst Xmas special EVER, cheaply shot (in the early '80s) on video that looks like it's somebody's Community College senior project, and featuring then-washed-up acts like The Association, Paul Revere's Raiders, and Bobby Goldsboro (wearing Tony Orlando's hair) lip-synching holiday tunes in the snow. It has to be seen to be believed -- you won't be sorry. Jaw-droppingly bad.  Don't miss it!

[Tinka Cat]

Super Duper Holiday Cheeze Alert!!

Tonite at 8, SF's KMTP, Ch. 32 (32 on most cable systems too, afaik) is doing their annual showing of "Scrooge's Rock Christmas" -- hands-down the worst Xmas special EVER, cheaply shot (in the early '80s) on video that looks like it's somebody's Community College senior project, and featuring then-washed-up acts like The Association, Paul Revere's Raiders, and Bobby Goldsboro (wearing Tony Orlando's hair) lip-synching holiday tunes in the snow. It has to be seen to be believed -- you won't be sorry. Jaw-droppingly bad.  Don't miss it!

 you had me at "duper" -- thanks for the tip!

[RGMike]

Super Duper Holiday Cheeze Alert!!

Tonite at 8, SF's KMTP, Ch. 32 (32 on most cable systems too, afaik) is doing their annual showing of "Scrooge's Rock Christmas" -- hands-down the worst Xmas special EVER, cheaply shot (in the early '80s) on video that looks like it's somebody's Community College senior project, and featuring then-washed-up acts like The Association, Paul Revere's Raiders, and Bobby Goldsboro (wearing Tony Orlando's hair) lip-synching holiday tunes in the snow. It has to be seen to be believed -- you won't be sorry. Jaw-droppingly bad.  Don't miss it!

 you had me at "duper" -- thanks for the tip!

Happy to be of service!  Sadly, at the same hour, KOFY TV-20 is showing 2 hours worth of Rocky & Bullwinkle.  And I do believe Little Steven's "Xmas Party - Part 1" is on the Bone at 9pm.  Gawd bless us, every one!

[Tinka Cat]

Super Duper Holiday Cheeze Alert!!

Tonite at 8, SF's KMTP, Ch. 32 (32 on most cable systems too, afaik) is doing their annual showing of "Scrooge's Rock Christmas" -- hands-down the worst Xmas special EVER, cheaply shot (in the early '80s) on video that looks like it's somebody's Community College senior project, and featuring then-washed-up acts like The Association, Paul Revere's Raiders, and Bobby Goldsboro (wearing Tony Orlando's hair) lip-synching holiday tunes in the snow. It has to be seen to be believed -- you won't be sorry. Jaw-droppingly bad.  Don't miss it!

pretty embarrassing so far.  Three Dog Night lip synched "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree" on a hillside in what looked like a miserable snow shower.   Chuck Negron absolutely did NOT want to be there, even though his hair-sprayed mullet helmet was keeping the snow at bay.  And the snow was piling up on his 70s porno mustache to great effect.  Danny and Corey were game, and the three babes they brought out to dance awkwardly with them seemed up to it, too.  But Chuck was going crazy looking at all that *snow*, thinking "man, this is NOT my kind of snow."

eta: I just fact-checked per wiki, and  Chuck was prob wishing it was some other white powdery substance...  not "snow."

[Tinka Cat]

Paul Revere and The Raiders: their first some was done from atop a horse drawn cart, which was stuck in the snow.  This was the big jokey part of the song -- apart from the entire project as a whole, I mean.

When they were intro'd, Jack Elam as Scrooge and hos co-host made some lame joke about "the Oakland Raiders..."  and then some reverb-y VO comes on and says something like "you mean the LOS ANGELES Raiders..!"  OMG.

[Tinka Cat]

Mike "I'm a Douchebag" Love sings Do You Hear What I Hear -- and I'm sure they used the only take where neither he nor his co-singer Mary MacGregor broke into laughter -- or possibly tears brought on by embarrasment.  He seemed to be looking at cue cards the whole time.  And the lamb Mary was holding was probably drugged... or taxidermied.

[Tinka Cat]

hmm, Mike Love and Dean (Paul Revere and the Raiders) sing Jingle Bell Rock.  They did better than Mike's previous effort (some actual action, goofy snow ball fighting, half-hearted gestures) and the song's outro was actually interesting.  A nice bit of arrangement in a Beach Boys kind of way.     

[Tinka Cat]

I couldn't tell the members of Association if I had to, but it seems like they have all their orig members according to a great review of this thing on Amazon.  The Asian dude songs lead on Home For The Holidays.   

I've always liked them.

Bobby Goldsboro sings Winter Wonderland and comes up to a snow woman and does that sexy hourglass-figure gesture w his hands.  If he hadn't lost his virginity already ... well, who knows what would've happened....?

[RGMike]

I couldn't tell the members of Association if I had to, but it seems like they have all their orig members according to a great review of this thing on Amazon.  The Asian dude songs lead on Home For The Holidays.   

I've always liked them.

Bobby Goldsboro sings Winter Wonderland and comes up to a snow woman and does that sexy hourglass-figure gesture w his hands  If he hadn't lost his virginity already ... well, who knows what would've happened....?

I'm glad someone besides me has finally seen this thing -- This was my 4th time; I've described it to people and they think I hallucinated it.    But the Rocky & Bullwinkle thing on KOFY is pretty swell.

[Tinka Cat]

But the Rocky & Bullwinkle thing on KOFY is pretty swell.

Yes, Rocky & BW and friends are always worth watching.  I never noticed the laugh track on the Natasha and Boris bits, did you?

[Tinka Cat]

I'm glad someone besides me has finally seen this thing -- This was my 4th time; I've described it to people and they think I hallucinated it.   

Folks, Mike is not crazy:  This really exists. 

Check out the YouTube clips:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Scrooges+rock+roll&search_type=&aq=-1&oq=

[RGMike]

Caught the latest Elvis C episode on Sundance last nite, with the Police.  Nice stuff.  Next week: Rufus Wainwright.

EC: "So Rufus, I hear yer a bit of a poof."

[RGMike]

Just saw a teriff ep of VH-1's "Classic Albums" series, Songs in the Key of Life. Another BBC production, it featured interviews with Stevie and many of the other musicians (it appeared to have been recorded in '96, for the LP's 20th anniv) as well as various music-biz talking heads. A little too much Coolio ("Gangster's Paradise", with its Stevie sample, had just been a big hit) but otherwise swell, and nice emphasis on little-heard tracks like "Saturn" (co-written by Michael "Maniac" Sembello!) and "Village GhettoLand".

[RGMike]

Caught the latest Elvis C episode on Sundance last nite, with the Police.  Nice stuff.  Next week: Rufus Wainwright.

EC: "So Rufus, I hear yer a bit of a poof."

caught the Elvis/Rufus show last nite -- I'd never heard Wainwright speak, I wasn't quite prepared for what an affected little queen he is (not a put-down, necessarily, but jeezus is he gay).  Interesting interview, tho', and his mom came out at the end for a song with him and Costello.

and TANC: his dad has a new album:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/15/NS82156SVF.DTL&type=music

[Wayback]

McCartney guests on "Colbert Report" this Wed:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_en_mu/tv_mccartney_colbert