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Re: Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story Of INXS TV mini-series

I seem to remember Kylie, Jason & Peter O'Brien presenting Pseudo Echo with best group at the 1987 awards. Or i could just be going senile

Re: Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story Of INXS TV mini-series

Michael


Filming of the video "The One Thing" I got the impression that they were still on the Deluxe label and they were talking about signing them up to a major label. I thought for the release of "Shabooh Shoobah" they were already on the WEA label?




Reading Wikipedia, "The One Thing" was done under the Deluxe label. Then they scored a contract with WEA in July '82 for the album release.

Re: Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story Of INXS TV mini-series

The only person/people that have gone senile are the ones that awarded Pseudo Echo best group for 1986, in lieu of INXS

Re: Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story Of INXS TV mini-series

It was just before Kick came out. Had it been after it may well have been different.

Re: Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story Of INXS TV mini-series

Watching Part 1 again, I think that was the 1987 Countdown Awards. Looking at the category winners in Smash Hits Magazine, INXS did win an award that night for 'Best Group Performance In A Video' which I think was for 'Kiss The Dirt' (without watching the awards again). I think this part should have been shown closer to the end of Part 1.

Yes, the hair def. was wrong from 1979-1983.

Michael sang 'To Look At You' very early in the piece (ie 1980). Did they write this song back then and it took 2 years to surface on an album?

Re: Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story Of INXS TV mini-series

Absolutely loved Part 2 (better than Part 1).

I watched the '84 Countdown Video and Music Awards again last night (broadcast 19th May, 1985) and I think it is probably the best Countdown Awards show of all the years. Main reason was to see more of INXS.

Nathan, during the broadcast, Gavin announced that 'Original Sin' went to No.1 in France and Argentina.

and finally, INXS 'The Very Best' is No.1 on the Oz charts! and 'Kick' at No.7 and a few more albums hovering in the Top 50.

Re: Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story Of INXS TV mini-series

Watched the '85 Countdown Awards last night (broadcast 20/4/86) and this was the awards that was shown in the mini series. The award was given to INXS for Most Popular Australian Group. The announcers were the lead singer from Mr. Mister and Molly as we briefly saw in the excerpt...and Michael meeting Kylie was not on this night and still 15 months away. Cheers.

Re: Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story Of INXS TV mini-series

The INXS special on 'Sunday Night' was very well put together.

Also, anyone know where I can purchase INXS 12" mixes online? There is nothing on itunes.

Re: Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story Of INXS TV mini-series

Here's the latest news about INXS in movies and television which it come from The Music magazine:
We are now definitely salivating for Richard Lowenstein's Michael biopic which has received from Screen Australia and is expected to start shooting at the tail end of 2014.
Do you think the cast members of INXS: Never Tear Us Apart includes Luke Arnold, Damon Herrinan, Luke Sheridan and Samantha Jade will play as the characters again in Michael biopic movie just like the mini-series and they're say, 'Hey, let do it again!'?

Re: Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story Of INXS TV mini-series

I doubt it, they will most probably go down a different path with new faces. Perhaps keeping the dude that played Michael though.

I read in the Melbourne or Sydney paper last week that Kylie highly praised the telemovie and says her parts in it were pretty spot on and Samantha Jade did a great job playing her. She said she was surprised that they gave the part to her, because usually drag queens end up playing her. and in admiration that Australia is embracing INXS and discovering their music again.