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COUNTDOWN IS BACK THIS JANUARY, 2019 ... ON rage !!!!!
Stay tuned below with regular Countdown full archival information for each Countdown episode rage shall be airing every Saturday throughout January ...
I don't think the stretching that occurs is malicious or the result of editorial direction, I think it is either incompetence or ignorance on the part of the people who digitise and parameterise the old analogue recordings.
It's probably different people at different times in the studio bringing their own biases or lack of understanding to the process, and that's why it happens to varying degrees and is quite random, from no stretching to really annoying stretching.
It's probably different people at different times in the studio bringing their own biases or lack of understanding to the process, and that's why it happens to varying degrees and is quite random, from no stretching to really annoying stretching.
Except it mainly happens on 'new' (old) clips they air, like Joy's 'Staxx' this week. I'm referring to non-letterboxed 4:3 clips that are stretched for no apparent reason.
They need to move whoever is doing it to another department. Given their incompetence, it's bound to happen eventually :laughing:
I'd really like a Playlist to be published on rage for this weekend. Nearly 6 pm, I have been refreshing for what seems like years
I've been refreshing the Rage website as well. We have Friday's play list so shouldn't be too much longer
Metal/industrial tonight...
Coming up on the VAULT tonight Type O Negative, Meshuggah, Dark Tranquility, "Strapping Young Lad", Corrosion Of Conformity, Napalm Death, Pantera, System of a Down and more. 2:01 am on ABCTV.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Stone Breaker
PRONG Rude Awakening
ROB ZOMBIE Dragula
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Detox
SAMAEL Jupiterian Vibe
CANNIBAL CORPSE Sentenced To Burn
PANTERA Drag The Waters
NAPALM DEATH Greed Killing
SEPULTURA Choke
MESHUGGAH New Millenium Cyanide Christ
DARK TRANQUILITY Therein
TYPE O NEGATIVE Everything Dies
MARILYN MANSON Man That You Fear
MARILYN MANSON Long Hard Road Out Of Hell
MARILYN MANSON Tourniquet
KORN Clown
KORN No Place To Hide
KORN Falling Away From Me
SKINLAB Second Skin
SKINLAB Know Your Enemies
SEVENDUST Waffle
GODSMACK Whatever
MACHINE HEAD Ten Ton Hammer
SYSTEM OF A DOWN War
CLAWFINGER Pin Me Down
FEAR FACTORY Resurrection
FEAR FACTORY feat. GARY NUMAN Cars
COAL CHAMBER feat. OZZY OSBOURNE Shock The Monkey
ORGY Blue Monday
And the vault is on next week - a 119 minute episode.
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Metal may be my most disliked genre - that or opera:thinking_face:
I guess they picked the genre that is the most polar opposite to the retro we are getting with Countdown! Did Countdown ever play a metal song? I don’t recall they ever did.
There was some Judas Priest the other week, but no, not much.
Haha, yeah, funny timing. I'm just in the process of editing that 1980 episode of Countdown that had the
… along with a description of what Heavy Metal is, so it's fair to say that they didn't play much of it!
Adorable stuff really.
I'm no fan either although I do have a little bit of Rammstein and System of a Down in my collection.
I like the "polar opposite of Countdown" theory. Sounds about right. And as long as we keep getting Countdowns I'm more than happy to keep skipping crappy Mondays.
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Did they ever show any Iron Maiden videos?
I don't why Rage keeps on airing In your Room by Toni Pearen everytime they flashback it was aired in the Rage turns 30 special and the 92 /91 special just in the space of less than 12 months. I hope they can consider an Aussie Dance special that will screen " Walkaway Lover " and I want you by Toni Pearen, " My Enemy " and Satisfy the Groove " by Culture Shock , " Don't call me baby , who the hell are you and Reminicing by MADISON AVENUE
I can do for you , one in a million and I wanna love you right by EUPHORIA
I saw a UFO , Pictures and I love it by Sneaky Sound System
Don't hold back by Potbelleez
Shooting star by The Bag Raiders
There is so much good electronic dance made locally and internationally that unfortunately is not getting what it deserves
Marco
Here is an Iron Maiden snippet from Countdown in 1982 ...
I can do for you , one in a million and I wanna love you right by EUPHORIA
I saw a UFO , Pictures and I love it by Sneaky Sound System
Don't hold back by Potbelleez
Shooting star by The Bag Raiders
There is so much good electronic dance made locally and internationally that unfortunately is not getting what it deserves
Marco
It would be good to see 'Walk Away Lover', yes. And 'Joy' would be even better, since I don't have the full video for that.
Thanks for the I want you upload sensational song best years of my life ! I'm yet to discover / remember Joy by Toni Pearen if it's post 92
Toni and Danii Minogue had stacks of excellent dance videos throughout the 90s and Danii continued until the late noughties and shamefully she doesn't get much exposure!
Correct if I'm wrong but Danii hosted a Mardi Gras special sometime ago and if so did they play her songs who do u love now , this is it etc etc etc etc please Rage come back to great friendship with my Aussie Dance Diva Queen!
Marco 😀
I can do for you , one in a million and I wanna love you right by EUPHORIA
I saw a UFO , Pictures and I love it by Sneaky Sound System
Don't hold back by Potbelleez
Shooting star by The Bag Raiders
There is so much good electronic dance made locally and internationally that unfortunately is not getting what it deserves
Marco
It's a Countdown Forum and yes, the likes of Rock Arena and shows of the same era is brilliant to be mentioned but Madison Avenue???? 00's???? The 00's isn't even Vault material anyway.
Tonight on the VAULT we're showcasing the iconic videos of director Mark Romanek. Expect to see Johnny Cash, k.d. lang, Iggy Pop, Nine Inch Nails, JAY-Z, Lenny Kravitz, Madonna and more. 2:01am on ABCTV.
THE THE Sweet Bird Of Truth
ROBYN HITCHCOCK Madonna Of The Wasps
IGGY POP Beside You
KD LANG Constant Craving
FIONA APPLE Criminal
SONIC YOUTH Little Trouble Girl
WEEZER El Scorcho
G LOVE and SPECIAL SAUCE Cold Beverage
BECK Devil's Haircut
EELS Novocaine For The Soul
LENNY KRAVITZ Are You Gonna Go My Way?
EN VOGUE Free Your Mind
DE LA SOUL Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
JANET JACKSON Got 'Til It's Gone
MACY GRAY Do Something
MACY GRAY I Try
LENNY KRAVITZ If You Can't Say No
MICHAEL JACKSON Scream
MADONNA Bedtime Story
MADONNA Rain
DAVID BOWIE Jump They Say
NINE INCH NAILS The Perfect Drug
NINE INCH NAILS Closer
JOHNNY CASH Hurt
JAY-Z 99 Problems
MICK JAGGER and LENNY KRAVITZ God Gave Me Everything
NO DOUBT Hella Good
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Can't Stop
AUDIOSLAVE Cochise
LINKIN PARK Faint
There must be a rule at the ABC Rage office - no 70s or 80s on VAULT night during Retro Month.
I just Hope rage play at least two Countdown episodes this weekend and the 90s people can have there other three hours or more.
I just Hope rage play at least two Countdown episodes this weekend and the 90s people can have there other three hours or more.
Haha, ditto Nathan. Loving some 90's music is not mutually exclusive with loving the 80's.
Sometimes a picture explains things best
Same here love 90's music but not the alternative artists such as Nick Cave you see on Recovery. Love Oasis Blur Suede (talk about glam rock) Travis Radiohead and many others.
OMG!!! isn't 90s , 00s music ( the good ones ! ) considered "Vault " as the thread is titled ?
I can live with 'bad' (IMO) vault weeks - so long as there are some good episodes now and then.
There have been a few early 00s/late 90s-themed vault episodes. They even had 2005 as the theme one week.
Like it or not, that era is going to be 'retro' for some people.
Countdown started being repeated on rage when the last episode was only 5.5 years old. That's like airing something from 2013 as 'retro' now, as shocking as that may seem.
DARIO G Sunchyme
ANN LEE 2 Times
WHIGFIELD Saturday Night
VENGABOYS Up and Down
AQUA Roses Are Red
ALEXIA Gimme Love (Club Mix)
GINA G Ooh... Aah Just A Little Bit
WHIGFIELD Sexy Eyes
BZ featuring JOANNE Jackie
FRENCH AFFAIR My Heart Goes Boom
ATC Around The World
EIFFEL 65 Blue
DJ BOBO Pray
ALEXIA The Music I Like
KATE RYAN Scream For More
ROLLERGIRL Luv You More
SHANKS and BIGFOOT Sweet Like Chocolate
ATB Don't Stop
JAM and SPOON Right In The Night
GINA G Ti Amo
ATB 9pm ('Til I Come)
ALICE DEEJAY Better Off Alone
SYLVER Turn The Tide
SONIQUE It Feels So Good
BILLIE RAY MARTIN Imitation Of Life
MELANIE C I Turn To You
TINA COUSINS Killing Time
TINA COUSINS Forever
SASH! Stay
JX You Belong To Me
URBAN COOKIE COLLECTIVE Feels Like Heaven
VENGABOYS We Like To Party
VENGABOYS We're Going To Ibiza
VENGABOYS Up and Down
VENGABOYS Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!
I would love more dance/pop/electronic-themed vaults, too, though more from the 80s and early to mid 90s than the late 90s/early 00s. 70s disco is welcome too.
Was it labelled 'retro' in 1993 or did that come later?
rage goes retro, came later about 10 years ago I think. I used to love it when it was just known as Countdown in January, none of this retro b#$$@^*t!
No VAULT tonight ... bummer! With 90s etc being played on the VAULT during January, we're overdue a 70s or 80s VAULT, I reckon.
I am hopeful of something good on the Beatbox episode as it is from 1985 and features Beargarden. They released The Finer Things (Sept 1984) and I Write The News (Aug 1985) which have been shown on Countdown episodes but I think their best song was Drink Drink Drink from November 1985 and that was only ever shown as a snippet on Countdown. I have never seen the full clip.
I have got their full live performance of Drink Drink Drink from Hey Hey It's Saturday but would love to see the actual clip in full. I made up clips of both the 7" and 12" versions (as I have them in vinyl) about 10 years ago and posted to YouTube using the snippet that I had.
Unfortunately the episode is from June so it is unlikely to have Drink Drink Drink.
No Drink, Drink, Drink :-(
I didn't think it would be on for April, 1985
Hi Armin, you mentioned you have a collection of Countdown Rev's. I have probably discussed this with you in the past & may even have traded from you as well. If you would like to email me at the following address: mshearer at internode dot on dot net - (spelt out so as not to attract spammers) I will send you the list of episodes that I have. Regards, Matt.
Countdown Revolution episodes
Oct 27 1989
Nov 17 1989
Nov 26 1989 (Batdance)
Dec 9 1989
Feb 9 1990
Feb 13 1990
March 29 1990
April 12 1990
April 20 1990
May 11 1990
May 18 1990
June 8 1990
June 22 1990
Fairly sure this has been discussed previously.
Tonight on the VAULT we're delving into the uncanny world of Polish director Zbigniew Rybczyński. Expect to see Yoko Ono, Grandmaster Flash, Pet Shop Boys, Art Of Noise, Lou Reed, CAMEO, The Alan Parsons Project and more. 2:28am on ABCTV. Check out the playlist below.
CAMEO Candy
THE JETS You Better Dance
GRANDMASTER FLASH Sign Of The Times
NONA HENDRYX Why Should I Cry?
JIMMY CLIFF Hot Shot
MICK JAGGER Let's Work
RICKIE LEE JONES The Real End
SUPERTRAMP I'm Beggin' You
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT Stereotomy
PET SHOP BOYS Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
YOKO ONO Hell In Paradise
LOU REED The Original Wrapper
ART OF NOISE Close To The Edit
PROPAGANDA p: Machinery
Not a bad Vault.
I'm interested in these...
NONA HENDRYX Why Should I Cry?
MICK JAGGER Let's Work
SUPERTRAMP I'm Beggin' You
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT Stereotomy
ART OF NOISE Close To The Edit
PROPAGANDA p: Machinery
plus Pet Shop Boys which I already have on DVD.
1999 special tonight.... ****e playlist, so won't be posting!
Short program tonight, so of course they pick a decent theme... seems to be Australian acts from 1990.
Coming up on the VAULT tonight Wendy Matthews, Boom Crash Opera, The Black Sorrows, Crowded House, The Church, The Hummingbirds, Falling Joys and more. 1:29am on ABCTV. Check out the playlist below.
MIDNIGHT OIL Blue Sky Mine
HUNTERS and COLLECTORS Turn A Blind Eye
BLACK SORROWS, THE Harley & Rose
SHANE HOWARD Walk On Fire
CROWDED HOUSE I Feel Possessed
BOOM CRASH OPERA Dancing In The Storm
ABSENT FRIENDS Harmony
ABSENT FRIENDS feat. WENDY MATTHEWS Nobody But You
WENDY MATTHEWS Token Angels
THE CHURCH You're Still Beautiful
THE CHURCH Metropolis
RATCAT That Ain't Bad
FALLING JOYS, THE Lock It
HUMMINGBIRDS, THE Alimony
Slightly amended playlist (Ana Christensen added):
MIDNIGHT OIL Blue Sky Mine
HUNTERS and COLLECTORS Turn A Blind Eye
BLACK SORROWS, THE Harley & Rose
SHANE HOWARD Walk On Fire
CROWDED HOUSE I Feel Possessed
BOOM CRASH OPERA Dancing In The Storm
ABSENT FRIENDS Harmony
ABSENT FRIENDS feat. WENDY MATTHEWS Nobody But You
WENDY MATTHEWS Token Angels
ANA CHRISTENSEN Isolate Your Heart
THE CHURCH You're Still Beautiful
THE CHURCH Metropolis
RATCAT That Ain't Bad
FALLING JOYS, THE Lock It
HUMMINGBIRDS, THE Alimony
Nice!
Looks like the theme is 1978:
Coming up on the VAULT tonight Smokie, Suzi Quatro, Dr Hook, The Commodores, The Manhattan Transfer and more. 1:16am on ABCTV.
SMOKIE Mexican Girl
CHRIS NORMAN & SUZI QUATRO Stumblin' In
FRANKIE MILLER Darlin'
DR. HOOK Sharing The Night Together
AMBROSIA How Much I Feel
GINO VANNELLI I Just Wanna Stop
EXILE Kiss You All Over
DAVID ESSEX Oh What A Circus
ALESSI Driftin'
COMMODORES Three Times A Lady
THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER Where Did Our Love Go
JOANNE MACKELL I Used To Think It Was Easy
BETTE MIDLER Do You Want To Dance?
ZEBRA CROSSING We're Going Places
THE BROTHERS JOHNSON Ride-O-Rocket
BONEY M Rasputin
We went digging through the archives and unearthed some rare gems for the VAULT tonight featuring Morris Day and The Time, Pete Shelley, Martha and the Muffins, Johnny Clegg and more. 1:29am on ABCTV.
THE TIME Ice Cream Castles
SLY FOX Let's Go All The Way
LEIGH JAEGER Johnny & Mary
HAYWOODE I Can't Let You Go
MONYAKA Go Deh Yaka (Go To The Top)
WORLD'S FAMOUS SUPREME TEAM Hey D.J.
JULUKA Scatterlings Of Africa
FRANK DUVAL If I Could Fly Away
SANTA ESMERALDA & JIMMY GOINGS The House Of The Rising Sun
LOVE MACHINE Dance And Shake Your Funky Tambourine
MAI TAI History
TRACIE! Give It Some Emotion
SHE SHERRIFF I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know About Him
JULIE COVINGTON (I Want To See The) Bright Lights
KIKI DEE Stay With Me Baby
RACHEL SWEET I Go To Pieces
REX SMITH & RACHEL SWEET Everlasting Love
JOE DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE feat. LYN VAN HECKE Ain't Been Missing You
ROBERT HAZARD Escalator Of Life
BELOUIS SOME Some People
PETE SHELLEY Waiting For Love
MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)
BARRY MANILOW Read 'Em And Weep
KEITH MARSHALL Only Crying
Coming up on the VAULT tonight Fine Young Cannibals, CAMEO, Ten City, Samantha Fox (Official), Adele Bertei, Howard Jones, Mental As Anything, Randy Newman and more. 1:27am on ABCTV. Playlist below.
ADULT NET Where Were You
BABY FORD Children Of The Revolution
ABC One Better World
CAMEO Pretty Girls
CAMEO Skin I'm In
SWEET SENSATION Hooked On You
SAMANTHA FOX Love House
TEN CITY That's The Way Love Is
JOYCE SIMS Looking For Love
GO 101 Room For Love
ONE 2 MANY Downtown
ECCOHOMO Motorcycle Baby
YARGO Help
FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS Good Thing
MENTAL AS ANYTHING The World Seems Difficult
HOWARD JONES Everlasting Love
AL STEWART King Of Portugal
CRY BEFORE DAWN Witness For The World
DANNY WILSON The Second Summer Of Love
LOVE AND MONEY Looking For Angeline
PHILLIP BOA and THE VOODOOCLUB Container Love
PHENOMENA II Did It All For Love
ADELE BERTEI Little Lives, Big Love
TRANSVISION VAMP Baby I Don't Care
KARYN WHITE The Way You Love Me
ATLANTIC STARR My First Love
STEVIE WONDER My Eyes Don't Cry
RANDY NEWMAN It's Money That Matters
JOE JACKSON Down To London
JULIAN COPE China Doll
COWBOY JUNKIES Misguided Angels
theme?
1989.
I'd say it's more a LATE EIGHTIES special ...
- It's Money That Matters by Randy Newman is from the Land of Dreams album of 1988.
- Pretty Girls is from Cameo's 1988 album Machismo, as is Skin I'm In.
- Hooked On You is from Sweet Sensation's 1988 album Take it While It's Hot.
- Samantha Fox's Love House is from the 1988 album I Wanna Have Some Fun.
- King of Portugal by Al Stewart was released in 1988 from the Last Days of The Century album.
- Phenomena II's Did It All For Love was released on the their 1987 album Dream Runner.
- Little Lives, Big Love by Adele Bertei was on her 1988 album Little Lives.
- The Way You Love Me was released on self titled Karyn White album from 1988.
- Stevie Wonders 1987 album Characters featured My Eyes Don't Cry, but the single was released in 1988.
The rest were all from 1989.
I love how someone at Rage is delving into the more 'unplayed' songs from 70s and 80s.
Monday night 23 September 2019 on ABC 1
PLAYLIST
1:00am
MICHAEL MCDONALD No Lookin' Back (Warner Bros Records)
1:30am
CHICAGO You're The Inspiration (Warner Bros Records)
CHICAGO Hard Habit To Break ()
DAVID AND DAVID Boomtown (A and M Records)
LIFE BY NIGHT Phone To Phone (Manhattan Records)
JACKSON BROWNE For America (Asylum)
THE COUP (I've Really Got To Use My) Imaginiation (A and M Records)
RED RIDER Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me) (Capitol)
2:00am
KEITH RICHARDS Take It So Hard ()
ROY ORBISON You Got It (Virgin)
KD LANG and ROY ORBISON Crying (Warner)
K.D. LANG AND THE RECLINES Pullin' Back The Reins (Sire Records)
THE BANGLES Manic Monday (Festival)
BELINDA CARLISLE I Feel The Magic (IRS)
BELINDA CARLISLE Mad About You (IRS)
SUZANNE VEGA Marlene On The Wall (Shock)
THE DREAM ACADEMY Life In A Northern Town (WEA)
2:30am
THE CHURCH Columbus (EMI)
THE CHURCH Tantalized (EMI)
THE OTHER ONES We Are What We Are (Virgin)
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (Forever) Live And Die (Virgin)
HEAVEN 17 Contenders (Virgin)
BOY GEORGE Keep Me In Mind (Virgin)
ZIGGY MARLEY AND THE MELODY MAKERS Lee And Molly (Virgin)
3:00am
AL GREEN Everything's Gonna Be Alright (BMG)
PAUL SIMON and LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Homeless (Warner)
PRETTY POISON Nighttime (Virgin)
KIM CARNES You Make My Heart Beat Faster ()
ROD STEWART Every Beat Of My Heart (Warner Bros Records)
ROD STEWART Another Heartache (Warner Bros Records)
THE CULT Lil' Devil (Virgin)
