Rage have shuffled the programming around a bit again.
For those that are interested there is another Mardi Gras special on again this year. Whether it will be worth the fuss we will have to wait and see.
Last year's special was pretty good although none of the ones since the 1998 special which was programmed by one of the Mardi Gras DJ's have been as good. The Bob Downe/Vanessa Wagner one from 2000 was good too - they should have someone from Mardi Gras either host or program it - seems to work much better and make it more entertaining.
I posted my rage MARDI GRAS suggestions to the rage Facebook page and the rage Messageboard.
Would be good if they played some as last year's special was CRAP!!!
Why rage have NEVER played Skat Brothers with Life At The Outpost before is BEYOND me!!!
I had long asked Rage about the Skatt Bros clip. I have a similar one to the one posted on YouTube, also from a NightLife video from the early 90's but my graphics are a still image while the YouTube version moves.
This clip was made for the Australian market as it became a hit here and Countdown and Sounds requested a clip from Casablanca Records. From what I have read online, the clip was actually also made and only released in Australia after Casablanca didn't make one.
Maybe Rage don't have the clip.
Another hard to find clip, from around this period, is "We Live For Love" - Pat Benatar. It's not even on her videos DVD. Not even on YouTube, Nowhere I tell you, Nowhere!
I used to go into MISS SHOP at Myer to watch their NIGHTLIFE videos for hours. I LONGED to have them!!!
I NEED Skatt Brothers video DESPERATELY! Regarding Madonna - Holiday (12"...)... What video is it exactly???
There's the footage of the Skatt Bros clip was shown on Spicks and Specks that I saw before in about 2008 or 2009.
I recorded Life At The Outpost from Video Hits some years ago. Could Rage get a copy from Channel 10??. Is it true that it's not actually the Skatt Bros in this clip??
So I'm taking it, that "Life At The Outpost" didn't pop up on a 1980 Countdown episode?
I remember seeing the video on Channel on "Rewind" hosted by Maynard. That would have been 1999 or 2000.
According to the Rage blurb we will see some of the following.
"In celebration of Mardi Gras this Saturday night our playlist will keep you dancing and celebrating long into the night. With a big focus on 90s disco, the line-up will also feature music videos from The Scissor Sisters, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Tegan & Sara, Janet Jackson, K. D Lang, Bonnie Tyler, Boy George, Kim Hart, Chantoozies, The Skatt Bros among many more. The night’s full playlist will be posted on our website Friday afternoon. "
They have found a clip for Skatt Bros. Also interested in the Kim Hart clip.
YAY!
I requested Kim Hart and Scatt Brothers on my list!
I didn't think either of them would show up! Gawd, rage really ARE good to me at times
I also requested Bonnie's 'If You Were A Woman And i Was A Man' ... I WONDER if that will show up AND I requested SOLD from Boy George, if that gets played I WILL FREAK!
AHHHHHH!!! rage are playing a nice little chunk of my requests for their Mardi Gras special this Saturday night! From my list they are playing BOY GEORGE with SOLD!!! O M F G, I am SURE it's from Rock Arena 1987 when I originally saw it, Kim hart with Love At First Night, Scatt Brothers with Life At The Outpost, Bonnie Tyler with If You Were A Woman And I Was A Man and Chantoozies with Walk On and Rupaul with Back To My Roots! I LOVE being spoilt from rage very often! :-) I don't mean to brag but F U C K I am GOOD!
There are a handful of 'new'/rare clips, but whole slabs of the playlist are cut and paste jobs from previous Mardi Gras specials... including a stack of stuff that aired on last year's one!
Whilst I'm grateful there's a Mardi Gras special allowing for the airing of the few rare clips, on the whole it just seems rather.. lazy.
Sean will be happy they're playing Chantoozies 'Walk On' (as am I). Coincidentally, they've been airing that a bit recently in the Summer Bay 'diner' on the 1991 Home & Away episodes currently re-screening on 7two.
I bought the Madonna video She's Breathless on ebay about 12-13 years ago because it had a clip of Angel on it and never seen one. That's when I found that it was only a mock up clip that is available for that.
Skatt Bros on Rage this morning was a heavily edited and short clip but also contained a few head shots not on the full version - no idea where Rage sourced that from. I am assuming that it had some logos on the left as the clip went all blurry on that half of the screen. The official clip is already missing one verse but what Rage showed was very unusual. Maybe it had to be edited to be shown in the morning slot and they have the full version for tonight hopefully but I would doubt that.
When I looked at the Playlist yesterday afternoon the Mardi Gras morning edition wasn't there so I missed it this morning. Crap! SO Life AT The Outpost was only like a minute
It's on past 5 tomorrow morning so I doubt it will be any different
You can watch this special on ABCiView if you like.
Hi Nathan, thanks for that. Yeah, I had never heard of the Bonnie Tyler song or seen the video before too. Speaking of Bon Jovi's 'You Give Love A Bad Name', didn't Bon Jovi take the writers of 'Heaven Is A Place On Earth' to court because it sounded a lot like that song, or was it 'Living On A Prayer'? Anyway, I remember hearing about it in early 1988 on The Factory and I remember Belinda Carlisle saying they were (along the line of) C#NTS.
I recorded the Bonnie Tyler song on Top 40 Video way back in 1986. It was the only time i saw it on TV so i thought i was pretty lucky to have it. You may (or may not)be interested to know it was wedged in between The Venetian's Inspiration and Tim Finn's No Thunder No Fire No Rain
Oops! Sorry Jason. I double checked it again and 'Life At The Outpost' only went for 3 minutes Saturday morning. What was I on? Yeah, I guess we'll forget the trade then. Cheers.