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rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

ROCK ARENA:

April 24 1984
A MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM HOSTED BY GLENN SHORROCK WHO BRIEFLY INTRODUCES EACH ARTIST.;ARTISTS/TITLES:;PROMO 1 BY GLENN SHORROCK(0.00);PROMO 2 BY GLENN SHORROCK(1.02);DON MILLER ROBINSON 'WHO KISSED THE USHERETTE'(2.17);PHIL COLLINS 'YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE'(6.19);PHIL COLLINS 'IN THE AIR TONIGHT'(9.05);PHIL COLLINS 'AGAINST ALL ODDS'(13.33);PROMO FOR VIDEO COMEDY STORE(17.03);MINK DE VILLE 'EACH WORDS A BEAT OF MY HEART'(18.33);MINK DE VILLE 'MIXED UP SHOOK UP GIRL'(21.49);MINK DE VILLE 'THIS MUST BE THE NIGHT'(26.31);MINK DE VILLE 'SPANISH STROLL'(29.26);MARVIN GAYE 'A FUNKY SPACE REINCARNATION'(33.15);MARVIN GAYE 'SEXUAL HEALING'(37.03)


COUNTDOWN:

Year:1981
Date:15/03/1981
Show no:276
Summary:JERMAINE JACKSON HOSTS THE SHOW WITH MOLLY AND APPEARS LIVE IN STUDIO WITH 'LITTLE GIRL DON'T YOU WORRY'.THERE IS A RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH SUZY QUATRO,TOP TEN CHARTBUSTERS AND MUSIC NEWS IN HUMDRUM. THE SHOW IS AN INSERT PROGRAM.
LOCAL ARTISTS:
SPLIT ENZ 'ONE STEP AHEAD'
ATLA 'BACK OF THE WOODS'
OVERSEAS ARTISTS:
JERMAINE JACKSON 'LITTLE GIRL DON'T YOU WORRY'
LOOK 'I AM THE BEAT'
TALKING HEADS 'ONCE IN A LIFETIME'
SUZIE QUATRO 'LIPSTICK'
LOVER BOY 'TURN ME LOOSE'
VISAGE 'FADE TO GREY'
NASH THE SLASH 'DEADMANS CURVE'
PHIL COLLINS 'IN THE AIR TONIGHT'
ADAM & THE ANTS 'ANT MUSIC'
OVERSEAS CHARTBUSTERS:
SHEENA EASTON '9 TO 5'
EDDY RABBIT 'I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT'
MADNESS 'BAGGY TROUSERS'
BOOMTOWN RATS 'BANANA REPUBLIC'
GIBSON BROTHERS 'QUE SERA MIA VIDA'
HUMDRUM SEGS:
JOY DIVISION 'LOVE WILL TEAR US APART'
SHERBS 'SKILL'
IDOLMAKER 'HERE IS MY LOVE'
REO SPEEDWAGON 'KEEP ON LOVING YOU'
PAT BENATAR 'HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT'
TOP TEN ITEMS:
JOHN LENNON 'STARTING OVER'
AIR SUPPLY 'EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD'
SPLIT ENZ 'ONE STEP AHEAD'
POLICE 'DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA'
SLIM DUSTRY 'DUNCAN'
JONA LEWIE 'STOP THE CAVALRY'
JOHN LENNON 'WOMAN'
DR HOOK 'GIRLS CAN GET IT'
SWINGERS 'COUNTING THE BEAT'


COUNTDOWN:

Year:1984
Date:22/04/1984
Show no:413
Summary: THIS SHOW WAS HOSTED BY LIMAHL AND MOLLY WHO IV LIMAHL RE CAREER WITH KAJAGOOGOO, SOLO CAREER,FUTURE PLANS.
VIDEO CLIPS:
KENNY LOGGINS 'FOOTLOOSE'
MODELS 'GOD BLESS AMERICA'
QUEEN 'I WANT TO BREAK FREE'
SHAKIN STEVENS & BONNIE TYLER 'ROCKIN GOOD WAY'
KAJAGOOGOO 'TOO SHY', 'OO TO BE AH' (EXCERPTS)
LIMAHL 'ONLY FOR LOVE'
CARS 'YOU MIGHT THINK'
CYNDI LAUPER 'TIME AFTER TIME'
NIK KERSHAW 'WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD'
MADONNA 'BURNING UP' (EXCERPT)
BETTE MIDLER 'BEAST OF BURDEN' (EXCERPT)
JOHN PAUL YOUNG 'WAR GAMES'
TIM FINN 'IN A MINOR KEY' (EXCERPT)
TOP TEN:
PAUL YOUNG 'LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE'
WEIRD AL JANKOVIC 'EAT IT'
VAN HALEN 'JUMP'
BILLY IDOL 'REBEL YELL'
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 'RELAX'
MARILYN 'CALLING YOUR NAME'
INXS 'I SEND A MESSAGE'
THOMPSON TWINS 'HOLD ME NOW'
CYNDI LAUPER 'GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN'
NENA '99 LUFT BALLOONS'


COUNTDOWN:

Year:1984
Date:16/12/1984
Show no:447
Summary:HOSTED BY MOLLY MELDRUM AND TINA TURNER THIS SHOW FEATURED FTG OF THE END OF THE ENZ CONCERT IN AUCKLAND, FTG OF A MICHAEL JACKSON CONCERT IN LOS ANGELES AND FTG OF AN IV WITH MADONNA RE SONG 'LIKE A VIRGIN. MOLLY IV TINA TURNER RE ALBUM, FEATURE FILM MAD MAX AND SONGS
WRITTEN BY DAVID BOWIE AND BRYAN ADAMS. LIVE STUDIO PERFORMANCES:
TINA TURNER 'SHOW SOME RESPECT', 'I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN';
SOLID CITIZENS 'SINGING IN THE SHOWER';
VIDEO CLIPS:
EURYTHMICS 'SEXCRIME (1984)';
MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 'DR BEAT';
WHAM 'LAST CHRISTMAS';
BRYAN ADAMS 'RUN TO YOU';
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 'POWER OF LOVE';
BILLY IDOL 'CATCH MY FALL';
CHARTBUSTERS:
MENTAL AS ANYTHING 'APOCALYPSO';
DEAD OR ALIVE 'THAT'S THE WAY';
TINA TURNER 'PRIVATE DANCER';
PAT BENATAR 'WE BELONG';
TOP TEN:
GEORGE SMILOVICI 'I'M TUFF';
TIME BANDITS 'I'M ONLY SHOOTING LOVE';
WHAM 'FREEDOM';
RAY PARKER JNR 'GHOSTBUSTERS';
SHAKA KHAN 'I FEEL FOR YOU';
DYNAMIC HEPNOTICS 'SOUL KIND OF FEELING';
STEVIE WONDER 'I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU';
DURAN DURAN 'THE WILD BOYS';
BILLY OCEAN 'CARIBBEAN QUEEN';
MADONNA 'LIKE A VIRGIN'



COUNTDOWN:

Year:1977
Date:24/12/1977
Show no:209
Summary:THIS SHOW FEATURED A SERIES OF IV RECORDED OVERSEAS AND FILM CLIPS. IV BY MOLLY WERE STEVIE NICKS RE JOINING FLEETWOOD MAC, LIKES AND DISLIKES, HAPPINESS AND BEV BEVAN FROM ELO RE ALBUM, MAKING FILM CLIPS AND RECORDING IN MUNICH. THIS IV IS PARTLY OVERLAYED BY ELO FILM CLIP 'ROCK ARIA'. MOLLY IV ALSO ELTON JOHN RE PRODUCING ALBUMS, SUCCESS OF ALBUM, STEPPING OUT OF MUSIC CAREER, ROD STEWARD RE IN HIS IV ABOUT PERFORMANCE OF BAND, MOVING TO LOS ANGELES AND ALBUM AND THE WINGS RE ALBUM AND STYLE OF MUSIC.
FILM CLIPS:
FLEETWOOD MAC 'DON'T STOP'
ELO 'TELEPHONE LINE'
ELTON JOHN 'SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD'
ROD STEWART 'INSANE', 'HOT LEGS', 'YOU'RE IN MY HEART'
WINGS 'MULL OF KINTYRE'

Re: rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

The Rock Arena is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad, sigh... The Rock Arena the week before this episode being played featured Dugites and Scritti Politti, sooooo much better.... Ah well .... Another year that the I'm Talking live on Rock Arena is yet again not being aired

Re: rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

Jason 'The Moderator'
The Rock Arena is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad, sigh... The Rock Arena the week before this episode being played featured Dugites and Scritti Politti, sooooo much better.... Ah well .... Another year that the I'm Talking live on Rock Arena is yet again not being aired

Can't say I would have selected that episode if I had a choice. The Glen Shorrock era nearly killed Rock Arena, thankfully it only lasted 6 months as they weren't the best of shows.

Andrew Peters had been a great host when the show was first being produced in Adelaide in 1982-83 and Suzanne Dowling made the show her own by influencing the material they aired. Where else could you see Wet Taxis, Exploding White Mice etc. There were so many rare clips on Rock Arena in it's later years.

Unlike Countdown, which went downhill 1986-87, Rock Arena became far more interesting through that period with all the obscure clips they would play.

Anyhow, remaining positive, I am really looking forward to the 2 1984 Countdowns as they both look to be very good episodes.

Re: rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

Rock Arena - snorefest! Oh well, at least I don't have to turn the telly on til later and can go to bed at 4!

I wonder if there's any chance that Limahl's song from 22/4/84 is a studio performance, even though the playlist has it as a video? We have been tricked before!

Re: rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

Michael
Rock Arena - snorefest! Oh well, at least I don't have to turn the telly on til later and can go to bed at 4!

I wonder if there's any chance that Limahl's song from 22/4/84 is a studio performance, even though the playlist doesn't say it?


After OMD turned out to be a studio performance a couple of weeks ago, we can certainly hope it is.

Re: rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

I hope hope hope that Only For Love from Limahl is at least an ABC studio clip he did especially or Countdown. If not then that just s u x as while he was in the studio, why not. He did perform Only For Love on The Don Lane Show at the time when he was here for promo, so hopefully! As you said Guru, OMD ended up being a studio performance, thank goodness. Unfortunately, whom ever did the archival info, they didn't ALWAYS enter the right information regarding studio performances. Many a times through the decades when watching Countdown on rage you always get a surprise when a 'clip' ends up being a Countdown performance or Countdown special recorded at the ABC clip.... And I really am HOPING for this with Limahl, desperately!!!!!! xxx

Re: rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

Nathan, do you know what chart position 'Only For Love' reached on the charts? I've never heard the song before.

Re: rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

Only For Love... Limahl #50 April 30, 1984.

Re: rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

Michael
Nathan, do you know what chart position 'Only For Love' reached on the charts? I've never heard the song before.

The clip for Only For Love was also shown on the April 1 1984 episode which was hosted by Jenny Morris (QED) and was played on Rage in 1995. It was his first single after being sacked from Kajagoogoo.

Re: rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

It's hard to keep up with my personal Countdown library and what's on each episode. I'll have to check out 1/4/84 episode again. Cheers.

Re: rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

I guess you guys noticed with the 15/3/81 Top 10 there was no song title or artist imaged over the videos? Very strange. I have never seen that before.
Maybe the Graphic Designer had the weekend off and they thought 'Bugger It'?

Re: rage goes retro 4 - 1 ROCK ARENA & 4 COUNTDOWN'S (FULL INFO ON EACH PROGRAM)

Michael
I guess you guys noticed with the 15/3/81 Top 10 there was no song title or artist imaged over the videos? Very strange. I have never seen that before.
Maybe the Graphic Designer had the weekend off and they thought 'Bugger It'?

It was a standby show so that might explain it. There was a lot of industrial action at the time and they made regular standby shows in case. Whoever did the producing of the episode may have been limited by the personnel available.