Live from Maxwells 1/29/11
Paul Collins and Kim Shattuck ROCK AND ROLL GIRL
No commentsWhen i get snowed in, it’s a great time to catch up on the bazillon of cds that are sent to me, including this one by THE LOVES. You can tell how backed up I am, this song is called Decemer Boy and it’s almost February! It doesn’t matter; this song is great any day of the year…enjoy the video and click it the link to download it, while you’re at the Fortuna Pop site, buy some 7” records too!
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Don Kirshner introduces the Ramones (RIP Don)
Rockaway Beach (Live Don Kirshner) RAMONES
The Kids (Live Don Kirshner) LOU REED
Paranoid (Live Don Kirshner) Black Sabbath
Don Kirshner introduces the New York Dolls
Personality Crisis (Live Don Kirshner) NY DOLLS
Gimme Sweet and Lowdown SOCIAL DISORTION
Far Side of Nowhere SOCIAL DISTORTION
Goin Nowhere CHRIS ISAAK
Sidewalk Queen WYLDLIFE (unsigned Westchester)
I’m a rocker BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (happy bday Danny Federici/ Telly Savalas)
This time INXS (happy Bday Michael Hutchence)
Robin Zander BREAK UP SOCIETY (Happy bday Robin)
Come on Come on CHEAP TRICK
Kings of Power Pop PAUL COLLINS
Rock and roll Girl THE BEAT
Everywhere I go MUFFS
Baby Baby Baby SAM COOKE (Happy Bday Sam)
Baby Baby VIBRATORS
My Girlfriend’s boyfriend isn’t me AUTOGRAPH (happy bday John Hancock)
Autographed copies WORMBURNER (unsigned NYC)
Kiss me on the bus (live) REPLACEMENTS
Tommorow and Tonight KISS (happy bday Paul Stanley)
No you don’t (Live Don Kirshner) PAT BENATAR
Trouble waiting to happen WARREN ZEVON (happy bday Warren)
The Streak RAY STEVENS (happy bday Ray)
Diamonds in the sky STEEL TRAIN
What will I do NEIL AND JACK (Happy Bday Neil Diamond)
I Need to know STEVIE NICKS (by request Paola)
Stuck inside of mobile with Memphis blues CAT POWER (happy bay Cat)
There will be alot of press about Don Kirshner now that he passed away, we’ll hear endless stories about the Monkees and the Archies and Paul Shaffer’s SNL impersonations and that’s all fine, but when you take the bubble gum off of the bottom of your shoe, you’ll find out that Don Kirshner was one the guys who changed the world of rock and roll. Without Don Kirshner there is no MTV, without Don Kirshner there would be no FM rock radio explosion of the mid 70’s and I’ll explain why.
Don Kirshner had a TV show at a time when there were only 5 or 6 channels available it aired on saturday nights on NBC in NYC at 1am after SNL, he didn’t look good, he had a bad New York jewish accent; but he had vision. In this day and age a Don Kirshner couldn’t get near your TV screen and there’s a bazillion more opportunities now than back when “Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert” aired.
Here’s what that show did that changed the world: it let artists perform a set of songs live in a row, not just a hit or two like SNL does or even Ed Sullivan did, so you would get album tracks; you would get to see the band in that extended environment. It made you connect with the band, it made you want to buy an album, it made you want to see them live. It was a compliment to FM radio. Some may argue that Midnight special was better, that’s not the case. Midnight Special was great in it’s own right, but occasionally there was lip synching, and the acts most of the times were already on the charts plus the presentation was cheesy. Don Kirshner gave you acts before they broke, as well as established superstars. There were times when he didn’t have the acts live but gave you their live performance promo films (ie videos) , of the Stones, of Meatloaf when Bat of Hell was exploding and the first full length Springsteen footage ever shown on American television, and you didn’t get just one song, you got multiple songs.
It would spawn MTV which ironically combined what Mike Nesmith (of the Monkees, who became Don’s nemesis in the 60’s) was doing on Nickelodeon with POPCLIPS and what Don was doing on Rock Concert. MTV not only played videos they also played live promo films and even had a Saturday Night Concert Series that in effect replaced Don Kirshner when he went off the air.
Don Kirshner was a pioneer and a legend, Rest in Peace Don. go here and read about Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and be blown away by some of the acts on the show…
Here’s a video of the Ramones from Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert in 1977
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Football Season’s Over SHELLEY FABARES (happy bday Shelly, RIP Patriots)
Come on let’s go BROADCAST (RIP Trish Keenan)
Come on (Let’s Go tonight) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Come on Let’s go GIRL IN COMA
Coma Girl JOE STRUMMER
Arms aloft in Aberdeen PEARL JAM
Public Image PEARL JAM
Fadeaway BODEANS (happy bday T Bone Burnett)
National Ransom ELVIS COSTELLO
Sneaking Sally through the alley ROBERT PALMER (happy bday Allen Touissant)
Stop Drop and Roll FOXBORO HOT TUBS
Stop playing with my Heart RYAN ADAMS
Stop and think it over COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS
Hey Big Al 12 STRING FRANK (happy bday Al Capone)
California Sun REPLACEMENTS
California Girls ain’t so Great ANTHONY DAMATO (Princeton NJ)
California Beach Boy DOLLYROTS
I never was a beach boy JAGS
I kissed a girl JILL SOBULE (happy bday Jill)
My side of the bed SUSANNA HOFFS (happy bday Susanna)
Vidal Sassoon Commercial (happy bday Vidal)
Let’s go to bed (acoustic) CURE
This bed is getting crowded ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
Something so Strong CROWDED HOUSE
Leather Jacket MICK TAYLOR (happy bday mick)
Pretty Flamingo ROD STEWART (happy bday rod)
Spiders and Snakes JIM STAFFORD (happy bday jim)
Last DJ TOM PETTY (happy bday free form DJ Jim Ladd)
I believe what you say RICK NELSON (RIP David Nelson)
Til the walls come tumbling down J GEILS BAND (happy bday Faye Dunaway)
I wish it would rain TEMPTATIONS (happy bday David Ruffin)
Martin Luther King CATHY FINK (happy bday MLK)
No commentsAnything Anything DRAMARAMA
Football Season’s Over SHELLEY FABARES (happy bday Shelly, RIP Patriots)
Come on let’s go BROADCAST (RIP Trish Keenan)
Come on (Let’s Go tonight) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Come on Let’s go GIRL IN COMA
Coma Girl JOE STRUMMER
Arms aloft in Aberdeen PEARL JAM
Public Image PEARL JAM
Fadeaway BODEANS (happy bday T Bone Burnett)
National Ransom ELVIS COSTELLO
Sneaking Sally through the alley ROBERT PALMER (happy bday Allen Touissant)
Stop Drop and Roll FOXBORO HOT TUBS
Stop playing with my Heart RYAN ADAMS
Stop and think it over COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS
Hey Big Al 12 STRING FRANK (happy bday Al Capone)
California Sun REPLACEMENTS
California Girls ain’t so Great ANTHONY DAMATO (Princeton NJ)
California Beach Boy DOLLYROTS
I never was a beach boy JAGS
I kissed a girl JILL SOBULE (happy bday Jill)
My side of the bed SUSANNA HOFFS (happy bday Susanna)
Vidal Sassoon Commercial (happy bday Vidal)
Let’s go to bed (acoustic) CURE
This bed is getting crowded ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
Something so Strong CROWDED HOUSE
Leather Jacket MICK TAYLOR (happy bday mick)
Pretty Flamingo ROD STEWART (happy bday rod)
Spiders and Snakes JIM STAFFORD (happy bday jim)
Last DJ TOM PETTY (happy bday free form DJ Jim Ladd)
I believe what you say RICK NELSON (RIP David Nelson)
Til the walls come tumbling down J GEILS BAND (happy bday Faye Dunaway)
I wish it would rain TEMPTATIONS (happy bday David Ruffin)
Martin Luther King CATHY FINK (happy bday MLK)
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