New Wave Outpost Forum

Just saw this while reading an article about people banned from Saturday Night Live. Does anyone recall seeing this broadcast?

"* Fear was banned from playing again after the 1981 Halloween episode. With Donald Pleasence as host, the band played that night by request from Fear fan John Belushi, and they proceeded to play offensive songs ("I Don't Care About You" and "Beef Balogna" among others) and bus in "dancers". The band also used obscene language and the dancers destroyed the set with their slam dancing onstage. The situation was out of control to the extent that the damage of studio equipment forced Dave Wilson to end the three-song performance by cutting the audio and video to a commercial as they started to play "Let's Have a War" .

Note: The episode has not been rebroadcast on NBC."

BTW, if you're interested in the whole article, you can find it here:
http://www.zimbio.com/portal/Infamous+m ... ry/notes/1

I remember seeing it when it originally aired and thinking that FEAR was one of the coolest bands around. I still like them alot.

[quote][i]Originally posted by SomebodySomewhere[/i]
<br>[quote]Thanks for posting this link.I have'nt heard this song in many years.[/quote]
It's a good one, isn't it? One of those rare songs that makes me get a little misty-eyed. No idea why. Maybe it's a testament to the arrangement. Well, the Australian original version, anyway. The American version got a clueless remix by Scott Litt -- which destroyed the mood, the melody and any chance of it ever becoming a belated hit here.
[/quote] That is one great though melancholy tune. I never heard of it before but now, it's definitely a 'keeper'.

The video also pretty loyal in keeping to the mood of the track, thanks for the link!

Funny, I've only known MR for their long forgotten mid 80's tune 'Primitive Love Rites'