The Tube - Incredible!

[Frau_Blucher]

Apologies if this has been mentioned before:

http://www.muzu.tv/thetube

"The Tube was a showcase for many emerging 80s bands. Artists who played on The Tube included: Art of Noise, The Assembly, Aztec Camera, Big Country, Boomtown Rats, Cardiacs, Cocteau Twins, Culture Club, The Damned, Depeche Mode, Dexys Midnight Runners, Duran Duran, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elvis Costello, The Fall, Fatal Charm, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Human League, Icicle Works, Iggy Pop, INXS, Judas Priest, Killing Joke, Level 42, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, Madness, Madonna, Magnum, Meat Loaf, Motörhead, Paul Young, Pet Shop Boys, Propaganda, Psychedelic Furs, The Rainmakers, Robert Palmer, R.E.M., Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel, Silent Running (Belfast band), Simple Minds, Simply Red, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Squeeze, Style Council, Tears for Fears, Terence Trent D'Arby, The Smiths, The Cult, The Cure, The Dream Academy, The Jam, The Mission,The Pogues, The Pretenders, The Stranglers, Then Jericho, Thin Lizzy, Thomas Dolby, Twisted Sister, U2, Ultravox, Wall of Voodoo, Wham, XTC, Yazoo.

The Tube was a very important outlet for the performers, and provided a turning point in the careers of many of them. For The Proclaimers, performing "Letter from America" on the Tube was instrumental in helping the Scottish duo to their first top ten UK hit; it was also responsible for introducing Frankie Goes to Hollywood to their record label.

In addition to being the launchpad for new and upcoming performers, The Tube became known for its high profile music performance 'scoops' from established world class bands such as U2 live at Red Rocks, Robert Plant, Bo Diddley and ZZ Top. The show was also fortunate to persuade Ringo Starr to give one of the first post-Beatles interviews in an extended article on his work with Marc Bolan & T.Rex, filmed at his then house (and John Lennon's previous one) Tittenhurst Park."

[NuWaveRx]

Wow. Thanks Blir--great snips of interviews with a lot of classic bands. It seems a lot of them were hammered when they were doing these interviews which is interesting to watch, too

The Big Country interview was great--very interesting to hear Stuart's reaction to their comparison to U2