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Thread started 12/11/02 5:34pm

NWF

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VH1 Classic

Is this not the GREATEST MUSIC CHANNEL EVER???!!! The floor's open...
NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
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Reply #1 posted 12/11/02 5:52pm

rdhull

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NWF said:

Is this not the GREATEST MUSIC CHANNEL EVER???!!! ...


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Reply #2 posted 12/11/02 6:31pm

FirstAvenue

I don't get this channel cry All I get are the regular VH1 and VH1 Soul (not that vh1 soul isnt good)
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Reply #3 posted 12/11/02 6:32pm

FirstAvenue

speaking of VH1 Classic, check this out:

Break Out the Parachute Pants and Prepare For An Irreverent Look At '80s Pop Culture in An All-New Ten-Hour, Five-Night Special, Premiering Monday-Friday, December 16-20 At 9:00 P.M. (ET/PT) Each Night


More Than 200 Music Artists, TV and Film Stars, Athletes and Celebs

Dish the Decade In VH1's Outrageous Year-By-Year Flashback

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- It was the decade that spawned MTV, Rubik's Cube, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," Michael Jackson jackets, Donkey Kong, "Don't Worry Be Happy," Baby on Board, Milli Vanilli, yuppies, preppies, and the Coreys (Haim, Feldman, and Hart). And now it's time to separate the cool from the lame.

An outrageous 10-hour, five-night flashback, "I Love the '80s" tells the truth about the decade of greed. Celebrities weigh in on what was cool, lame, bizarre, beautiful, puzzling and pretentious about the people, music, movies, TV shows, products, fashions, fads, trends and major events that defined pop culture during the decade. The all-new VH1 special premieres two episodes per evening on Monday-Friday, December 16-20, beginning at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT) each night, and anchoring a special "VH1 '80s Week."

Each one-hour episode of "I Love the '80s" takes an irreverent, bawdy roller-coaster ride through one single year, and celebrates the good, the bad, and the ugly in an offbeat new kind of nostalgia show, spotlighting retro clips from sitcoms, movies, music videos, TV commercials, network news and other sources -- plus more than 200 new interviews with the people who survived the decade that defined big hair. Faith Hill, Mark McGrath, Rob Thomas, Bonnie Hunt, Nickelback, Barenaked Ladies, Uncle Kracker, Dana Delany, Juliette Lewis and Cuba Gooding Jr. headline the music artists, TV and film stars, athletes, journalists and other celebs who dish the decadent decade, also featuring '80s survivors like Kool & The Gang, Quiet Riot, Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Rick James, Henry Rollins, Heart, Tom Petty, Santana and Tiffany.

Not everybody who lived through the '80s was interviewed -- but almost. VH1's "I Love the '80s" also checks in with Bret Michaels, Sammy Hagar, Ben Folds, Mark Hoppus, Wyclef Jean, Toni Basil, Mya, Alice Cooper, Dave Mustaine, Apollonia, David Gray, Sebastian Bach, Meredith Brooks, Peter Gabriel, Joe Elliot, Clarence Clemons, Greg Kihn, India.Arie, Kevin Rowland, Andy Piercy, and Tommy Tutone, among many others. In addition, "I Love the '80s" hears from a host of TV and film figures like Erik Palladino, Lisa Ling, Sharon Lawrence, Kim Fields, Timothy Busfield, JoBeth Williams, Natasha Henstridge, Leah Remini, Kevin Sorbo, Daisy Fuentes, Rain Pryor, Candace Cameron, Raven Symone, Ron Jeremy, Lea Thompson, Curtis Armstrong, Finola Hughes, Christopher Atkins, Barbara Barrie, Mario Lopez, Jackie Zeman, Lesley Ann Warren, Wally Langham, and the casts of "Law & Order/SVU," "Charmed" and "Life with Bonnie."

Filmmaker Michael Moore, Barney's creative director Simon Doonan, designer Betsy Johnson, Heidi Fleiss, Larry Flynt and Karen Duffy also lend their own perspective, joining Jillian Barberie of Fox NFL, Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Mo Collins and Deb Wilson of "Mad TV," Kathy Griffin, Carrot Top, Judy Gold, Mo Rocca ("The Daily Show"), Rich Eisen and Stuart Scott of ESPN's SportsCenter," Michael Ian Black ("Ed"), Jeffrey Ross, Chris Titus, Hal Sparks ("Queer As Folk"); journalists Joel Stein, Scott Poulson-Bryant and Dan Savage; and athletes Mary Lou Retton, Brian Boitano and Jason Sehorn. (A complete list of interviewees is enclosed.)

Viewers can go online to http://www.vh1.com/shows/...ries.jhtml and test their '80s knowledge with special yearly '80-89 trivia games, browse through photo galleries of the hottest '80s stars, get complete '80s artist info, screen video interviews, take a look back at the "You know you're a child of the 80s if ... " list and VH1.com has also posted 20 "Fun Facts" about each year and is presenting polls as well as the opportunity to buy CDs from their favorite 80s artists.

VH1 Classic, the new digital television music channel from VH1, also celebrates "I Love the '80s Week," kicking off on the weekend of December 14-15 with wall-to-wall '80s music videos from A-Z. And during the week of December 16-20, VH1 Classic presents '80s themed listening parties featuring two great albums each night. On Monday, it's Pink Floyd "The Wall" (1980) and The Rolling Stones "Tattoo You" (1981); Tuesday showcases Men at Work "Business As Usual" (1982) and Michael Jackson "Thriller" (1983); Wednesday spotlights Prince "Purple Rain" (1984) and Madonna "Like a Virgin" (1985); Thursday is Peter Gabriel "So" (1986) and U2 "Joshua Tree" (1987), and Friday features Guns 'n Roses "Appetite for Destruction" (1988) and Motley Crue "Dr. Feelgood" (1989).

Inspired by the BBC series of the same name, "I Love the '80s" is a production of VH1. Executive Producer, Meredith Ross; Producer, Karla Hidalgo; Executive Producers, Michael Hirschorn and Shelly Tatro.

MTV Networks owns and operates the cable television programming services MTV: Music Television, MTV2, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, TV Land, VH1, CMT: Country Music Television, and TNN, as well as The Digital Suite from MTV Networks, a package of thirteen digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks also operates and offers joint ventures, licensing agreements and syndication deals whereby its programming can be seen worldwide.
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Reply #4 posted 12/11/02 7:05pm

Supernova

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NWF said:

Is this not the GREATEST MUSIC CHANNEL EVER???!!! The floor's open...

Oh heyyylll yeah!
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #5 posted 12/11/02 8:56pm

jseven

And this weekend they just announced they are going to do an 80's A to Z. They show Prince from Raspberry Beret so expect a few Prince 80's Videos in there. It is on my Digital Cable and all I will say is the videos come in so clean. Hope someone one day emails for thier Request Show Andre Cymone's "Dance Electric". Would be great to have in that kind of quality.

I am sure we will see on the A to Z, Most of the "Purple Clan" from the 80's.

1 problem? I am sure they are gonna hit P on Sunday, while I am in Vegas. Hope an 8 hour tape covers it all.
Silence Speaks A Thousand Words.
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Reply #6 posted 12/11/02 9:13pm

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FirstAvenue said:

the Coreys (Haim, Feldman, and Hart).

I was and always will be the original Corey. Anyone who dares to disagree with me will be severely punished.

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Reply #7 posted 12/14/02 12:54pm

NWF

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Is anybody watching the VH1 classic A-Z 80's weekend thing now? If so,tell me what I'm missing.
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Reply #8 posted 12/14/02 2:09pm

mistermaxxx

NWF said:

Is this not the GREATEST MUSIC CHANNEL EVER???!!! The floor's open...
Keeps my Eye Balls Glued.Yes LAWD!!!
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Reply #9 posted 12/14/02 2:31pm

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In this Revenge of the 80's weekend they have just played a Bowie Interview right before his Lets Dance, then Deice Williams' Lets Hear It For The Boy and now Life In A Northern Town by Dream Academy,..It's like back to the time when I could have sex without needing a nap before starting up again! Viva VH1-classics!
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Reply #10 posted 12/14/02 5:52pm

Nikster

I love it when VH1 does 80's stuff. They did it last year too, it was great smile
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Reply #11 posted 12/14/02 5:54pm

Nikster

Ummm...in case there is any confusion...the 'I Love the 80's' series is gonna be shown on the REGULAR VH1 channel...not VH1 Classic wink
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