Are there any European TV clips from the 80s?

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Thread started 12/14/11 1:19pm

alphachannel

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Are there any European TV clips from the 80s?

All the television clips I've seen thus far from the 80s are from American TV but were there any TV clips from this time period when he toured Europe? With shows like Musikladen, Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops featuring so many underground and up & coming artists (at least by our American TV standards at the time), I'd be suprised if he didn't make any appearances during his tours between '81 and '89.

By the way I'm not talking about things like the Paris '81 DVD or the "America" video, instead I mean clips of him on European TV either performing live or lip-syncing. I know episodes of many of these TV shows have been lost, destroyed or erased over the years but I'm curious if any has any credible info...

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Reply #1 posted 12/14/11 1:53pm

Llanishenlad

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Nothing from the 80s except concert reports from:

Parade: uk/ Paris (with footage) and Rotterdam (with footage)
SOTT: Rotterdam (pla in the sunshine clip)
Lovesexy: Paris (with concert footage)

I remember one from the uk with talk about the cancelled SOTT tour I think ( possibly about lovesexy)

Apart from that the Brit awards 85 where he only collected awards.

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Reply #2 posted 12/14/11 1:54pm

NouveauDance

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I don't think Prince performed on any TV shows outside the US in the 80s, now you mention it.

I think his first TOTP performance was Get Wild, not counting the MBGITW Mustang Mix video/performance which wasn't shot in studio, oh and the awards acceptance at the Brits in '85? And his first European TV performance was probably......... MTV Awards '94 when he did Peach?

Weird, huh.

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Reply #3 posted 12/14/11 2:56pm

funkmunki

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Edit: sorry got my dates wrong... err

[Edited 12/14/11 15:06pm]

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Reply #4 posted 12/14/11 3:47pm

runphilrun	Absolutely none which is a shame. Imagine him doing 1999, Little Red Corvette,When Doves Cry, Kiss on TOTP, which were all singles released in the UK he could have promoted. Weird thing was Sheila E. and Appolonia 6 were making European TV appearances around the time Purple Rain was released, why not Prince?
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Reply #5 posted 12/15/11 9:23am

Paisley4u

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