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Does Anybody Remember Night Tracks? We didn't get MTV until the mid 1980s, so I got all my music videos by staying up very late on Saturday nights and watching Night Tracks on TBS. I was seriously addicted to this show! This was actually the first time I saw a Prince video (1999), and I remember them playing out countless others - Duran Duran, Toni Basil, Eddy Grant, Michael Jackson, Eurythmics, Cyndi Lauper and others. At the time, the only other video alternative for me was Friday Night Videos on NBC, but that was only an hour or so.
Some guy's created a Web site completely devoted to it and trying to bring it back. Don't see the point in bringing it back, but I like reading his anti-MTV rants. Did anybody else catch their videos this way? | |
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I remember "Night Tracks". It was on Friday and Saturday nights and it started around 11:00 p.m. and lasted all night long. I wish I had a VCR back then. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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i sooooo remember Night tracks... OMG.,.. thats goin wayyyyy back  and "Night Flight" was the show too | |
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Don't remember Night Tracks, but I do remember NY Hot Trax w/Carlos DeJesus.
I was just telling a friend how I would stay up 'til past midnight trying to catch Prince on shows like the Midnight Special (w/Wolfman Jack), and Don Kirschner's Rock Concert. Those were the days. *swoon* | |
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TheRealFiness said: i sooooo remember Night tracks... OMG.,.. thats goin wayyyyy back
and "Night Flight" was the show too Yep, Night Flight was on the USA network back then. Both Night Tracks and Night Flight overlapped in their time schedule and I used to channel surf back and forth late at night so as not to miss anything. There was another daytime show on the USA network that was hosted by Lisa Robinson, it had videos, interviews, and music news. In terms of the type of host Robinson was, this show had more of an adult credibility to it, because Lisa Robinson had been a music journalist prior to the video revolution's infancy. Can't remember the name of it, but it was on every afternoon after I got home from school in the early '80s. I'd say sometime between the 3-4 oclock afternoon hour. ` [This message was edited Sat Jul 24 11:15:17 2004 by Supernova] This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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Supernova said: There was another daytime show on the USA network that was hosted by Lisa Robinson, it had videos, interviews, and music news.
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theAudience said: Supernova said: There was another daytime show on the USA network that was hosted by Lisa Robinson, it had videos, interviews, and music news.
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http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm hmm i think thats it... | |
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I don't remember Night Tracks, but I do remember Chartbusters, that USA program. I also remember NY Hot Trax, which came on every Saturday morning.
My fondest memory of watching NY Hot Trax was catching the video for "U Got The Look". I was only 4 at the time, but I was still grooving to that number. See, that's why I liked watching them programs, to catch the latest Prince video or something by his disciples. NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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oh man, don't get me started on Night Tracks...i got my education from that show.
ya gotta understand, i grew up in a redneck town in the middle of indiana, so i didn't get a whole lot of culture where i lived...and watching this show, i learned all about john waters, laurie anderson, the residents, fishbone, david bowie, and all kinds of other stuff that i still groove on to this day. heck, it was the first place i ever saw prince's old videos, like "controversy" and "sexuality" and "dirty mind". that show took a lot of pleasure in digging up stuff that you couldn't see anywhere else, and they couldn't serve it up fast enough for me. i really wish there were a "night tracks" on TV for kids today - in some ways, it was more educational for me than school ever was.  | |
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theAudience said: Supernova said: There was another daytime show on the USA network that was hosted by Lisa Robinson, it had videos, interviews, and music news.
Radio 1990? tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm I had to look it up, but yep, that's the name of it. Kathryn Kinley took over as host from Robinson (who was still on the show in a reporting role) at some point, that's when it lost something, to me. This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: We didn't get MTV until the mid 1980s, so I got all my music videos by staying up very late on Saturday nights and watching Night Tracks on TBS. I was seriously addicted to this show! This was actually the first time I saw a Prince video (1999), and I remember them playing out countless others - Duran Duran, Toni Basil, Eddy Grant, Michael Jackson, Eurythmics, Cyndi Lauper and others. At the time, the only other video alternative for me was Friday Night Videos on NBC, but that was only an hour or so.
Some guy's created a Web site completely devoted to it and trying to bring it back. Don't see the point in bringing it back, but I like reading his anti-MTV rants. Did anybody else catch their videos this way? Wow, you took it back with this thread. I remember "Night Tracks" coming on KCOP "Very Independent" Channel 13 in Los Angeles. Remember "Friday Night Videos" as well. I used to call in all the time to have my video make next week's show. That show came on for a long time well into the late-90s and just disappeared. Remember the Friday Night comedy show that preceded it, too. WHO REMEMBERS "UPTOWN COMEDY CLUB" -- a syndicated SNL-meets-In Living Color comedy show circa 1992? Jim Breuer, Flex, Lisa Nicole Carson, Tracy Morgan, Paula Jai Parker and Debra Wilson started out on this show. Also, I remember the "Apollo Comedy Hour." [This message was edited Sat Jul 24 12:06:17 2004 by JANFAN4L] | |
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JANFAN4L said: RipHer2Shreds said: We didn't get MTV until the mid 1980s, so I got all my music videos by staying up very late on Saturday nights and watching Night Tracks on TBS. I was seriously addicted to this show! This was actually the first time I saw a Prince video (1999), and I remember them playing out countless others - Duran Duran, Toni Basil, Eddy Grant, Michael Jackson, Eurythmics, Cyndi Lauper and others. At the time, the only other video alternative for me was Friday Night Videos on NBC, but that was only an hour or so.
Some guy's created a Web site completely devoted to it and trying to bring it back. Don't see the point in bringing it back, but I like reading his anti-MTV rants. Did anybody else catch their videos this way? Wow, you took it back with this thread. I remember "Night Tracks" coming on KCOP "Very Independent" Channel 13 in Los Angeles. Remember "Friday Night Videos" as well. I used to call in all the time to have my video make next week's show. That show came on for a long time well into the late-90s and just disappeared. Remember the Friday Night comedy show that preceded it, too. WHO REMEMBERS "UPTOWN COMEDY CLUB" -- a syndicated SNL-meets-In Living Color comedy show circa 1992? Jim Breuer, Flex, Lisa Nicole Carson, Tracy Morgan, Paula Jai Parker and Debra Wilson started out on this show. Also, I remember the "Apollo Comedy Hour." [This message was edited Sat Jul 24 12:06:17 2004 by JANFAN4L] Hell yeah, I remember Uptown Comedy club! I think it came on Fox at late nights. I remember this comedy duo that dressed up like Beavis & Butt-Head. That was pretty funny.  NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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Anxiety said: oh man, don't get me started on Night Tracks...i got my education from that show.
ya gotta understand, i grew up in a redneck town in the middle of indiana, so i didn't get a whole lot of culture where i lived...and watching this show, i learned all about john waters, laurie anderson, the residents, fishbone, david bowie, and all kinds of other stuff that i still groove on to this day. heck, it was the first place i ever saw prince's old videos, like "controversy" and "sexuality" and "dirty mind". that show took a lot of pleasure in digging up stuff that you couldn't see anywhere else, and they couldn't serve it up fast enough for me. You hit the nail on the head there. Same for me -- I grew up on Army bases, and at the time when I started watching Night Tracks, 1983, we were living in Ft. Bragg/Fayetteville, NC (lovinly referred to as Fayette-nam), a hotbed of cultural activity. I LIVED for Night Tracks! You really should check out that link to the Night Tracks site. They have the theme songs and several celebrity shout outs. They're mostly from the later years, but my preference was when it first started up. I have hopes for this music video station that Warner is looking to start. Perhaps it can replace the void MTV left when it started suckin' somethin' awful in the late 80s. | |
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Oh crap, I'm talking about the wrong show. I thought we were talking about Night FLIGHT, which was on the USA network. Now THAT'S the show that I was brought up on.  | |
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[quote] NWF said: I don't remember Night Tracks, but I do remember Chartbusters, that USA program. I also remember NY Hot Trax, which came on every Saturday morning.
I remember New York Hot Trax too. It came on Sunday nights at 11:00 p.m. down here on one of the local channels. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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I already had MTV before Night Tracks started up so I always looked at Night Tracks as the poor man's MTV. But I still channel surfed between the 2.
I really miss USA's Night Flight. It was an interesting mix of videos, concert clips, movie clips, & a bunch of other strange & awesome stuff. | |
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UptownDeb said: Don't remember Night Tracks, but I do remember NY Hot Trax w/Carlos DeJesus.
I was just telling a friend how I would stay up 'til past midnight trying to catch Prince on shows like the Midnight Special (w/Wolfman Jack), and Don Kirschner's Rock Concert. Those were the days. *swoon* I remember NY Hot Trax w/ Carlos DeJesus too. I used to watch it every Saturday night like clockwork. One night, Carlos announced that the were going to show footage of Prince and Ric Ocazek of the Cars when they were younger. I made sure I stayed up that night. They played a video for a song called 'Yo Little Brother' and in the video they had children dressed up like P and Ric. That video was too cute and too funny. Of course, I was expecting to see actually footage of Prince when he was little, but it was all good though. Does anyone remember that video and song? If so, who sung it? | |
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PurpleCharm said: UptownDeb said: Don't remember Night Tracks, but I do remember NY Hot Trax w/Carlos DeJesus.
I was just telling a friend how I would stay up 'til past midnight trying to catch Prince on shows like the Midnight Special (w/Wolfman Jack), and Don Kirschner's Rock Concert. Those were the days. *swoon* I remember NY Hot Trax w/ Carlos DeJesus too. I used to watch it every Saturday night like clockwork. One night, Carlos announced that the were going to show footage of Prince and Ric Ocazek of the Cars when they were younger. I made sure I stayed up that night. They played a video for a song called 'Yo Little Brother' and in the video they had children dressed up like P and Ric. That video was too cute and too funny. Of course, I was expecting to see actually footage of Prince when he was little, but it was all good though. Does anyone remember that video and song? If so, who sung it? Yo Little Brother was done by Nolan Thomas and it was on Emergency records...btw..he covered the Osmonds "One bad apple" as well [This message was edited Sat Jul 24 18:38:47 2004 by TheRealFiness] | |
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OH man!!! YOu're going WAAAYYY BACK!!! And Night Flight was the bomb! I will do today what you won't, so tomorrow I can do what you can't. | |
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i remember Night Tracks! great show..i never liked MTV so i would watch other video shows which i enjoyed better
on Friday nights i used to start the night by watching Friday Night Videos and switch back n forth to the ABC local station here in Chicago who also showed an hour of videos..after they were over there would be a half hour video show on (for the life of me i cant rememeber the name of it) and they would show like 5 videos and sometimes the whole show would be the same artist..and then i would watch Night Trax the rest of the night until around 5am!.,,that was a great time! Check it out ...Shiny Toy Guns R gonna blowup VERY soon and bring melody back to music..you heard it here 1st! http://www.myspacecomment...theone.mp3 | |
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JANFAN4L said: RipHer2Shreds said: We didn't get MTV until the mid 1980s, so I got all my music videos by staying up very late on Saturday nights and watching Night Tracks on TBS. I was seriously addicted to this show! This was actually the first time I saw a Prince video (1999), and I remember them playing out countless others - Duran Duran, Toni Basil, Eddy Grant, Michael Jackson, Eurythmics, Cyndi Lauper and others. At the time, the only other video alternative for me was Friday Night Videos on NBC, but that was only an hour or so.
Some guy's created a Web site completely devoted to it and trying to bring it back. Don't see the point in bringing it back, but I like reading his anti-MTV rants. Did anybody else catch their videos this way? Wow, you took it back with this thread. I remember "Night Tracks" coming on KCOP "Very Independent" Channel 13 in Los Angeles. Remember "Friday Night Videos" as well. I used to call in all the time to have my video make next week's show. That show came on for a long time well into the late-90s and just disappeared. Remember the Friday Night comedy show that preceded it, too. WHO REMEMBERS "UPTOWN COMEDY CLUB" -- a syndicated SNL-meets-In Living Color comedy show circa 1992? Jim Breuer, Flex, Lisa Nicole Carson, Tracy Morgan, Paula Jai Parker and Debra Wilson started out on this show. Also, I remember the "Apollo Comedy Hour." [This message was edited Sat Jul 24 12:06:17 2004 by JANFAN4L] I remember "Uptown Comedy Club" they use to have the dozens battles with the mama jokes.... "Apollo comedy Hour" too with Derrick Foxx as the ghetto fabulous "Shante" I am not African. Africa is in me, but I cannot return.
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TheRealFiness said: PurpleCharm said: I remember NY Hot Trax w/ Carlos DeJesus too. I used to watch it every Saturday night like clockwork. One night, Carlos announced that the were going to show footage of Prince and Ric Ocazek of the Cars when they were younger. I made sure I stayed up that night. They played a video for a song called 'Yo Little Brother' and in the video they had children dressed up like P and Ric. That video was too cute and too funny. Of course, I was expecting to see actually footage of Prince when he was little, but it was all good though. Does anyone remember that video and song? If so, who sung it? Yo Little Brother was done by Nolan Thomas and it was on Emergency records...btw..he covered the Osmonds "One bad apple" as well [This message was edited Sat Jul 24 18:38:47 2004 by TheRealFiness] Carlos DeJesus made ya look! I remember that video too and Nolan Thomas! I wanna say there was also a little Cyndi Lauper too, but it's been ages since I've seen that video. | |
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SteamForest said: OH man!!! YOu're going WAAAYYY BACK!!! And Night Flight was the bomb!
Oh God YES!! There was Night Tracks, Night Flight and Friday night videos that played all at the same time... used to switch from one to the next, into the wee hours of the night... | |
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