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hats-digest         Tuesday, December 25 2001         Volume 02 : Number 265




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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:42:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Laura Kramer <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) MWH on Drew Carey

Did anyone else catch the reference on Drew Carey last
night?

Kate was getting ready to move and was cleaning out
her house.  She brought a box of stuff over to Drew's
and was giving things back to the guys.  She handed
Lewis an album and said, "This is your Men Without
Hats album."  Lewis said, "That's not mine."  And Kate
replied, "Well, I don't want it."

I always thought Kate had dreadful taste. ;-)

Ah well, they say there's no such thing as *bad*
publicity.  :-)

Laura in NC

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Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 11:05:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Christofer Evangelista <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Buggles to Bizkit

While I'm sure many of you won't waste your Christmas
day watching MTV, they had a 20th anniversary year
book show on (probably an old show from months ago
that I missed), but the 1983 feature showed "Safety
Dance" in its entirety (although I still think the
sound sounds a bit thin, but thats me.) I'll give the
folks at MTV some credit, at least they got the video
credits right, which is more than I can say for VH-1
(who puts the album Safety-Dance is on as
"Backstreet"...not knowing that Backstreet was the
Hats' label for that album [a subsidary of MCA...
whereas FOTE3 was a full MCA release], maybe they were
listening to too much Hootie? [yes I am a nitpicker])
They were around 1984 when I stopped watching (have
other things to do than watch MTV on Xmas day, just
happened to catch it) and they showed other videos,
but only Madonna's "Borderline", The Cars "You Might
Think", and Wham's "Wake Me Up" (one 80s video I can
do without along with John Waite's "Missing You") were
played in their entirety (there were probably others,
but I didn't watch long enough.) The other videos they
showed were more in a "Medley" format: Cyndi Lauper's
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (cut this one up badly),
Def Leppard's "Photograph", Depeche Mode's "People Are
People", Prince's "When The Doves Cry" (Prince
deserves an entire show featuring  nothing but his
videos, he had some interesting ones from early on,
like the synth-funk "Controversy"), Billy Idol's
"White Wedding" (better than "Eyes Without A Face"
IMO), and of course Twisted Sister's "We're not gonna
take it" (the video remains a classic.)

I know I must be getting old when my favorite songs
are only shown in "Medley" format. :-P And I thought
that hideous practice was something only "Moldy"
Oldies groups/stations did.

If VH1/MTV would put these videos into constant
rotation (meaning not one 80s classic [not just the
top 40, but 'everything' except John Waite and NKOTB]
every three years admist billions of Micheal
Bolton/Limp Bizkit/Backstreet Boys videos) then they
might actually attract some viewers. My Idea: Have a
station called M3E (MTV 3 - Eighties) and dedicate it
solely to nothing but the golden years of new
wave/alternative (1977 - 1990) and bring back stuff
like "Headbangers Ball" (for the metal/hair bands),
Post-Modern MTV (for the syn-pop), and 120 minutes
(for the modern rock.) I'm tempted to include
something for rap, since the 80s were the last gasp
before gangsta jamz. No game shows ("Remote Control"
was nice yes, but one game show will leads to hundreds
of others.)

BTW: The VJ called "Safety Dance" one of the greatest
and ahead of its time. I'm sure many of us here could
agree with that one.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Chris
(A gen-x'er who grew up in the 80s and enjoys stuff
like:

Berlin - Sex (I'm A...)
Bruce Cockburn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher (yes there
was a video for this)
Cyndi Lauper's - Hole in My Heart (that goes all the
way to China) - although I seem to be the only one who
remembers this song.
Thompson Twins - Lies (Lies Lies Yeah)
Missing Persons - Words (what are words for...)
Slade - Run Run Away (see the Chameleon, lying there
in the sun)
New Order - Bizzare Love Triangle (everytime I see you
falling, I get down on my knees and pray)
Alan Parsons Project - Don't answer me (nominated for
best video award in 1984)
B52s - Private Idaho (Rock Lobster was 1979, and this
still beats the pants off of "Love Shack")
Rational Youth - Saturdays in Silesia
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (a classic)
General Public - Tenderness
- ---and of course Men Without Hats ;))

- -- steps off soap box --

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