  Soulhawk Member Username: Soulhawk Post Number: 305 Registered: 04-2004 |
Dig It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =xhE-0IDpkiM | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 603 Registered: 10-2003 |
Dug. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 4998 Registered: 11-2004 |
There was enough jheri curl activator in that clip to fill a small swimming pool! Man, those were the days. | ||
Jerrytimes Member Username: Jerrytimes Post Number: 45 Registered: 04-2007 |
Those clothes are awesome. | ||
Kimistree Member Username: Kimistree Post Number: 37 Registered: 01-2004 |
Oh my God, that took me right back to high school! Who did Sharivari? I used to know. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 5001 Registered: 11-2004 |
Makes me want to wear ties the width of vermicelli again. | ||
Rockcity2windycity Member Username: Rockcity2windycity Post Number: 133 Registered: 11-2005 |
OMG the scene lmao classic | ||
Abracadabra Member Username: Abracadabra Post Number: 1 Registered: 04-2007 |
Here is a UPN 50 news story about The Scene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =0fdzDKp4EO4 Dancer introductions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =0b4pVpwHLWo And, the best, the Funkateers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Qq6k9gSsRXI | ||
Abracadabra Member Username: Abracadabra Post Number: 2 Registered: 04-2007 |
And, of course, the New Dance Show must be represented. There is a ton of these on Youtube now. The Percolator - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =tMEDZnM_TZE Miss Energy. Swing them arms, girl! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =tgytZQXaWgQ | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1901 Registered: 12-2005 |
Can't watch that without grinning. Thanks, Abracadabra. | ||
Soulhawk Member Username: Soulhawk Post Number: 306 Registered: 04-2004 |
The group's name is "A Number of Names." | ||
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister Post Number: 163 Registered: 10-2006 |
Shake it but, don`t break it! | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 798 Registered: 07-2004 |
Bre- bre- bre- BREAK! | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 789 Registered: 10-2006 |
Man have we come a long way! | ||
Abracadabra Member Username: Abracadabra Post Number: 5 Registered: 04-2007 |
Well, the music has gone downhill. I'm sure we'll look at our clothing now in the same way in the next decade. | ||
Esp Member Username: Esp Post Number: 53 Registered: 09-2005 |
Was 'The Scene' on channel 38 or 62? | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1909 Registered: 12-2005 |
I'd guess 62 but I might be wrong. That was WAY back. lol | ||
Kimistree Member Username: Kimistree Post Number: 38 Registered: 01-2004 |
It was definitely 62 WGPR before they were CBS. Thanks Soulhawk for the Shari-vari answer. (Message edited by Kimistree on April 15, 2007) | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 5012 Registered: 11-2004 |
Makes me grow fonder for the music that The Electrifying Mojo played. Gee, I miss the days when DJs on the radio actually influenced what people listened and danced to. Now it seems like corporate shills in offices in faraway places doing that for the masses. | ||
Mallory Member Username: Mallory Post Number: 101 Registered: 05-2006 |
Back in those days, "The Scene" was the only thing that they could sell on that station. I was working at 'GPR when they gave Nat Morris the boot (HUGE mistake) and decided that they could do better. We sat and sat, and came up with "Contempo." This was the beginning of 1988. We taped the first show on NY's Day, as I recall. It was a train wreck from the start. Management there had NO clue (still don't). The only good thing about Contempo was the theme music (an obscure Paul Hardcastle tune that I picked). Sorry, Gerald. I could go on for days telling you some stories. Lots of the grunt people had vision, but no vision from the top. Whatever became of Nat Morris? | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 836 Registered: 01-2006 |
Mallory, I was paging you, earlier, in the Connect area, hoping to contact you on this subject. | ||
Abracadabra Member Username: Abracadabra Post Number: 22 Registered: 04-2007 |
Mallory, what was the Contempo theme? Hardcastle. Musician or magician? Hard to say. There are a few golden jams on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =VNxzsUWBwz8 | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 40 Registered: 02-2007 |
Nnnnn-none of them received a hero's welcome. ~Paul Hardcastle I saw Ladyinabag left a comment on the top Youtube link, hehe. Hey, look at the bright side, nobody got out any cardboard and spun on it upside down! | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1283 Registered: 01-2005 |
This guy is still regretting his choice of outfit that day.  | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 77 Registered: 02-2007 |
The one guy looked like Napoleon Dynamite. I used to love that show, very entertaining. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 857 Registered: 01-2006 |
I work with some people who used to dance on those shows (Scene, New Dance Show.) I am desperately trying to find out if Mallory-- or any of the rest of you, for that matter-- could put me in touch with anyone who might possess videotapes of the NDS. Good thing I don't work around Barbara. A guy could really get beside himself. | ||
Fredgarvin Member Username: Fredgarvin Post Number: 43 Registered: 02-2007 |
I also used to watch that station for the "cheap" entertainment factor. I remember Saturday's Auction Movie, where they auctioned off such valuables as a stapler, and some Kansas City Beef. Man, what a hoot. | ||
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 885 Registered: 02-2004 |
New dance show only played in detroit(lived in) right?? because I remember watching it, but every time I mentioned it to my friends in public school(eastpointe) and no one knew what I was talking about. Even grown up no one knows what im talking about. | ||
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 886 Registered: 02-2004 |
ohh btw i miss that old school techno/electro. cant stand the new euro sounding crap | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 861 Registered: 01-2006 |
Steelworker, those two shows started out airing on WGPR Channel 62, out of Detroit. The signal was not very strong, so your associates in Eastpointe may not have paid much attention to 62, as it probably was kinda fuzzy, out that way. |
