TV used to be so much more important for music promotion. Sure, a good Letterman performance can still help a band get known. But we now live in an era of internet self-promotion that has left TV a far less exciting medium to catch the next big thing or see your favourite band. Here Neonfiller takes you back to an era when TV appearances could make or break an act and frequently did. For our selection we've opted for the rude, the cheeky and the downright strange. We've also included some of TV's best live performances as well as a more up to date reality TV moment. Sit back and enjoy the clips.
Cobain decided to sing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' in the guise of Morrissey
Iggy Pop pretends to bum a teddy bear on children's TV !
Husker Du . . . bizarrely appearing on Minneapolis day time US TV show Good Company in front of an audience of bewildered housewives
Sabrina the Teenage Witch [and] . . . her efforts to see her favourite band the Violent Femmes
Today Show presenter Bill Grundy attempted to wind up the Sex Pistols
Grundy became infamous in a matter of two minutes due to an incident that occurred when the punk band Sex Pistols and their entourage appeared at short notice on the Today show of December 1, 1976. They were a last minute stand-in for Queen, who were forced to cancel. The Today show was broadcast during daytime hours, at a time when bad language was forbidden, but Grundy provoked the band into using obscenities.
Even the characters on “90210” seemed confused by a visit from the Flaming Lips. “It’s not Michael Bolton,” said Ian Ziering’s Steve Sanders when asked if it was indeed the Flaming Lips onstage.
I think it's bizzare that a guy with a down syndrome face could sing like that.
You know that his droopy eye is from a botched surgery when he was a child, right?
"down-syndrome face"? nice.
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Even the characters on “90210” seemed confused by a visit from the Flaming Lips. “It’s not Michael Bolton,” said Ian Ziering’s Steve Sanders when asked if it was indeed the Flaming Lips onstage.
Jon Spencer's shenanigans were the best of that bunch.
You know that his droopy eye is from a botched surgery when he was a child, right?
"down-syndrome face"? nice.
OMG droopy eye you say? from botched surgery?! CHILD?!?! Doesn't change the fact that he's a funny looking dude. And he shares more features with trisomy 21 facies than just one droopy eye.
Costello wanted to play "Radio Radio" on SNL. Columbia Records, Costello's US label, on the other hand, was interested in having an already-established song performed on SNL, to stoke the fires of interest in the band prior to the American release of My Aim Is True and This Year's Model. In the event, Costello began the SNL performance by playing "Less than Zero." However, after a few bars, he turned to the Attractions, waving his hand and yelling "Stop! Stop!," then said to the audience, "I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, there's no reason to do this song here," possibly referring to the fact "Less than Zero" was written as a reply to British fascist politician Oswald Mosley. However, SNL music director Howard Shore attributes the move to Costello's bucking pressure by his music company to play "Less than Zero" on the show.[1] He then led the band in a performance of "Radio Radio." Costello did not appear on Saturday Night Live again until 1989. This version of "Radio Radio" (fading into the "false start") can be found (in monaural) on Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Vol. 1.
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