Dick Clark Dead at 82....

[Unchainme]

...lip syncing is bullshit anyway, so why not have fun with it?

I read up that on the british version of Bandstand, a lot of groups used to fuck around with it too . Kurt singing like Morrissey cracks me up.

[JenniferM]

And let's not forget the Pyramid! Probably holds the record in my lifetime for the most times I've screamed "dumb ass" at a tv game show in 30 minutes!
He contributed to so much of our collective childhoods!!
R.I.P.

[FORD]

So break out the bug spray, and do us all a favor........

[Nitro Express]

Dick saw a lot of musical and cultural changes and helped introduce some of the most famous bands in rock and roll history. The man was a rock and roll legend for so many decades. RIP Dick Clark.

[Nitro Express]

Notice the unplugged guitars on Bandstand. Jack Casady said when the Jefferson Airplane were told to lip sync their songs he was insulted because it was basically saying, we don't trust you can play your instruments well enough. In protest Jack wrapped his guitar cable all around himself to make it obvious he was unplugged to show how fake Bandstand was. LOL!

[FORD]

Damn, I'd actually forgot about Slade being on American Bandstand... playing the only two hits they ever had in the US (well not actually playing them, because nobody actually played anything on this show.....)

[FORD]

And another one from the teenage masturbation files here.....

[Nitro Express]

pride of my university being interviewed by DC.

Devo were pioneers. We were going into the 80's and there was going to be some interesting synthesized geek rock coming down the pike. It was good stuff. The whip it video was very much at the forefront of the whole 80's music video thing. It was an interesting decade. A lot was going on. A lot of technology was becoming available to the average consumer that didn't exist before and it was really reflected in the geek rock bit.

[DONNIEP]

No shit. Music was changing so fast that it was hard to keep up.

[FORD]

And would you fucking believe... Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd???

[DONNIEP]

I can believe that clip sucked...You can hear a few signature chords, but that song just sucks balls

[FORD]

Time to get a little funky.....

[FORD]

I can believe that clip sucked...You can hear a few signature chords, but that song just sucks balls

That's because they were tripping balls. Poor Syd.... way too much acid in too short of a time.

[FORD]

And now for something completely fucking ridiculous........

[Nitro Express]

American Bandstand started in 1959. In those days many considered rock and roll the devils music and the show was controversial. Interesting to see how the fashions, music, dancing, and the social attitudes changed over the years.