Music Scene - The Best of 1969-70
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Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Starring: David Steinberg, Chris Bokeno, Larry Hankin, Paul Reid Roman, Christopher Ross
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788602139
Format: Color
ISBN: 0788602136
Label: Mpi Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2000-10-17
Running Time: 45
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1969-09-22
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Summary: here's whatcha get
Comment: Hard to believe anyone could find reason to gripe about all this, "in living color" no less. This wasn't a case of these performers not being ready for prime-time. It was a case of prime-time not being ready for them. The show was eclectic, eccentric, and electric. Get it, or forever be deprived. Oh, and be sure to check my "did this review help you" box. After all, who else gave you what you really wanted to know?
SIDE A
Chapters
September 22, 1969 (First Show)
1. Open
2. James Brown - World
3. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Down By the River
4. Buck Owens - Tall Dark Stranger
5. Oliver - Jean
6. Three Dog Night - Easy To Be Hard
7. Tom Jones - I'll Never Fall in Love Again
8. Music Scene Singers - Sugar Sugar
9. Program Close
October 6, 1969
1. Open
2. The Rascals - People Got to Be Free
3. The Dells - Oh What a Night
4. Roger Miller - King of the Road
5. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Here I Go Again
6. The Rascals - Carry Me Back
7. Roger Miller - Where Have All the Average People Gone
8. Bobby Sherman - Little Woman
9. The Music Scene Singers - Sugar Sugar
10. Program Close
October 20, 1969
1. Open
2. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People; Dance to the Music
3. Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskogee
4. Pat Williams - Music Scene Theme
5. Bobby Sherman - Little Woman
6. Steve Lawrence - The Drifter
7. Tommy Smothers - Comedy Routine
8. Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun in the Summertime; Don't Call Me
Nigger, Whitey
9. The Temptations - I Can't Get Next to You
10. Program Close
October 27, 1969
1. Open
2. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
3. Ten Years After - Bad Scene
4. Smith - Baby It's You
5. Richie Havens - Rocky Raccoon
6. Jerry Lee Lewis - She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
7. Janis Joplin - Kozmic Blues
8. Michael Cole - Rod McKuen Railroad Poetry
9. Isaac Hayes - Walk on By
10. The Archies - Sugar Sugar
11. Program Close
SIDE B
Bonus Tracks
1. Mary Hopkin - In My Life
2. Lou Rawls - I Can't Make It Alone; Just Squeeze Me
3. Marva Whitney - Things Got to Get Better
4. Joe Cocker - Delta Lady
5. Lily Tomlin - Comedy Routine
6. Three Dog Night - Eli's Coming
7. Tommy Roe - Dizzy
8. Spirit - 1984
9. Della Reese - Wedding Bell Blues
10. Lou Rawls - Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
11. Gary Puckett - This Girl is a Woman Now
12. The Grass Roots - Heaven Knows
13. Lulu - Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You, Baby)
14. Bobby Sherman - Sounds Along the Way
15. Eydie Gorme - Tonight I'll Say a Prayer
16. Little Richard - Lucille; Tutti Frutti
17. B.B. King - Just a Little Love
18. Paul Anka - My Way
19. Charley Pride - Louisiana Man
20. Buffy Saint Marie - He's a Keeper of the Fire
21. The Everly Brothers - Medly: Rock and Roll Music; The End;
Aquarius; If I Were a Carpenter; The Price of Love; Games People Play
Customer Rating:
Summary: A true cultural artifact
Comment: If its hard to imagine someone waiting all week to see both Ten Years After and Bobby Sherman the only explanation I can offer is that hey, we didn't have 900 channels.
The music here is mostly disposable (as are all the comedy routines) but its pretty interesting to see how television shows were put together and how we struggled with Vietnam as a backdrop.
In one amazing segue, Tommy Smothers introduces someone "from the other side". Its Merle Haggard and he sings he's proud to be an Oakie. The performance ends with Merle in a sea of flags. This was a pretty common sight back then only it was usually coffins (the politicians have gotten smarter and now they don't allow this).
Anyway, I thought Jerry Lee Lewis was insanely cool. The Rascals were great, too (drummer Dino Danelli was something). It was almost frightening to watch Janis Joplin struggle to hold it together. Della Reese and Edie Gorme were not to my taste but Different Strokes For Different Folks-yeah! And then there was Buffy Saint Marie, perhaps the only pop musician my dad and I ever agreed on.
I can't see why anyone would want to own this but if you can rent it, by all means do.
Customer Rating:
Summary: MUSIC SCENE PART ONE,.OF TWO,.WAS A GOOD MUSICAL VARIETY SHOW,THAT WISHED TO BE ANOTHER HULABLOO..
Comment: THIS SHOW WANTED TO BE DIFFERENT.THEY MIXED HARD ROCK,FOLK,COMEDY,AND MORE.THE SHOW WAS TO APPEAL,TO A YOUNGER CROWD.TRIED TO BE HIP.THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT GROUPS. SOME LIVE,AND SOME LIP-SINKING,PERISH FORBID.THE TRIED TO DUPLICATE THE SUCCESS OF HULABLOO,BUT FAILED,AND WAS CANCELED IN LESS THAN 1/1/2 YEARS.THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIAL AND RARE MOMENTS.I WOULD DEFINITLY SPRING FOR THIS DVD. 4 STAR RECOMMENDED. I OWN THIS DISC.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Buyer Beware!
Comment: I bought this because of rave reviews, but 75% is lip-synced junk or at best live singing over backing tracks. If you're an obssesive fan of CSNY and Sly & Family Stone like I am, then you have to buy this for their real live songs. That adds up to a great 10 or 15 minutes. The Rascals, Janis and a few others are live and decent, but wait till you can get this for $5 bucks, not $20. James Brown without his band! It's a crime against humanity. Most of this you will watch once at most.
I mean Smith? They walked right out of the Billy Jack movie.
Do you want to see David Steinberg and Lily Tomlin before they were famous, or funny? Some day Sly and CSNY will put out decent DVD's of all their live performances. C'mon Neil!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Pop Culture Time Capsule!
Comment: What a wonderful discovery on DVD!
There are two DVD's that comprise the complete series, which was only on from September, 1969, to January, 1970. David Steinberg is great as the host, and was one of the writers of the show. What a great showcase of the talent of the late 60's! It's an interesting variety of musical artists, and a neat time capsule of pop culture.
One of the coolest episodes, in my opinion, is the very last one, co-hosted by Comedy Legend Groucho Marx!! They did a little 'chat' session with Groucho and David Steinberg which is a classic!
Apparently this show was cancelled due to low ratings and competition from 'Laugh-In' And 'Gunsmoke', and I bet the producers/writers/performers never thought it'd ever see the light of day in any form after cancellation, but HOORAY for the DVD's!!!!
Some of the best things about the DVD's are all the Extra Bonus Material! It appears to be segments/songs/musicians cut from the original episodes! It's some killer stuff, and I'm amazed that all this fabulous material got the AXE during the original run of the show! Well, they only had 45 minutes per episode to get so much material in, I guess....
This is a must-see for fans of pop culture and music of the late 60's!
I highly recommend it!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: here's whatcha get
Comment: Hard to believe anyone could find reason to gripe about all this, "in living color" no less. This wasn't a case of these performers not being ready for prime-time. It was a case of prime-time not being ready for them. The show was eclectic, eccentric, and electric. Get it, or forever be deprived. Oh, and be sure to check my "did this review help you" box. After all, who else gave you what you really wanted to know?
SIDE A
Chapters
September 22, 1969 (First Show)
1. Open
2. James Brown - World
3. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Down By the River
4. Buck Owens - Tall Dark Stranger
5. Oliver - Jean
6. Three Dog Night - Easy To Be Hard
7. Tom Jones - I'll Never Fall in Love Again
8. Music Scene Singers - Sugar Sugar
9. Program Close
October 6, 1969
1. Open
2. The Rascals - People Got to Be Free
3. The Dells - Oh What a Night
4. Roger Miller - King of the Road
5. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Here I Go Again
6. The Rascals - Carry Me Back
7. Roger Miller - Where Have All the Average People Gone
8. Bobby Sherman - Little Woman
9. The Music Scene Singers - Sugar Sugar
10. Program Close
October 20, 1969
1. Open
2. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People; Dance to the Music
3. Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskogee
4. Pat Williams - Music Scene Theme
5. Bobby Sherman - Little Woman
6. Steve Lawrence - The Drifter
7. Tommy Smothers - Comedy Routine
8. Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun in the Summertime; Don't Call Me
Nigger, Whitey
9. The Temptations - I Can't Get Next to You
10. Program Close
October 27, 1969
1. Open
2. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
3. Ten Years After - Bad Scene
4. Smith - Baby It's You
5. Richie Havens - Rocky Raccoon
6. Jerry Lee Lewis - She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
7. Janis Joplin - Kozmic Blues
8. Michael Cole - Rod McKuen Railroad Poetry
9. Isaac Hayes - Walk on By
10. The Archies - Sugar Sugar
11. Program Close
SIDE B
Bonus Tracks
1. Mary Hopkin - In My Life
2. Lou Rawls - I Can't Make It Alone; Just Squeeze Me
3. Marva Whitney - Things Got to Get Better
4. Joe Cocker - Delta Lady
5. Lily Tomlin - Comedy Routine
6. Three Dog Night - Eli's Coming
7. Tommy Roe - Dizzy
8. Spirit - 1984
9. Della Reese - Wedding Bell Blues
10. Lou Rawls - Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
11. Gary Puckett - This Girl is a Woman Now
12. The Grass Roots - Heaven Knows
13. Lulu - Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You, Baby)
14. Bobby Sherman - Sounds Along the Way
15. Eydie Gorme - Tonight I'll Say a Prayer
16. Little Richard - Lucille; Tutti Frutti
17. B.B. King - Just a Little Love
18. Paul Anka - My Way
19. Charley Pride - Louisiana Man
20. Buffy Saint Marie - He's a Keeper of the Fire
21. The Everly Brothers - Medly: Rock and Roll Music; The End;
Aquarius; If I Were a Carpenter; The Price of Love; Games People Play
Customer Rating:
Summary: A true cultural artifact
Comment: If its hard to imagine someone waiting all week to see both Ten Years After and Bobby Sherman the only explanation I can offer is that hey, we didn't have 900 channels.
The music here is mostly disposable (as are all the comedy routines) but its pretty interesting to see how television shows were put together and how we struggled with Vietnam as a backdrop.
In one amazing segue, Tommy Smothers introduces someone "from the other side". Its Merle Haggard and he sings he's proud to be an Oakie. The performance ends with Merle in a sea of flags. This was a pretty common sight back then only it was usually coffins (the politicians have gotten smarter and now they don't allow this).
Anyway, I thought Jerry Lee Lewis was insanely cool. The Rascals were great, too (drummer Dino Danelli was something). It was almost frightening to watch Janis Joplin struggle to hold it together. Della Reese and Edie Gorme were not to my taste but Different Strokes For Different Folks-yeah! And then there was Buffy Saint Marie, perhaps the only pop musician my dad and I ever agreed on.
I can't see why anyone would want to own this but if you can rent it, by all means do.
Customer Rating:
Summary: MUSIC SCENE PART ONE,.OF TWO,.WAS A GOOD MUSICAL VARIETY SHOW,THAT WISHED TO BE ANOTHER HULABLOO..
Comment: THIS SHOW WANTED TO BE DIFFERENT.THEY MIXED HARD ROCK,FOLK,COMEDY,AND MORE.THE SHOW WAS TO APPEAL,TO A YOUNGER CROWD.TRIED TO BE HIP.THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT GROUPS. SOME LIVE,AND SOME LIP-SINKING,PERISH FORBID.THE TRIED TO DUPLICATE THE SUCCESS OF HULABLOO,BUT FAILED,AND WAS CANCELED IN LESS THAN 1/1/2 YEARS.THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIAL AND RARE MOMENTS.I WOULD DEFINITLY SPRING FOR THIS DVD. 4 STAR RECOMMENDED. I OWN THIS DISC.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Buyer Beware!
Comment: I bought this because of rave reviews, but 75% is lip-synced junk or at best live singing over backing tracks. If you're an obssesive fan of CSNY and Sly & Family Stone like I am, then you have to buy this for their real live songs. That adds up to a great 10 or 15 minutes. The Rascals, Janis and a few others are live and decent, but wait till you can get this for $5 bucks, not $20. James Brown without his band! It's a crime against humanity. Most of this you will watch once at most.
I mean Smith? They walked right out of the Billy Jack movie.
Do you want to see David Steinberg and Lily Tomlin before they were famous, or funny? Some day Sly and CSNY will put out decent DVD's of all their live performances. C'mon Neil!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Pop Culture Time Capsule!
Comment: What a wonderful discovery on DVD!
There are two DVD's that comprise the complete series, which was only on from September, 1969, to January, 1970. David Steinberg is great as the host, and was one of the writers of the show. What a great showcase of the talent of the late 60's! It's an interesting variety of musical artists, and a neat time capsule of pop culture.
One of the coolest episodes, in my opinion, is the very last one, co-hosted by Comedy Legend Groucho Marx!! They did a little 'chat' session with Groucho and David Steinberg which is a classic!
Apparently this show was cancelled due to low ratings and competition from 'Laugh-In' And 'Gunsmoke', and I bet the producers/writers/performers never thought it'd ever see the light of day in any form after cancellation, but HOORAY for the DVD's!!!!
Some of the best things about the DVD's are all the Extra Bonus Material! It appears to be segments/songs/musicians cut from the original episodes! It's some killer stuff, and I'm amazed that all this fabulous material got the AXE during the original run of the show! Well, they only had 45 minutes per episode to get so much material in, I guess....
This is a must-see for fans of pop culture and music of the late 60's!
I highly recommend it!
A ratings disaster when it premiered on the ABC network on September 22, 1969 (and lasting a mere 16 weeks before cancellation), Music Scene now stands as a sublime time capsule of the "flower power" era. Although it was smartly conceived by the hipper-than-average producers of the controversial Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the show was riskily scheduled opposite ratings juggernauts Gunsmoke and Laugh-In, and its fate was sealed. Now, with the passage of decades, these shows display a laudable effort to lure serious rock music into the pop-cultural mainstream--there were few if any opportunities for these acts to gain prime-time TV exposure, so it wasn't unusual to find Janis Joplin, Sly & the Family Stone, or Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young colliding on the guest list with bubble-gum pop stars like Bobby Sherman and MOR crooners like Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. Struggling to bridge the generation gap, host comedian David Steinberg--with a group of five regular cohosts including Lily Tomlin and occasional guest hosts--is a well-chosen mouthpiece for Hollywood's anti-Nixon liberalism, able to distinguish the important (Joe Cocker, Richie Havens) from the ridiculous (the nonexistent Archies and their #1 hit "Sugar Sugar" are duly dismissed). This Volume 1 DVD offers four complete shows, combining sociopolitical comedy with a potpourri of music (either live or lip-synched) selected each week from Billboard magazine's Top 100 pop, rock, country, and soul charts. An additional 21 bonus performances are packed onto side B, along with Music Scene promo spots featuring the Rolling Stones. All in all, this may be one of the best DVDs to showcase nostalgic TV in a meaningful and entertaining way, by rescuing a short-lived series from oblivion to remind us of the very best (and not-so-best) that American pop culture had to offer during the height of the Vietnam War. --Jeff Shannon
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