Welcome to Videowest - An independent TV studio based in San Francisco, California, Videowest produced hundreds of TV magazine shows and music videos from 1978 to 1984. Its award-winning weekly series (Backstage Pass, Best of Videowest, Rock On, Take Off) were released on a variety of broadcast and cable outlets including ABC, BBC, Disney, MTV, Showtime, USA and public TV.
Videowest's creative trademark was a fast-paced montage of interviews, comedy, music and news around weekly themes like "Beauty," "TV" & "Money." Over the years, Videowest featured hundreds of popular artists like Laurie Anderson, Ray Bradbury, the Clash, Francis Coppola, Elvis Costello, Devo, the Ramones, REM, U2 and many more.
Videowest started as a grassroots movement, with thousands of young volunteers joining forces to create "television for the rest of us."
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Il était vraiment interessant. De nous ouvrir les yeux sur le gaspillage, l'environnement, dépenses et consomation inutile etc... Notre generation actuelle a plus ou moins changée.
Hello VIDEOWEST...I am the drummer in this video. Thanks for this. I have seen it only once or twice up until now. Too bad it was pre MTV. Who knows what may have happened......
I will say it again, back when the san francisco bay area had a great music scene. While the Jefferson Starship was a little szchopranic musically going from "miracles" "run away" "ride the tiger" to "jane" "stranger" "can't find love" they were a great band. The critics were never too kind to them which i believed inspired on modern times album "f..k you we do what we want" but I saw them live and they put on a great show and they seemed to be having fun doing it. Nuclear furniture was the beginning of the end. While it had a few good songs, they seemed to be running out of steam. But nonetheless I think they were still a good band especially as a straight forward rock band from freedom at point zero to winds of change. Miss those days. 🤘🏻✌🏼
A friend of mine in AZ covered many of their songs and claimed them as his own :) Not long ago he was able to tell that story to Paul Collins and was allowed to sing a number o stage with them. Great sound!!
A humble man. Truly the best sailor in his time. Fame, fortune and trophies were unimportant to him. Ahead in the Golden globe race by a wide margin he decided to forego finishing the race and turned back out to sea.
“Ahead in the golden globe race by a wide margin” Huh? No he wasn’t, when he decided to retire, Knox-Johnston was ahead and already on his way back to Plymouth. Where do you get that he was in the lead?
They were amazing. Saw them live in 1979. "The Knack" had Casablanca Records behind them, but were not nearly as good. So.... where is "The Knack" today?" Uff. Loved The Beat. Their first album - "The Beat" - one of the best EVER.
It’s a real shame this band doesn’t get more recognition outside of power pop nerd fandom. I couldn’t believe how good that album was the first time I listened to it, and I had never even heard of them until maybe 15 years ago.
I saw them a few times around Los Angeles back in the 1980s, I think Paul's based in Spain now? They put out some very catchy-sounding music back in those days and I still have their first album. Love the video, it looks like they just set up 'wherever' on random Hollywood street corners and cranked out some air-guitar moves.
Dick Dale one unique legendary 🎸 guitarist a unique sound that nobody was doing in the 1950s . My music 🎼🎶📻 is Rock n Roll My heroes and My No 1 guitar 🎸 player is Buddy Holly 👓 also Eddie Cochran,Gene Vincent, Johnny Burnett, Charlie 🪶 feathers,Dick Dale is Up there from a Teddy Boy 🎼📻🎶🚀 from the UK R.I.P Dick Dale one of the best and Unique 🙌 gone never forgotten 🙏 respect 👊✊💥
Thats not how it went with jimi hendrix saying that. Dick developed cancer in 69-70. Jimi heard it from a band mate and then Jimi said the actual words "surf music is dead. Him and Dick were good friends.
