Hankerin' for Kirshner - Bilge

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1196	D donhonyc Posted posted on Mon, Mar 28, 2005 8:34 PM I don't know about you, but I was a big fan of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert back in the good old pre-MTV days. I used to stay up and wait for it to come on after Saturday Night Live and even though it was really cool sometimes it kinda sucked. You'd wait up all night and when the show finally came on you'd hear the opening announcer say "In the past you've seen these acts on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert!!" and they'd show fast cutting clips of Kiss, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, etc. and you think 'cool!!! I hope Alice Cooper is on tonight'. Then the announcer would come back on and say 'and tonight on Rock Concert; Weather Report, Spyro Gyra....' Bo-ring! So yeah...sometimes it was lame. But I did see some cool stuff on there like some real weird guy named Prince when he was a no-name new-name probably back around '79. I also saw for the first time The Doors in some black and white concert footage shot of them in Europe in '67 or '68. Real spooky stuff. I think that concert is packaged on DVD as something called 'The Doors Are Open'. My point being, now that we have this great DVD technology the time is right for a 'Don Kirshner's Rock Concert' DVD box set. That would be so awesome. In my search on the web I found that a licensing company called Historic Films Stock Footage Library purchased the rights to the show, so hopefully they'll do something with that. I also found some great postings on JumpTheShark.com. Some people had some great things to say. like this: "Back in the days of Don Kirschner, rock concerts were in their heydey. Attending rock concerts back then was almost a religion. Those that weren't going to that night's show were left behind, only to go to school the next day and be the only one not wearing the latest, greatest black concert t-shirt. This is part of the reason that Don Kirschner's Rock Concert didn't jump. It was all part of the "Long Live Rock","You Can't Kill Rock and Roll","It's Only Rock and Roll, But I Like It" mentality that prevailed in the '70's and early '80's. As soon as rap and dance pop started ruling the airwaves, rock concerts and Don Kirschner alike took a backseat. Very sad the way things turned out. The only thing cooler than watching Don Kirschner was being able to say you stayed up that late. I'm still in mourning." Amen Brother! [ Edited by: donhonyc on 2005-03-28 20:36 ]

I don't know about you, but I was a big fan of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert back in the good old pre-MTV days. I used to stay up and wait for it to come on after Saturday Night Live and even though it was really cool sometimes it kinda sucked. You'd wait up all night and when the show finally came on you'd hear the opening announcer say "In the past you've seen these acts on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert!!" and they'd show fast cutting clips of Kiss, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, etc. and you think 'cool!!! I hope Alice Cooper is on tonight'. Then the announcer would come back on and say 'and tonight on Rock Concert; Weather Report, Spyro Gyra....' Bo-ring! So yeah...sometimes it was lame. But I did see some cool stuff on there like some real weird guy named Prince when he was a no-name new-name probably back around '79. I also saw for the first time The Doors in some black and white concert footage shot of them in Europe in '67 or '68. Real spooky stuff. I think that concert is packaged on DVD as something called 'The Doors Are Open'.

My point being, now that we have this great DVD technology the time is right for a 'Don Kirshner's Rock Concert' DVD box set. That would be so awesome. In my search on the web I found that a licensing company called Historic Films Stock Footage Library purchased the rights to the show, so hopefully they'll do something with that.

I also found some great postings on JumpTheShark.com. Some people had some great things to say. like this:

"Back in the days of Don Kirschner, rock concerts were in their heydey. Attending rock concerts back then was almost a religion. Those that weren't going to that night's show were left behind, only to go to school the next day and be the only one not wearing the latest, greatest black concert t-shirt. This is part of the reason that Don Kirschner's Rock Concert didn't jump. It was all part of the "Long Live Rock","You Can't Kill Rock and Roll","It's Only Rock and Roll, But I Like It" mentality that prevailed in the '70's and early '80's. As soon as rap and dance pop started ruling the airwaves, rock concerts and Don Kirschner alike took a backseat. Very sad the way things turned out. The only thing cooler than watching Don Kirschner was being able to say you stayed up that late. I'm still in mourning."

Amen Brother!

[ Edited by: donhonyc on 2005-03-28 20:36 ]

Post #149817 by donhonyc on Mon, Mar 28, 2005 8:34 PM