Aa t,Jr acr I EMBER 29, 1990 A SAMPLING OF PLAYLISTS AT NATIONAL VIDEO MUSIC OUTLETS. 1 MUSIC VIDEO Billboard.THECLIP Lists do not include videos in LIST. recurrent or oldies rotation. C.Gregory, Couldn't Love Have... Beat R.Swanson /J.Lee, A Couple Of Good... Cop' On The Rock Wild Rose, Everything He... HEAVY how Links Music, Drama vDEo FxIS oM Alan Jackson, Wanted Television R.V.Shelton, I Meant Every ... BY MELINDA NEWMAN tion units -one that shoots the film, Black Entertainment Continuous programming Continuous programming Carlene Carter, I Fell In Love another that prepares the upcoming 1515 Broadway, New York,NY 10036 1515 Broadway, New York,NY 10036 14 hours daily Bellamy Bros., I Could Be ... music scenes used. Not supris- 1899 9th St NE, Washington,DC K.Mattea/T.O'Brien, Battle Hymn ... NEW YORK -Most directors and -are 20018 Mark Chesnutt, Too Cold At Home ingly, the budget for the show ex- BREAKTHROUGH Pirates /Mississippi, Honky Tonk .. producers would pale at the thought ADDS ADDS Reba McEntire, You Lie videos every ceeds the norm for most one -hour Lightning Seeds, All I Want of doing five music Jeff Healey Band, While My... Holly Dunn, You Really Had Me Going Salt 'N Pepa, lndependant According to a source, "Cop -V -E U Tim Ryan, Let's Dance In Circles eight days, but the people behind dramas. Take 6,1- L -0 Klymaxx, Private Party EXCLUSIVE D.Parton /K.Rogers, Love Is Strange is the $1.8 million Monie Love, Monie In The Middle ABC's new musical drama "Cop Rock" pushing Conway Twitty, Crazy In Love mark per episode. AC/DC, Thunderstruck Cameo, Close Quaters Rock" are approximately doing just Faith No More, Falling To Pieces DEVELOPMENT Kwame /New Beginning, Ownlee Eue Hoblit says the show purposefully Heart, Stranded Teem Campbell, Round And Round that. Oleta Adams , Rhythm Of Life LIGHT M.C. Hammer, Pray Lizz Torres, If You Keep It Up stayed away from bringing in estab- To In After 7, Can't Stop The show, which premieres Poison, Something Believe C. Mayfield /Ice -T, Superfly 1990 T.Tucker /T.G.Brown, Don't Go Out Basia, Until You Come Back To Me 10 is the lat- lished music video directors to help Snap, Ooops Up Matraca Berg, Things You Left Undone Wednesday (26) at p.m., Breathe, Say A Prayer Warrant, Cherry Pie CURRENT William Lee Golden, Louisiana Red... Mariah Carey, Love Takes Time est from Steven Bochco Productions, out with the scenes. Winger, Miles Away Patty Loveless, The Night's Too Long David Cassidy, Lyin' To Myself The Boys, Crazy thing I did not want to do Mark Collie, Hardin County Line the company that brought television "One Robert Cray, Forecast Calls For Pain Prince, Thieves In The Temple Sawyer Brown, When Love... vid- BUZZ BIN Russell, Stop Running Away En Vogue, Lies viewers such groundbreaking pro- was make these look like regular Brenda Forrester Sisters, Old Enough To Know Lisa Stansfield, This Is The Right Time Black Box, Everybody Everybody Street Blues" and eos. I'm not a great fan of the MTV - Iggy Pop, Candy Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, You Made... grams as "Hill Jane's Addiction, Stop S.Youngblood, I'd Rather... Lalah Hathaway, Heaven Knows L.A. Law." style videos. As I see see it, I find a The Cure, Never Enough Pebbles, Giving You The Benefit sake, and I The Winans, A Friend The 60- minute weekly series corn- lot it to be flash for flash's Tony Toni Tone, Feels Good HEAVY bines five integral musical numbers just want to hear, feel, and absorb STRESS Maxi Priest, Close To You I in a Urban Dance Squad, Deeper... Michael Bolton, Georgia On My Mind The Whispers, Innocent with the dramatic action. "The impor- the music. wasn't interested Phil Collins, Something Happened ... M.C. Hammer, Have You Seen Her tant thing is that the stories are not very flashy, dazzling way that would Taylor Dayne, Heart Of Stone Johnny Gill, Fairweather Friend HEAVY To Me music, the take away form the music," Hoblit Janet Jackson, Come Back Oleta Adams , Rhythm Of Life written around the but Bell Biv Devoe, Do Me! Maxi Priest, Close To You Father MC, Treat Them Like... music written around the stories," says. "This is a lot more conservative Jon Bon Joni, Blaze Of Glory Wilson Phillips, Release Me Force MD's, Are You Really Real Phil Collins, Something Happened ... Paul Young, Oh Girl Kiara, You're Right About That says Gregory Hoblit, who serves as than MTV and it honors the music, You See Depeche Mode , Policy Of Truth Samuelle, So You Like What 9 hours weekly the show's co- executive producer even though I know that sounds pre- Billy Idol, L.A. Woman Nayobe, I Love The Way You Love Me 1722 Gower Street, Los Angeles,CA tentious. Basically, we went about INXS, Suicide Blonde Howard Hewitt, If I Could Only... 90028 with Steven Bochco. "Are there Janet Jackson, Black Cat Tracie Spencer, Save Your Love places where a song would be more this the same way I shoot a dramatic Living Colour, Type (Everything... Lorenzo, Angel scene. The content determines form." Motley Crue, Same 01' Situation Good Girls, I Need Your Love ADDS reflective in revealing the nature and Nelson, Love And Affection Wynton Marsalis, The Seductress Heart Of Stone the characters than dialog? If you Another difference between "Cop Slaughter, Fly To The Angels Cynda Williams, Harlem Blues Taylor Dayne, Bernadette Cooper,ILook Good INXS, Suicide Blonde can make a greater impact or get to Rock's" musical segments and tradi- Hi Five, Just Can't Handle It Soho, Hippychick tional music videos is that the singing ACTIVE Quincy Jones, Listen Up Dramarama, Anything, Anything an emotional point through the song, Mirror Mirror Black Crowes, Hard To Handle Caron Wheeler, Livin' In The Light Don Dokken, to do." is done live with the actors perform- Soup Dragons, I'm Free that's what we're trying Concrete Blonde, Joey Continuous programming Nancy Wilson, Don't Ask My Neighbor UB40, The Way You Do The Things... The songs for the pilot were done ing to tracks. "Candidly, we have had Human League, Heart Like A Wheel 12000 Biscayne Blvd, Miami,FL Milira, The Rain the actors Love /Hate, Why Do You Think ... 33181 Michelle, Keep Watchin' by Randy Newman; however, since two exceptions because Queensryche, Empire James "J.T." Taylor, 8 Days A Week HEAVY "pumping out five original songs ev- weren't up to the songs, but in all oth- Ratt, Lovin' You's A Dirty Job Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby Something Happened is Newman's er instances, they're being done live," ADDS Phil Collins, ery eight days" hardly R.Waters /Bleeding..., Another Brick.. Maxi Priest, Close To You style, subsequent songs for shows Hoblit says. "I never want to lip sync Alia, More Than Words Can Say Paul Young, Oh Girl are being handled by a small staff of again. The qualitative difference be- Anthrax, Got The Time Nelson, Love And Affection I The Papers MEDIUM Audio Two, Get Johnny Gill, My, My, My songwriters under the direction of tween live and lip- synced perfor- Caron Wheeler, Livin' In The Light Wilson Phillips, Release Me is profound. We're asking the Alias, More Than Words Can Say Concrete Blonde, Everybody Knows Prince, Thieves In The Temple Mike Post, who wrote the title tunes mances Blue Tears, Rockin' With The Radio Danzig, Killer Wolf Brrr AC-' Il v l . for "L.A. Law," "Hill Street Blues," audience to really buy into the reality Jude Cole, Time For Letting Go David Cassidy, Lyin' To Myself of the dialog and asking them to do it Damn Yankees, High Enough Jane's Addiction, Stop MEDIUM and scads of other television shows. Deee -Lite, Groove Is In The Heart LL Cool J, The Boomin' System Continuous programming Jeff Healey Band, While My... Amanda with a song is asking them to take a Don Dokken, Mirror Mirror Lita Ford , Lisa Among the writers are Ave South, Nashville,TN En Vogue, Lies Bob Dylan, It's Unbelievable Mariah Carey, Love Takes Time 704 18th faith anyway. Lip- syncing 37203 Deee -Lite, Groove Is In The Heart McBroom, who penned "The Rose," leap of UB40, The Way You Do The Things... Monie Love, Monie In The Middle Stryper , Shining Star would really be asking a lot." Information Society, Think Nayobe, I Love The Way You Love Me and Don Markowitz, who wrote some WORLD PREMIERE Pebbles, Giving You The Benefit Soup Dragons, I'm Free Powerule, Brick In A Wall Because of the live demands, cast- Iggy Pop, Candy of the tunes for "Dirty Dancing." Styx, Love Is The Ritual Pretenders, Sense Of Purpose Robin Lee, Love Letter Damn Yankees, High Enough The daunting schedule calls for an ing for the primary characters, as Too Much Joy, That's A Lie Queensryche, Empire Michael Murphey, Cowboy Logic Depeche Mode , Policy Of Truth Sara Hickman, Blue Eyes Are... Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Rest... has proven to be The Boys, Crazy average window of three weeks be- well as guest stars, Soup Dragons, I'm Free BREAKOUTS Black Box, Everybody Everybody a little more difficult than planned. Stone Roses, One Love HEAVY tween an episode's first conceptual Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby Anthrax, Got The Time TKA, I Won't Give Up On You in our Mark Collie, Looks Aren't Everything meeting and when taping starts. At "We had this show cast T.Conwell, I'm Seventeen Udo, Heart Of Gold Kevin Welch, 'Til I See You Again we were go- Concrete Blonde, Everybody Knows Wire Train , Should She Cry the first meeting, Bochco, Billy Fin- minds 2'/2 weeks before Helen Cornelius, Ask Any Woman Dino, Romeo R.V.Shelton, I Meant Every ..