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Aa t,Jr acr I EMBER 29, 1990 A SAMPLING OF PLAYLISTS AT NATIONAL VIDEO MUSIC OUTLETS. 1 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...

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Television R.V.Shelton, I Meant Every ... BY MELINDA NEWMAN tion units -one that shoots the film, Black Entertainment Continuous programming Continuous programming , 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 "" 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 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 , 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 , 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 , 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, ,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 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 , 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 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 ; 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 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 , who wrote the title tunes mances Blue Tears, Rockin' With The Radio Danzig, Killer Wolf Brrr AC-' Il v l . for "L.A. Law," "," 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 , 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 ... kelstein and John Romano -the ing to start shooting," says Hoblit. Jellyfish, The King Is Half Undressed Wrong a rehearsal Bob Mould, It's Too Late Waylon Jennings, show's primary writers and produc- "Then we went onto AMERICA'S NO. 1 VIDEO You Lie Pebbles, Giving You The Benefit Reba McEntire, and Mike Lorrie Morgan, He Talks To Me ers- present a rough draft of the stage with Randy Newman The Rave Ups, She Says Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby Alan Jackson, Wanted picked Wire Train , Should She Cry script and indicate where they want Post and all the actors we'd Holly Dunn, You Really Had Me Going songs and what character will sing. came in to sing-around 22 of them - , When I Call Your Name IMPACT CLIPS PEOPLE -POWERED HEAVIES Cleve Francis, Love Light The next meeting takes place with and none of them passed the singing Too At Home Urban Dance Squad, Deeper... Bell Bin Devoe, Do Me! Mark Chesnutt, Cold Lonesome 10 hours daily the songwriters, who discuss each test. This precipitated a trip to New Faith No More, Falling To Pieces The Boys, Crazy Ky.Headhunters, Oh ... Carter, I Fell In Love 1000 Louisiana Ave, Houston,TX from Poison, Something To Believe In Gerald Alston, Slow Love Carlene song and its tempo with writers and York for quick auditions." Aside Jann Browne, Mexican Wind 77002 The Cure, Never Enough Gerardo, Rico Y Suave and Ronny Cox, the Pirates /Mississippi, Honky Tonk .. . hope to key into specific songs. A few Barbara Bosson Lightning Seeds, All I Want Johnny Gill, My, My, My Next To You Kid Frost, La Raza Hurricane, days later, a rough demo of the song cast is largely made up of unknowns. The Dead ADDS Kwame /New Beginning, Ownlee Eue Ray Stevens, Sittin' Up With Billy Joe Royal, A Ring Where A... is done and, if it meets approval, a Although there is no current plan, Kyper, Tic -Tac -Toe Damn Yankees, High Enough Mark Collie, Hardin County Line al- M.C. Hammer, U Can't Touch This David Cassidy, Lyin' To Myself better demo will be done. At the same it is not out of the question that an K.Mattea Battle Hymn ... THE New Kids On The Block, Tonight /T.O'Brien, Candyman, Knockin' Boots musical numbers IL Randy Travis, He Walked On Water time, the script is being written. As bum or video of Nikki D, Lettin' Off Steam Lightning Seeds, All I Want NEW , The Dance Oaktown's 3.5.7, We Like It Jellyfish, The King Is Half Undressed soon as the songs are finished, the from the show could be released. Matraca Berg, Things You Left Undone Public Enemy, Brother's Gonna... Jasmine Guy , Try Me William Lee Golden, Louisiana Red... music scenes are choreographed and "It's all we can do right now just to Special Ed, The Mission Soup Dragons, I'm Free Suicidal Tendencies, You Can't... T.Tucker/T.G.Brown, Don't Go Out blocked. put the show out and hope it suc- Dam These Tears 2 Live Jews, Oui! It's So Humid Canyon, Fjellgaard, Somewhere On ... Next comes the actual shooting of ceeds," says Hoblit. "So while it's W.Coast All- Stars, We're All In ... Gary POWER Five 1/2-hour shows weekly Conway Twitty, Crazy In Love the show. Despite the addition of the premature to release something now, 1000 Laurel Oak, Voorhees,NJ Billy /T.Smith, Blues Stay Away... Prince, Thieves In The Temple music scenes, each show is shot in it would be silly to say it's not some- 08043 Alabama, Pass It On Down Jon Bon Jovi, Blaze Of Glory Put Drive In... Phil Collins, Something Happened ... come across our minds." Travis Tritt, Some eight days, the current standard for thing that's CURRENT Ronnie McDowell, Paralyzed Maxi Priest, Close To You 60- minute dramas. Despite a huge push from the net Charlie Daniels, A Few More Rednecks Nelson, Love And Affection Dio, Wild One Tornados, Who Were... Wilson Phillips, Release Me For the pilot, it took a day to shoot work, there is the feeling among Extreme, Decadence Dance Hoyt Axton, Mountain Right Janet Jackson, Black Cat song. For subsequent shows, some that the idea for "Cop Rock" Maxi Priest, Close To You k.d. lang And Take 6, Ridin' The Rails Paul Young, Oh Girl each Vixen, Rev It Up Dino, Romeo to succeed. Boys, All Lips 'N Hips ballads are taking at least half a day. might be a little too risky Electric Depeche Mode , Policy Of Truth numbers, we're tak- "Hull High," a CBS show that also Bad Company, Holy Water Johnny Gill, My, My, My "For ambitious Black Crowes, Jealous Again Lisa Stansfield, This Is The Right Time ing three -quarters of day," Hoblit features music numbers interspersed Suicidal Tendencies, You Can't... 1 hour weekly The Audience Is Listening 888 7th Ave, NY,NY 10106 A 24 -track studio truck with the action, has received less Steve Vai, says. remote Trixter, Give It To Me Good HEAVY is used for the shoots. Two produc- than glowing reviews. Faith No More, Epic ()TNN Mojo Nixon, Kill All Lawyers Glenn Medeiros, All I'm Missing Is You As Hoblit notes, one success can CURRENT S.Youngblood, I'd Rather... 2 Live Jews, Oui! It's So Humid The Nashville Network spawn a thousand imitators, but a Sherman Hemsley, Ain't That A... Black Box, Everybody Everybody Jude Cole, Time For Letting Go After 7, Can't Stop . Bell Biv Devoe, Do Me! Jane Siberry, Everything Reminds .. 30 Hours Weekly failure will scare off any duplicators. Ice Ice Baby Indecent Obsession, Tell ... Dread Zepplin, Heartbreaker Vanilla Ice, Opryland Dr, Nashville,TN The Eye is closed, 2806 Michael Bolton, Georgia On My Mind "I think if neither one of these shows John Doe, Let's Get Mad Prince, Thieves In The Temple 37214 Michael McDonald, Tear It Up Johnny Gill, My, My, My Black Box, Everybody Everybody but it's only blinking; makes it, there will be no trend at all To You Pebbles, Giving You The Benefit Colin James, Just Came Back Maxi Priest, Close ADDS it will return and I fully expect it will never happen Gun, Taking On The World INXS, Suicide Blonde Alia, More Than Words Can Say Damn Yankees, Come Again Deee-Lite, Groove Is In The Heart Delbert McClinton, Who's Foolin' Who Vixen, How Much Love again," he says laughing. Say A Prayer wide -open next week John Lee Hooker, Baby Lee The Boys, Crazy Cee Cee Chapman, Everything Breathe,

60 BILLBOARD SEPTEMBER 29. 1990