Christine on American Bandstand
 

I just posted this video on YouTube. It's Chris on American Bandstand in 1984. The audio & video are slightly off because of the lesser video quality. Not that it actually matters since the performance was lip synched.:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-rATbXF3_k

Thanks for posting this.

I kind of like the audio and video being a bit out.

I did miss the Loev dancers though :laugh:

Gail

I love this.... thanks!

Is that the future ex-Mr. Christine McVie on synth?

Edit: Nevermind. I watched the rest of it, and yes, it was the future ex-Mr. Christine McVie on synth.

Yes, that's Eddy. And it's odd--all the keyboard closeups are his...

By the way, does anyone have a link to the lip-synched video Christine did on Solid Gold for Love Will Show Us How?

Tony, I have 3 video clips from Solid Gold...Got A Hold On Me, Love Will Show Us How & So Excited. The video quality is pretty bad, worse than the American Bandstand footage. Would you like me to post that on You Tube too?

It's weird that, at the time, they were in the middle of their tour, yet they sync the performance of these songs. Maybe American Bandstand wasn't rigged up for live playing. Besides, the nature of the show was to highlight the smooth & sometimes bland patina overlying the studio sound of a pop radio hit.

Who's the guy on guitar (not Sharp)? I don't remember him on the tour.

yes please

The other guitarist was Steven Bruton.

That's great, thanks for posting it!

:blob1:

He didn't tour, did he? Why is he at American Bandstand in the middle of the tour -- especially given that it's a lip-sync performance?

Exactly- everyone who appeared on American Bandstand lipsynched.

He did tour. Billy Burnette played the extra guitar on her earlier performances...The Video Album & those Solid Gold appearances. Bruton replaced Billy for her later tour.

How weird. I don't remember him at all. I only went to the show at the Amphitheatre in Universal City. Was he there, too?

The only show I saw was the one here in Philadelphia & he was there. I assume that he played the entire tour. I think I remember an interview with Christine before the tour started & she mentioned that she was bringing along an extra keyboard player & an extra guitar player. I think she originally wanted Billy Burnette to be the extra guitar player. I assume he couldn't make it so she took Bruton instead. He apparently had played in Kris Kristofferson's band.

I just posted 2 videos on YouTube from Solid Gold...Love Will Show Us How & So Excited. They wouldn't let me post Got A Hold On Me because of WMG copyright. The quality of these videos is horrible & the audio and video are out of synch. Her lip synching wasn't that bad.:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_s1GTvD9rI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHpy3p5vpR0

Hey, bad quality is better than nothing! I just wanted to say thanks for posting these -- it sure beats wearing out my old videotapes! :D

I didn't know she lived in the same mansion as Joan Collins!!! very cool...

Well it's funny you should say that because didn't she buy Anthony Newley's house from him and wasn't he once married to Joanie?

Gail

I finally watched the clip. Fantastic! Even if it was sort of like watching TV through a glass of water.

Could anybody tell what Chris was wearing on her feet? She was as tall as Dick Clark, who, by the way, was so ga-ga over Chris I thought he was going to ask her to marry him. I enjoyed that.

I think Christine must be totally unique in the history of rock. You'd think that she'd have to be tough and mean to survive as a woman in a rock 'n' roll band, but instead she's modest and unassuming.

she may be "modest and unassuming" but you wouldn't want to mess with her would you? Not unless you were sure of your exit and had a fast car waiting :laugh:

Gail

Ahh ... so the modest and unassuming bit is just for show, eh? When you get her behind a closed door that's when the mean and tough kicks in. LOL. I always wondered about that with her!

Yes and before Newley and Collins it belonged to Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. That house wasn't very good on marriages was it? But I guess no house in hollywood is.:laugh:

Michele

Well she's tough enough to stand up to Lindsey - and he listens to her (well of course he used to)

Gail

Wow, I remember seeing Love Will Show Us How on AB, but not So Excited. That was cool to see.

Not sure if this is the house in question, but this has been on-line for awhile.
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/42151/

That appears to be the house in CA that she had bought from Anthony Newley. I hadn't seen that before. Thanks for posting!:)