Dick Clark interviews some kids

[JoJo]

On his American bandstand show, Dick Clark polls some audience members about what they think about The Beatles new "look" after watching videos for Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane. I thought I'd put this footage up after the discussion in off topic about him. Is he trying to see if the replacement is "selling"? Who knows of course, but he seems a little tightly wound, JMO. (6MB, 2 minutes)

www.jojoplace.org/Shoebox/dickclarka.mpg

[eyesbleed]

Hey, that's cool ya put that up. I found that segment to be one of the more interesting parts of the Nothing is Real movie.
For some reason, he sure is pushin' those kids to see which way they're gonna go.
And most of those kids are totally puzzled by the change in the Beatles.

[Doc]

Seems like more girls said "Ooh, they look wierd," and more boys were like:, "Yeah! Cool! Good for them. They can look however they want too."

On the whole, that must have been a creepy exibition to most kids at the time. Those kid are all preppy and in suits. I guess some were anxious to get into hipper threads and away from control by mommy and daddy. Paperback Writer and Rain were pleasant, dreamy videos. Penny Lane to a lite degree, but moreso the Strawberry Fields' video, seem edgy and disorienting.Just my opinion. But, that style was coming into use........

[beatlies]

This seems like they were test-run showcasing the new Featles (all of them are imposters/doubles) on the public and in mass media broadcasting that could be viewed simultaneously by shadow government officials. There were, additionally, the new drug-glorifying "pyschedelic" Beatles, and their appeal was being scripted to appeal to and reach out to an older, college age audience.

[tkp1966]

beatlies said:

This seems like they were test-run showcasing the new Featles (all of them are imposters/doubles) on the public and in mass media broadcasting that could be viewed simultaneously by shadow government officials. There were, additionally, the new drug-glorifying "pyschedelic" Beatles, and their appeal was being scripted to appeal to and reach out to an older, college age audience.

I have to agree in part with beatlies.
Why would they turn away from their core fans, teen girls ?
They looked so much older, in a time when older wasn't cool.
They had too look like this because Paul/Faul to cover for him.
They stop touring because him (I think).
Brian died because of what was going on (I think).
John was going bonkers because of what was going on (I think).
George went deeper into the Eastern thing because of what was going on (I think).
Ringo started having "problems" because of what was going on.

So this Faul/Bill thing changed every detail of the Beatles from looks, life style even life and death in Brian's case.

Sorry for going on like that

[fourthousandholes]

No, that's fine. We like to hear what you have to say.

[JoJo]

From the National Enquirer

Frail and failing American Bandstand legend Dick Clark, 79 is reeling from a shocking new documentary that may smear his rock 'n' roll legacy!

The controversial film Wage$ of $pin portrays Clark as a corrupt and hated greed-monger who used his power to make and break music careers - and a friend says Clark is distraught that it will overshadow his 50-year career as a hitmaker.

"It's a sad final chapter in the life of a man who was one of the biggest names in television," the friend confided. "This might be Dick's final heartbreak."

The award-winning documentary chronicles the early years of the Philadelphia music scene where American Bandstand was originally produced.

It features interviews with old-time singers and songwriters who blame the clean-cut Clark for shaking down recording artists for lucrative publishing rights before he would air their music on his hit show.

The film also rehashes the 1950s payola scandal in which disc jockeys accepted cash and gifts in exchange for airplay.

Clark was investigated and testified in front of a Senate subcommittee on payola in 1960. While he was allowed to keep Bandstand, he was forced to give up his shares in publishing and record companies.

Artie Singer of Danny and the Juniors, who co-wrote the '50s hit "At the Hop," revealed in the movie that he was told "the record does not go on the air until you give him [Dick Clark] 50 percent of the publishing."

"I saw everybody with their hands out," Singer said. "Artists were getting screwed."

But Singer also called the situation bittersweet because without Clark, "there would be no hit song."

I suspect Allen Freed got screwed over by "Dick's" testimony..

[B]

I recall that every song that The Four Seasons did always ended up being the number one song
at WABC and locally on WARM. They were good, but were they that good? I'm sure there was
some sort of Mafia "encouragement" for them to do so well.
Dick Clark was probably made an offer he couldn't refuse regarding who would be on his show.