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Re: 80's Glasgow indie pop
Nov 29, 2014, 09:31
Put me in mind of early BBC2 Def II yoof culture show FSd ... which pretty much immediately followed on:

http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/oldott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/indexd083.html?page_id=588
"BBC Scotland indie music series FSd. If anything typified the dodgy teething period for DEF II it was this unwieldy, irritating show. Its title reflected the objectionable notion that if you couldn’t think of a name then a few meaningless initials, one in lower case, would suffice. Wilfully obscure bands (The Hook’n'Pull Gang, The Blood Uncles, The Dog Faced Hermans) showed up alongside Hue & Cry and Ricky Ross, interspersed with ropey features on the music business. A hand-written scrawl ran up the side of the screen, which at least distracted attention from rather clichéd performance films and sloppy editing. In addition FSd was commissioned before Janet arrived, and this coupled with its blatant (bad) imitation of Network 7 in style and presentation was bound to anger her. It did. She hated the show, and made sure everyone knew. It ran for six weeks."

All production value criticism aside, it was great exposure for Scottish bands, many of whom likely hadn't been on TV at all let alone outside Scotland. As I recall several lines of scrolling script along two or three sides of the screen at once so that it was impossible to keep up with all of the info overload. I certainly bought a few records as a result of encountering a couple of bands for the first time via this show ... not necessarily the ones featured below though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Zv3Py7OHs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1fe-M4c9_0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkIx2vPRnhM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLJ8cTVZV18
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