| Subject: Re: Venting...I think this is an outrage! |
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Eric
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Date Posted: 17:28:22 07/30/01 Mon
In reply to:
Kathleen
's message, "Venting...I think this is an outrage!" on 10:07:33 07/30/01 Mon
I totally agree w/Kathleen.....I remember (Lovin every minute of it tour) MTV doing a huge promo where a lucky person can win a trip to meet Loverboy at some wonderful destination....Back in those days, MTV and the record companies were in Loverboys corner....It is interesting to note that a majority of the 80s bands were simply ignored as the 80s turned into the 90s....I cannot stand MTV and do not enjoy the garbage that i being aired...
From a local perspective, Loverboy was sponsored by KGON (the local rock station-classic-here in Portland for the last 20 something years) when they played at the Washington county fair on 7/24/01....Anyway, some guy from KGON was asking Loverboy trivia questions prior to the show (for a free kgon key chain) and asked me a couple of questions....One question was who was Loverboy before they became Loverboy.....Well any true Loverboy fans know that they started as Loverboy although they were considering naming the band Coverboy....Well i tried to tell this guy and he said nope try again....So i threw out the name Moxy and he said right on....Anyway, i had to inform him that Reno was the only one in Moxy...Also, i could not help asking him why KGON is sponsoring the show as they NEVER play any Loverboy tunes.....I dont know how many times i requested songs....So it is not just MTV but others as well....
>Hey guys,
>Well I have read some of the older articles Tami has
>posted and I think Mike said something recently that
>rings true to me as a fan.
>
>MTV is doing their 20 year celebration and the boys
>are completely ignored and sidestepped. How many of us
>(those of us old enough to remember) recollect between
>1982 and 1984, you couldn't even get through an entire
>MTV programming day without seeing at least 5 or 6
>Loverboy videos, enter a contest of theirs or even see
>them in a promo???!!!
>
>Mike had mentioned that they stay unhappy and a little
>angry that the money machines (record labels) that
>control MTV and other AOR radio have forgotten THE
>supergroup from Canada. How many millions did Mike and
>the boys make for Columbia??? MTV is the same way. Why
>is it that Bon Jovi still gets prime time attention
>and those saddlebags with eyes (Rolling Stones) can
>drip onstage and walk around for 2 hours and get prime
>attention? I don't get it.
>
>Why is it that Weird Al Yankovic and Huey Lewis
>already have BTM profiles on VH-1 and we are still
>waiting on Loverboy to get a storyboard?
>
>The new live album kicks major butt and it is pretty
>much on all the time coming out loud from the speakers
>of my Jaguar. Others have heard the album and have
>said, "Man this stuff is great!" So why is it that the
>album has not even cracked Billboard 200? Why won't my
>(awful) AOR stations here in Florida even play a
>selection? I have called, requested and even begged
>for them to play at least "Workin'" from the new
>album. They won't do it.
>
>Why is it cariacatures from the 80's and other
>has-been 80's music types are still out there, yet
>legitimate, awesome, power rock and roll that is
>Loverboy is ignored?
>
>Don't know about any of you, but I intend to boycott
>anything and everything surrounding MTV 20. (Granted
>MTV is a little juvenile for my taste anyway) However,
>I did have some interest in seeing the special to
>remember that wonderful time when music was good,
>videos were new and the rock was for real.
>
>Hang in there guys. You have REAL fans out there who
>will continue to buy every CD, old tape, video,
>cassette and anything they can find to stay immersed
>in killer rock and roll.
>
>To hell with MTV!
>
>Kathleen
>Palm Beach, Florida
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