Music video show hosted by Barry Jenkins (Dr. Rock), then Phil O'Brien, Karen Hay and lastly by Dick Driver. Screening Sunday nights just before the Sunday horror, it had a more alternative bent than the prime time music chart shows.
In 2017 a compilation was released celebrating the show and the music from that era:
For 12 years (1976 – 88) music TV show Radio With Pictures was the leading light for new cutting edge music in New Zealand.
With no internet and UK music mags sea freighted to us over a six week period it was the only source of up to date new music releases. Its many nationwide followers would gather in front of the TV on a Sunday evening in anticipation of what great new bands they would be discovering next.
The 36 classic tracks featured on this collection are a great reflection of the quality of post punk and new wave bands that graced our screens on a weekly basis
Track Listing:
Disc 1:
- Herrmann Hieb Er (Radio With Pictures Theme) – Nina Hagen
- Pretty In Pink – The Psychedelic Furs
- A Forest - The Cure
- Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
- Making Plans For Nigel – XTC
- Squeeze – Toy Love
- Totally Wired – The Fall
- I’m Bored – Iggy Pop
- Tally Ho! – The Clean
- (This Is Not A) Love Song – Public Image Limited
- Promised You A Miracle – Simple Minds
- Don’t Fight It Marsha, It’s Bigger Than Both Of Us – Blam Blam Blam
- A Song From Under The Floorboards – Magazine
- Ghost Town – The Specials
- See Me Go – The Screaming Meemees
- Another Girl, Another Planet – The Only Ones
- Saturday Night Stay At Home – The Suburban Reptiles
- Echo Beach – Martha And The Muffins
Comments powered by CComment