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Author: erikalbany
Date: 04-18-12 15:46
Dick Clark. And I don't mean it ironically. . . a great contributor to the pop-music landscape.
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Author: breno
Date: 04-18-12 15:55
One of the few members of the mainstream music industry in the U.S. to grasp the brilliance of Sparks and mentioned several times that they were amongst his favorite guests to have on.
Saturday mornings were never the same once Bandstand was canceled.
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Author: hoip chiggs
Date: 04-18-12 18:03
My aunt lived across from his family's house in Wallingford, PA. He was definitely a rock n' pop colossus.
Post Edited (04-18-12 18:13)
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Author: Delvin
Date: 04-18-12 21:57
No irony needed. One of the great figures in pop music. Agree with Reno: American Bandstand was a very special part of Saturday mornings. (And I do remember seeing Sparks on the show!)
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Author: HollowbodyKay
Date: 04-19-12 08:41
Never saw Bandstand when it was squeezing in Sparks.
However, I'll readily acknowledge the indelible cultural mark made by a man whose seemingly eternal existence practically demanded jokes about disembodied brains still hosting Rockin' News Year's Eves in some distant future.
It could still happen.
Until then ... RIP.
Dept. of Don't Get A Job: Note the subliminal messages in that quiz board behind Clark in that photo above. What about the innuendo of items 7-9? Wow.
Wonder what #1 and #10 were that week?
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Author: Delvin
Date: 04-20-12 00:09
YouTube offers several of Sparks' appearances on Bandstand, but I didn't spot the earliest one I remember seeing. It would've been 1974 or '75: the album Dick held up when introducing the band was Propaganda. I distinctly remember the "kidnapping by boat" cover, as well as Russell on stage holding a mic in one hand and a riding crop in the other. He made me laugh, as he looked and moved like a long-haired version of Colonel Klink.
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