Nothing better than coming home from school in 83-84 &my older sis having on MV3. My parents wud never spring for cable so, MV3 and Friday NIght Videos on NBC? were the closest we ever got. &we always had the Betamax VCR fired up&ready 2go. Somehow we knew we were saving something really worth archiving. And even watching those old tapes now in their grainy, untracked, warbly state, somehow brings back warmer memories that watching 100% crystal clear versions of them on retro dvds. Weird eh? :)
Love that with 80s new wave music you occasionally see a violin, saxophone or a xylophone used. New wave artists were the most musically adventurous and creative in the 80s.
the sound of the synth in this song has the perfect balance of a warm and cold sound. i don't understand why we ever left analogue synths behind. they were so much more friendly, and less cheap sounding.
Incredible! I remember seeing this video when it was shown on TV in LA, I think on Ch. 9. I was the only kid in my school that watched MV3. I also remeber the cute female host. Since I went to a black junior high school, no other girls looked like Nunn. Of course, I too feel in love with Terri - I ad to wait until I went to USC to get me one that looked like her. Awesome song. Richard Blade! Romano and the Blade! MV3 and KROQ, FM 106.7, Rock of the 80's - Forever!
Years before she dyed the ends of her hair brown...possibly the shortest "skirt" ever seen on TV...thank you for uploading this video! It's given me a wonderful flashback! The 80's were hideous and beautiful at the same time...definitely original.
Why can't there be a show like this for bands who are inspired by these from the 80's for these days? I remember on KTVU Channel 2 in San francisco that a few hours of MTV were broadcast from 3pm to about 6pm on weekdays and from 1pm to 4 or 5pm on Saturdays Just after Solid Gold which was on at Noon just after American bandstand. I was just 3-5 years old and still remember this now. Seriously we need a decent Music channel that plays Music 24 hours new and old!
Watching Terri Nunn really reminds me of how influential Debbie Harry was for a whole generation of new wave and indie female performers who came after her and even those from today's scene.
Is it strange that the girl I want to eventually settle down with I hope to dear god looks like Terri Nunn from the early 80s? No? It's not? That's what I thought. :D
I remember this song! It's as nice now as it was then. I remember MV3 also. It use to come on in Detroit on channel 62 WGPR after our local dance show, The Scene (later named The New Dance Show). Those were the days!
Yes, it was on channel 9. I have a video of a full MV3 show with commercials and all with the 3 o'clock performing live. I will convert and post in a week or so. Actually, the commercials really are great too!
I was there that day. They also sang Sex. This was on Channel 9 at 3:30 here in California. I was on the show almost every day. need to see if channel 9 has the tapes from back then. I doubt I would recognize myself LOL
In Richard Blade's book, he and Terri Nunn were keeping their relationship a secret at the time, to the point they were avoiding making eye contact during the taping, so it didn't seem like there was favoritism going on with bands.
About a year ago, I posted the same question if it was Terry Bozzio on drums, maybe as stand in? chrisfurius said it was "definitely Rod Learned, not Terry Bozzio". others say it is "Rob Brill who replaced Rod Learned."
Wasn't the host of this in the movie 'Girls just wanna have fun' in 85' as the host of that show? btw, Berlin/Terri fans look up Terri on Facebook and add the group Terri Nunn Fans! :-)
hey about um two or three years ago that back together and perform metro the oringinal band got togther after twenty years and well there preform one song this song but it was on;y for about 4 minutes
My God....I have to find my Kung Fu slippers and eyeliner... MV3..jesus almost forgot about that. MTV for people who didnt have cabel...which was most!
@obxguy1 Yes. And the reason she still looks so good is because she also happens to be an arrant health-nut ( does yoga, eats only 100% natural organic food,.. etcetera ).
OMG I remember the 80's where u really did not even have to know how to dance. All you had to do was move around real ugly and nobody noticed because they were all moving around ugly as well thinking they looked cool. A decade I would really love to forget
@obxguy1 She is indeed still VERY hot! I think it's a combo of good genes and that she has really taken care of herself with really healthy living and eating.
I was on this episode to the left of the stage,and Terri was all liquored up!I remember the one guy had terrible acne,and had make-up all over it! I wish I could find copy;s of these shows but know one seems to have them!Richard Blade,Mark Maples,and the worse actress ever Karen Scott!
Nothing better than coming home from school in 83-84 &my older sis having on MV3. My parents wud never spring for cable so, MV3 and Friday NIght Videos on NBC? were the closest we ever got. &we always had the Betamax VCR fired up&ready 2go. Somehow we knew we were saving something really worth archiving. And even watching those old tapes now in their grainy, untracked, warbly state, somehow brings back warmer memories that watching 100% crystal clear versions of them on retro dvds. Weird eh? :)
I would run home from school to catch MV3 and watch all the cool "New Wave" videos. During this time is when I really discoverd music.
Love that with 80s new wave music you occasionally see a violin, saxophone or a xylophone used. New wave artists were the most musically adventurous and creative in the 80s.
I used to watch this show back then, right after school...WOW, Richard Blade was the host!!
I feel old. This takes me back. I saw them when they opened for Stevie Ray Vaughn in the early '80s! Talk about a mismatch.
I remember this song from 1983, it is still a great tune.
Terri can never be forgotten for doing "Metro", one fun song of the 80s !!!
What was cool about this music is that the subject matter was not always so cliched. And the music itself was mysterious and different.
lemurian chick That's because early Berlin had elements of Punk in their style. I agree, early Berlin was amazing!
Shes flippin beautiful!!
the sound of the synth in this song has the perfect balance of a warm and cold sound. i don't understand why we ever left analogue synths behind. they were so much more friendly, and less cheap sounding.
Incredible! I remember seeing this video when it was shown on TV in LA, I think on Ch. 9. I was the only kid in my school that watched MV3. I also remeber the cute female host. Since I went to a black junior high school, no other girls looked like Nunn. Of course, I too feel in love with Terri - I ad to wait until I went to USC to get me one that looked like her. Awesome song. Richard Blade! Romano and the Blade! MV3 and KROQ, FM 106.7, Rock of the 80's - Forever!
Years before she dyed the ends of her hair brown...possibly the shortest "skirt" ever seen on TV...thank you for uploading this video! It's given me a wonderful flashback! The 80's were hideous and beautiful at the same time...definitely original.
I used to rush home after school to catch MV3 back in the day when all the cool music was being played.
Why can't there be a show like this for bands who are inspired by these from the 80's for these days? I remember on KTVU Channel 2 in San francisco that a few hours of MTV were broadcast from 3pm to about 6pm on weekdays and from 1pm to 4 or 5pm on Saturdays Just after Solid Gold which was on at Noon just after American bandstand. I was just 3-5 years old and still remember this now. Seriously we need a decent Music channel that plays Music 24 hours new and old!
VH1's Bands Reunited presented, 3 or 4 years ago, a great tribute with these new wave genious...
@Christinada5 Here in California it came on around 3:30 everyday after school.We would run home to watch it! Because my friends and I were on it!
I dance with her at a concert in Sacramento a year or two ago...she's a beauty.
Watching Terri Nunn really reminds me of how influential Debbie Harry was for a whole generation of new wave and indie female performers who came after her and even those from today's scene.
didn't know the violin could produce that kind of sound!
Is it strange that the girl I want to eventually settle down with I hope to dear god looks like Terri Nunn from the early 80s?
No? It's not? That's what I thought. :D
That's totally not strange. I was wishing for exactly the same today :)
:D
i love that microphone
Classic, I remember those day sooo well. I was 16 or 17 when this came out!
Beautiful.
terri nunn, my 80's crush!! good to see you again.
so much hotter than madonna.
I remember this song! It's as nice now as it was then. I remember MV3 also. It use to come on in Detroit on channel 62 WGPR after our local dance show, The Scene (later named The New Dance Show). Those were the days!
Yes, it was on channel 9. I have a video of a full MV3 show with commercials and all with the 3 o'clock performing live. I will convert and post in a week or so. Actually, the commercials really are great too!
love this tune
omg loved MV3 seen missing persons and the plasmatics PRICELESS :)))
One of the best music vids ever!
Great song, great band!
thats right..everyday bout 3.30pm, channel 9, southern calif tv!
I was there that day. They also sang Sex. This was on Channel 9 at 3:30 here in California. I was on the show almost every day. need to see if channel 9 has the tapes from back then. I doubt I would recognize myself LOL
Great song! My goodness, the hair! All that back combing and spraying. And what's with the hat? What were we thinking back then?
@crashsite000 Man I loved how hot guys looked back then in makeup!
great Berlin!!!!!!!!
I remember running home from school to watch Mv3 ....Damn! I just showed my age? >.< "doh"
In Richard Blade's book, he and Terri Nunn were keeping their relationship a secret at the time, to the point they were avoiding making eye contact during the taping, so it didn't seem like there was favoritism going on with bands.
los pmaximo estre reck, tengo 20 años y esto me hace recordar cuando era viejo, jejejeje
i remember getting home from school to watch MV3 on Ch 9 in SoCal
When music was real and TV was cool. This is Pre MTV kiddies.
About a year ago, I posted the same question if it was Terry Bozzio on drums, maybe as stand in?
chrisfurius said it was "definitely Rod Learned, not Terry Bozzio". others say it is "Rob Brill who replaced Rod Learned."
Rare footage this - the FIRST time on National TV.
Wasn't the host of this in the movie 'Girls just wanna have fun' in 85' as the host of that show? btw, Berlin/Terri fans look up Terri on Facebook and add the group Terri Nunn Fans! :-)
gotta love 80's hair
Does anyone know if that is Terry Bozzio from Missing Persons playing drums on this?
I have posted much of the show and some of the classic commercials now.
"OK, guys, just stand behind your instruments and blunder around in a somewhat exciting fashion while Terri snogs the camera."
Dang I was called a new waver in the 80's.
hey about um two or three years ago that back together and perform metro the oringinal band got togther after twenty years and well there preform one song this song but it was on;y for about 4 minutes
@Joey1979 -- agreed! And those big shoulder pads and polka dots! Terri was stylin'.
My God....I have to find my Kung Fu slippers and eyeliner... MV3..jesus almost forgot about that. MTV for people who didnt have cabel...which was most!
nuwavething berlin at their best i loved mv3 i watched it everyday like my life depended on it.
cooooool!!
MV3...pre-cursor to MTV. The punk/new wave version of American Bandstand.
This Girl is STILL SMOKING HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have you guys seen her lately!
Cool!
@obxguy1 Yes. And the reason she still looks so good is because she also happens to be an arrant health-nut ( does yoga, eats only 100% natural organic food,.. etcetera ).
@obxguy1 Do you know what Karen Scott looks like today?
niceeeeeee
He's not really playing. Like all the other guys, he's hamming it up for all it's worth.
very unique band
The Metro - Berlin, una oda del new wave...
That's definitely Rod Learned, not Terry Bozzio.
It used to be here. Guess someone exerted their copyright
Reminds me of driving from UCLA to Temescal Beach on Sunset with my girlfriend in my Honda. Seems like yesterday...but its not.
@hestonq Hot couple.
I think it's Rob Brill who replaced Rod Learned.
Tracking problems...those were the days, of "Beta vcr's." Great machines...bad on tracking though.
..BONUS: no lip synching..
It sure looks like him, but I thought he was with Missing Persons back then. Maybe he did a stand in as a favor.
drum and bassify that shit - you'll smash the floor.
this shit is classic!
OMG! We look horrible!
I think shes hotter now, too. She aged well and she definitely is a cougar. MEOW!!!
Sorry guys Ms. Nunn is with me now!!!
Richard Blade used to date Terri Nunn.
@Violnplayr23
I wouldn't bet on it.
OMG I remember the 80's where u really did not even have to know how to dance. All you had to do was move around real ugly and nobody noticed because they were all moving around ugly as well thinking they looked cool. A decade I would really love to forget
That is ridiculous. It was totally cool how they moved. Being able to dance flawlessly and having lame music is not an improvement.
lemurian chick I agree!
SHE NEEDS TO DANCE A LITTLE BITTT!!!!!
She reminds me of Jem here
She's hotter now! Maybe a tie. ???
check out the cover by system of a down!
reminds me of debra harry
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I think so too. BOH!
shes so friggin hot
lmao! oops!?
so much better than GaGa !!!
@obxguy1 She is indeed still VERY hot! I think it's a combo of good genes and that she has really taken care of herself with really healthy living and eating.
I was on this episode to the left of the stage,and Terri was all liquored up!I remember the one guy had terrible acne,and had make-up all over it! I wish I could find copy;s of these shows but know one seems to have them!Richard Blade,Mark Maples,and the worse actress ever Karen Scott!
She was hot.
and she's uber hot!
Uh, you're kidding I hope. Other than being blonde, they hardly look alike. Also, it's Deborah Harry, not Harris.
....sorry i just like trios cover better
how do spell p-l-a-y-b-a-c-k
phonomimic!