John Cale
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - John Cale

John Cale on screen

TV Appearances: the Seventies

June 10, 1972 - Pop 2, Antenne 2, France

39 minutes, black & white. The show is presented by Patrice Blanc Francard and includes reports about Robert Wyatt's Matching Mole, Lewis Caroll and 23 minutes devoted to the Reed, Cale & Nico concert at Le Bataclan in Paris, on January 29, 1972.

It offers 5 songs filmed by Claude Ventura:

  1. Berlin
  2. I'm Waiting For The Man
  3. Heroin
  4. Ghost Story
  5. Femme Fatale

Songs intersected with French journalists discussing the Velvet Underground. The Pop 2 show has been re-broadcasted on Canal Jimmy cable TV on October 29, 1999.

1975 - Follies RTB Television, Brussels, Belgium

Further details unknown. 25 minutes.

1975- Wembley Arena, London, UK

Most likely an interview. 8 minutes.

1976 - Filter furore, NCRV TV, The Netherlands

Interview by Dutch journalist Harry de Winter on the NCRV program Filter Furore. Discusses the meaning of Fear Is A Man's Best Friend.

1977 Heno, Heno, Welsh TV, Wales

Performs Evidence.

1979 - New Music, Canada

Interview and live footage.


»Special thanks:

Ken Clarke

© 1999- Hans Werksman