"Cale's incredible. Everybody knows that."Lou Reed
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (Est. 1999) is the ultimate unofficial John Cale website
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:
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.
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»Special thanks:
Ken Clarke
