John Cale on screen
TV Appearances: the Eighties
December 2, 1981 - Spanish TV show with Kevin Ayers
Broadcasted on TVE2 December 2, 1981 on Musical Express. Rebroadcasted May 6, 2006 the TVE 50 Years Channel. For his solo spot he performs Heartbreak Hotel and he plays viola on the Ayers song Howlin' Man.
Band:
John Cale, Andy Summers, Ollie Halsall, Zanna Gregmar, Pere Colom & Miguel Figuerola.
1983 - Australian TV
Short interview conducted by Mike Squier discussing producing punk bands in the Seventies and the Music For A New Society album:
"I'd say it's not depressing enough. You may think things are bad now, but they're gonna get worse."
February 14, 1983 - Casablance TV show, Sweden
Short interview and a solo performance of (I Keep A) Close Watch. Broadcasted on February 14, 1983.
March 6, 1983 - WDR live performance, Rockpalast, Germany
Solo concert taped at the Zeche in Bochum, Germany, by WDR March 6, 1983 for the long running Rockpalast series. Risé Cale does the vocals on Risé, Sam And Rimsky-Korsakov. Released (without Risé, Sam And Rimsky-Korsakov) on 2CD, 2LP and 2DVD in 2010.
March 8, 1983 - NDR 3, Dr. Mambo, Germany
Amsterdam and Paris 1919 from the March 6, 1983 plus an interview on German TV on the NDR 3 "Dr. Mambo" program.
August, 1983 - Australian TV
Two interviews on Australian TV, both with Jonathan Richman, his support act for the tour. Performs Chinese Envoy.
September, 1983 - New Zealand TV
A solo show The Gluepot, Auckland, New Zealand on September 7, 1983 was filmed, but only footage of Leaving It Up To You circulates.
January 30, 1984 - Musik Convoy, Germany
Lip-sync performance of Hungry For Love in Zülpich, Germany for the German TV show Musik Convoy on January 30, 1984.
October 14, 1984 - WDR live performance, Rockpalast, Germany
Concert taped at the Grugahalle in Essen, Germany, by WDR October 14, 1984 for the long running Rockpalast series. Released on 2CD, 2LP and 2DVD in 2010.
February 26, 1985 - Madrid, Spain
Live concert filmed at Prado del Rey (TVE Studio 1), Madrid, Spain on February 26, 1985 for the La Edad de Oro program. Broadcast live by TVE2.
March 1, 1985 - Barcelona, Spain
Recorded live at the Estudios Ideal, Barcelona, Spain - March 1, 1985.
December 12, 1985 - Old Grey Whistle Test, UK
Performs Dying On The Vine. Note: some sources think this actually happened in March. They are wrong.
April 27, 1986 - South Bank Show, London Weekend Television. ITV, UK
Documentary about the Velvet Underground. Performs Thoughtless Kind. Contains footage of the January 13, 1966 Velvets show at the Annual Dinner of the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry at Delmonico's Hotel, New York.
1986 - Rock Arena, Australia
Performs Thoughtless Kind.
November 14/15, 1987 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
November 14th and 15th world premiere of The Falklands Suite at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
It consists of four poems - There Was A Saviour, On A Wedding Anniversary, Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed and Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) set to music by Cale, and two instrumental interludes. The performances are filmed by the VPRO for Dutch TV.
1988 - Cargo De Nuit, Belgium
Interview and footage of a concert in Brussels (March 24)). Nico was the support act. She joined Cale on stage for Child's Christmas in Wales. Songs in the broadcast: Win A Few, Child's Christmas in Wales, I'm Waiting For The Man, Darling I Need You, Heartbreak Hotel, Guts.
1989 Tele 5, Germany
Performances of Fear Is A Man's Best Friend and Buffalo Ballet were recorded the Crystal Palace Concert Bowl, London, UK on June 7, 1975. are broadcasted by Tele 5 in Germany.
1989 - The Later Show, England
Performs Heartbreak Hotel and The Soul of Carmen Miranda. With BJ Cole on slide guitar. The footage of Heartbreak Hotel is aired again by BBC Four on January 8, 2010 for the ...Sing Elvis program.
February 19, 1989 - Sunday Night Show, USA
With Lou Reed. Performs Style It Takes and Nobody But You in a N.Y.C. TV Studio.
March 12, 1989 - "Put The Blood In The Music"
Episode of The South Bank Show, a long running UK tv series. Members of NYV experimental noise rock Sonic Youth seem ill at ease when they ask Cale some rather bland questions about the Velvet Underground.
June 29, 1989 - The Equalizer, USA
Cale is cast as an Aryan Leader (that is: a neo-nazi) in an episode of The Equalizer series named Race Traitors. Basic setup of this series: a bunch of all American heroes kicks the butrs of the bad guys. Aired in the USA by CBS on June 29, 1989.
November 11, 1989 - Onrust, The Netherlands
Performs (I Keep A) Close Watch and Fear Is A Man's Best Friend on Dutch TV show Onrust, broadcasted by the VPRO.
He is interviewed by music journalist Bram van Splunteren. The segment also contained a bit of footage from the Words For The Dying documentary.
November 17, 1989 - Late Night With David Letterman, USA
With Lou Reed. A five minute segment on this TV show. They performed Nobody But You from Songs For Drella.