MV3 - Rough Trade - All Touch

[MissNovemberTuesday]

Wow, I remember this song. I had forgotten all about it, but it comes flooding back. Love the crowd. Amazing what a difference a year or two made. When the show started, everyone was all preppie and pastel. There is still some here, but you can see the Adam Ant/Duran Duran/new wave influences by this time. Big improvement on the fashions.

[sicilianotoronto]

NICE! Rough trade rocks

[Harmonie66]

Although not a regular, I was a dancer on a two or three episodes of MV3. Good to see these clips!

[marko723]

i was about 13 or 14 years old when i got to go on a school trip to see solid gold in person at ktla in los angeles, and i remember they were the guest and sang this song. of course they sang it about 5 times to get the right performance they needed, but i remember enjoying the song. i still have my ticket too!

[Nokorola]

Another show that would be awesome on DVD... if the music industry wasn't so hard to deal with.

[lasquid]

Does anybody have any "Video One?"

That was the show Richard Blade had after this one was canceled.

[arachnidfreak101]

It hit me like a slap

[naygeeyo]

looksw like opie

[derekmimi]

who is that tall hunk at 1:20???

[TheCriticEye]

@derekmimi I don't know, but today he's probably fat and bald LOL!

[derekmimi]

rough trade...so underrated!! i love them and i love carole!!!

[derekmimi]

is this ziggy who later went on to muchmusic?

[mykedaddy]

(contd. ) I also remember the tv station wich ran it, KHJ-9, wich was the coolest local tv station on the west coast. It also ran 'SCTV and the Elvira show did'nt it? If I remember right, after the show was canceld they'd replaced it with another, somewhat diferently formated, music vid program wich was also hosted by Blade, the title of wich escapes me.

[mykedaddy]

Yeah I also remember MV3 since I was a youth in Southern Cali at the time. It specialized in music of the then current new wave genre, just before all the real super-biggies like Michael Jackson, Prince and Madona rose up and usurped the whole music scene, and it featured both the best acts of that era ( X, Devo, Talking Heads,Split Enz,The Plugz ) and also the worst ( Kajagoogoo, Wham,Thompson Twins,Bananarama ).

[MuscleJacker]

I remember MV3. We used to get it up in Canada. That Richard Blade now hosts bodybuilding shows and that Karen was such a ditzy airhead. Still is. I heard she got fired from a dollar store.

[Skulldini]

.....That is until hacks like 'Poison came along and killd androgeny by giving it a bad image, and thus paving the way for all of those slothingly foul-smelling grunge neanderthals

[Skulldini]

Another cool unknown 80's group with a cool gender bending singer. They just loved those gender bender vocalists in the 80's did'nt they? Well I dig'em too.

[80sOldSkool]

I love the extended start on this video. I haven't been able to find this anywhere on CD or vinyl with the long intro, and there appears not to have been a 12" version released.

[SHAVEDGERMANHEAD]

LOL that is me in the White pants and the yellow vest in the middle of the vid,,,,,,, ah good times they were :)

[PowerPopFan]

Wow, what a blast from the past! I used to rush home from high school and college to watch MV3 every day and because I didn't have cable TV (i.e., MTV) back in the day. Have not seen any MV3 in over 25+ years! Thanks for posting, will watch all the clips. Thanks for the memories!

[bootpig1]

How many little gay boys are on that dance floor. Jeez! Ah, the good ol' days ---

[blk59]

Sounds like you missed the whole point there sport.

[Superfly79]

love this song, has anyone covered it? i'd love to see The Donnas do this song. they absolutely killed with "safety dance" which is one of my fav covers ever.

[SueSnell]

I LOVED this band! Used to listen to this tape on my Walkaman while I mowed my parent's lawn! LOSER!

[80sOldSkool]

Great track to listen to while you mowing the lawn with the line "Like a razor blade on grass, all touch - but no contact".

[SueSnell]

LOL! Yes, that sentiment is great, but I think she says "on glass" - no? That might sound worse... ;)

[80sOldSkool]

Actually, I think you might be right! And all these years I have been singing the wrong thing !!!

[xensboy]

this song is intriguing and cool. love the people dancing

[beagleheadfred]

I met Carole at the opening of rock N Roll Heaven nightclub in toronto in early 80's she was such a great guy!

[defixiones23]

OMG Carole Pope - A Goddess amongst women! I had the biggest girlcrush on her in highschool:).

[notsa]

houhou...Nice!!!The video been shock that you wake up''her'',but she spit that memories,brilliant!Thanks

[cometdust]

Looks like your tape got eaten.

[billdes4]

yes ki agrre carole is a butch but the song is amzing brothers i love it

[blkmav]

great song

[brightyoungthing]

Sigh.

I wish I grew up in the 80's.

I missed all the good music.

Now all that we have is Britney Spears and other non talent losers.

[beagleheadfred]

How true sad isn;t it?

[brightyoungthing]

Indeed. At least we have the internet now to mock people with...

[beagleheadfred]

I was oly kidding when I saig Carole was a nice guy,lol. I wasn't sure whether Carole was transexual or not,but kinda cool singer and some cool tunes too.

[parkman35]

Iremember back in the mid 80's Rough Trade appeared on a show on the Playboy channel, and sang 'All Touch" Carole Pope was dresed in a very, very short white fringed mini dress with a chain around her waist and she was barefooted. I thought she looked very much like Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane/Starship

[crashsite000]

They also appeared on 'Solid Gold' believe it or not.

[sparkletaers]

Wow, I remember one of my *penpals* telling me about a show called MV3 in 1983 and I remember feeling like I was missing out on something because I lived in New York and we didn't get it. I've always loved this song, but I've never seen the video! Thanks for posting this.

[Vanillajdicr]

Wow. Isn't that the same neon triangle that showed up in a Platinum Blonde video?

[Doggchop]

Rough Trade played my highschool in Mississauga Ontario. Wow, this takes me back. Rush and Triumph played my school too. Wish you were there? It's true.

[tcv55]

amen dudeman. i actually have this video on vhs - used to tape record vids on mtv in early 80's. i bet 90% of people who "love" 80's music NEVER knew this even existed.

[frsfca]

I always hated Richard Blade's co-hosts. They sucked! But thanks for posting -- great memories!

[Novaheart1998]

wicked!

[Dudeman37]

Mucho fukkin' thanks to the mighty "crashsite000". You are a true brother....I never thought in a million years I'd see this again! I always dug this song!

[GeminiXxGemini]

The singer has a painfully ugly outfit and voice! I'm a New Wave fan but this is sub-par crap.

[thandewye]

Don't be su butch, Carole will eat you for breakfast