My mind may be playing tricks on me, but I'm starting to recall THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL. Especially a performance by Arethra Franklin, and the camera closed in on her from behind, from the floor?
Of course, she wasn't singing The Bertha Butt Boogie, probably Respect, but I'd buy a copy of that show, whatever it was.
SNL always had excellent live performances. Have any of them ever been issued to DVD?
Personally, I would love compilations of good 80's videos, Especially New Wave, when music TV was coming into existence. The few DVD's I see like this are cheesy looking and have lots of songs I've never heard of
