RE: RUTH video

["Nathaniel R. Leas 01-Jul-1993 1714" <leas@tempe.avnet.com>]

>From:	RANDY::UUCP%"ed@wente.llnl.gov" 30-JUN-1993 11:00:47.06
>
>In article <Pine.3.07.9306300929.A13301-9100000@pd-dom>:
>>I had taped a video of RUTH many years ago from MTV and it is quite different 
>>from the one that is included  on The Whole Story compilation video.  The band
>>is dressed in brown robes similar to the type monks wear (?) and in the final
>>scene KaTe is in an archery pose.  Does anyone recall this video and know the
>>history behind it?
>>Don Gibson
>
>This was a performance Kate did for the British TV show "Wogan."  It
>was originally supposed to be seen on that show and nowhere else -- the
>"real" video is the one included on The Whole Story.  However, MTV
>decided to use the Wogan performance instead.  Apparently this was 
>because they insisted on a video in which Kate was lip-syncing in order
>to help break Kate in the USA.  (Although a major star in Britain and 
>Europe by this time, she was still virtually unknown in America.)
>There were rumors at the time that MTV thought that the real video was
>too erotic, but that doesn't seem to have been true.

    I remember the Wogan version as often being shown with an "MTV Exclusive"
    logo.  That could explain why they played it so much.  They were the
    only ones to be given American broadcast rights for it.

    Can anyone confirm/deny?

    Rob
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