Way back when ... in 2011, we envisioned ERV as a site which highlighted rare videos from the eighties - hence the name. However, a funny thing happened when we started posting. It turns out that a blog that only featured rare videos drew virtually no visitors. As a result, we re-tooled, and included some rare videos, some that were less rare, along with a few covers (many that you might not know about) and an annual collection of spooky All Hallows Even videos. This mashup is the ERV that you see today.
However, we do love our rare videos, which is a long-winded way of introducing The Screaming Tribesmen. The group formed in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1981 and was led by singer/guitarist Mick Medew. Their appealing pop-influenced indy rock sound generated some buzz, and the band released several EPs, and finally an album in 1987 - Bones and Flowers.
"I've Got A Feeling" was the first single off the Bones and Flowers LP, and it picked up a bit of airplay, reaching #8 on the U.S. modern rock charts. Even better, the video was played on MTVs 120 Minutes. Unfortunately, the band struggled to grow their audience, and (after several lineup changes) broke up in the mid-1990s.
Interestingly (to us at least), the band made two videos for "I've Got A Feeling." Here is the original stripped down version:
And this is the second, more polished MTV-ish video:
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