Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts
Thursday, March 31, 2022

Stevie Wonder - Master blaster (Jammin')

›
There are not a lot of true music legends, either in general or on ERV, but Stevie Wonder certainly qualifies.  Born as Stevland Hardaway Mo...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Split Enz - I Got You

›
Split Enz (the NZ is a reference to New Zealand, where the band originated) formed in 1973 in Auckland.  The founders - Tim Finn and Phil Ju...
2 comments:
Monday, November 30, 2020

Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before

›
"Never Knew Love Like This Before" was a catchy pop/R&B hit from Stephanie Mills that became her biggest hit.  The song reache...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

Ultravox - Vienna

›
Huge in the UK and Europe and relatively unknown in the U.S., Ultravox were an influential band that helped lay the foundation for synth pop...
2 comments:
Sunday, December 2, 2018

Heart - Even It Up

›
The early 1980s were a difficult time in the music industry.  While the disco and punk movements had somewhat faded from prominence, New Wav...
2 comments:
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember

›
For this years' slightly abbreviated All Hallows Even celebration, we are going with Peter Gabriel's excellent, creepy, and underra...
2 comments:
Saturday, August 6, 2016

The Babys - Back On My Feet Again

›
The Babys were a British-American power pop act who by all rights should have become big stars in the 1970s.  Guitarist/keyboardist Mike Cor...
Monday, February 8, 2016

The B-52's - Private Idaho

›
New wave and surf rock might seem like an odd combination (ok, it is an odd combination), but somehow the B-52's hit on a sound that wa...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

›
What better way to continue the Halloween celebration than with a song from the Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) album.  Many critics view ...
2 comments:
Monday, September 14, 2015

Daryl Hall & John Oates - How Does It Feel To Be Back

›
Although they would go on to become the most successful duo of the rock era,  Daryl Hall & John Oates had a choppy career before becomin...
4 comments:
Sunday, June 21, 2015

J. Geils Band - Come Back

›
ERV regulars will recall that we posted " Love Stinks " back in July 2012.  And our Facebook readers will note that we would have ...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Fischer-Z - So Long

›
Fischer-Z (named after two of Ronald Fisher's statistical formulas) was a quirky British new wave act.  The group had the potential to b...
1 comment:
Sunday, January 18, 2015

Prince - Uptown

›
"Uptown" is the answer to a great trivia question -- it was the first single released off Prince's classic Dirty Mind album.  ...
Saturday, November 22, 2014

Billy Squier - The Big Beat

›
The previous time that we discussed Billy Squier was last August, when Squire's amazingly terrible video, " Rock Me Tonight " ...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

The Knack - I Want Ya

›
Rock and roll's equivalent to a shooting star, the Knack burst onto the scene in 1979 with their massively successful debut, Get the Kna...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

The Tourists - Don't Say I Told You So

›
The Tourists formed in 1975 and were originally a three member band called The Catch.  By 1977, they had become a five piece act and renamed...
2 comments:
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

U2 - I Will Follow

›
Before U2 became one of the biggest bands in the world, they were just an earnest, post punk act from Ireland.  Note that in 1980, college r...
2 comments:
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

The Brothers Johnson - Stomp!

›
"Stomp" is a real toe-tapper and a somewhat forgotten classic by the Brothers Johnson -- who really were brothers.  The song is al...
4 comments:
Saturday, April 12, 2014

Huey Lewis and the News - Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)

›
This one goes out to long time reader Sam, who recommended it when we posted the last Huey Lewis and the News video, for " Workin' ...
2 comments:
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

John Cougar Mellencamp - Ain't Even Done With The Night

›
Mr. Happy Go Lucky, John Mellencamp has built an impressive career through the years.  Mellencamp combined folk, roots rock and 1960s influe...
6 comments: