Showing posts with label 1982. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1982. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Missing Persons - Destination Unknown

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Well, it is the time of year where ERV rolls out some rare, spooky, and/or atmospheric videos - welcome to our 11th annual All Hallows Even ...
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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Kiss - I Love It Loud

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Welcome to ERV's 10th annual All Hallows Even party.  A reminder to our newer readers: our  prior ghostly (ghastly) clips can be found ...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Laura Branigan - Gloria

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Long time ERV readers will know that we love to feature covers, especially when the remake is a big hit.  For instance, we have previously p...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Robert Plant - Burning Down One Side

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Nothing lasts forever - not even the mighty  Led Zeppelin.  John Bonham's death in 1980 ended the band, and left the remaining three mem...
Monday, October 28, 2019

Fun Boy Three (With Bananarama) - It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)

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Way back when, in 2013, we featured the excellent " Ghost Town " by The Specials as part of ERV's All Hallows Eve n celebratio...
Saturday, June 22, 2019

Vandenberg - Burning Heart

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The Dutch band Vandenberg was one of a surprising number of acts from that country to flirt with international success.  For example, both G...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

Golden Earring - Twilight Zone

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Welcome to ERV's 6th annual All Hallows Even celebration.  Yes, we've been doing our version of a Halloween party since we started ...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Steve Winwood - Still In The Game

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Steve Winwood got his musical start at the tender age of 14 when he joined the Spencer Davis Group, though he would go on to even greater fa...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul - Forever

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Yesterday, The Universe requested another video for the blog, and as per usual we am only too happy to oblige.  In this case, the rare and e...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

The Jam - Town Called Malice

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The Jam were a popular, influential, and interesting band in Britain, but couldn't get arrested in America.  Between 1977 and 1982, the ...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

U2 - A Celebration

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Many years ago (before the internet), we were involved in a conversation where the topic of rare songs came up (shocking, we know).  One of ...
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Saturday, February 21, 2015

The Little Heroes - Young Hearts

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When we started ERV, we originally envisioned posting only really rare videos (such as "Young Hearts"), as a way of highlighting s...
Monday, December 1, 2014

Berlin - Masquerade

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Fronted by the provocative and gorgeous Terri Nunn, Berlin was a LA-based synth pop group that had nothing to do with Germany (the band admi...
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Monday, October 20, 2014

Ray Parker, Jr. - The Other Woman

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Well, it's that time of year again at ERV, when we kick back and jam on some Hallloweeny videos, including the awesome rare clip below. ...
Friday, September 26, 2014

Madness - House of Fun

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While American readers may view Madness as a one hit wonder (they actually had 2 top 40 hits in the U.S. -- "Our House" and "...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Fay Ray - Modern Lovers

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Originally from Bangor, Wales, Fay Ray were a new wave act who made one really solid album before things went south.  The band was named aft...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Tony Carey - I Won't Be Home Tonight

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"I Won't Be Home Tonight" is a great example of one of those wonderful videos that often showed up on MTV in the Early Years. ...
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Kim Carnes - Voyeur

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Although Kim Carnes has been featured on ERV twice before (for " More Love " and " Bette Davis Eyes "), those songs were...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots

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Patrice Rushen was part of the cool jazz scene of the early 1980s with artists such as George Benson and Al Jarreau.  As was the case with ...
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Sunday, March 23, 2014

Utopia - Feet Don't Fail Me Now

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The story of Utopia is intertwined with Todd Rundgren, but the band evolved over time to become more than just an outlet for Rundgren's ...