Showing posts with label 1985. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1985. Show all posts
Sunday, January 30, 2022

Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart

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By the early 1980s, The Police were one of the biggest bands in the world, so Sting's 1985 solo album was huge news. Interestingly, The ...
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Mental As Anything - Live It Up

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"Live It Up" is an upbeat song with an interesting history from a cool, quirky band from Australia.  Mental As Anything were an ar...
Monday, December 21, 2020

Elliot Easton - (Wearing Down) Like a Wheel

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As we've mentioned before, The Cars appeared to be running out of steam by the mid-1980s, which led to three of the five member releasin...
Sunday, July 19, 2020

The Comsat Angels - I'm Falling

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ERV reader(s) who are into movies from back in the day may recognize this song, as it was featured prominently in Real Genius , a fun (and u...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday

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Although they had one of the coolest names in the music industry, Strawberry Switchblade was a one hit wonder in their native U.K., and didn...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

Divinyls - Pleasure and Pain

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"Pleasure and Pain" is the second Divinyls video to show up on ERV; " Boys in Town " was posted back in July 2012, short...
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Thursday, September 8, 2016

a-ha - Take On Me

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No one in their right mind could consider a-ha's monster hit "Take on Me" to be a rare song or video, which begs the question:...
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Saturday, February 20, 2016

The Hooters - Day by Day

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After a long, bumpy road, Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman finally saw significant success with The Hooters 1985 Nervous Night LP.  The album pea...
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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Lone Justice - Ways To Be Wicked

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This is Lone Justice's second appearance on ERV, as the equally strong " Sweet, Sweet Baby (I'm Falling) " showed up on ou...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The Cult - Rain

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"Rain" was the second single off The Cult's 1985 Love album (or perhaps the first, as " She Sells Sanctuary " was ac...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Katrina & The Waves - Do You Want Crying?

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Although casual listeners may view Katrina & the Waves as an overnight success story and a one hit wonder, the truth is that they were n...
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Fiona - Talk To Me

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It is easy to forget how difficult it is to become a rock star.  Even if all of the pieces are there, sometimes they just don't fit toge...
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Monday, February 16, 2015

Ratt - You're In Love

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There is no right way for a band to become successful, but there is a wrong (or hard) way: burst onto the scene with a huge first album befo...
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Sunday, January 4, 2015

ZZ Top - Stages

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ZZ Top may have been the most surprising success story of the 1980s.  True, the blues-rock trio had landed five albums in the top 25 from 19...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Oingo Boingo - Weird Science

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Oingo Boingo was one of the more interesting 1980s bands, with a theatrical flair that was often compared to Devo .  The band formed in LA i...
Monday, September 22, 2014

The Outfield - Say It Isn't So

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When we started ERV in August 2011, the Outfield were one of the first bands to go in the bullpen, and they have been patiently waiting thei...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Jesse Johnson - I Want My Girl

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Best-known as the guitarist for Morris Day and the Time, Johnson signed a solo deal with A&M Records when the group broke up in 1984.  H...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Loudness - Crazy Nights

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Loudness (ラウドネス) are likely to be the only Japanese group to appear on ERV, and are one of a handful of Japanese acts that had the potential...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Scritti Politti - Perfect Way

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Although they were a one hit wonder in the U.S., Scritti Politti were more successful in the U.K., where they had 5 top 40 hits (and 15 char...
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?

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The Smiths were an interesting band whose fortunes widely diverged on each side of the Atlantic.  In Britain, they had 3 #2 and 1 #1 LPs and...