Showing posts with label Dance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dance. Show all posts
Sunday, October 24, 2021

Billy Ocean - Loverboy

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Rounding out our All Hallows Even celebration is "Loverboy" by Billy Ocean.  This is definitely one of the oddest 1980s videos, w...
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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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Saturday, October 3, 2020

Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie

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"C'est La Vie" was the song that was played at every party in 1987, before fading away.  It was the debut single from Robbie N...
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Saturday, March 28, 2020

Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)

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While Billy Ocean may have seemed like an overnight success, nothing could be further from the truth.  In fact, he had been in the music bus...
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Sunday, November 19, 2017

Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

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Although American readers may remember Neneh Cherry as a one hit wonder, she actually had two top 10 hits ("Kisses on the Wind" is...
Monday, July 25, 2016

Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight

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A wonderfully catchy piece of dance-pop, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" was the peak of Wang Chung's career, and might also be t...
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Monday, May 23, 2016

Shannon - Let The Music Play

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"Let the Music Play" was a successful and influential single that helped create the dance sound of the eighties.  When the song wa...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

J. Geils Band - Come Back

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ERV regulars will recall that we posted " Love Stinks " back in July 2012.  And our Facebook readers will note that we would have ...
Sunday, March 1, 2015

The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums

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By the end of the 1980s, the music industry seemed to be at an inflection point.  The trends that had held for much of the later half of the...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

The System - Don't Disturb This Groove

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By combining two seemingly disparate musical styles -- synth pop and soul -- The System created some very interesting music in the 1980s and...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Prince - Uptown

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"Uptown" is the answer to a great trivia question -- it was the first single released off Prince's classic Dirty Mind album.  ...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Animotion - Obsession

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We continue our series of songs that you didn't know were covers with Animotion's 1985 hit, "Obsession."  This song was or...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

The Whispers - Rock Steady

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The Whispers are an old school R&B act that formed in Los Angeles in 1964.  The band began regularly charting on the R&B charts (and...
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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Timex Social Club - Rumors

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Originally called the Timex Crew, Timex Social Club switched names after a lineup change and ended up as a classic one hit wonder.  The grou...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Toni Basil - Mickey

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Toni Basil's "Mickey" may seem like an odd choice for a rare videos blog, but loyal readers will recall that we love our cover...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

The Brothers Johnson - Stomp!

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"Stomp" is a real toe-tapper and a somewhat forgotten classic by the Brothers Johnson -- who really were brothers.  The song is al...
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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Midnight Star - No Parking On The Dance Floor

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One of several successful acts on S.O.L.A.R. Records, Midnight Star had 12 top 40 R&B songs during the 1980s, although only one of them ...
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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

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One of the many great things about writing blog entries for ERV is that is provides an opportunity to link seemingly disparate songs (and ba...
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Saturday, April 19, 2014

Information Society - What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)

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Information Society could have easily become big stars if things had broken their way just a bit more.  The band's sound was early 1980s...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

Sheila E. - A Love Bizarre

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Although she is sometimes thought of as a Prince protégé, Sheila E. (Escovedo) was actually an accomplished musician before she played with ...
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