Showing posts with label MTV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MTV. Show all posts
Monday, March 14, 2022

Kim Wilde - Kids In America

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For a time in 1982, and again in 1987, it looked like Kim Wilde might break out and become a pop star in the U.S., but unfortunately the sta...
Sunday, August 1, 2021

MTV Debuted August 1, 1981

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 It was 40 years ago today ... (to commandeer a phrase). Just after midnight on August 1, 1981, the world's first 24 hour video music ch...
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Sunday, March 28, 2021

Cutting Crew - One for the Mockingbird

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Many ERV readers will recognize Cutting Crew as the band behind "(I Just) Died in Your Arms," a #1 song from 1987.  In typical Eig...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Duke Jupiter - I'll Drink To You

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Here at ERV, we have a particular soft spot for the bar band.  In the 1980s it seemed as though every city had a few of these groups - compr...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Poison - Talk Dirty To Me

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Here's a fun conversation starter:  What is the most 1980s band?  Not the most successful act of the decade; rather, what artist or grou...
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Sunday, May 12, 2019

Red Rockers - China

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Red Rockers was a fascinating band who never quite found their audience.  To be fair, this was at least partly due to their evolving musical...
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 ...
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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Monday, November 3, 2014

Tarney-Spencer Band - No Time to Lose

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It goes without saying that MTV had a seismic impact on the music business; by 1982 or so, MTV was one of the most influential factors in th...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014

Billy Squire - Rock Me Tonight

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Eighties Rare Videos is filled with rare and semi-rare videos of great bands that never quite made it.  But we also like a great story, and ...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

200!

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Amazingly (to us, at least) Electric Boys "All Lips N' Hips" was the 200th video on ERV.  We have been going strong since Augu...
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Monday, December 12, 2011

MTV's 10th Anniversary Video

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The Pretenders video was the 50th Video we have put up at ERV, and we thought that it would be cool to show something different.  Think of t...