Showing posts with label Nonthreatening English Band. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nonthreatening English Band. Show all posts
Friday, October 30, 2020

The Cure - Lullaby

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For the final selection of our 2020 All Hallows Even celebration, we are going with The Cure's "Lullaby."  Skeptics might poi...
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...
Saturday, January 26, 2019

ABC - When Smokey Sings

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ABC burst onto the music scene as a dashing New Romantic act in 1982.  Their debut album, The Lexicon of Love became a big hit in 1982 and m...
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, July 27, 2015

The Housemartins - Happy Hour

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The Housemartins were the rock band equivalent of a shooting star.  In Britain, they enjoyed some mainstream success, with 7 top 40 singles ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

The House Of Love - Destroy The Heart

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The House of Love was a British alternative rock band who made a dent in the college rock scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s before fad...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

The Cure - Pictures Of You

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By 1989, The Cure had become big stars in the U.K. with four consecutive top 10 albums, and they had even broken through in the U.S. (1987...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Duran Duran - Girls on Film

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Duran Duran were one of the first acts to truly embrace the emerging music video revolution, and their proficiency with the media helped the...
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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Friday, November 1, 2013

The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene

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The Blow Monkeys were part of the U.K. blued-eyed soul scene of the mid 1980s.  The band formed in 1981 and were led by singer/songwriter Dr...
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Friday, May 10, 2013

The Lightning Seeds - Pure

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Every now and then, we come across a song that fits perfectly into the blog, almost as if The Universe itself has made a request.  [As an as...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

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The Joy Division story is among the more tragic rock and roll tales, and is only compounded by the band's innovative and visionary sound...
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Cure - In Between Days

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Led by the unique (and intentionally unkempt)  Robert Smith, The Cure produced some of the more interesting and creative pop songs of the 19...
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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Everyday I Write the Book

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Elvis Costello (given name: Declan MacManus) recorded a bunch of seriously great pop songs between 1977 and 1979 and he probably doesn't...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012

New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

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"Bizarre Love Triangle" is one of those cool songs where the title does not appear in the lyrics, something that New Order did a l...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams

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Named after a friend of the band (who really did hate jazz), Johnny Hates Jazz was one of a series of groups who shot to prominence, only to...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Talk Talk - Talk Talk

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Talk Talk were part of the New Romantic movement of early 1980s British synth pop, along with other non-threatening bands such as Duran Dura...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song

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One of the prototypical early MTV bands, A Flock of Seagulls gets a bad rap as "that one hit wonder band with the hair."  In fact,...
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Monday, September 26, 2011

Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One

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Haircut One Hundred.  Just the name brings us back to early 1982 MTV, when the station was new and fresh and they played a bunch of cool, sl...
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