Eighties Rare Videos

The place for great and not-so-great nearly forgotten videos from the decade of Miami Vice, mullets, and acid wash jeans. All praise to the bands, YouTube, and the original posters of these videos.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

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What is more Halloweeny (yes, we just made up that word) than some good old-fashioned metal?  How about some metal with horror clips and a d...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Huey Lewis and the News - Heart and Soul

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The second of our "songs that remind us of Halloween in a subtle, non-"Thriller" sort of way."  "Heart and Soul...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

The English Beat - Save It For Later

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The first of three songs in honor of the upcoming All Hallows Even .  However, we did not want to be lazy about the holiday and go with ...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away

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Formed in 1978 by singer/songwriter/guitarist Peter Case, the LA-based Plimsouls had developed a strong local following by the early 1980s. ...
Monday, October 17, 2011

Michael Stanley Band - He Can't Love You

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The Cleveland-based Michael Stanley Band is yet another group that made some great music, but never quite broke out at the national level.  ...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Helix - Deep Cuts the Knife

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The poor man's Honeymoon Suite (or is it the other way around), Helix showed up on the music scene in the early 1980s, and had a few mi...
Sunday, October 9, 2011

Daryl Hall - Dreamtime

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Hard to believe that there is a video on here for a song that hit #5 on the Billboard charts, and from an artist who has written or co-writt...
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Martin Briley - The Salt in My Tears

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Just a perfect video for ERV -- a rare video of a rare, good song.  From Briley's second solo album, 1983's One Night With a Strange...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Beastie Boys - Shadrach

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In the aftermath of License to Ill, many fans and critics thought that the Beastie Boys would turn out to be a one album wonder.  After all,...
Friday, September 30, 2011

Henry Lee Summer - I Wish I Had a Girl

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Indiana born Henry Lee Summer (born Henry Lee Swartz) was not an overnight success story.  Self-taught on guitar, piano and drums, he was a ...
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I grew up in the 1980s and spent waaaaaaaay too much time watching MTV in the sunporch. I now pretend to be a respectable adult, but my love of music has never waned.
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