Thursday, March 29, 2012

Benjamin Orr - Stay the Night

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Benjamin Orr (Orzechowski) was the co-vocalist and bass player for the Cars, the seminal 70s and 80s new wave band out of Boston.  He releas...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Erasure - A Little Respect

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If you are not a big 80s synth pop fan, the name Vince Clarke may not mean anything to you, but he wrote some of the strongest songs of the ...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Prince - Dirty Mind

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Although Prince was a huge success in the 1980s, this is his second time on the blog ( "Controversy"  was posted on September 23, ...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

Go West - We Close Our Eyes

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Few acts capture that somewhat hard to describe "mid-80s sound" as well as Go West.  The English duo of  Peter Cox and Richard Dru...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

John Hiatt - Slow Turning

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How can you tell if an artist is a great singer-songwriter?  Well, how is this for a partial list of performers who have covered John Hiatt ...
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n' Roll

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Yes, this is not a rare song or video, but our loyal reader(s) will know that we like to post songs that you didn't know were covers, an...
Friday, March 9, 2012

The Hooters - Karla With a K

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The Hooters were formed in Philadelphia in 1980, and were driven musically by the partnership between Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman (who met a...
Monday, March 5, 2012

Y & T - Summertime Girls

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Y&T was a band that was playing the right kind of music at the right time, but somehow never really broke through.  The band formed in O...
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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Missing Persons - Surrender Your Heart

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Missing Persons were an iconic early 1980s MTV band.  With their visually flamboyant style, including singer Dale Bozzio's pink highligh...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Dire Straits - Skateaway

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Picking the strongest song from Dire Straits classic album Making Movies is almost like picking your favorite finger.  The LP (justly ranked...
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