Monday, July 30, 2012

New Edition - Candy Girl

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For better or worse (mostly worse), New Edition created the template that would be used by boy bands during the 1980s and 1990s.  Unlike man...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Robert Cray - Smoking Gun

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One of a handful of artists who helped reinvigorate the blues genre was Robert Cray.  In fact, his 1986 major label debut, Strong Persuader,...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Roxy Music - More Than This

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The Universe made another request, playing this song serendipitously as  we were considering the next entry, and we do try to accommodate re...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Badlands - Dreams in the Dark

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By the late 1980s, hard rock was enjoying huge commercial success, a backdrop that should have made Badlands big, big stars.  Surprisingly, ...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Divinyls - Boys in Town

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"Boys in Town" was the debut single by Divinyls, the Australian rock/new wave act fronted by the charismatic Chrissy Amphlett.  Th...
Sunday, July 15, 2012

10,000 Maniacs - Like the Weather

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Few bands have as much of a disconnect between their name and their sound as 10,000 Maniacs.  The inspiration for the band's name came f...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

J. Geils Band - Love Stinks

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You have to just love a video that starts with the drummer playing on his set in an alley with frozen fish (yes, you read that correctly), f...
Monday, July 9, 2012

Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line

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After being kicked out of The Clash, Mick Jones was left with a daunting task.  Specifically, what do you do for an encore after being a key...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

Love and Rockets - So Alive

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Love and Rockets emerged from the ashes of Bauhaus, an early and influential goth rock band that formed in 1978.  Bauhaus broke up in 1983, ...
Monday, July 2, 2012

Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself

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"Keep Your Hands to Yourself" has one of the best opening lines of any eighties song: "I got a little change in my pocket goi...