Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Ian Hunter - All of the Good Ones Are Taken

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Ian Hunter's "All of the Good Ones Are Taken" is another video that fits in perfectly in the ERV neighborhood, and there are a...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

The Jacksons - Can You Feel It

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You have to hand it to the Jacksons -- when they went big, they really went big.  Case in point:  the 9+ minute video for "Can You Fee...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Michelle Shocked - Anchorage

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It's hard to imagine a more extreme transition than from Accept to Michelle Shocked, and it underscores the diversity of eighties music....
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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Accept - Midnight Mover

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Led by diminutive (5'6") camo-wearing vocalist Udo Dirkschneider and known for their hard and fast sound, the German band Accept pu...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Robert Hazard - Escalator of Life

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Robert Hazard (born Robert Rimato) was a mainstay of the Philadelphia music scene during the late 1970s and early 1980s.  With his band, the...
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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Bananarama - Venus

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The song "Venus" has an interesting history dating back to 1969.  Many readers will know that the Bananarama version is a cover (h...
Friday, January 11, 2013

Julian Lennon - Too Late for Goodbyes

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So what is it like to be the first son of a rock legend?  Well ... for Julian Lennon (son of John), it means that a drawing you did as a chi...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Icehouse - Crazy

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"Man of Colours" was Icehouse's fifth album; the band dates back to 1977, and began as a pub rock group from Sydney, Australia...
Friday, January 4, 2013

Squeeze - Another Nail in My Heart

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By taking traditional pop songs and updating them with a post-punk approach, Squeeze became a pioneer in the emerging New Wave scene in Brit...
Monday, December 31, 2012

The Smithereens - A Girl Like You

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The Smithereens are another in a growing list of underrated 1980s rock bands, and stood out as an unusual band that combined rock with 1960s...
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